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The Ohio Network of Academic Alliances/CORE-FL Groups


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.
1 Ashland Foreign Language Alliance
2 Cincinnati Collaborative
3 CORE-FL Northeast
4 CORE-FL Northwest
5 Dayton Area Foreign Language Educators (DAFLE)
6 LINC-Ohio - Languages in Central Ohio
7 Mercer-Auglaize Foreign Language Alliance (MAFLA)
8 NorthEast Ohio Language Alliance (NEOLA)
9 Ohio Valley Foreign Language Alliance
10 South Central Ohio Foreign Language Alliance
11 Toledo Area Foreign Language Alliance (TAFLA)

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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.



News Flash

The new president of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Dr. Eileen Glisan, will be the keynote speaker at our April 2010 conference.