Richard S. Ladd 64 Commonwealth Road, Lynn, MA 01904 PH: (508) 864-2084 * E-mail: [email protected]

--EDUCATION-- Doctor of Arts (D.A.) Foreign Language Education (French & Italian). Specialization in 19th and 20th Century French Novel, 20th Century Italian Novel and Theatre. Dissertation: A Functional-Notional Syllabus for Junior High School/Middle School French. SUNY at Stony Brook. 1988. Master of Arts (A.M.) French. École française, Middlebury College. 1976. Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) French. Salem State College. 1973.

---EXPERIENCE --- Gordon College, Department of Language and Linguistics FRE 201 Intermediate French 1 Gordon College, Graduate School of Education 2016- FRE 639 French Linguistics, Phonetics and Advanced Grammar FRE 670 Tales, Shadows and Metaphors: World War II in France: Fall 2017 FRE 673 Immigration in Contemporary France — La France arabe; Summer 2016, Summer 2017 FRE 675 Le Roman Initiatique dans la Francophonie FRE 677 Literature of the Middle Ages: Spring 2017, Fall 2017 North Shore Christian School: 2015- Spanish 6-8 in a Christian setting. Ipswich (MA) High School: 1984 - 2015 Foreign Language Department Director and Teacher. Teaching French (including Advanced Placement), Spanish, Latin, and Russian. Professional development for elementary FLES teachers. Course: Much Latin, Less Greek. Directed independent studies in: Danish, Flemish, German, Modern Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Mandarin, and Russian. Northern Essex Community College: 1991- 1995 Adjunct professor in foreign languages: French and Italian. State University of New York at Stony Brook: 1980-1981 Department of French and Italian & Division of Continuing Education Lynn (MA) Public Schools, junior and senior high schools; Spanish and French: 1974-84 Girls' Catholic High School (Malden, MA): 1973-1974.

-- HONORS AND AWARDS ---  Massachusetts Foreign Language Association, Distinguished Service Award, 2006.  Chevalier dans l'ordre des Palmes Academiques. Awarded by the government of France. 2000.  1994 Advanced Placement Teacher Recognition Award - French presented by New England Regional Office of the College Board. (One of six in AP subjects in New England)

---PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY –--  President, Vice-President, Eastern Massachusetts Chapter, American Association of Teachers of French. 1999-2003  Member of Commission to Promote French, American Association of Teachers of French, 1998.  National Awards Committee, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. 1998.  Writer: Massachusetts Frameworks for Foreign Languages. 1999  Massachusetts Department of Education: Committee to Review and Revise the Frameworks for Foreign Languages. 1998-1999.  American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Massachusetts Delegate to the Assembly. Philadelphia 1996, Nashville 1997. Chicago 1998.  Massachusetts Foreign Language Association, Past President 1998. President 1997. Conference Chairperson, MaFLA Fall Conference, October 1996. (Est. Attendance: +1500; Over 100 workshops in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, pedagogy, and technology). Board member: 1993-1998.  Institute on Culture and Children's Literature: France and Mexico. National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. July 1996.  Reader: Advanced Placement Examination in French: College Board/ETS. Trenton State College, NJ. June 1996.  Director. MaFLA Technology in FL Education Workshops at Mount Holyoke College, June 1994. August 1995. August 1996.  Steering Committee Chair: NEASC Evaluation of Ipswich High School. 1993 -1995.  Board of Directors, ECLAT, Essex County Language Teachers' Association. 1993  Affiliations: MaFLA, ACTFL, AATF. AATSP, and ECLAT.  Massachusetts Teacher Certification in French, Spanish, Italian, Secondary Supervisor.

-- PUBLICATIONS -- Allons au-delà: La Langue et les cultures du monde francophone. Fourth- and fifth-year high school French program combining literature and thinking skills with a four-skills approach to honing French. Pearson-Prentice-Hall. 2011. AP French: Preparing for the Language and Culture Examination. Pearson-Prentice-Hall. 2011. Take-Home CD-Roms to accompany Discovering French : Bleu, Blanc et Rouge. McDougal- Littell. 2004. Block Scheduling Copymasters to accompany Discovering French : Bleu, Blanc et Rouge. McDougal-Littell. 2004. C'est à toi 3. With Augusta Clark. Third-level French text in series. EMC. 1998. AP French: Preparing for the Language Exam. With Colette Girard. Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley. 1997. (Second edition of Longman title.) Instructor's Video Source book to Entre nous. College French text. 1994. J. Wiley & Sons. A Votre Tour! With Valette and Valette. Testing and Assessment Program. (Third-year College). 1995. Houghton-Mifflin. . Discovering French: Rouge. With Valette and Valette. Testing and Assessment Program. (Level 3) 1994. D.C. Heath. Video Activities Booklets for Bienvenue! and À bord!. 1994. Glencoe-McGraw-Hill. Le Subjonctif et la politique (French) and El subjuntivo y la politica (Spanish), teacher activity packets. Spring 1994. Gessler, Inc. (Out of Print) AP French: A Guide to the Language Course. With Colette Girard. Fall 1992. Longman, Inc., White Plains NY. (Out of Print) Consultant: Listening Comprehension Skills for Intermediate and Advanced Students of French. Longman, Inc. 1994; A l'aventure, J. Wiley and Sons, 1996; Emotions and Diversité (college readers in French), Houghton-Mifflin College Division, 1995. Spanish 2000, McDougal- Littell, 1998.

--- SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES & ARTICLES -- Tools for Connecting to the World. MaFLA, October 2011. Toys and Tricks to Another Level. MaFLA, October 2009. Can We Do That Without a Worksheet? MaFLA, October 2008. Two Old Dogs with Techie Tricks. MaFLA, October 2006. October 2007. Toys, Tricks and Templates! MaFLA, October 2006. Keep moving! MaFLA, October 2005. Don’t Sit Down! MaFLA, October 2004. New Tricks from an Old Dog MaFLA October 2003 A Little Red Hen and a Big Red Dog MaFLA, October 2002 Let’s Put the Boredom Back in the Classroom MaFLA, October 2000 More Toys, Tricks and Substitute Plans. MaFLA, October 1999; ACTFL, Dallas, Tx. November 1999. Using Children's Books in the K -16 Classroom. Greater Boston World Languages Collaborative, December 1999; Springfield (MA) Public Schools; December 1999; Invitational to ACTFL - ACTFL, Dallas, TX November 1999; Workshop with Cherice Montgomery ACTFL, Dallas TX. November 1999; NYSAFLT, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. August, 1999; MaFLA, Sturbridge, MA October 1999; Braintree (MA) Public Schools, October 1999; Northeast Conference, New York, One-hour session awarded "Best of Northeast Conference" April 1999; Northeast Conference, New York, three-hour feature session. April 1999; With Mari Haas (Teachers' College, Columbia University), ACTFL, Chicago, IL, November 1998. L 'Emploi de la littérature enfantine dans la classe de français K-16. Presented in French. AATF National Conference, St. Louis, MO, July 1999; AATF New England Regional Conference, April 1999; MaFLA Immersion, June 1999, July 1998; AATF Conference. Montreal, Quebec, July 1998. Implementing the Massachusetts FL Framework. MaFLA, October 1999; ECLAT, September 1999; Simmons College, Boston, April 1999. Goals 2000 Literature Institute: French. Leader. Harvard University & Ipswich Public Schools, August 17-19, 1999. Integrating the Foreign Language Framework 7-12 (30 hour course). French River Educational Consortium (Oxford, MA). July 1999. Integrating Literature in the Foreign Language Curriculum: French (80-hour course). MaFLA & Wachusett Public Schools instItute (Sponsored by grant from Massachusetts Department of Education; course credit via NE Consortium and Salem State College), July 1999. Repeated at Elms College, summer 2000. Making the Long Block Work (with Nancy Gadbois and Rita Oleksak, High School of Science and Technology, Springfield, MA) 3-hour workshop at Northeast Conference, April 1999. AP French Language: Mise à jour. With Michele Shockey (Palo Alto, CA), MaFLA October 1998. Toys, Tricks, Tools, and Templates: Creative Activities for the Long Block. (Revised and updated). ACTFL, Chicago, IL. November 1998; MaFLA October 1998. Teaching on the Block. Special invited-panel discussion at Northeast Conference. April 1998. Toys, Tricks. Tools. and Templates: Creative Activities for the Long Block. MaFLA Conference, October 1997; ECLAT, November 1997; Andover High School, December 1997; Worcester MA Public Schools, March 1998; Taconic High School, Pittsfield, MA March 1998; Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, NYC, April 1998. Advanced Placement French: AP Institute. Instructor of five-day institute for teachers of AP French Language. St. Mary's Hall, San Antonio, TX. June 23-27, 1997. Children's Literature: the Literature of the 90's. Greater Boston World Languages Collaborative, Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA. May 5, 1997; MaFLA Conference, November 1, 1997. Comment lancer un programme AP. With Lison Baselis-Bitoun. Bibliothèque française de Boston: Troisième Assises du français. May 2, 1997. Teaching AP French. With Chuck Holman. Weston High School. March 23, 1997; High School of Science and Technology, Springfield, MA, September 1997; Barnstable MA High School, October 1997 (2 hr); Wachusett High School, January 1999 (4 hr). Let the Word Go Forth! MaFLA Newsletter, January 1997. Reprinted in Minnesota Language Review. XXV.4, Summer 1997. Conference Evaluations: Your Questions Answered. MaFLA Newsletter, January 1997. Idea imitated by Northeast Conference Newsletter, used by permission. Using Children's Literature in the Foreign Language Classroom. ECLAT. November 5, 1996. L'apprentissage de la compréhension auditive. MaFLA Professional Development Seminar, June 1996. Computers in the FL Classroom: Electronic Portfolio and then some. MaFLA Professional Development Seminar, March 1996; Norwood (MA) Public Schools Professional Development, March 1996. Teaching AP Language Courses. With Miriam Grodberg, Wellesley High School. College Board MASCD Conference on Best Practices. By invitation. October 1999. Three-hour seminar, MaFLA Conference. Fall 1995. AP langue française: une mosaïque pour le cours. (Delivered in French) AATF 6th Regional Conference. Wobum MA, September 1994; MaFLA: Andover MA, November 1994. Simulations in the Classroom. Presentation at MaFLA Conference: Sturbridge, MA, October 30, 1993. Strategies for Teaching Multi-Level Courses. Northeast Conference Newsletter, Winter 1993; MaFLA Conference: Sturbridge, MA, October 30, 1992; Professional development at Melrose (MA) Public Schools, November 1995. Distance Learning: Where Are We Now? Presentation at Essex County Language Teachers Association (ECLAT): February 2, 1993.