Foreign Languages (Spanish and French) Plan of Action to Address ACTFL Conditions and Resubmit
1st Resubmission Date: 09/15/2011
2nd Resubmission Date (if needed): 9/15/12
Tasks/Procedures To Be Completed
1. Redo Assessment #4: “Candidates can apply knowledge, skills, and
dispositions effectively in practice.”
2. Redo Assessment #5: “Candidate effects on student learning”
3. Redo Assessment #7: “Additional assessment that addresses ACTFL
standards”
Responsible
Individual(s)
DHB
DHB
DHB
4. Study the extent to which 2010-2011 teacher candidates would have
succeeded if the revised assessments were in place for them
DHB
5. Create remediation plan for students who do not pass the Oral
Proficiency Interview (OPI)
DHB
Specific Plan of Action
Due Date
1. Study ACTFL Standards 3. 4, and 5,
which Assessment #4 should address
2. Study examples of Assessment #4 from
Model Programs
3. Adapt generic Evaluation of Student
Teaching to incorporate ACTFL language
4. Share revised Assessment #4 with Dr.
Carson for feedback
1. Review ACTFL Standards 3, 4, and 5,
and study Standard 6, all of which should be
addressed in Assessment #5
2. Study examples of Assessment #5 from
Model Programs
3. Adapt generic Western Teacher Work
Sample rubrics to an alternative rubric that
uses ACTFL language
4. Share revised Assessment #5 with Dr.
Carson for feedback
1. Review ACTFL Standard 5 (Assessment
of Language and Culture), which the SPA
report asked Assessment #7 to address
2. Study examples of assessments that
address Standard 5 from Model Programs
3. Design an assessment that addresses
components of Standard 5
4. Share revised Assessment #7 with Dr.
Carson for feedback
1. Compile and go over 2010-2011 data
05/31/2011
1. Investigate OPI remediation plans in
place at other universities
06/15/2011
05/31/2011
06/01/2011
06/01/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
06/15/2011
06/15/2011
05/31/2011
05/31/2011
07/15/2011
07/15/2011
08/01/2011
Final Copy of Report for September 15, 2011 First Submission
DHB
Fall Semester Implementation of Revised/New Assessments
All Fall data in WEPPAS
DHB
Meet to discuss Fall data
Spring Semester Administration of Assessments (2nd semester of data
collection)
All Spring data in WEPPAS
Meet to discuss Spring data
Final Copy of Report for September 15, 2012 2nd Submission
DHB
DHB
DHB
2. Discuss with other Foreign Language
Faculty what can be done in the classroom
05/15/2011
to prepare students for the OPI exam.
Options include: oral proficiency exams in
each class, integrative performance
assessments, etc.
3. Study the feasibility of holding mock OPI
exams (in workshops)
06/30/2011
4. Write a booklet for accepted students in
the program about what they should expect 08/01/2011
from the program, faculty, and themselves;
this way, students will know how to prepare
for the OPI exam and not be surprised by
the requirements
Sept. 1,
2011
Fall, 2011
Dec. 19,
2011
Dec. 20,
2011
Spring,
2012
May. 2012
May, 2012
Sept. 1,
2012