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  December 6, 2009
Hutto ISD is looking for a full-time French teacher to begin January 2010. Hutto is a small but fast-growing district about 20 minutes north east of the Austin area. Interested candidates can go to the human resources web site at: www.hutto.txed.net/education/dept/dept.php?sectionid=995 or may contact the principal of Hutto High School directly at manny.lunoff@hutto.txed.net. Please share this with anyone you think may be interested.

  October 19, 2009
Our Chapter's Grand Concours-National French Contest web page nfc.centraltexasfrenchteachers.org
has been updated by Contest Administrator Rosemary Clark with the following files and links:
  • National French Contest 2010 Flyer
  • What is tested in the Grand Concours? Levels 01 - 5|FLES
  • Description of eligibility and rules (levels and divisions)
  • Grand Concours 2010 Materials Order Form (middle and high school)
  • Consolidated Student Eligibility Sheet
  • AATF Order Form for review materials and awards
 
Fall Meeting in San Antonio
The Fall Meeting was held Saturday, September 26 at the El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, in conjuction with the Symposium for French Teachers presented by the Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Houston. Just over 20 members from the Austin, Corpus Christi, and San Antonio areas attended.

The morning session began with the Symposium for French Teachers presented by Dominique Chastres, Attaché culturel français à Houston, and Marie Maurannes, Attachée culturelle adjointe. Mr. Chastres began with a slide show on France, featuring its cultural and economic importances as well as the natural beauty of the country. He referred us to photos available for viewing on diplomatie.gouv.fr.

Ms. Maurannes continued the symposium with an overview of resources available from the French Cultural Services. These were grouped into four categories: assistantships, grants & scholarships, promotion of French cinema, and teacher and student resources. Some of the links she recommended are frenchculture.org, facecouncil.org, and universcine.com.

The final part of the symposium dealt with the promotion of French. Suggested links included theworldspeaksfrench.org, the Francofil newsletter, and espacefrancophone.org .

The morning concluded with the presentation by Amy King on her Fullbright-Hays travel and study grant to Cameroon this past summer and the way she is integrating this experience into her French classes. Amy invites you to view her 2 albums of the trip on Picasaweb:   Album 1   Album 2

A buffet mexicain luncheon was served, compliments of the El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel and its proprietor, Mr. James Lifshutz, the Honorary Consul of France in San Antonio, who joined us towards the end of the meal.

The business meeting following lunch was chaired by President Janet Lumley. Elections were held to succeed Secretary-Treasurer Heather Alonso, and the job was split between two members. Rosemary Clark was elected Secretary and Helen Guillory was elected as Treasurer, both by acclamation. Rosemary was also confirmed as the new Chapter Administrator of the National French Contest, an appointment that was greeted with enthusiastic cheers from the membership. Rita McKee, the departing Administrator, was presented a gift by the Chapter as a token of appreciation for her long and devoted service, which saw a dramatic increase in contest participation. Due to the efforts of Janet Lumley, our chapter has been approved by the Texas Education Agency as a provider of CPE (Continuing Professional Education) credits, and attendees at the Fall Meeting received certificates for 6 hours CPE credit. A great legacy for Janet to leave us, as her 2nd term as president expires next spring!

Two presentations concluded the day's activities. Anne Cirella-Urrutia gave a talk on Francophone children's literature, with a focus on the Congolese author, Dominique Mwankumi, and Helen Guillory made a presentation on the ANVILL Project, A National Virtual Language Laboratory, part of which she manages on our chapter web site, freeware.centraltexasfrenchteachers.org. The project home site is anvill.uoregon.edu/anvill2
Retenez la date - le 27 mars en Petite Alsace!
Plans are already underway for our Spring Meeting, which will be held in Castroville on Saturday, March 27, 2010, barring any unforeseen circumstances. If you would like to make a presentation,
please contact Vice-President Joel Mayer at joelmsatx-aaft@yahoo.com or Program Chair
Jacqueline Thomas at kfjwt00@tamuk.edu.
Those attending will receive at least 3 hours of TEA-recognized CPE credit!
   
Chapter Officers
Position Until Name E-Mail
President 5/10 Janet Lumley janetlumley@hotmail.com
Vice-President 5/11 Joel Mayer joelmsatx-aatf@yahoo.com
Secretary 5/11 Rosemary Clark rpzc@satx.rr.com
Treasurer 5/11 Helen Guillory hguillory@austin.rr.com
Program Chair 5/11 Jacqueline Thomas j-thomas@tamuk.edu
Regional Representative
Region VIII Southwest Jacqueline Thomas j-thomas@tamuk.edu
Southwest Region Web Page
Newsletter   French Resources   Forum
National French Contest Administrator
Central Texas Chapter 5/10 Rosemary Clark rpzc@satx.rr.com
Central Texas Chapter Web Site 
 for the National French Contest
If you would like to receive e-mail notification when this page is updated and bulletins of chapter news, write to webmaster Joel Mayer. It is not necessary to be an AATF member in order to be on our mailing list!
 
 
AATF Items of Interest

The AATF Online Store is now open for business! You may purchase merchandise and
        renew your membership for 2009 on line!

*February 1st - Deadline for nominations for Dorothy Ludwig Excellence in Teaching Awards frenchteachers.org/hq/teacherawards.htm and the Intercultural Student Exchange
         (ISE) "Language Matters" Award
         frenchteachers.org/hq/forms/ISE%20Language%20Matters.pdf

*February 15 - Deadline for Summer Scholarship Applications frenchteachers.org/hq/scholarships.htm

*February 24 - Deadline for submissions to the FLES Poster Contest frenchteachers.org/hq/forms/FLES%20Poster.pdf

*March 1st - Deadline for applications for AATF Small Grants frenchteachers.org/hq/smallgrant.htm

*March 15 - Deadline for applications for Walter Jensen Scholarships for study abroad by future French teachers frenchteachers.org/hq/scholarshipjensen.htm

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