AATF Convention 2021

This workshop will pair the AATF Commissions on Teacher Recruitment & Retention and on Advocacy to discuss the many ways in which our commissions and volunteers work to support and defend French program. Connecting secondary and post-secondary programs is a major focus of the Commission on Teacher Recruitment & Retention. What’s in it for my students? For my program? For my profession? Post-secondary French programs are under pressure, perhaps as never before. Find out why this is important to K-16 teachers and what role you can play in building a strong high school to college connection to encourage lifelong learning and to promote careers in French. Ready-to-use resources and teacher-recommended strategies will be provided. The Commission on Advocacy, in addition to providing ongoing support to individual programs, will address the recent declines in post-secondary enrollments within the larger context of the crisis in the humanities. All this is occuring while French is still the second most-studied foreign language in the U.S. at both the K-12 and college levels. Advocacy is needed, now more than ever, and everyone can help!