Reminder: PEP Application DeadlineThe New Year has arrived, and schools are moving to complete the first semester.We remind all high schools that Saturday, February 17, 2024, is the submission deadline for this year’s PEP applications.Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns regarding the application.May this year bring peace and tranquility for (more…)
Call for Nominations of Executive Council members: Each year terms end for 3 PSMLA Executive Council members. We invite you to run for election or to nominate someone to run for election to serve a 3-year term on the PSMLA Executive Council. The Nominee must be a member of PSMLA for at least a year, (more…)
PSMLA & Vista Higher Learning Online Event PSMLA is partnering with Vista Higher Learning to offer informative, virtual professional development sessions, exclusively available for Pennsylvania educators! Please refer to this flyer for further information Registration for NECTFL Open, Hybrid and Remote Options Registration for the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages is now (more…)
PSMLA Central PA Spring Workshop – April 4 PSMLA invites you to attend our annual spring workshop on Saturday, April 4, at Messiah College. Join 2018 PSMLA Teacher of the Year Rich Madel for an interactive workshop on promoting intercultural competence through accessing target cultural perspectives in the target language via Glisan and Donato’s (2017) IMAGE (more…)
PSMLA Announces Annual Conference SAVE THE DATE! PSMLA’s annual conference will be held near Philadelphia, October 15 – 17, 2020. We are excited to share that Friday’s keynote speaker will be the current ACTFL Teacher of the Year, Rebecca Blouwolff. On October 15, there will be a pre-conference workshop led by former ACTFL Teacher of the (more…)
NECTFL Deadline approaching! Advance registration for the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL) ends on January 18. 2020 NECTFL, February 13-15 at the New York Hilton Midtown Theme: Languages for All: Envisioning Language Learning Opportunities for Every Learner All registration information and the preliminary program available at www.nectfl.org/conference Eight scholarships are still available for (more…)
Happy New Year! Immersion Day at Chestnut Hill College “Save the Date” PSMLA invites you to attend our annual Spring workshop on Saturday, March 7, at Chestnut Hill College. Join the esteemed Dr. Bonnie Adair-Hauck for her interactive workshop, “Using the Target Language 90% of the Time Even for Beginning Level Classes.” During this engaging session, discussions (more…)
PSMLA Fall 2019 Conference: Call for Proposals The PSMLA Fall 2019 Conference, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Council for International Education (PACIE), will be held at the Penn Stater in State College, PA, on Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26. You are invited to propose a session in any pertinent area such as: technology, methodology, (more…)
Check out several of the upcoming professional development opportunities available for world language educators! 7th Annual Spanish Immersion Swap Shop and Cooking Demonstration The Southwestern PA Chapter of the AATSP, Seton Hill University, and Westmoreland Intermediate Unit invite you to our 7th Annual Swap Shop and Latino Cooking Demonstration on Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 9am-2pm at Seton Hill (more…)
PLF Call for submissions Are you looking for a way to contribute to your profession at a state level? Would you like to add a publication to your résumé this year? Do you have great lesson plans, teaching strategies, or classroom activities to share with your colleagues? Have you conducted research related to language education? (more…)
