Educator Resources Continued
This page contains Wisconsin licensure information, educational organizations, associations, centers, councils, upcoming conferences, and grant opportunities.Email WisItalia to let us know if you would like a link to be included on this page.
Wisconsin Educator Licensure
- Wisconsin Educator Licensure Information - To teach in the Wisconsin public school system, you must obtain your Wisconsin educator's license. Learn more about how to get an educator's license.
- Alternative Pathways to Licensure - Do you already have a Bachelor's degree but still need to obtain your teacher's license in order to teach? Then consider exploring some alternative pathways to licensure.
Educational Organizations
- SCOLA (exit WisItalia) - then select "About SCOLA"
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) (exit WisItalia) - is the state agency responsible for administering the educator licensure program. It also contains a wealth of information for educators.
DPI hosts listservs to share world language news, events and resources. They currently host the following listservs: arabiclist, asllist, chineselist, earlylanguagelist, frenchlist, germanlist, heritagelanguagelist, japaneselist, languageleaderlist, latinlist, italianlist, and spanishlist.To subscribe to or confirm your subscription to a DPI listserv, send an email with no content to your preferred list address.
The model below is for the italianlist. (Substitute the name of your preferred listserv, if other than Italian.)
Subscribe-italianlist@dpi.wi.gov
NOTE: The language leadership listserv is intended for those with an interest in activities or information relevant to the field of world language education as a whole. District administrators, curriculum specialists, world language chairs, teacher educators, and leaders of professional organizations and educational agencies may wish to subscribe to this listserv. All stakeholders in world language education are welcome.
Associations/Centers/Councils
- American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI) (exit WisItalia)
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) (exit WisItalia)
- Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition - Language Research Center (LRC) (exit WisItalia)
- Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (exit WisItalia)
- MidWest Association for Language Learning Technology (MWALLT) (exit WisItalia)
- National Network for Early Language Learning (exit WisItalia)
- Wisconsin Association For Language Teachers (WAFLT) (exit WisItalia)
Upcoming Conferences
ShareNOTE: WisItalia provides grant funds to help offset the costs of educational seminars, workshops and conferences related to the Italian language, culture and networking opportunities.
To apply, view the application requirements at Grants to Individuals for Qualified Seminar, Workshop, Conference Expenses and submit the application to Giovanna Miceli Jeffries at italink@att.net.
- February 4, 2012 AP® Italian Teachers' Conference - Wilmington, Delaware (exit WisItalia) - The AP Italian Development Committee will present a program on AP Italian Language and Culture on Saturday, February 4, 2012, from 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm, Sheraton Suites, Wilmington Hotel, 422 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19801. The conference will feature presentations on the teaching of the AP Italian Language and Culture Course and a discussion of the Exam. Teachers will have the opportunity to ask questions of, exchange information with, and make suggestions to the high school and college faculty members who are responsible for devising the AP course and exam in Italian, as well as the Chief Reader who supervises evaluation of student responses. There is no charge for attending the conference, but you must register to attend. To register, please complete the registration form in the College Board website by January 13, 2012, and return it to Lamesha Dorham at the College Board Southern Regional Office, 3700 Crestwood Parkway, suite 700, Duluth, Georgia, 30096-7155, or by fax to 770-225-4064.
- February 18 and 19, 2012, ILF Sponsored ACTFL Teacher Workshop - Chicago Area - Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) - The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) presents "Developing and Assessing Your Students' Language Performance," by Paul Sandrock, ACTFL Associate Director-Professional Development (Author of The Keys to Assessing Language Performance), with a full day workshop on February 18, 2012, open to all teachers of Italian, followed by a half-day workshop on February 19, 2012, to train those interested in being lead teachers. Both workshops are free to attend, and are sponsored by the Italian Language Foundation. For more information contact Paul Sandrock: psandrock@actfl.org. Download the registration materials (exit WisItalia).
- April 13-14, 2012, 2012 Language Symposium: Tasks and Projects in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning (exit WisItalia) - 2012 Language Symposium will take place at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Language and Culture Learning Center, on April 13-14, 2012 (co-sponsors: Northwestern University, University of Chicago and De Paul). Fill out and submit the online Registration form (exit WisItalia) if interested in attending.
Grant and Funding Opportunities for Educators
Refer to the Grant and Funding Opportunities page for up-to-date grant information.Back to Top of Page
Updated January 30, 2012
