Those of us who were in on Grant Boulanger’s bid to become one of five Regional ACTFL Teacher of the Year finalists will be glad to know that a TPRS teacher has done it again.
Grant won Central States and next moves on to try for 2017 ACTFL National Teacher of the Year. We are so proud of him!
Grant shares:
This was an amazing experience. I genuinely thought there was no way they would select me. I met a lot of ACTFL folk at the regional. All very kind.
Didn’t sense any negative energy from anyone on the ACTFL board, Central States board or on the interview panel toward me or the contents of my portfolio, which included multiple segments of video. Everyone was open, kind and down to earth.
My big takeaway really is that we are all in this together. I am not suggesting that any one of us compromise our principles. I didn’t in my portfolio at all.
But I will be trying to find the right way to talk about what we do and how we do it starting first with why – the vision of engaging, equitable, joyful and successful language learning for all kids.
The job of ACTFL TOY really is to be an advocate for ALL language teachers and learners, k-16. I will encourage people to explore engaging, equitable, joyful and successful teaching. I am pretty sure it’s a map that leads eventually to our community.
Thanks to everyone who commented, viewed videos and provided feedback and especially to those who helped proof the written portions of the portfolio.
More of us should do this. It’s a very good exercise. I’ll support you however I can.
For a growing list of CI teachers who are being acknowledged at the state and regional levels, see this link: