The NYSAFLT Colloquium is a forum in which LOTE colleagues share
perspectives, exchange ideas, and develop responses to issues of
importance to the LOTE education community. At the 2009
Colloquium, participants will focus on the importance of our
second standard, Culture, and how to successfully integrate and
assess it in our LOTE curriculum.
Bill Heller, a frequent presenter at the state and national level,
will deliver our keynote address. Our panelists and workshop
presenters will discuss how we define culture, strategies and
activities to integrate culture in our classrooms, ways of
assessing culture activities, and how we are preparing teachers to
deal with our second standard.
Because continued professional growth is important for the success
of all teachers, please join us on April 24th and 25th at the Best
Western Hotel in Albany for the 2009 NYSAFLT Colloquium.
We value your input!
Keynote Speaker:
Bill Heller - Perry Central School
Bill Heller has taught Spanish Levels I - V for the past 22 years at
Perry Central School. Prior to that, he taught elementary common branch
subjects for nine years in Warsaw Elementary School. Bill has been an
adjunct for Methods and Workshop in Spanish courses at SUNY Geneseo and
teaches a distance learning education course at Genesee Community
College. He is a regular presenter at regional, state and national
conferences. Bill co-presented with Jean LeLoup and Robert Ponterio at
the ACTFL conference in San Antonio on “The Third P: Getting at Cultural
Perspectives.” Bill has served on the NYSAFLT Board of Directors
representing the Rochester region and has edited several editions of the
Annual Meeting Publication. He is a past recipient of the NYSAFLT
Anthony Papalia Award and the WNYFLEC Distinguished Service Award. He
has been a contributing writer for materials for the Exprésate series
for Holt-McDougal. He is also a New York certified Emergency Medical
Technician and is a Catholic priest in the Reformed Catholic Church.
