World Languages

Will West, Communications and Program Chair French Teacher Lincoln Public Schools wwest@lps.org What was your motivation to become a language teacher? My high school French teacher, Toni Theisen, motivated me to become a French teacher. Her class was a place where everybody belonged…’honor yourself’ was a mantra that we heard over and over. I believed that being a teacher, like Toni, would be the best way to honor her. In five words or less, describe your classroom approach. Give learning power to students What power do you find in speaking another language? As a teacher of world language and culture,...Read More ›

Daniel Kritenbrink is a Nebraska native and a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Kearney. While a student at UNK, he participated in a short study tour to the Soviet Union. He spent the following full academic year at Kansai Gaidai University in Japan. Study abroad is the capstone opportunity for demonstrating global understanding. Today, he is The United States Ambassador at the U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Vietnam. Krittenbrink credits his travel abroad experience for developing more than his language skills. He cites the development of insights into Asian cultures, networking, collaboration, and problem-solving. UNK Professor of History Dr. Doug...Read More ›

1. Local Travelers When preparing for a trip to the Dominican Republic, I required all of my Level I students to write introductory postcards on large index cards. I took their pictures and pasted them on the postcards. When I arrived in the Dominican for a mission trip, I worked with the local organization to plan a “Postcard Day” for the neighborhood organization. Neighborhood kids each took a card and wrote a response. Upon my return, I had the responses and a description of the community. Our school then sent back a gift of school supplies for the neighborhood organization....Read More ›

Lincoln Council for International Visitors Promotes global understanding through citizen diplomacy in Lincoln. Nebraska Fulbright Alumni Association Advocates fro the Fulbright Program and promotes international education. Nebraska Youth Institute at University of Nebraska Engages high school students with local leaders and experts on critical global challenges.

Linda Gjere Millard North Middle School Millard Public Schools 11 years teaching 8 years as a substitute Sherry Runnels St. Francis School 5 years of service at St. Francis Over 30 years in education Vicki Huskey Conestoga Jr-Sr High School Conestoga Public Schools 13 years in the Conestoga District 34 years in education Shirley Rytych Shickley Public Schools 46 years in education Diana Harris Lourdes Central Catholic Schools Diocese of Lincoln 45 years at Lourdes Central 49 years in education These names were submitted by administrators. If you would like to honor a 2018-2019 retiree, there will be one more...Read More ›

Call for Proposals: Nationals Association for Bilingual Education 49th Annual Conference NABE invites all education experts, researchers, authors and successful practitioners with information of interest to submit a proposal. They also encourage multilingual proposals. View the full call for proposals at http://www.nabe-conference.com/proposals.html Submit proposals by June 30, 2019 49th Annual NABE Conference Pre-Conference: February 25, 2020 Conference: February 26-28, 2020 Las Vegas, Nevada NABE is seeking proposals that engage participants in topics related to quality education for DLLs such as: • achieving educational equity for DLLs • ensuring social justice for DLLs through strong linguistic and academic attainment • providing...Read More ›

Santillana Spanish Works! Sampler In honor of World Language Week to make students realize language will help their career and civic life, Jimmy Moorhead, Santillana and Vista Publishing, would like to share this digital sample of the Spanish Works career readiness series (Levels 1-4 High School Spanish). This series strongly addresses the need to highlight language in its primary place in international commerce. http://promos.santillanausa.com/ES_SpanishWorks_SAMPLER/ Open Language Resource Center at the University of Kansas Online and printable activities in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, French, German, Haitian Creole, Persian, Portuguese, Quichua, Russian, Slovene, Somali, Spanish, and Uyghur. https://olrc.ku.edu/about French Embassy Launches Podcast “The Thing About...Read More ›

Francophone Film and Literature Course French 4950/8956 at University of Nebraska Omaha In fall 2019, UNO will offer Francophone Film and Literature Tuesdays from 4:30-7:10 with Dr. Patrice Proulx. Some of the films to be discussed include Incendies, Persepolis, L’Ange du Goudron, and Black Girl. The course focuses on a selection of contemporary films and short readings dealing with the Caribbean, Africa, North Africa, and Quebec. One of the primary objectives is the development of critical viewing and reading skills that will allow students to reflect more productively on the social and aesthetic themes in these works. Critical issues to...Read More ›

The following positions were posted in April 2019 on the Teach in Nebraska website at www.nebraskaeducationjobs.ne.gov French 9-12, Papillion La Vista South High School, Papillion Spanish 9-12, Part Time, Lincoln Lutheran High School, Lincoln Spanish 9-12, Lourdes Central Catholic School, Nebraska City Spanish 9-12, Schuyler Community Schools, Schuyler French 9-12, Mt. Michael Benedictine School, Elkhorn French 9-12 Part Time, Lincoln Pius X Catholic High School, Lincoln Spanish 7-12, Gothenburg Public Schools, Gothenburg Spanish 7-12, Morrill Public Schools, Morrill Spanish 7-12, Maxwell Public Schools, Maxwell Spanish 6-12, Long Term Substitute, Grand Island Central Catholic, Grand Island Spanish 1-12, Lindsay Holy Family,...Read More ›