AATF Fall Webinars for French Teachers
(All AATF webinars are free of charge to current members.
Descriptions of these AATF webinars with links to documents are below.)
Coming in January-February
NOIRES AMERIQUES. Conversations littéraires animées par Rodney Saint-Éloi
Lilian Thuram (Guadeloupe), Patrick Chamoiseau (Martinique), Chloé Savoie-Bernard (Canada), Alain Mabanckou (États-Unis), Emmelie Prophète (Haïti) participeront à la série de conversations littéraires en ligne qui se tiendra du 26 janvier au 23 février 2021. Écrivain et éditeur, Rodney Saint-Éloi abordera les questions du racisme et du vivre-ensemble à travers les œuvres et les expériences des cinq auteur.e.s invité.e.s.
Vous trouverez ici une description complète et le lien pour vous inscrire. Empruntez gratuitement les livres de ces auteur.e.s, et des milliers d’autres, dans la Bibliothèque des Amériques!
Une initiative de l'Alliance française de Chicago et du Centre de la francophonie des Amériques en collaboration de la Délégation du Québec à Chicago, le Consulat du Canada, American Association for Teachers of French et les éditions Mémoire d’encrier.
Past Fall AATF Webinars
(recordings are posted when available on the AATF YouTube channel /
Documents posted here as available)
- Thursday, September 3 4-6 p.m. PST/5-7 p.m. MST/6-8 p.m. CST/7-9 p.m. EST
AATF webinar - Celebrate National French Week Virtually
Combined PowerPoint Presentation | Chat | Video
Speakers: Karen Kuebler, Tom Sapp, Jon Shee
Each speaker will talk about how they and their chapters have transformed or plan to transform events into virtual celebrations.
Tom will present on possible French Club and National French Week activities that he is reimagining for the virtual and hybrid worlds. These suggestions can be implemented in local schools and at the chapter level. Tom will be supported by his colleagues, Andrea Isabelli and Heather Meindl, who will help with follow-up discussion.
Check out a model of how a schoolwide world language week celebration went fully online this past May, and learn how you can adapt some of the concepts for National French Week. Jon will present the successes and areas for improvement from this event and share ideas of how to fully Frenchify some engaging online celebration activities.
Karen invites everyone to come along on a virtual journey packed with possibilities to promote Franco-Fun within your school and greater community for National French Week. Allons-y!
- Tuesday, September 8 | 3 pm Pacific | 4 Mountain | 5 Central | 6 Eastern
AATF Series on Hybrid Learning #3 Assessment & Feedback in the Hybrid Classroom
- Saturday, September 12 | 8-10 a.m. PST/9-11 a.m. MST/10 a.m.-noon CST/11 a.m.-1 p.m. EST
AATF Chat: Join us for the "2020 Pot de la rentrée virtuel: Édition souvenirs du monde francophone" (not recorded) - Saturday, September 26 | 8-10 a.m. PST/9-11 a.m. MST/10 a.m.-noon CST/11 a.m.-1 p.m. EST
AATF webinar - Diversity -- Chat | Video
Speakers: Tiffani Jones: Intentional Unit Design for Diversity PowerPoint
Anne Jensen: AP French Unit on Racism & Intolerance PowerPoint | Rubrics
Janel Lafond-Paquin: Diversity in Francophone Children’s Stories PowerPoint
Tracy Rucker: Intercultural Approaches through Film Clips & Poignant Images PowerPoint
- Tuesday, September 29 | 4 pm Pacific | 5 Mountain | 6 Central | 7 Eastern
AATF Series on Hybrid Learning #4 Presentational Writing and Speaking
- Saturday, October 10 | 8-10 a.m. PST/9-11 a.m. MST/10 a.m.-noon CST/11 a.m.-1 p.m. EST
AATF webinar - Creating IPAs – PowerPoint | Chat | Video
Organized by Anne Jensen, AATF President, & Jean Copeland, Chair, AATF Commission on High Schools
Are you interested in developing Integrated Performance Assessments for your classroom? Participate in this webinar to learn how to develop performance assessments for all levels of French (novice, intermediate, and advanced) - Thursday, October 22 | 4-6 p.m. PST/5-7 p.m. MST/6-8 p.m. CST/7-9 p.m. EST
AATF webinar - Québec – Chat | Video | Songs from David Graham
Speakers: Jayne Abrate: La Géographie du Québec
Catherine Daniélou: Le Chemin qui marche - le Saint-Laurent dans la vie et l'imaginaire des Québécois | Handout | PDF Presentation
Andréanne Annis: Chez-nous! activités préférées d'une Canadienne/américaine de passage à Québec (ainsi qu'un IPA de niveau 2 pour apprenants) | PowerPoint | Céline Dion Document - Tuesday, October 27 (Postponed from October 20) | 4 pm Pacific | 5 Mountain | 6 Central | 7 Eastern (postponed from Oct. 22)
AATF Series Hybrid Learning #5 Reflection on Success and Next Steps
- Thursday, November 5 | 4-6 p.m. PST/5-7 p.m. MST/6-8 p.m. CST/7-9 p.m. EST
AATF Chat - Ask Anything (not recorded)
Moderated by Catherine Ousselin
- Thursday, December 10 4-6 p.m. PST/5-7 p.m. MST/6-8 p.m. CST/7-9 p.m. EST
AATF webinar - Teaching Writing - Chat | Video
Map it up: A less stress guide to teaching object pronouns in levels 2 & 3 French (Nicole Tartaglia)
Write to Think (Critically) (Sandra Simmons)
Designing an Interactive Advanced French Grammar and Writing Class (Michael Foster)
- Tuesday, December 15 4-6 p.m. PST/5-7 p.m. MST/6-8 p.m. CST/7-9 p.m. EST
AATF webinar - Martinique and the French Caribbean (Video |Chat)
Fort de France: Histoire et mémoire, au présent (Audra Merfeld-Langston)
Evolution du racisme en Martinique à travers les grands événements historiques (Jayne Abrate)
Musique traditionnelle guadeloupéenne: un héritage bien vivant (Sandrine Collomb)
- Saturday, December 19 10 a.m.-noon PST/11 a.m.-1 p.m. MST/noon-2 p.m.CST/1-3 p.m. EST
AATF Holiday Chat (not recorded)
Moderated by Catherine Ousselin