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!e SWCOLT Board of DirectorsExecutive Director Jody Klopp OklahomaPresident Natalie Figueroa New MexicoPast President Judy Cale ColoradoPresident Elect / Program Chair

Jocelyn Raught Arizona

Vice-President / Assistant Program Chair

Paula Hirsch California

Awards & Scholarships

Gregg Roberts Pamela Young

Utah Texas

ACTFL Representative

Lynette Fujimori Hawaii

Evaluations Lindsay MacDonald

Oklahoma

Teacher of the Year Committee Chair

Julie Lozada Ocampo

Nevada

SWCOLT Webinar Project

Paula Hirsch California

Local Arrangements Chair

Jim Yoshioka Hawaii

Newsletter Editor Mike Wood Utah

Executive Director:

Jody Klopp, jody.klopp@okstate.edu

http://www.swcolt.org

Newsletter & Preliminary Program

December 2015

Inside this IssueACTFL Teacher of the Year .................................18Estimated Costs of Attending SWCOLT ...........14 Executive Directors Message ................................3Exhibitor and Advertising Information ....... 16-17Friday Sessions .................................................... 6-9 Hawaii Local Committee Members ....................2 Hotel Information ................................................14Congratulations Gregg Roberts .........................19Keynote Speaker Kaimana Barcarse.....................8 Local Arrangements Chair Message ....................3Membership Form ................................................21Registration Form.................................................20Saturday Sessions ............................................ 10-13!e Spirit of Aloha ................................................22SWCOLT 2016 Schedule of Events ......................4SWCOLT Board of Directors ................................2!ursday Workshops .............................................5Transportation and Lodging Information.........14

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4SWCOLT / HALT Schedule of Events

Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel on Kuhio Honolulu, Hawaii

Wednesday, March 2, 20167:00 pm - 8:30 pm Onsite Registration -

!ird Floor

!ursday, March 3, 20167:30 am - 5:00 pm Onsite Registration - !ird Floor8:30 am - 3:00 pm SWCOLT Board Meeting -

Niihau Board Room12:00 - 5:00 pm Exhibitors Setup -

Kaiulani 1 & 29:00 am - 12:00 pm Morning Half-Day Workshops1:00 pm - 4:00 pm A"ernoon Half-Day Workshops9:00 am - 4:00 pm Full-Day Workshops2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Interviews for

SWCOLT Teacher of the Year4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Grand Opening of Exhibits and

Membership Reception Traditional Hawaiian Blessing

Friday, March 4, 20167:00 am - 5:00 pm Onsite Registration - !ird Floor7:00 am - 8:00 am Exhibit Hall Open -

Co#ee Available - Kaiulani 1 & 28:00 am - 9:00 am Concurrent Sessions Group 19:15 am - 10:45 am Plenary and Awards10:45 am - 11:15 am Exhibit Break - Kaiulani 1 & 211:30 am - 12:30 pm Concurrent Sessions Group II12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Ticketed Luncheon /

HALT Awards - Prince David

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Concurrent Sessions Group III3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Concurrent Session Group IV4:15 pm - 5:00 pm Comedian Frank De Lima -

Prince Edward

Saturday, March 5, 20167:30 am 12:00 pm Onsite Registration -

!ird Floor

8:00 am - 4:00 pm Exhibit Hall - Kaiulani 1 & 28:00 am - 9:00 am Concurrent Sessions Group V9:15 am - 10:15 am Concurrent Sessions Group VI10:15 am - 10:45 am Exhibit Break - Kaiulani 1 & 2

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions Group VII

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Ticketed Bu#et Luncheon / 2017 OFLTA Kick-O# - Prince David

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Concurrent Sessions VIII

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Focus Sessions

Sunday, March 6, 20168:30 am - 11:30 am SWCOLT Board Meeting - Nii-

hau Board Room

SWCOLT & HALT wish to thank our Sponsors:

Confucius Institute, University of Hawaii at Mnoa (CI)

National Foreign Language Resource Center, "e University of Hawaii at Mnoa (NFLRC)

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

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Optional Workshops

All workshops are scheduled at the Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel on Kuhio, Honolulu, HawaiiFull-day workshops cost $110 plus the SWCOLT conference registration fee.Half-day workshops cost $55 plus the SWCOLT conference registration fee.

Full-day Workshops 9:00 am 4:00 pm

W1 - Guiding Learners Performance to the Next Level

Presenter: Paul Sandrock, Director of Education, ACTFL

Guiding Learners Performance to the Next Level: What really counts to move from Novice to Intermediate and from Intermediate to Advanced level of performance? !e workshop outlines the key communication strategies that educators need to develop, practice, and assess with their language learners.

W2 Teaching Pro!ciency through Reading and Storytelling

Presenter: Blaine Ray, Eagle Mountain, Utah!e workshop has an introduction to TPRS, a demon-stration and extensive practice. Teachers will practice various essential TPRS skills, including asking repetitive questions, pacing, and how to make the stories interest-ing via personalization and asking for surprise details from students. Teachers will be taught how to plan stories for their own classrooms. Teachers will also learn how to teach a story with student actors. !e presenter will start with one sentence and practice adding additional sentences, one at a time. !e presenter will also demon-strate an extended reading, and reading and discussing the novels. Lastly, teachers will learn about grading and classroom management in a TPRS classroom.

Morning Half-Day Workshop 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

W3 Total Participation Techniques: Strategies

to Involve All Learners All the Time

Presenters: Ann Tollefson, Independent Consultant

Brandee Mau, Utah State O"ce of Education!is workshop will actively involve participants in the exploration of a number of highly e#ective teaching strat-egies for engaging all students in language learning while constantly checking for their understanding. Participants will discuss and analyze excerpts from the award-win-ning ASCD publication Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner. !ey will also participate as learners in proven activities taken from immersion classrooms, have opportunities to share ideas with other teachers, and leave the workshop with strate-gies they can use immediately in their own classrooms.

A"ernoon Half-Day Workshop

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

W4- Mobile Storytelling

Presenter: Noah Geisel, Verses Education, LLC, Denver Colorado

Lets push the boundaries of digital storytelling! Tech-nological advances combined with increased access and connectivity have given rise to Mobile Storytelling. !e next evolution of digital storytelling, Mobile Storytelling is distinctive in two ways. First, it enables stories to be told anywhere that a creator has an internet-connected device. Second, it facilitates an alternating and recipro-cal current of information between content creators and content consumers. We will explore 5 free apps and take the time to dive deep with each so that you have expertise and exemplars to share with your learners on Monday. iOS mobile device recommended but not required.

Because their society was largely an oral rather than a written culture, ancient Hawaiians would learn values and history through trained storytellers. Because the stories were considered sacred, listeners were not allowed to move once a

story began.

6Friday Sessions Reddit as a Medium for Foreign Language LearningIvan Banov, University of Hawaii at Mnoa

Using Technology in the World Language ClassroomMarc Deising, Arturo Castillon, Santillana USA

E#ective Classroom Management In $e Foreign Language ClassroomWeixin Le, Jayne Young, Tessa BurtonUtah State O"ce of Education Language Right, Heritage Education, and Capacity Building: $e case of Ilokano in HawaiiJulius Soria, University of Hawaii at MnoaTrixia Soria, Waipahu High SchoolRachelle Aurellano, Waipahu High School Digital Dialogue: A Model for Telecollaborative ProjectsAudra Travelbee, Northern Arizona UniversityEmilia Gracia, Arizona State University

CI: $e Sixth ACTFL CCarol Gaab, TPRS Publishing, Inc.

Best of Texas: Student Pro!ciency 101Carol Arnold-Passant, Robert E. Lee High School What Happens in the ClassroomFernando Rubio, Lucia RubioUniversity of Utah

Enhancing Student Learning and Engagement $rough Collaborative Learning SpacesIsabel Asensio, Weber State University

Integrating Language, Culture and Content in the Mandarin ClassroomMaggie Chen California World Language Project, Los AngelesBrandon Zaslow

iINSPIRE, iDISCOVER, iEXPLORE, iMATTER. I TEACH GERMAN.Keith Cothrun American Association of Teachers of German

Yes, You Can (and Should) Use Music in Your Class!Lonnie Dai Zovi, Vibrante Press

Breathing Life into the Foreign Language Classroom: Developing Students Reading Pro!ciencyNieves Knapp, Greg #ompson Brigham Young University

Words with Friends: Vocabulary Acquisition for Pro!ciencyGreta Lundgaard, Plano Independent School District Building Your Core E#ective Practices for Language Learners and EducatorsPaul Sandrock, American Council on Teaching of Foreign LanguagesPete Swanson, Georgia State University

Sustainability Matters! German + STEM = Make a Di#erence!Anja Schmitt, Goethe-Institut

Best of Utah: Poor Sandhi, Bad Timing and a Lazy Habit: Improving Spanish Pronunciation in Native English SpeakersTom Mathews, Weber State University

7Friday Sessions Teaching Physics Using Ancient Chinese Science and TechnologyMatt Marone, Dept. of Physics, Mercer University

Best of Oklahoma: Preparing Students for AP at the Novice LevelDarcy Pippins, Norman High School

Modifying IPAs and OPIs for In-Class Assessments in Large ProgramsAtiyeh Showrai, Julia ChamberlinUniversity of Southern California

Demystifying the Cuban ExperienceKen Stewart, Chapel Hill High School Harnessing Social Power: $e Impact of Personal InterviewsBryce Hedstrom, Roosevelt High School, Johnstown, ColoradoBetsy Paskvan, Dimond High School, Anchorage, Alaska

In Language, $ere is Power: Incorporating Human Rights Education into the World Language CurriculumDaniel Lopez, Colorado Academy

$e Commission on Language of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences: an Update from JNCLBill Rivers, Joint National Committee for Languages

It All Starts with Pro!ciency: Connecting Assessment and LearningPaul Sandrock, American Council on Teaching of Foreign LanguagesPete Swanson, Georgia State University

Taking your World Language Program to the Next Level via Professional DevelopmentRyan Smith, Washoe County School District Anthony "T.J." Troche, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts

Growing Professionally with the AATSP: Programs, Resources, and OpportunitiesEmily Spinelli American Assoc of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese

So What are you Gonna do when you Graduate?: World Language Skills for the Multilingual WorkplaceDina R Yoshimi, Angela Haeusler University of Hawaii-Mnoa

Small Group Instruction in the Immersion ClassroomYu Jayne Young, Tessa Burton Utah State O"ce of Education

Best of Hawaii: New Way to Add Video Subtitles for Language Teaching on the WebSatoru Shinagawa, Univ. of Hawaii, Kapiolani CC

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SWCOLT Webinars

Join members of SWCOLT for free Webinars!

Members who have paid their local state association dues (CLTA / OFLTA / HALT / NMOLE / TFLA / PLAN / UFLA / CCFLT / AZLA) and members of SWCOLT and PNCFL are eligible for this free profes-sional development opportunity!

Presentation Title: Interactive Reading Strategies

For Todays Tech-Infused Classrooms

Presenter: Bethany !ompson, Instructional Technology Coach

Apple Valley High School, Apple Valley, California

Date: Monday, January 11, 2016

Time: 4:30 PM 5:30 PM (Paci$c Time)

Description:We know that e#ective reading strategies help students comprehend and acquire language, but how do these strategies translate to the world of Chromebooks, BYOD and technology infused classrooms?

!is webinar will focus a few reading strategies prov-en to help students move successfully through a text (short or long) and updating those strategies for a non-pen and paper classroom. Whether youre %ipping your classroom, blending your learning, or just trying to incorporate more technology, this webinar will help you update and engage students at any level.

!is webinar will use free Google Apps tools available to anyone with a Google account (either school or per-sonal).

Link to sign up:

https://swcolt.wufoo.com/forms/swcolt-webinar-reg-istration-form/

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON JANUARY 6th.

9 Friday 10-Minute Idea Tsunami Sessions

Japanese Language Class Writing Project---Making a Useful Lifestyle Magazine For Exchange StudentsMisuzu Kazama, University of British ColumbiaYuka Matsuhashi, Temple University

$e Bento ExperienceNeal Takamoto President George Washington Middle School

Developing Student Interactional Competence through Collaborative DialogueYumiko Tateyama, University of Hawaii at Mnoa

Piloting Dual Language Education in First GradeSharon Fukayama, Sacred Hearts Academy

PLC Outside the SchoolEdna-Mayra Hickling, Waipahu High School

Happiness in the Classroom and its Connection with Student RetentionFloreen Henry, Alejandro GarzaTarrant County College

Building Biographies with Project-Based LearningBeth Leinwand, Sunrise Mountain High School Community-Based Instruction in the Foreign Language ClassroomVera Hanaoka, University of Hawaii at Mnoa

Integrating Heritage and L2 Learners with Self-Selective Classroom JobsReed Riggs, Ding Wang University of Hawaii at Mnoa

Lets Go $rough Customs!Tanya de Hoyos, Defense Language Institute

Odd Man Out!Heather Nylen, University of Hawaii at MnoaRae Heather Nylen

Watch Me Read!Sheila Barton, Hereford High School, Hereford, Texas

Innovative Online Grammar Assessment: In the Context of Linguistic Pragmatics & Functional GrammarTsengtseng Chang, Defense Language Institute

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Saturday Sessions Whole Brain Teaching in the Target LanguageJanine Erickson, Denver Language School

$e Next Big $ing: Uptexting with Social ReadingNoah Geisel, Verses Education, LLC

Integrating Leadership into Language Learning: Lead with LanguagesSheri Spaine Long, Editor of Hispania, AATSP

Building Literacy Skills in the Spanish Classroom: It Can be Done!Rich Sayers, Pearson

$e F-LAN (Flagship-Language Acquisition Network) ConsortiumMadeline Spring, University of Hawaii at MnoaGregg Roberts, Utah State O"ce of EducationEmily McCarren, Punahou School

More $an Just Talk: Interpersonal Tasks in the ClassroomLyanne Iwamoto Terada Horizon High School, #ornton, CO

Gold Standard Project-Based Learning and Beginning Language Instruction: Bridging the GapStephen Tschudi, University of Hawaii at Mnoa

$e Role of Common Core Literacy Standards in a Pro!ciency-Driven DLI ProgramOfelia Wade, Jamie Leite, Diana Moscoso-Caudell Utah State O"ce of Education

Incorporating Serious Culture via Playful StoriesBetsy Paskvan, Dimond High School

How to Use Google Spreadsheets to Captivate and Engage StudentsJunko Agena, Aina Haina Elementary School

Beginning Language: from Traditional to Communicative through Input, Sca#olding, and InteractionAndrew DeMil, Vanessa Rukholm, University of Tampa

From Language Competence to Global Competence: Social Justice, Community Involvement and StandardsRafael Gomez California State University, Monterey Bay Performing Literature: Activating Presentational, Interpersonal and Intercultural SkillsAntonio Idini, University of Southern California

Adapting Authentic Materials for Use at Multiple LevelsCynthia Ning, University of Hawaii

Everyone is a minority in Hawaiithere are no racial majorities. Caucasians con-

stitute about 33% of the population, Japanese about 33%, Filipino-Americans about 16%,

and Chinese-Americans about 5%. Most of the population has mixed ethnicities.

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Saturday Sessions

DACH-L for Every German Learner!Doug Philipp, Cheyenne Mountain High School

Learn with the National Language Teacher of the YearPaul Sandrock, Edward Zarrow American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages

Helping Students Develop a Linguistic Consciousness to Communicate with Meaning and AccuracyKatherine Abuchaibe, Ofelia Wade, Natzeily Torres Utah State O"ce of Education Increasing Student Engagement with User-Friendly AppsLaura Blancq, Daisy Pei Mid-Paci$c Institute, Honolulu, HI In Literature $ere is Life: Making Connections in a Beginning Literature ClassBillie Hulke, Baylor University AIM for Pro!ciency, Engagement and 90%+!Wendy Maxwell, AIM Language Learning

Integrating Intercultural Pedagogy into the German Novice and Intermediate Language ClassroomKacy Peckenpaugh, Weber State University

Teachers and Students as Assessors in the AP CourseFernando Rubio, University of Utah

Best of Arizona: Da de los Muertos y HalloweenAlbert Martino, Cactus Shadows HS

In Speaking, $ere is Life: Taking Writing and Speaking from Classroom to CompetitionsSumi Chang, University of Hawaii Teaching for Pro!ciency 25 Years: $en and NowCheryl Hansen, Weber State University

Engage and Motivate the Reluctant Language LearnerNorah Jones, Fluency Consulting Empowering Dual Language Immersion Partner Teachers $rough E#ective CollaborationLois Lovell, Brandee Mau, Kaye Murdock Utah State O"ce of Education Laughter, Curriculum and $eory in TPRS/CI ProgramsReed Riggs, University of Hawaii at Mnoa

Writing through Literature and CultureIrena Stefanova, Marie Bertola, Santa Clara University

Best of California:Around the Camp!re: Tell Me a StoryElizabeth Matchett, Henry M. Gunn High School

Happy Birthday, HALT!

Celebrating thirty years of supporting the language

teachers of Hawaii!

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Saturday Focus Sessions

Measuring Magnetic Fields Using a Homemade CompassMatt Marone, Dept. of Physics, Mercer University

Its All About Planning - Building a Bridge From Curriculum to Lesson Planning#omas Sauer, LearningShi%s

Next Time: Head for the LILLLisa Berkson, Scottsdale Uni$ed School DistrictGreta Lundgaard, Plano Independent School DistrictRyan Smith, Washoe County School District

Are You In the Right Place?Danile Kop, Manuwai Peters Hawaii DOE, O"ce of Hawaiian Education

Motivating Students in 21st Century World Language ClassroomsYo Azama, North Salinas High School Challenge Yourself: Discover Project-Based Language LearningJulio Rodriguez, Hui-Ya ChuangRuslan Suvorov, University of Hawaii at Mnoa

Saturday 10-Minute Idea Tsunami Sessions

Lets Text In Class!: One Activity for Middle-Advanced Level of Spanish Using CellphonesFelix Burgos, New York University Make Your Own Class DanceTzeitel Borbon, Lyon County School District

My Response Poem ProjectLizbeth Sanchez, Mount San Antonio College

Aprende a Argumentar Travs de un Blog de CineSilvia Aguinaga Echeverria University of California, Davis

From Classics To Modern: Teaching Grammar, Vocabulary and Culture $rough Popular SongsSvetlana Tyutina California State University, Northridge

Infographics, Sometimes a Picture is Worth a $ousand WordsElizabeth AdlerSunrise Mountain HS, Clark County School District

Engendering Learner Participation in Planning Language LessonsKristin Rock, University of Hawaii at Mnoa Gesture Use in Second Language ClassroomsDing Wang, Reed RiggsUniversity of Hawaii at Mnoa

Interweaving Opi and Oda with Classroom PracticeYing Shiroma, Defense Language Institute

Walk in Beauty: Sensitivity When We Meet Speakers of Other LanguagesDina Ross, Ganado High School

Student-Teachers Perceptions of Second Language Teaching and Identity Development in TaiwanShu-Fen Yeh, Shih Chien University

Hawaii is the only U.S. state with two o&-cial languages (Hawaiian and English) and

is the 10th state to establish a Seal of Biliteracy.

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Saturday 10-Minute Idea Tsunami Sessions

Writing Stories into a Beginning Language Learner CurriculumNgan Ha Ta, Iolani School

Online Chinese Language Class? Why Not?Xuan Wang-Wolf, Arizona State University

Can Do Done Di#erentlyElectronic Language Learning Portfolios in Beginner German CoursesBerit Jany, University of Colorado Boulder $e Transatlantic Virtual Classroom - Meeting Native Speaking Peers Abroad in Your Own ClassroomWolfgang J. FischerExplority - Global Initative Sustainable Education

Improved Oral Pro!ciency $rough Socratic SeminarNathan McCleery, Canyons School DistrictJill Landes-Lee, University of Utah

Who Did It? A Murder MysteryMichelle Martinez, #urston Middle SchoolKelly Skon, Saddleback Uni$ed

Learning $e Retrospective Form -ten and Past Description Using the Korean Song kohyang uy pomKyoungwon Oh, University of Hawaii at Mnoa

Giving Cinderella Language Skill of Listening Life: Applying Reading Strategy to ListeningSumi Chang, University of Hawaii

Using Internet Memes for Contextualized Grammar InstructionHye Young Smith, University of Hawaii at Mnoa

Creating Performance Tasks Utilizing Sequence Organization and Prosody For $e Use of the Sentence-eKyoungmi Ha, UCLA

Learning to Speak Hawaiian

Hawaiians had no written language prior to western contact, except for petroglyph symbols. !e modern Hawaiian alphabet, ka pp Hawaii, is based on the Latin script. Hawaiian words end only in vowels, and every consonant must be followed by a vowel. !e Hawaiian language has a relatively small alphabet.

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Vowels

A as in ahE as in baitI as in beet

O as in boatU as in boot

Each vowel can either be long or short. (A long vowel sound lasts longer than a short one!)

Consonants

H as in houseK as in skinL as in leadM as in matP as in spinN as in no

W as in wear/very as in oh-oh (between the ohs a glottal stop)

Its a backward apostrophe.

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SWCOLT has a block of rooms reserved at the Hilton Waikiki Beach on Kuhio. Reserve a hotel room now to receive the conference rate. !e hotel room rate of $209 per night (single/double, City View) is valid for 3 days before and 3 days a"er the o&cial conference dates (upon availability). Call the hotel to make your room reser-vations at (808) 922-0811.

Special upgrades for SWCOLT include: Mountain View ($219 /night)Ocean View ($249 / night)Free In-Room Wireless InternetLocal Daily Parking ($5 /day)Overnight Parking ($12 / night)

Transportation:9.32 miles (18 minutes) from the airportShuttle Service: $9.00Limousine: $50.00Rental Car: $40.00Taxi: $30.00Private Shuttle: $23 (http://hawaii23.com)

Estimated Costs of Attending SWCOLT

Conference RegistrationRegular AttendeeSession PresenterFull-time Student(All prices increase by $25 a"er Feb 19)

$175$150$100

Optional CostsFriday Luncheon & HALT Awards $45Saturday Luncheon $45!ur. Half-Day Preconference Workshop $55!ur. Full-Day Preconference Workshop $110

Note: Hawaii teachers will have the choice to pay HALT dues via the SWCOLT registration page.

HALT membership dues:Life membership $125Professional Annual membership for 2016 - $25Student Annual membership for 2016 - $5

Hilton Wakiki Beach on Kuhio2500 Kuhio Avenue

Honolulu, Hawaii 96815 Phone (808) 922-0811

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Arriving Early or Staying Late?

!e concierge at the Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel can arrange any of these outings for you!

Arizona Memorial Visit the Museum and take the guided tour. Pearl HarborAtlantis Submarine See green turtles, sharks, stingrays, yellow tangs, eels, and many other species of underwater ma-rine life. Hilton Hawaiian Village PierBattleship USS Missouri See where the treaty ending World War II was signed. Pearl HarborBernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Exhibits showcasing Hawaiian history.Diamond Head Crater Park Hawaiis most recognized landmark known for its historic hiking trail and stunning coastal views.Dole Plantation Hawaiis Pineapple Experience! - WahiawaHanauma Bay Nature Preserve Marine Life Conservation District and popular snorkeling destination.Hawaiis Plantation Village Lifestyle of early plantation workers in Hawaii. - WaipahuHawaii State Art Museum Wide-ranging exhibits of sculpture, paintings and more Downtown Honolulu!e Honolulu Museum of Art Presents international caliber special exhibitions and features a collection that includes Hokusai, van Gogh, Gauguin, Monet, Picasso, Warhol, as well as traditional Asian and Hawaiian artHonolulu Zoo Home to nearly 1000 mammals, birds and reptiles. WaikikiIolani Palace O&cial Residence of Hawaiis monarchs. Downtown HonoluluKualoa Ranch Outdoor activities where Jurassic Park was $lmed. KaaawaMission Houses Museum Actual structures of Protestant missionaries, circa 1820s Downtown HonoluluParadise Cove Luau Hawaiian seaside feast with dynamic Polynesian revue. KapoleiPolynesian Cultural Center Multiple villages showcase the people, cultures of Polynesia. LaieQueen Emma Summer Palace Summer retreat of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV Nuuanu ValleySea Life Park Aquarium and dolphin shows Waimanalo

Waikiki Aquarium Brings guests face-to-$n to 3,500 marine animals - Waikiki

USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor

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EXHIBIT & ADVERTISING INFORMATION

SWCOLT is currently accepting exhibitors for our 2016 regional conference. !e Hawaii Association of Language Teachers (HALT) is co-hosting the conference! Congratu-lations to HALT on celebrating their 30th Anniversary! Place: Hilton Waikiki Beach on Kuhio2500 Kuhio AvenueHonolulu, Hawaii 96815http://www.hiltonwaikikibeach.com Date:March 3-5 (!ursday - Saturday), 2016Exhibitor move-in: !ursday, noon - 5 pm - Prince Kaiulani 1 and 2

Grand Opening of Exhibits and Membership Reception: !ursday, 5 pm 6:30 pm

Exhibit Hall Hours:Friday, 7 am - 5 pm & Saturday, 7 am to 4 pm

Exhibit Co#ee Breaks: Friday & Saturday, 7 am to 8 am

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Exhibit break-down: Saturday at 4 pm

Lodging:Hilton Waikiki Beach on KuhioCall the hotel to make hotel room reservations. Conference Code: TEACH (808) 922-0811Single/Double rates:City View - $209 per nightMountain View - $219 per nightOcean View - $249 per night$40 each additional person

Optional Costs:Friday Luncheon $45Saturday Luncheon $45Local Daily parking - $5 per dayOvernight parking - $12 per nightShuttle Service from airport: $9.00Limousine from airport: $50.00Rental Car from airport: $40.00

Booth Prices:$250 for 1 space which includes one conference registra-tion, one 6 display table, two chairs and a waste basket. Sponsorships:Online Registration Support - $1000!ursday Membership Reception - $1000Friday Exhibit Break - $1000Saturday Exhibit Break -$1000 Full or Partial Sponsorships welcomed. For partial spon-sorship please contact Jody Klopp, 405-613-1481

Register as an exhibitor at this web site: http://www.cvent.com/d/wfq7rt

!e deadline for exhibit registration is February 1, 2016. Advertising in the Onsite Program: $e Southwest Conference on Language Teaching is a re-gional foreign language teachers organization that hosts an annual conference in partnership with state foreign language teacher associations. !e participating states in SWCOLT are : Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mex-ico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. See next page for more information. Between 300 and 700 teachers attend depend-ing on the host state. To learn more about SWCOLT visit www.swcolt.org

Prior and Future Year History: 2005 Omni Mandalay Bay, Irving, TX2006 Embassy Suites North, Phoenix AZ2007 Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas NV2008 Sheraton, Salt Lake City, UT2009 Embassy Suites, Norman, OK2010 Embassy Suites, Albuquerque, NM2011 Hilton, Fort Worth, TX2012 Sheraton Crescent, Phoenix, AZ2013 Ravella Resort, Henderson, NV2014 Snowbird Resort, Snowbird, UT2015 Denver Omni Interlocken Hotel, Broom$eld, CO2016 Hilton Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, HI2017 Skirvin Hotel, Oklahoma City, OK2018 El Dorado Hotel, Santa Fe, NM

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SWCOLT NEWSLETTER & CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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ACTFL Teacher of the YearEdward Zarrow to attend SWCOLT

San Diego, CA!e American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is pleased to announce the 2016 National Language Teacher of the Year has been awarded to Edward Zarrow, a Lat-in teacher at Westwood High School in Westwood, MA, and a member of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL). !e award presentation was held during the Opening General Session of the 2015 ACTFL Convention & World Languages Expo in San Diego, CA.

!e award for the ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year is intended to elevate the status of the lan-guage teaching profession at the state, regional, and national levels by creating opportunities for recogniz-ing the most accomplished members of the profes-sion. !e Teacher of the Year becomes a spokesperson for the language profession in order to increase the visibility of the importance of learning languages and cultures to the general public.

ACTFL is very proud of the impact that the Teacher of the Year Program has had in bringing national at-tention to the importance of language education for all students. It is an excellent example of collaboration in our $eld from the state to the regional to the national level, said Marty Abbott, ACTFLs Executive Director. Its exciting to be celebrating our eleventh anniversa-ry of the program this year with the announcement of the 2016 Teacher of the Year in San Diego!

Abbott continued: We congratulate Edward Zarrow and look forward to working with him over the next year in his new role as National Language Teacher of the Year.

!e other four $nalists for the annual ACTFL Nation-al Language Teacher of the Year Award representing the other geographic regions of the U.S. were:

Leni Bronstein, Williamsburg Middle School, Ar-lington, VA; Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)

Brenda Gaver, East Valley High School, Spokane, WA; Paci$c Northwest Council for Languages (PNC-FL)

Fernando Rubio, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT)

Deana Zorko, Madison West High School, Madi-son, WI; Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSCTFL)

About ACTFL!e American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is the national association for language education professionals from all levels of instruction and representing all languages. With more than 12,300 active members, ACTFL provides innovative professional development opportunities, acclaimed training and certi$cation programs, and widely cited books, publications, scholarly journals, research studies and language education resources, in-cluding Foreign Language Annals and !e Language Educator magazine. As part of its mission and vision, the organization provides guidance to the profession and to the general public regarding issues, policies, and best practices related to the teaching and learning of languages and cultures. ACTFL is a leading national voice among language educators and administrators and is guided by a responsibility to set standards and expectations that will result in high quality language programs.

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SWCOLT Congratulates:

Gregg Roberts

Recipient of the ACTFL/ LEO BENARDO AWARD FOR INNOVATION

IN K-12 LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Gregg Roberts serves as the Language Specialist for the Utah Department of Education. Prior to this position, he was a teacher of French and district supervisor for the Granite School dis-trict. In each capacity, he has seen the challeng-es facing our profession

as opportunities for change agency and successful language learning. His letters of support demonstrate that he is an innovator, a leader, and a coach to col-leagues in many states. Roberts is unquestionably de-serving of the $rst Leo Benardo Award for Innovation in K-12 language Education. In congratulating him, we acknowledge the contributions of many colleagues in their classrooms and communities whose own ef-forts may well not have had the great resonance that they do without his leadership.

Roberts is an in%uential force in the halls of the Utah legislature. In meetings there, he made language learning for all the basic goal of his e#orts.

Two statements characterize Roberts merits as the $rst recipient of this award honoring Leo Benardos life work and his service as ACTFLs second president:

Greggs legacy will be a generation of young Americans who see and experience the world di'erently.Mr. Roberts will make it a point to characterize im-mersion as mainstream, as the way we should even must- educate our students. He always reminds us that immersion education is not an option for the elite, but an opportunity we must make available to children from all cultural, ethnic, social, and national backgrounds.

- Paul GarciaUniversity of Kansas

Sometimes, in the midst of one of the inevitable crises that arise when growing a program to 28,000 students in less than a decade, I ask myself what we were think-ing when we decided to make dual language immersion as common in Utah schools as reading, math, and re-cess. #en I remember. We were thinking about en-suring that our students graduate with high levels of linguistic and cultural pro$ciency in at least two lan-guages, well-prepared for the global world in which they will live and work.

I use the word we because no one individual could have done this alone. #e success of Utahs dual lan-guage immersion program is the direct result of the work of an extraordinary team of coordinators, school administrators, and classroom teachers. #us I grate-fully accept this award for the entire Utah team, whose members have dedicated their work life to this unprece-dented initiative.

- Gregg RobertsAs printed in the 2015 Awards Ceremony Program, San Diego, California, November 20, 2015

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The Spirit of AlohaWhat Does Aloha Mean?

In the Hawaiian language, it can mean hello or goodbye. It also means love and a#ection. !e word aloha is used in a combination with other words, such as aloha kakahiaka, which means good morning; aloha auinala used as a greet-ing that means good a"ernoon; and aloha ahiahi is how you can wish good evening in Hawaiian. Because of alohas unique meaning and popularity, Hawaii is called the Aloha State.

!e literal meaning of aloha is the presence of breath or the breath of life. It comes from Alo, meaning presence, front and face, and ha, meaning breath. Aloha is a way of living and treating each other with love and respect. Its deep meaning starts by teaching ourselves to love our own beings $rst and a"erwards to spread the love to others.

According to the old kahunas (priests), being able to live the Spirit of Aloha was a way of reaching self-perfection and realization for our own body and soul. Aloha is sending and receiving a positive energy. Aloha is living in harmo-ny. When you live the Spirit of Aloha, you create positive feelings and thoughts, which are never gone. !ey exist in space, multiply and spread over to others.

!e Spirit of Aloha as LawAloha Spirit is considered a state law. Although the word law sounds too strong and strict, Aloha Spirit is not such a type of law that will get you in trouble if you break it. Its main purpose is to serve as a reminder to government of-$cials while they perform their duties to treat people with deep care and respect, just like their ancestors did. Aloha Spirit is more a lesson than a law. By learning and applying this lesson to real life, government o&cials can contribute to a better world, a world $lled with aloha.

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[5-7.5] Aloha Spirit. (a) Aloha Spirit is the coordination of mind and heart within each person. It brings each person to the self. Each person must think and emote good feel-ings to others. In the contemplation and presence of the life force, Aloha, the following unuhi laula loa may be used:

Akahai, meaning kindness, to be expressed with tender-ness; Lokahi, meaning unity,to be expressed with harmony;Oluolu, meaning agreeable,to be expressed with pleasant-ness;Haahaa, meaning humility, to be expressed with modesty;Ahonui, meaning patience, to be expressed with persever-ance.

!ese are traits of character that express the charm, warmth and sincerity of Hawaiis people. It was the working philos-ophy of Native Hawaiians and was presented as a gi" to the people of Hawaii.

Aloha is more than a word of greeting or farewell or a sal-utation.Aloha means mutual regard and a#ection and extends warmth in caring with no obligation in return.Aloha is the essence of relationships in which each person is important to every other person for collective existence.Aloha means to hear what is not said, to see what cannot be seen and to know the unknowable.

(b) In exercising their power on behalf of the people and in ful$llment of their responsibilities, obligations and service to the people, the legislature, governor, lieutenant governor, executive o&cers of each department, the chief justice, as-sociate justices, and judges of the appellate, circuit, and dis-trict courts may contemplate and reside with the life force and give consideration to the Aloha Spirit. [L 1986, c 202, 1]

Sources:http://www.to-hawaii.com/aloha.phphttp://www.alohainternational.org/html/aspirit1.htmlhttp://totakeresponsibility.blogspot.com/2013/01/aloha-spirit-its-law.html