Our organization serves our members through professional development workshops with a goal of helping educators develop 21st Century skills in our world language programs.
We provide networking opportunities that help navigate the myriad of regulations and challenges we all face.
Membership for the current school year is now closed. Please email nysawla@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Click on our membership page to view our pricing structure. Membership includes participation in our professional development workshops, collegial circles and other networking opportunities. Membership also will allow access to FLACS Checkpoint A and B exams.
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NYSAWLA is excited to support school districts throughout New York State with our FLACS Checkpoint A and B exams. Complete details about the exam and how to participate can be found by going to our Exam Consortium page. If you have any questions, please use the Contact us link.
FLACS Exams are scheduled for Tuesday, June 20, 2023.
NYSAWLA is excited to offer a Checkpoint A American Sign Language exam this June! Visit the exam portal for an outline and supporting documents.
Our World Language Leader Collegial Circle is a place to collaborate, discuss, and learn about relevant topics in our field. Topics are selected by the group, and followup meeting dates are determined at the meeting.
Visit our Meeting/Events page for the link to register.
NYSAWLA welcomes districts to advertise open teaching and administrative positions on our site. Please visit our page if you would like to submit a request or search for a position.
NYSAWLA offers awards and scholarships to teachers, administrators and students who are committed to world language education. Please visit our Awards/Scholarship page for details!
We welcome you to our website. We were established to serve the needs of our members across New York State through professional development workshops; our goal is to help administrators and teachers develop the 21st century skills of communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity of our learners in our world language programs. We also provide networking opportunities to support one another as we navigate through the myriad of regulations and day to day challenges that we all face within our schools and programs. In order to maintain standards when the NYSED eliminated our Checkpoint assessments, the FLACS exam consortium was formed and has become the largest in NYS due to the professionalism and dedication of our members. Please consider joining our organization and the consortium.
“The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has received your application to be an approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) pursuant to Section 80-6 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education. As a result of the review of the submitted information, your application has been approved. The term of approval is five years, beginning July 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2026.”
NYSAWLA has put together an FAQ to provide answers to those questions which are most important. Please note it remains a work in progress and updates will be made to it as new questions arise. Learn more>>