Languages Department Chair Michael White wins AATSEEL Award for Excellence in Teaching on the Secondary Level

Congratulations Michael White for winning the 2021 AATSEEL Excellence in Teaching on the Secondary Level Award. Well deserved!

K-12 teachers of Russian as a World Language are invited to apply to participate in the first two-year cohort of the AATSEEL K-12 Teacher Excellence Program. The AATSEEL (American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages) program for K-12 teachers is supported with funding from Indiana University R. F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute; University of Pittsburgh Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies; University of Wisconsin Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia; University of Texas Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Ohio State University Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

The AATSEEL initiative is a professional engagement program that seeks to recognize and support excellence in the teaching of Russian at the K-12 level. 

Program Objectives:
to provide recognition of K-12 excellence in the teaching of Russian,
to create and sustain a professional network for K-12 teachers,
to bring more K-12 teachers into AATSEEL in a way that sustains their continuing involvement,
to provide professional development to K-12 teachers,
to promote professional engagement of K-12 teachers by mentoring them to submit proposals and present at the AATSEEL annual meeting,
to promote leadership from more K-12 teachers in AATSEEL, and
to provide a mechanism to build more bridges between Russian programs K-16.

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