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Conference Schedule Wednesday, March 7, 2007 CSC Board of Directors Meeting 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Section 6 (Special Events) 6:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Conference Registration and Welcome Reception Dance 9:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Hospitality Area Open 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Saturday, March 10, 2007 Thursday, March 8, 2007 Conference Registration Open 7:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m. Hospitality Area Open 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Conference Registration Open 7:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. NNELL/FLES Swapshop Breakfast 7:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Hospitality Area Open 7:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. CSC Leadership Recognition Class of 2006-2007 Immersion Workshops 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Full-day Workshops 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Extension Workshop 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Morning Workshops 9:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m. Morning Workshops 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Full-day Workshops 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CSCTFL Leadership Workshop 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Section 7 (Sessions) 8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. CSCTFL Report Authors Luncheon (by invitation) Exhibit Break and Raffle 8:50 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Section 8 (Sessions) 9:20 a.m. –10:35 a.m. Afternoon Workshops 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Section 9 (Sessions) 10:45 a.m. –11:35 a.m. CSCTFL Delegate Assembly 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Final Exhibit Break 11:35 a.m. –12:15 p.m. Advisory Council Reception 5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Section 10 (Sessions) 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Advisory Council Meeting 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Afternoon Workshops 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Opening and Wine and Cheese Gala Section 11 (Sessions) 1:40 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Section 12 (Sessions) 2:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. Section 13 (Sessions) 4:05 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2007 Joint Boards Dinner (by invitation) 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Conference Registration Open 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sunday, March 11, 2007 Hospitality Area Open 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibits Open 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CSCTFL Board of Directors Meeting 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Section 1 (Sessions) 8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. General Session and Keynote Address 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Exhibit Break and Raffle 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Central Connection: Section 2 (Sessions) 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. 2007 Conference Program Awards Luncheon 12:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Afternoon Workshops 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. March 2007, Volume 39, Number 3 Section 3 (Sessions) 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Section 4 (Sessions) 3:25 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Editor . .Johnson Litho Graphics Exhibit Break and Raffle 4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Executive Director . .Patrick T. Raven Section 5 (Sessions) 4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. The Central Connection is published three times a year by the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, a nonprofit BEST OF STATE SESSIONS organization for foreign language teachers in the seventeen-state region of CSC to promote the We are pleased that eleven of the 17 state annual upcoming conference. Issues pertinent to organizations that comprise the Central States the language teaching profession are featured. All Conference have chosen to bring their BEST three publications are distributed free of charge. of STATE presentations to this year’s Please direct questions and comments to Patrick conference. You will find these sessions T. Raven, CSC Executive Director, P.O. Box 251, highlighted throughout the program, and you Milwaukee, WI, 53201-0251; 414-405-4645 will know that each of them provides the very (phone); 414-276-4650 (FAX). best their state has to offer. Visit CSC at www.centralstates.cc Central Connections: 2007 Conference Program 3 Looking for information... ? Advertisers 13 Local Arrangements Advisory Council Membership 77 Channing Horner, Chair, Northwest Missouri State University Zona Mitchell, Asst. Chair, Lee’s Summit North High School Advisory Council Membership Form 85 Affiliate Liaison Awards Luncheon 39 Ann Sunderland, Chair, Truman High School Award Winners 40 Convention and Visitors Bureau Liaison / Hospitality Meredith Williams, Co-Chair, Park Hill South High School Welcome from Program Committee 8 Donna Siegrist, Co-Chair, Raytown Schools Conference Planner 90 Exhibitor Liaison Credit Options 17 Jo Cunningham, Co-Chair, Jefferson Junior High School Tina Bowling, Co-Chair, Lee’s Summit West High School CSC Committees 11 FLAM Booth CSC Dance 23 Astrid DeBuhr, Alliance Française CSC Officers & Directors 83 Flowers Julie Scott, Co-Chair, Blue Springs High School CSC Report 75 Cathy Tede, Co-Chair, Brittany Hill Middle School Entertainment Options 7 French Immersion Workshop Evaluation Form 87 Katie Madigan, Co-Chair, Rockhurst University Ann Sunderland, Co-Chair, Truman High School Exhibit Hall Map 71 Brandi Moeller, Blue Springs High School Debbie Wilson, Warrensburg High School Exhibitors Index 72 German Immersion Workshop Friday Special Event Receptions 25 Deborah Parker, Co-Chair, Lee’s Summit North High School General Session & Keynote 34 Heidi Bender, Co-Chair, Park Hill High School Hotel Floor Plans Back Cover Photography Wendy Brownell, Chair, Camdenton High School Local Committees 4 Pre-Registration NNELL/FLES Swapshop 50 Kassie Harshman, Co-Chair, Lafayette High School Guylaine Thevenot, Co-Chair, Central High School Presenter Directory 80 Louise Horner, Northwest Missouri State University Program and Local Committees 5 Julie Halsey, Lee’s Summit West High School Raffle Information 13 Signage Tammy Taylor, Co-Chair, Glendale High School Schedule Overview 3 Nancy Ipock, Co-Chair, Willard High School LaShae Eck, Glendale High School Schedule – Thursday 25 Melissa Jones, Waynesville High School Schedule – Friday Morning 29 Carrol Lund, Kickapoo High School Julie MacDonald, Parkview High School Schedule – Friday Afternoon 41 Spanish Immersion Workshop Schedule – Saturday Morning 52 Robin Farooq, Co-Chair, Lee’s Summit North High School Schedule – Saturday Afternoon 60 Nancy Hake, Co-Chair, Harrisonville High School Session Index by Language Focus 19 Troubleshooting Barb Adam, Co-Chair, South Valley Junior High School Session Index by Theme Focus 14 Emily Hollembaek, Co-Chair, Liberty Junior High School Heidi Bender, Park Hill High School Sponsors 6 Robin Farooq, Lee’s Summit North High School Workshops 25 Debbie Werthman, Lee’s Summit North High School 2008 Conference Proposal Information 33 VIP Lynne Wettig, Chair, Park University 4 Central Connections: 2007 Conference Program Making a Conference Conferences don’t just happen. They are the result of hundreds of people working together for hours and days and months. Anyone who has been part of planning a large conference knows the behind the scenes work that is involved. The Foreign Language Association of Missouri has joined with the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Board of Directors to bring you this 2007 conference. The Program Committee has done an outstanding job of making a conference to fit a wide variety of professional development needs. Not only will you get new information and ideas from your participation, but also we know that you will enjoy the location in the Crown Center area of Kansas City. We are especially indebted to all the volunteer members of the local committees whose names appear in this program booklet. Without their assistance, we would not be able to hold such an event. A sincere thank you to each and every committee member for the time and effort they have given to make this conference a reality. Cindy Kendall Program Chair Ingham Intermediate School District Mason, MI Barbara Andrews Assistant Program Chair Gateway Middle School Maumee, OH Channing Horner Local Arrangements Chair Northwestern Missouri State University (retired) Maryville, MO Zona Mitchell Assistant Local Arrangements Chair Lee’s Summit School District Lee’s Summit, MO Anne Nerenz Chair of the CSCTFL Board of Directors Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI Patrick Raven CSCTFL Executive Director Pearson Prentice Hall Central Connections: 2007 Conference Program 5 The Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages greatly appreciates the additional support that the following sponsors have provided: Advisory Council Reception McDougal Littell Name Badges and Lanyards Pearson Prentice Hall Delegate Assembly Break Pearson Prentice Hall Friday Night Dance Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Leadership Program Pearson Prentice Hall Joint Boards Dinner Holt, Rinehart & Winston Friday Morning Exhibit Refreshment Break ASC Direct, Inc. Friday Afternoon Exhibit Refreshment Break Pearson Prentice Hall Saturday Morning Exhibit Refreshment Break SANAKO, Inc. Authors Luncheon EMC/Paradigm, Inc. Wednesday Night Welcome Reception World of Reading, Ltd. AATSP Reception Embassy of Spain AATG Reception Goethe Institut Chicago 6 Central Connections: 2007 Conference Program Welcome to Kansas City Welcome to Kansas City from the Central States Conference Local Arrangements Committee and the ENTERTAINMENT Foreign Language Association of Missouri.