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Gabriela McNamara is a member of the RIFLA board of directors. In May of 2017, she and 3 of her colleagues were awarded the distinction of Narragansett Employees of the Year. In June, she was informed by the Superintendent of the Narragansett schools that she had been chosen Narragansett Teacher of the Year. Gaby, along with the other teachers from all of the RI districts, was recognized by RIDE at the September 23 WaterFire, at The RI Educator Recognition Celebration.
At this ceremony the teachers received Citations from the RI Senate, and The Speaker of the House, a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from Congress, and a Certificate of Special Recognition by Governor Gina Raimondo. All the teachers who received this honor are candidates to start the process for RI Teacher of the Year.
The Commissioner of Education, the Governor, a RIDE Representative and James Langevin were part of the ceremony and handed out the awards. Congratulations Gaby!
Kate Serio- Uses international travel and video interviews to teach 3rd grade Spanish
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Dr. Tony Houston- Wins the Freeman Award for Best Published Article on Teaching Techniques
Tony Houston’s article “Managing Depth and Breadth in the Business Spanish Course,” published in Hispania, provides a framework for developing a business Spanish curriculum that allows for customization in order to make the learning personally meaningful to the students while at the same time reflecting best practices in second language acquisition, communicative language teaching, mindfulness, task-based and learner-centered instruction. Tony includes insights as to how to create evidence that serves as an assessment of language proficiency as well as content mastery. He offers concrete examples of curriculum design, teaching/learning techniques and assessment, along with rubrics to navigate the complicated balance between depth and breadth of content knowledge. Tony’s article can serve as an invaluable tool to an instructor who is developing a business Spanish course. His article is published in Hispania, Volume 98, Number 4 in December 2015.