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 October 2011

2011 ANNUAL FALL OHIO-AATG CONFERENCE
IN COLUMBUS  4-5 November, 2011

Dear members of the Ohio AATG,

I invite all members to attend our Annual Fall Conference in Columbus this year.Angelika Becker, chair of the world languages department of Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana, will offer a workshop on writing and writing strategies in our target language.  The meeting will be held November 4-5 at what has become our annual facility - the Holiday Inn- Columbus Worthington at 7007 N. High Street, Worthington, OH 43085 (Phone: 614-436-0700). If booked no later than October 21, 2011 the room rate is $89.00 plus tax. Rooms at our discounted rate are limited. Please call the hotel directly and ask for the block code "ATG" or Am. Assoc. of Teachers of German to meeting to get this rate.  In addition to what promises to be a highly useful workshop on writing, the weekend's program offers other highlights:

-Vocabulary building strategies in online reading, a presentation by Richard Kiovsky, Hudson City School District
-Strategies for differentiation and growth management of a one-teacher German program, a roundtable and discussion hosted by Dennis Boyd, Brunswick High School
-Focus group on the State of Ohio's draft of revised Academic Content Standards for languages, moderation by Debbie Robinson, Ohio Department of Education. Members, your perspective is most welcomed to the revision of the world language standards, and Debbie from the ODE will be joining us Saturday to gather our input after the workshop. With a good response for last year's film screening, we will again have a number of films available, from which the members will choose the short film to be screened on Friday evening.

As is our norm, teachers attending our conference for the first time will have their registration fees waived.
Following you will find a conference schedule, a bio for and a description of Frau Becker's workshop, and a registration form for the conference.
I look forward to meeting you in Columbus and wish you a successful and productive school year!

Best wishes,
Richard Kiovsky
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2011 ANNUAL FALL OHIO-AATG CONFERENCE IN COLUMBUS
4-5 November, 2011
Tentative Schedule
Friday, November 4, 2011

4:30-5:00 Registration, Welcome, and Refreshments

5:00-5:30 Online glossing and reading; a computer-aided, student-differentiated approach to guided reading for comprehension and analysis,
Richard Kiovsky, Hudson City Schools

5:30-6:00 Strategies for management and growth of a one-teacher German program, Dennis Boyd, Brunswick High School

6:00-7:00 Film Screening: (Membership’s choice) There will be a number of short films from German-speaking countries from which the members will
choose the film(s) to be shown.

7:45 Dinner (Reservations at a local restaurant)f We are currently planning
dinner reservations for 20. In order to get a more accurate count so we can
adjust our reservation accordingly, we ask that you indicate on your
registration form whether you think you will be joining us for dinner.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

9:00-9:10 Welcome/Announcements/Introductions

9:10-11:40 Keynote Speaker: Angelika Becker (Chair of World Languages and Teacher of German, Carmel High School, IN)
Topic: Writing strategies for students and teachers in German (see
attached)

11:45-12:45 Lunch (in-house). Please consider staying for lunch to converse with our keynote presenter, and to be present to let your input be heard for the Ohio Department of Education focus group following and transitioning out of
the luncheon.

12:45-1:45 Focus Group: Academic Content Standards draft, World Languages, Debbie Robinson, Ohio Department of Education

1:45-2:15 Announcements and Updates from the membership

Conclusion of the Conference
Awarding of Door Prize and Membership Contest Prize

2:15-3:00 Executive Board Business Meeting (open to all members)

REGISTRATION FORM 2011 OHIO AATG FALL CONFERENCE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Please mail this form with your check to:
Dennis Boyd, Treasurer – Ohio AATG
PO Box 771595
Lakewood, OH 44107

Checks should be made payable to AATG, Ohio Chapter
If you have questions related to registration, please contact Chapter President Richard Kiovsky: (440) 804-4544. rkiovsky@kent.edu
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_____ Registration Fee* postmarked on or before October 24, 2011 $55.00
_____ Registration Fee* after October 24, 2011 $60.00
_____ Registration Fee* for full-time graduate students/teacher candidates
$25.00
_____ Waiver of fee for new AATG member when paying first-time AATG
membership at conference desk. (If this is the case, please send in
registration form and indicate that you will pay for your new membership
at the conference)
_____ Saturday Lunch $16.00
_____ Total Amount Enclosed
Will you be joining us for dinner on Friday night? _____ Yes _____ No
*The registration fee is non-refundable after October 24, 2011.
2011 ANNUAL FALL OHIO-AATG CONFERENCE IN COLUMBUS
4-5 November, 2011
Keynote Workshop:
Writing in German
Wenn Ihre Schüler eine Schreibaufgabe bekommen, geht dann ein Stöhnen durch den Raum, das einem das Herz erweichen könnte? Dann ist Zeit, an einem Seminar über Schreiben teilzunehmen. Eine Schreibübung, die die
Schüler schrittweise an das Aufsatzschreiben heranführt, bildet das Kernstück dieses Seminars. Aber natülich ist das nicht alles. Wir werden Raster konzipieren, Tipps austauschen, Themen besprechen und Strategien üben, die den Schülern helfen werden, besser zu schreiben.
Bitte bringen Sie Ihre gespitzten Bleistifte, gezückte Radiergummis und viele kreative Ideen mit.

Biography of the presenter:
Angelika Becker earned her B.A. in Education from Indiana University and her MA from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in Curriculum and Instruction. She teaches German III, IV, V (regular, IB, and AP) at Carmel High School, in Carmel, a suburb just north of Indianapolis in Indiana. In addition to her teaching duties, she is the World Language Department Chair in
charge of 21 World Language teachers, teaching 7 different languages in the largest high school in Indiana. Before she took this position, she taught German II – IV/AP at West Lafayette, IN after teaching middle school German level I for almost a decade. She started coordinating exchange programs with German schools in 2001 and is currently working with the Marie-Curie-Gymnasium, just outside of Berlin.
Her professional involvement started in 1995 with her first presentation at the Indiana Foreign Language Teacher Association Fall Conference (IFLTA), since then she presented many sessions, workshops and seminars at the local, regional, and national levels. The offices she held included Central Representative for the Indiana chapter of AATG, followed by the Vice-
Presidency, Presidency and Past-Presidency on the Indiana ExCo, Presiding Officer of the Chapter President Assembly followed by 5 years as Vice-President, President, and Past-President of IFLTA. Currently she represents the Central Region on the AATG ExCo.
From 2008 – 2010 she was a member of the AP Development Committee, an AP Reader and Question Leader 2009 to 2011 and a consultant since 2010. She is an active member and trainer
in the Goethe Institute Midwest Trainernetzwerk and on the AATG Professional Consultant List since the year 2000.
Some career highlights are participation in the TrainDaF Class of 2001, AATG Indiana and IFLTA K-8 Teacher of the Year in 2005, and all the wonderful professional development activities, in German and pedagogy, which she had the privilege to attend. She enjoys working with high school age students, as well as with teachers who are life-long learners.

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OFLA Awards: Nominate your colleagues!

We already know that German has the best language teachers in the state, but we need to make sure that they get the recognition they deserve, and the Ohio Foreign Language Association is an ideal venue for this. OFLA has several award categories. Nominate one of your colleagues today! The process is fairly easy and you certainly know about deserving candidates! You can find all the needed information here: http://www.ofla-online.org

Keep in mind that the deadline for submissions is December 1, 2011.

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Chapter Directory

President: Richard Kiovsky, Hudson High School, 2500 Hudson-Aurora Rd. Hudson, OH 44236. (330) 653-1416.  kiovskyr@hudson.edu

First Vice President: Kristina Wassermann, Centervile High School, Centerville, OH.  Kristina.Wassmann@centerville.k12.oh.us

Treasurer: Dennis Boyd, Brunswick High School

PAD Testing Chair: Darlene Lyon, Copley-Fairlawn Schools

Editor, Der Austausch:

Webmaster: Mark Himmelein, Mount Union College, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Alliance, OH 44601. (330) 829-8704.

Listserve Master: Stephanie E. Libbon, Kent State University, Dept. of MCLS, Kent, OH 44242. (330) 672-1811. slibbon@kent.edu

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