Massachusetts Chapter of the AATG:
Winter 1998 Newsletter

Plans are underway for a weekend of activities from cooking and hands-on crafts to theater, music and film as well as outdoor activities and "Story-gami." Native speakers from New Hampshire, New York and Vermont will join colleagues from Massachusetts as presenters.

The weekend is designed to provide an opportunity for participants to upgrade and maintain proficiency in German, catch up on recent developments in German- speaking countries, stimulate discussion on current pedagogical trends in German (as well as other world languages) and provide information about current teaching resources. ALLES AUF DEUTSCH!!!

German Immersion workshop coordinators Cherie Baggs (cabaggs@aol.com) and Susan Thorne (Thorne001@aol.com) are organizing the weekend along with the Goethe Institute Boston and the AATG Massachusetts Chapter Executive Board Members.

Participation is not limited to MaFLA members. Twenty-five teachers of German at all language levels will be selected from among the applicants on a first-come, first-served basis. The cost is $250.00 and German teachers from throughout New England (and beyond) are encouraged to apply. The cost for MaFLA members in good standing will be $200.00. Certificates of attendance and a letter describing the program will be given for PDP portfolios (30 PDP's).

The deadline for application is May 1, 1998. Return your application form to:

OR contact Cherie Baggs, 62 Church St., Oxford, MA 01540 Tel (508) 987-5513, if you have not yet received an application.
GERMAN EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR

On Saturday, November 1st, Susan Rykken, the Northeast representative on the AATG Executive Council, presented the 1997 MaFLA/AATG Massachusetts German Educator of the Year Award to Susan Adams. The award is presented annually in recognition of service to the profession. Susan is a long time member and former president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the AATG. She has been instrumental in organizing and directing numerous College/High School German Days every other spring and has been a presenter at state and national AATG meetings as well as ACTFL. Susan is also a member in good standing of MaFLA and recently presented a MaFLA Professional Development Workshop on "Video in the Classroom." Among other honors she has received was the AATG/Goethe House Certificate of Merit in 1992. She is currently the German teacher at Concord Academy.