Ohio Foreign Language Association

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Organization

Executive Board

The Executive Board is charged with the day-to-day operations of OFLA. All Board members are elected, except for the State World Language Consultants (who are not voting members of the Board).

Executive Board members serve on various divisions of the Association, based on the mission and vision of OFLA.

 

Committees

Committee Chairs are elected to the OFLA Board. They are charged with specific issues of interest to OFLA.

Committee Chairs also serve on various divisions of the Association, based on the mission and vision of OFLA.

 

Affiliates

Affiliates are generally language-specific groups associated with OFLA. The Affiliate members serve as liaisons to their respective organizations. In this way, OFLA and affiliate organizations communicate very closely.

Affiliate members also serve in various OFLA divisions, based on the mission and vision of the Association.

 

FL Alliances

The Ohio Network of Academic Alliances and the CORE-FL Groups are organizations that work on a regional level to enhance professional development for world langauge teachers. 

Each organizes and holds various professional development opportunities throughout the academic year.


 

The OFLA Vision

Every Ohio student will be proficient in a second language, which is essential to a world-class education.

The OFLA Mission

The Ohio Foreign Language Association is committed to world language study beginning in the primary grades, so that every learner, from early childhood through adult, acquires a high level of communicative and intercultural competence.

The OFLA Strategic Plan

1. Establish clear expectations for foreign language learners.

2. Build the capacity of foreign language teachers to prepare learners to demonstrate their proficiency.

3. Build support for foreign language instruction among parents, policy leaders, the business community and opinion leaders in the media.



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