Teacher Resources

Helpful Teachers and School Districts:

The teachers and education professionals below served as content advisors for the series and have volunteered to help by providing additional support to educators. Please feel free to contact them in your pursuit to Get in the Mode!

Name School/Agency Email
Anita Alkhas University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alkhas@uwm.edu
Carrie Bergum Holmen High School bercar@holmen.k12.wi.us
Pam Delfosse WI Department of Public Instruction pamela.delfosse@dpi.wi.gov
Jean Hindson University of Wisconsin-La Crosse hindson.jean@uwlax.edu
Monica Millen LaBonte University Lake School mlabonte@universitylake.org
Heather Lawnicki Waunakee Community School District hlawnicki@waunakee.k12.wi.us
Mandy Madderom Waunakee Community School District amadderom@waunakee.k12.wi.us
Mike McKinnon (Retired) Janesville Public School District McKinnon0628@aol.com
Terry Neumann-Hayes Hartland-Arrowhead School District Neumann-hayes@ahs.k12.wi.us
Paul Sandrock WI Department of Public Instruction s.paul.sandrock@dpi.state.wi.us
Jody Schneider Woodlands School jfschneid@aol.com
Lynn Sessler Menasha Joint School District sesslerl@mjsd.k12.wi.us
Tiffany Shields McFarland School District tiffany_shields@mcfarland.k12.wi.us
JoAnn Tiedemann Madison Metropolitan School District jtiedemann@madison.k12.wi.us



Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for World Languages (PDF)
* Provided by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction




Vocabulary Page | Printable Vocabulary Page (PDF)

Download the blank Curriculum Planning Template (WORD DOC)



World Language Assessment Publications:

Planning Curriculum for Learning World Languages
Based on Wisconsin's standards, this guide describes step-by-step the decisions necessary for designing a curriculum for learning languages. Instead of beginning with a grammatical sequence and lists of vocabulary to learn, a standards-based curriculum describes what students can do with the target language vs. what they can say about the language. The switch in the unit and lesson planning cycle is to design curriculum units beginning from the mindset of the standards and working backward to the level of grammatical structures and vocabulary.
Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century
 The final document, Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century, represents an unprecedented consensus among educators, business leaders, government, and the community on the definition and role of foreign language instruction in American education. This visionary document has been used by teachers, administrators, and curriculum developers at both state and local levels to begin to improve foreign language education in our nation's schools.

The NEW revised 3rd Edition Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century, which includes standards for Arabic, is now available.
LinguaFolio (courtesy of WAFLT)
LinguaFolio Wisconsin is a document in which those who are learning or have learned a language at school or outside school can reflect on their language learning and cultural experiences. It is a tool that can accompany language learning throughout one’s life and is suitable for documenting language abilities for various uses.