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Do you struggle with ideas for how to empower your students to use the language beyond the walls of your classroom? Come and learn from the 2022 NECTFL Teachers of the Year state finalists! From empowering your students to teach younger students in your school community, to showcasing student work around town, Teachers of the Year from the northeast region share some of the strategies they implement to practice the Communities standard and advocate for their language programs in their broader communities. Examples are in Spanish, French, Latin, and Chinese across all age groups.

William Lee, the 2023 ACTFL National Langauge Teacher of the Year, shares instructional strategies to engage and motivate students, combining language and culture to develop learners' language performance. These strategies, both technology-based and non-technology-based, can help you reach all kinds of learners in the classroom and are applicable to all languages and levels. Be inspired with new ideas and examples that can have immediate impact in your classroom.