Beckie Bray Rankin
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Beckie Bray Rankin
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I am here to connect about my favorite things: curriculum development and design, coaching teachers, running francophone exchange programs, sailing, and swing dancing.
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This year, I changed my IIIH curriculum from a survey of francophone history to quarterly themes: being heard, seen, known, and accepted.

This student’s art beautifully tied in our longest text with the overarching themes (and my hobby!) to remind us that language is about culture and connection.
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Teachers & teacher educators, join me at the 3rd annual Gender-Inclusive Language Instruction conference this Friday, April 4th, free online from 12pm-6:30pm ET. I'll be presenting nonbinary students' insights on teacher-student power dynamics. dornsife.usc.edu/center-for-l...
My students were reading le Petit Prince ch4 in which the astronomer is not trusted because of his non-traditional outfit. At least Lex 15 year olds know that quality of ideas is not influenced by one’s ‘costume’. Incredible how that chapter is now political…
NECTFL is always a homecoming. From friendly faces at registration, to my AI panel with the amazing Ryan, Benjamin, Abelardo, and Julia, to my LEAPers with Leslie (Cohort 1 graduated!), to quiet conversations in side alleys and over reception cheese, it’s good to belong.
Who will I see at Northeast Conference this week? I'll be at all the major events, plus moderating this AI Panel on Friday and a Foundational Session on Unit Design Saturday. Pop by registration and say hi!

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We have a soft snow falling now, too! It's so beautiful to look at.
ACTFL members keep your eyes out for your print copy of TLE (or peruse the digital one here www.thelanguageeducator.org/.../winter_2...). T-10 until I'm back in Guadeloupe taking photos of my students jumping like me 👇🏻. Mes ami.e.s tahitien.ne.s vont voir quelques oeuvres de chez eux aussi!
Highly recommend this book: research & strategies to support understanding of the science behind learning. Ex: an expert can mental map and a novice cannot yet. We use graphic organizers to help students get there but we can’t expect them to create their own early on in learning.
I'm delighted to announce that I've been selected as a Fulbright Hays Scholar through AATF. I look forward to returning to this place that will always hold a piece of my 🧡 and to working for a month with an exceptional group of K-16 educators to create free francophone resources for French teachers.
Today’s #actfl24 conference tip: to cross the marathon on the street, the officers say run across in the gaps.
#actfl24 Convention Center Tip:
Second floor is contiguous if you don’t want to go outside. The first floor is stretched over three separate blocks so you have to walk outside to get around. Opening assembly is above registration.
My favorite line from Assembly of Delegates here at #actfl24: are (enough) World Language Educators at the table forming the future of AI? We need to focus on how and why to integrate AI BUT we need to be more than just consumers. @richard culatta.
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For my NECTFL MEAD project I’m curating a website full of diverse and inclusive resources, so teachers can think and plan with this in mind. Here is the site: wakelet.com/@NECTFLMEAD2...
This is causing me to think. Brisk did not replace my feedback, just added more.
It’s not a formal action study, but for one of the first projects of the year, I gave them AI feedback. About a third of them asked for that feedback before the next project was due. Again, this feedback is glow and grow based on the rubric; not editing. Tool: check their work against the rubric.