This is the former page of the Central Texas Chapter of the AATF.
Please check out the new site:
https://sites.google.com/site/centraltexasfrenchteachers/

Note: For the Grand Concours/National French Contest, Rosemary Clark will continue to use her current site through the 2012 contest season: nfc.centraltexasfrenchteachers.org

This page and the pages to which it links will be maintained for several months for archival purposes only in case there are photos or documents you wish to retrieve. The site was last updated April 11, 2011 and will not be updated again, so realize that certain information links may already be obsolete.

Joel Mayer, www.montevistawebs.com
 
 
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AATF Spring Meeting in Austin, March 26, 2011

photos by Moira di Mauro Jackson and Anne Cirella-Urrutia
The Spring 2011 Meeting of the Central Texas AATF was held Saturday, March 26, at Huston-Tillotson University and Karibu Ethiopian Restaurant in Austin. Presenters at the morning session were:
  • Moira DiMauro-Jackson, Texas State University - Use of film for the intermediate French class
  • Christine Albert, chanteuse française d'Austin, & Jackie Thomas, Texas A&M University at Kingsville - Christine sang several songs from her concert, accompanied at the piano by Chip Dolan, and Jackie introduced exercises she has developed to accompany Christine's songs in her teaching.
  • François Lagarde, The University of Texas - Literary portrait of Rwandan francophone author Scholastique Mukasonga
  • Dominique Mwankumi, Congolese author of children's literature - presentation of his latest illustrated book
At the business meeting, Moira di Mauro-Jackson of Texas State University was elected Chapter Vice-President and Esther Boateng of Midway HS in Waco was elected Secretary, each for a two-year term. 6 hours of TEA-approved CPE credit were issued to those in attendance!   - Minutes of the Meeting -
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Employment Opportunity with the Educational Testing Service
ETS is currently recruiting professionals with experience teaching French at any grade level in the state of Texas to assist in the scoring of the Languages Other Than English (LOTE) subject assessment program: Languages Other Than English: LOTE: FRENCH PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK TO APPY DIRECTLY TO THE PROGRAM: http://etscrs.submit4jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=85332.viewjobdetail&CID=85332&JID=103611&BUID=1851¬es_id=1
Program Requirements: Scorers must:
  • currently reside and teach in the state of Texas (On making a personal inquiry, I learned that retirees are eligible if they have taught French within the last 3 years - Joel)
  • be currently certified to teach French language in the state of Texas
  • have at least three years of experience teaching French language in the state of Texas OR be a current instructor in the education of future French Language teachers at a higher –education institute in the state of Texas
  • have taught French language in the state of Texas within the past three years, AND
  • A scanned copy of current teaching certification is required for applicants teaching Grades 1-12. The teaching certification is not required if you are teaching at the College level.
Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis at the present time. The next scoring session is scheduled to start in April, 2011. All training and scoring work is completed on line from a home computer.
eLycée - Ateliers de formation continue 2011
"Il s'agit de découvrir de nouvelles ressources, de vivre des situations de classe attrayantes, motivantes, très productives au sein d'un groupe de professionnels de l'éducation. Tirer profit des nouvelles technologies, ouvrir sa classe aux richesses audiovisuelles disponibles sur le net."
used and recommended by Central Texas AATF member Heather Alonso!
Complete Information & Registration Form
courses offered on line throughout the year
 
Chapter Officers
Position Until Name E-Mail
President 5/12 Anne Cirella-Urrutia acirella@live.com
Vice-President 5/13 Moira DiMauro-Jackson md11@txstate.edu
Secretary 5/13 Esther Boateng esther.boateng@midwayisd.org
Treasurer 5/12 Talal Zineddine talal_zineddine@roundrockisd.org
Program Chair 5/11 Jacqueline Thomas j-thomas@tamuk.edu
Regional Representative
Region VII South Central 12/12 Janet Smith janet.smith@springbranchisd.com
National French Contest Administrator
Central Texas Chapter 5/12 Rosemary Clark rpzc@satx.rr.com
Central Texas Chapter Web Site 
 for the National French Contest
 
 
AATF Items of Interest
AATF Online Store Purchase merchandise and renew your membership for 2011 on line!
*AATF Awards and Grants
*AATF Summer Scholarship Applications (France, Belgium, Canada) - deadline February 15
*AATF Small Grants - deadline March 1st
Minutes of Previous Chapter Meetings
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LINKS OF INTEREST
French Heritage in Texas     Texas in French!
UT-Austin French Course Online
Le Français Interactif     Tex's French Grammar
Chapter President Anne Cirella-Urrutia of Huston-Tillotson University
recommends the following links for francophone authors of childrens' litterature:
Dominique Mwankumi     Tomi Ungerer
Aaron Prévôts of Southwestern University invites everyone to vist
French through Songs and Singing
Helen Guillory invites everyone to visit:   Better Understanding through Better Pronunciation
National AATF Web Page   National French Contest   Babillard des Membres
 
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