Virtual Workshops

NYSAFLT Virtual Workshop Series

2025–2026

Co-sponsored by Klett World Languages

Virtual workshops are free to all current NYSAFLT members.

If you are not a member of NYSAFLT but belong to a NECTFL state organization, contact info@nectfl.org for access. 


Tuesday, September 30 — 4:00 PM (1 hour)

Recruitment Playbook: How to Keep Students Enrolled

Presenters: Marie Campanaro & Barb Patterson

Develop your recruitment playbook with multiple strategies for attracting and retaining world language students in your program. Compile materials which educate the school and local community that learning another language has a meaningful purpose. Explore successful world language programs and district incentives as well as collaborations with post-secondary institutions. Show students that proficiency in another language is attainable, a real-life skill, and gives them a competitive edge in college and career through the action steps and resources provided.

Marie Campanaro graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Secondary Spanish and English Educ from SUNY Brockport, and an MA in Elem Educ with a concentration in Bilingual Multicultural Educ. Now retired, she taught ELA and Spanish for 38 years. She has National Board Certification in WLOE. She was awarded the Lifetime Enrichment Grant: Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom; NYSAFLT Embassy of Spain Scholarship to Salamanca, NYSAFLT’s President Award, the Ferdinand DiBartolo Distinguished Leadership Award, NYSAFLT Anthony J. Papalia Award and JNCL-NCLIS Power of Advocacy Award. A past president of NYSAFLT, she remains involved as Public Advocacy Co-chair. 

Barbara Patterson holds a B.S. in Secondary Education Spanish, M.A. in Spanish and a C.A.S. degree. Barbara has taught Spanish for 31 years with experience in suburban, city and rural school districts. She is the committee chair of the NYSUT’s World Language Subject Area Committee and is the Co-chair of the NYSAFLT’s Public Advocacy Committee. As a Project Support Specialist at SUNY Oswego, Barbara works in conjunction with OBEWL at NYSED. Barbara served as NYSAFLT’s Assistant Director and LECNY’s Webmaster, Past President, President and Vice-President. She is the recipient of NYSAFLT’s President Award and received the Anthony J. Papalia Award with her Advocacy co-chair Marie Campanaro.

This special workshop is offered free of charge to any teacher of a world language working in a NYS school, including district, charter, and non-public schools, as well as BOCES and RBERN employees. These workshops qualify for CTLE credit for world languages. When registering, you must use a school email address. Email addresses not associated with a school in NYS will be denied access to the workshop. 

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Check back in the fall to see our complete 2025-2026 Virtual Workshop lineup. 


Archived Virtual Workshops

Recordings of past years’ virtual workshops are available for a small fee to help us cover our costs. Topics of past workshops vary widely and are still pertinent today. Recorded workshops are a great tool for department meetings and school PD days. Order a recorded NYSAFLT virtual workshop to view as a group and discuss! View our archived virtual workshops here.

 

CTLE Credit (Members Only)

You may request CTLE credit for sessions that you participated in live or which you viewed as a recording. Once you have participated in/viewed a webinar, please fill out this form.

When you submit your form, you will receive an email which you may use as proof of your participation. If your school absolutely requires something in certificate format, please contact us at info@nysaflt.org.

The NYSAFLT virtual workshop series offers professional development throughout the school year that addresses multiple facets of world language education. You are encouraged to register early for any of the workshops above or for past virtual workshops, which are available as recordings (fee applies).

NYSAFLT is an approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) pursuant to Section 80-6 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, beginning July 1, 2016 and ending June 30, 2026. CTLE Identification number: 23167.

A member testimonial:

This is just to thank you for the Webinar Series that NYSAFLT offered this year. I have learned so much from them!! What is impressive to me is the large variety of topics presented, their uniqueness, and the high quality of their content. I truly admire the presenters as much as the moderators and organizers for doing such an amazing job. All webinars that I attended were very informative, helpful, and enjoyable. To make them even better, not only they were free this year, but we even got a recording of the webinar so we didn’t have to worry about taking notes, and missing information in the process. The presenters were very knowledgeable and very well prepared and organized every time. They presented a wealth of information and/or ideas, in just 50 minutes!! The moderators were very good at their role as well. I can’t thank you enough. I enjoyed them very much.

Respectfully,
J.B.