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AATI K-12 Webinar Series
Let AATI help you navigate the beginning of the school year!!!
AATI is proud to announce 4 webinars for K-12 instructors, but Higher Education colleagues are also welcome to attend since each webinar can be adapted to various levels of Italian. All webinars will take place in August.
This is our second webinar.
AATI K-12 Webinar Series
Let AATI help you navigate the beginning of the school year!!!
AATI is proud to announce 4 webinars for K-12 instructors, but Higher Education colleagues are also welcome to attend since each webinar can be adapted to various levels of Italian. All webinars will take place in August.
This is our second webinar.
Edpuzzle: "make any video your lesson"!
Saturday, August 8, 2020. 11:00 EST
What is edpuzzle? Edpuzzle is easy to use. It is a platform that allows students to engage in watching a video and responding to embedded activities created by the teacher. This platform can be used for individualized listening comprehension in all levels and can also be used as an activity during small group breakout sessions during e-learning. Webinar session description: This session will focus on utilizing edpuzzle as a tool for target language auditory and visual aide. The interactive webinar will place you in the seat of the student allowing you to perform hands-on tasks offered through edpuzzle. Once you have experienced the student’s experience, the presenter will guide you on how to create your own edpuzzle activities.
What do I need for the webinar? All links will be provided during the session. At the end of the session attendees will be able to:
MITA will give 1 Professional Development Point to members who decide to participate. If you participate to all 4 AATI webinars, MITA will award a total of 4 PDPs. Please, complete this form to obtain your points.
Registration is required no later than August 6th, 2020
Use the link below to register for the webinar.
Saturday, August 8, 2020. 11:00 EST
What is edpuzzle? Edpuzzle is easy to use. It is a platform that allows students to engage in watching a video and responding to embedded activities created by the teacher. This platform can be used for individualized listening comprehension in all levels and can also be used as an activity during small group breakout sessions during e-learning. Webinar session description: This session will focus on utilizing edpuzzle as a tool for target language auditory and visual aide. The interactive webinar will place you in the seat of the student allowing you to perform hands-on tasks offered through edpuzzle. Once you have experienced the student’s experience, the presenter will guide you on how to create your own edpuzzle activities.
What do I need for the webinar? All links will be provided during the session. At the end of the session attendees will be able to:
- provide video assignments for students to answer on e-learning days
- provide real time activities for student to focus on in breakout sessions while
- the teacher focuses on individual breakout room discussions
- provide feedback to students related to listening comprehension
- provide a vehicle for full class discussion
- have two activities to utilize in the classroom
MITA will give 1 Professional Development Point to members who decide to participate. If you participate to all 4 AATI webinars, MITA will award a total of 4 PDPs. Please, complete this form to obtain your points.
Registration is required no later than August 6th, 2020
Use the link below to register for the webinar.
Workshop series - 2019-2020
Mita Professional Development Series 2019-2020
presents La valutazione delle performance linguistiche Mary Jo Lubrano Yale University POSTPONED TO FALL 2020 Northeastern University Boston Join us for our second workshop of the Professional Development Series 2019-2020. The series is organized by Northeastern University in collaboration with MITA and with the support of the Consulate General of Italy in Boston and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Free and open to schools and educational institutions o all levels. Don't miss this interesting workshop! PDPs available for teachers. Please, use link to register for this workshop. |
La performance linguistica viene definita come l’abilità di utilizzare la lingua in domini familiari e praticati, tipico delle attività didattiche in aula. Essa si differenzia dalla proficiency che invece viene definita come l’abilità di utilizzare la lingua in contesti autentici in maniera spontanea, non praticata e consona alle aspettative degli altri parlanti della lingua. L’aula di lingue è di fatto il ponte tra la performance e la proficiency in quanto gli apprendenti sono esposti alla lingua in comunicazioni reali migliorando in questo modo la propria confidenza nell’utilizzare la lingua in contesti noti.
In questo workshop, si discuterà di problematiche di validità ed affidabilità della valutazione della performance e si formeranno gruppi di lavoro che creeranno criteri di valutazione in linea con i livelli esterni di proficiency come l’ACTFL e il CEFR. Il workshop sarà erogato completamente in lingua italiana. Workshop Program 10:00 – 12:00: Setting realistic expectations using self-assessment statements and performance-based assessments 12:00-12:30: Lunch break: 12:30 – 3:00: Creating data-driven rubrics that reflect learners’ performance in writing skills |
workshops and seminars
WEBINAR: MIGRATION IN THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE CLASS
February 7th, 2020
4:00pm
Webinar open to all AATI members
Giusy Di Filippo and Martina Di Florio, Migrazioni Contemporanee: Testi e Contesti. New York: Edizioni Farinelli, 2017.
MITA is delighted to invite all AATI Northeastern members to the first 2020 Professional Development webinar!
Giusy Di Filippo and Martina di Florio will present their recently published book on contemporary migration and discuss ways to implement this topic in the Italian curriculum.
The “Italian literature of migration” has become a field of study in many American universities and colleges. This workshop is aimed at showing the multiple ways in which the study of the transnational experience promotes the knowledge of contemporary Italian language, culture and society among the high school students. By describing some exercises and activities proposed throughout the book, the workshop will showcase how teachers can use a variety of pedagogical approaches to promote high levels of analysis, reasoning, and questioning among students while engaging them in oral dialogs, build their vocabulary, and help them to make cultural comparisons and connections.
Access information will be sent to registrants.
February 7th, 2020
4:00pm
Webinar open to all AATI members
Giusy Di Filippo and Martina Di Florio, Migrazioni Contemporanee: Testi e Contesti. New York: Edizioni Farinelli, 2017.
MITA is delighted to invite all AATI Northeastern members to the first 2020 Professional Development webinar!
Giusy Di Filippo and Martina di Florio will present their recently published book on contemporary migration and discuss ways to implement this topic in the Italian curriculum.
The “Italian literature of migration” has become a field of study in many American universities and colleges. This workshop is aimed at showing the multiple ways in which the study of the transnational experience promotes the knowledge of contemporary Italian language, culture and society among the high school students. By describing some exercises and activities proposed throughout the book, the workshop will showcase how teachers can use a variety of pedagogical approaches to promote high levels of analysis, reasoning, and questioning among students while engaging them in oral dialogs, build their vocabulary, and help them to make cultural comparisons and connections.
Access information will be sent to registrants.
Workshop series - 2019-2020
Mita Professional Development Series 2019-2020
presents Project-Based Learning (PBL) nella classe di italiano LS Tania Convertini Dartmouth College NOVEMBER, 16 10:30am 291 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston Join us for our first workshop of the Professional Development Series 2019-2020. The series is organized by Northeastern University in collaboration with MITA and with the support of the Consulate General of Italy in Boston and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Free and open to schools and educational institutions o all levels. PDPs available for teachers. Please, use form below to register. |
PBLL is a learner-centered approach in which students work over an extended period of time on a task that demands engaging with complex issues, analyzing topics, solving problems, or meeting particular real-life challenges. The workshop will be designed as an introduction to the principles and methods of PBL and the ways in which language teaching and authentic materials can be incorporated into a PBL classroom. Participants will engage in hands-on activities that involve the development, presentation, and critique of projects that can be used in the Foreign Language classroom.
Workshop Program 10:30 -12:00 Exploring PBL and its use in Foreign Language Teaching: criteria and strategies, authentic materials and real-life activities. 12:00 – 12:30 Break 12:30 – 2:30 Project design, feedback and wrap-up |
Workshop series - 2018
Teaching Italian Language and Culture in
K-12 Schools in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Italian Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Italian Teachers Association (MITA), the New England Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI), the Massachusetts Department of Education, and the General Consulate of Italy in Boston present an informational forum that will get you up to date on how to enter the teaching profession in the Public School System of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Special attention will be given to the four types of teaching licenses (temporary, provisional, initial, and professional) and the importance of the MTEL (Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure) exam. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is highly recommended.
Program of the forum:
Prof. Andrea Malaguti (University of Massachusetts Amherst): Welcome and introduction
Prof. Carmen Petrucci (Education Office, General Consulate of Italy in Boston): Introductory remarks.
Prof. Gina Maiellaro (Northeastern University, AATI-MITA): “Teaching Italian in K-12 Public Schools: Latest Data.”
Dr. Katherine Lopez Natale: "The Multi-Step Teacher Licensure Process in Massachusetts".
Prof. Michael Papio (University of Massachusetts Amherst): “The Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) Program at UMass Amherst: Present and Future Perspectives.”
Q&A with the speakers, with representatives of the student body of the M.A.T. in Italian at UMass Amherst, and with representatives of the Office of Educator Preparation of the Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education.
Light refreshments will be served.
For more background info on the licensure process, take a look at the DESE’s video series:
https://tinyurl.com/DOE-videos
Address: Mount Ida College, 777 Dedham St. Newton, MA 02459. Oak Hill Room is located on the lower level of the Campus Center (92 Carlson Ave.)
Visitor Parking: To the left just after the Gate House (90 Carlson Ave.)
K-12 Schools in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Italian Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Italian Teachers Association (MITA), the New England Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI), the Massachusetts Department of Education, and the General Consulate of Italy in Boston present an informational forum that will get you up to date on how to enter the teaching profession in the Public School System of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Special attention will be given to the four types of teaching licenses (temporary, provisional, initial, and professional) and the importance of the MTEL (Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure) exam. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is highly recommended.
Program of the forum:
Prof. Andrea Malaguti (University of Massachusetts Amherst): Welcome and introduction
Prof. Carmen Petrucci (Education Office, General Consulate of Italy in Boston): Introductory remarks.
Prof. Gina Maiellaro (Northeastern University, AATI-MITA): “Teaching Italian in K-12 Public Schools: Latest Data.”
Dr. Katherine Lopez Natale: "The Multi-Step Teacher Licensure Process in Massachusetts".
Prof. Michael Papio (University of Massachusetts Amherst): “The Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) Program at UMass Amherst: Present and Future Perspectives.”
Q&A with the speakers, with representatives of the student body of the M.A.T. in Italian at UMass Amherst, and with representatives of the Office of Educator Preparation of the Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education.
Light refreshments will be served.
For more background info on the licensure process, take a look at the DESE’s video series:
https://tinyurl.com/DOE-videos
Address: Mount Ida College, 777 Dedham St. Newton, MA 02459. Oak Hill Room is located on the lower level of the Campus Center (92 Carlson Ave.)
Visitor Parking: To the left just after the Gate House (90 Carlson Ave.)
Back-to-School Apericena with MITA
September 21
Winchester High School, Winchester (MA)
Dear colleagues,
MITA cordially invites all the members to attend our Back-to-school Apericena.
During the event MITA will present its program of activities for the school/academic year 2018-2019 providing an excellent opportunity to colleagues of all levels to participate in organizational decisions of the association. MITA's mission to support members' needs and continued learning will also be discussed seeking to elicit strategies for recruiting and retaining Italian language educators.
All MITA/AATI members and prospective members are welcome and strongly encouraged to attend.
Please reserve you seat by September 14 using the link below.
September 21
Winchester High School, Winchester (MA)
Dear colleagues,
MITA cordially invites all the members to attend our Back-to-school Apericena.
During the event MITA will present its program of activities for the school/academic year 2018-2019 providing an excellent opportunity to colleagues of all levels to participate in organizational decisions of the association. MITA's mission to support members' needs and continued learning will also be discussed seeking to elicit strategies for recruiting and retaining Italian language educators.
All MITA/AATI members and prospective members are welcome and strongly encouraged to attend.
Please reserve you seat by September 14 using the link below.
Towards proficiency: Unit Planning for World Languages
Verso un approccio di "proficiency" per l'italiano: la pianificazione delle unità didattiche
by Karen Nerpouni
Sabato, 24 marzo, 2018
8:30 - 16:00 - Medford High School, Medford
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A major goal of many school districts is to document curriculum. The Understanding by Design (UbD) template is one of the most frequently adopted frameworks to do so. Although the concept of backward planning is useful, the UbD template is complex and many not be well suited for world language programs. In this workshop, you will get an overview of a template designed for language teachers. Participants will examine a model unit and then work as a group to outline a unit in Italian.
Il corso è organizzato da AATI New England/ MITA ed è reso possibile grazie al contributo del Consolato Italiano di Boston e dal MAE (Ministero Affari Esteri).
La partecipazione ai seminari è gratuita, ma è necessario registrarsi usando i link nei riquadri inferiori.
Verso un approccio di "proficiency" per l'italiano: la pianificazione delle unità didattiche
by Karen Nerpouni
Sabato, 24 marzo, 2018
8:30 - 16:00 - Medford High School, Medford
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A major goal of many school districts is to document curriculum. The Understanding by Design (UbD) template is one of the most frequently adopted frameworks to do so. Although the concept of backward planning is useful, the UbD template is complex and many not be well suited for world language programs. In this workshop, you will get an overview of a template designed for language teachers. Participants will examine a model unit and then work as a group to outline a unit in Italian.
Il corso è organizzato da AATI New England/ MITA ed è reso possibile grazie al contributo del Consolato Italiano di Boston e dal MAE (Ministero Affari Esteri).
La partecipazione ai seminari è gratuita, ma è necessario registrarsi usando i link nei riquadri inferiori.
Integrated Performance Assessments
Building Proficiency Through Practiced Performance
Saturday, April 7, 2018
8:30 - 16:00
presented by Nicole Sherf, Salem State University
Winchester High School, Winchester
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Don't miss this unique free professional opportunity for both school and college instructors! The proficiency movement is changing the focus of language programs across the nation. Proficiency is all about what language learners can do with the language in various contexts. The paradigm shift that this represents encourages language teachers and programs to plan for proficiency outcomes rather than being guided solely by vocabulary and grammatical concepts in our textbooks. It also requires a new lens for assessment. This workshop will overview supports for proficiency shift and offer a performance-based lens for assessment in the Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs).
Participation is free, but registration is necessary as seating is limited. Registration deadline is April 5th.
Teachers can receive up to 10 PDPs for participating to this workshop.
Lunch will be served to all participants. The workshop is organized by AATI New England/ MITA and has been sponsored by the Italian Consulate of Boston and the MAE (Ministero Affari Esteri).
Building Proficiency Through Practiced Performance
Saturday, April 7, 2018
8:30 - 16:00
presented by Nicole Sherf, Salem State University
Winchester High School, Winchester
__________
Don't miss this unique free professional opportunity for both school and college instructors! The proficiency movement is changing the focus of language programs across the nation. Proficiency is all about what language learners can do with the language in various contexts. The paradigm shift that this represents encourages language teachers and programs to plan for proficiency outcomes rather than being guided solely by vocabulary and grammatical concepts in our textbooks. It also requires a new lens for assessment. This workshop will overview supports for proficiency shift and offer a performance-based lens for assessment in the Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs).
Participation is free, but registration is necessary as seating is limited. Registration deadline is April 5th.
Teachers can receive up to 10 PDPs for participating to this workshop.
Lunch will be served to all participants. The workshop is organized by AATI New England/ MITA and has been sponsored by the Italian Consulate of Boston and the MAE (Ministero Affari Esteri).
Workshop series - 2016
High leverage practices in blended language courses
Fernando Rubio
Monday, September 16, 2016
Wellesley College
Research published over the past few years has shown that blended language courses, if carefully designed, can be as effective and sometimes more effective than traditional face-to-face instruction. This workshop helps participants understand and then practice the design of high-leverage teaching practices that are common in many blended language courses and take full advantage of the combination of an online and a face-to-face component.
The workshop focuses specifically on three core practices of language courses: interaction, formative assessment and feedback. After a brief discussion of the role that these practices play in second language acquisition and the best way to incorporate them into blended courses, participants will work in language groups to design contextualized tasks that incorporate these core practices. By the end of the workshop each group will share a series of theme-based activities that culminates in an assessment task.
Research talk: Teacher and student interaction in blended language courses
Much has been written about interaction in online courses from the perspective of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework. However, there is not much research looking at blended courses and how the combination of two delivery methods affects the approach of teachers and learners to the learning process and how the patterns of interaction may differ from those common in fully online or fully face-to-face courses. This talk describes a study that investigates interaction in a multi-section introductory language course taught in a 50/50 blended format. Following the CoI framework the study looks at teaching presence (the design, facilitation, and direction of collaborative inquiry) both online and face-to-face. To complement this measure, we also investigate patterns of student interaction with the course. The study has two main goals: a) to assess potential correlations between teaching presence and course success; and b) to look at how patterns of student interaction correlate with student success.
Fernando Rubio
Monday, September 16, 2016
Wellesley College
Research published over the past few years has shown that blended language courses, if carefully designed, can be as effective and sometimes more effective than traditional face-to-face instruction. This workshop helps participants understand and then practice the design of high-leverage teaching practices that are common in many blended language courses and take full advantage of the combination of an online and a face-to-face component.
The workshop focuses specifically on three core practices of language courses: interaction, formative assessment and feedback. After a brief discussion of the role that these practices play in second language acquisition and the best way to incorporate them into blended courses, participants will work in language groups to design contextualized tasks that incorporate these core practices. By the end of the workshop each group will share a series of theme-based activities that culminates in an assessment task.
Research talk: Teacher and student interaction in blended language courses
Much has been written about interaction in online courses from the perspective of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework. However, there is not much research looking at blended courses and how the combination of two delivery methods affects the approach of teachers and learners to the learning process and how the patterns of interaction may differ from those common in fully online or fully face-to-face courses. This talk describes a study that investigates interaction in a multi-section introductory language course taught in a 50/50 blended format. Following the CoI framework the study looks at teaching presence (the design, facilitation, and direction of collaborative inquiry) both online and face-to-face. To complement this measure, we also investigate patterns of student interaction with the course. The study has two main goals: a) to assess potential correlations between teaching presence and course success; and b) to look at how patterns of student interaction correlate with student success.
MaFLA DIVERSITY DAY
May 16
Winslow Academic Center
Lasell College
Newton
Each May MaFLA offers its Diversity Day. This professional development opportunity features high-quality presenters in a variety of languages. It is an intensive day that always proves to be enriching for participants.
Proposals for presentations and workshops are now open for this year’s program.
We strongly encourage our colleagues (from high school, colleges or universities) to submit proposals of presentations/workshops on Italian language and culture. Sessions are 2 or 3 hours long and can be about a wide range of subjects/topics. An honorarium is donated to presenters. Examples of past programs are available at the MaFLA website.
Please, consider presenting at MaFLA Diversity Day: the presence of Italian is crucial in these important regional events!
For more information and to submit your proposal, contact Anna Tirone atatirone@winchesterps.org
May 16
Winslow Academic Center
Lasell College
Newton
Each May MaFLA offers its Diversity Day. This professional development opportunity features high-quality presenters in a variety of languages. It is an intensive day that always proves to be enriching for participants.
Proposals for presentations and workshops are now open for this year’s program.
We strongly encourage our colleagues (from high school, colleges or universities) to submit proposals of presentations/workshops on Italian language and culture. Sessions are 2 or 3 hours long and can be about a wide range of subjects/topics. An honorarium is donated to presenters. Examples of past programs are available at the MaFLA website.
Please, consider presenting at MaFLA Diversity Day: the presence of Italian is crucial in these important regional events!
For more information and to submit your proposal, contact Anna Tirone atatirone@winchesterps.org