VISITING
AUTHOR/EDITOR ARTICLE
OCTOBER
2011
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ADULT LANGUAGE SCHOOL |
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Issues with the AATG |
Forwarded
From Trenton Donauschwaben
Christa Tindall Pullion recently met with Helene Zimmer-Loew from AATG
(American Association of Teachers of German, formed in 1926) about of
German Language programs and scholarships. The German Consulate and
many large corporations (Mercedes-Benz) give away money for studies
and student travels to Germany. She emphasized how important a youth
language school is and gave me many ideas to grow our children‘s
school if we wanted to do so. She said there are only 5 official
Saturday morning German schools in NJ, all in north Jersey.
If
we were interested in this I have a packet with 10 steps on starting
this. We could draw from other clubs as well. This would certainly
boost our numbers and help bolster our reputation in the area. Let me
know if you are interested in exploring this option.
With most of our "kids" in the German school in high
school and college, it might be a good idea to start planning for the
future. She suggests becoming accredited if we were serious about it
and she could help with this.
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Helene
Zimmer Loew
Executive
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Helene Zimmer-Loew, Executive Director of the American Association of
Teachers of German since 1985, holds degrees from Connecticut College,
St. John’s University, Middlebury College, and SUNY Albany.
She taught German, Spanish, and English in grades 8-12 before serving
as an Associate in the New York State Education Department’s Bureau
of Foreign Languages Education and then Coordinator of the Resource
Allocation Plan and the Office of the District Superintendents.
She has served as President of the American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages, Chair of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching
of Foreign Languages, President of the Joint National Committee for
Language (JNCL), Chair of the Alliance of Curriculum Reform, President
of the National Federation of Modern Foreign Language Teacher
Associations. She has held leadership roles in a number of other
associations and is the current president of the DAAD Alumni
Association Board of Trustees.
She holds the German government ‘s highest civilian award, the Bundesverdienstkreuz,
Erste Klasse and from Austria das Oesterreichische Ehrenkreuz
für Wissenschaft und Kunst. She has received numerous awards fro
national and regional foreign language associations as recognition for
her leadership in the profession.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Foreign
Language Standards Collaborative Project, of the Advisory Boards of
the National Foreign Language Resource Centers at Iowa State
University and at Georgetown and George Washington Universities
She has been a longtime fundraiser for Connecticut College as well as
having served as president of its Alumni Association and a member of
its Board of Trustees. She is also a class agent for the Norwich Free
Academy. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the
Historical Society of Haddonfield.
She
has published extensively on a variety of topics and most recently in
the area of professional policy and teacher professionalism.
source:
http://www.uri.edu/iep/Zimmer-LoewBio.html
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