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West Virginia Foreign Language Teachers' Association
(WVFLTA)
Awards
WVFLTA Teacher of the Year (TOY) Award
With this award, WVFLTA recognizes and honors West Virginia World Language educators whose teaching practices and professional qualities exemplify the highest standards of our profession. ​Awards are made for both K-12 (yearly) and Higher Ed. teachers.
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The teacher(s) chosen will be announced and honored at the Fall Conference, and the K-12 teacher will have the opportunity to represent WVFLTA in the selection process for the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) Teacher of the Year.
2024-25 Recipients: (Left) Erin Peralta, Musselman HS. (Right) Dr. Amy Thompson, WVU (formerly). Congratulations!
Best of West Virginia 2024: Emil Asanov, Florida State University (Formerly of WVU). "The Authorized Cheat Sheet in a World Language Classroom”
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Emil will repeat his session at the SCOLT Conference 2025!
Best of West Virginia
The “Best of West Virginia” session is selected at each year’s conference from presentations given by K-16 West Virginia language teachers. Criteria for the award includes relevancy of the content, quality of the presentation, and audience engagement. The selected session has the opportunity to represent West Virginia at a future regional conference.
Milestone Award
Instituted in 2022 under the leadership of Blanca Skaggs, Chair of the WVFLTA Awards Committee, the Milestone Award recognizes each teacher’s years of service to West Virginia's language learners.
National Board-Certified Teachers
National Board Certification was designed to develop, retain, and recognize accomplished teachers and to generate ongoing improvement in schools nationwide. It is the most respected professional certification available in K-12 education!
Created by teachers for teachers, the National Board Standards represent a consensus among educators about what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do. The certification process requires that teachers demonstrate evidence of the positive effect they have on students' learning plus knowledge of their students, content area, effective teaching practices.
Seal of Biliteracy
The Seal of Biliteracy is a nationally recognized award that validates proficiency in English and at least one other language. Added to the high-school transcript, the Seal of Biliteracy affirms the recipient’s ability to communicate in both languages – an asset in future study and employment.
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Since 2021, 295 Seals of Biliteracy have been awarded in 27 different schools in 20 counties in West Virginia. 29 West Virginian teachers have prepared and encouraged their students to achieve this award!
Visit the WV World Language page of the WVDoE website for more information and a list of awardees for each year:
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