Catherine Ousselin
@catherineousselin.bsky.social
Language Advocate & Global Citizen | French Teacher & Polyglot | ACTFL TOY Finalist & ASCD Edu Honoree | World Language & #Edtech Presenter. Ally🏳️🌈🌎
Anything by Louis de Funès! I’ve rewatched several of his this past 10 months to escape and giggle. Rigolons un peu, il nous le faut.
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Anything by Louis de Funès! I’ve rewatched several of his this past 10 months to escape and giggle. Rigolons un peu, il nous le faut.
Sophomores-Seniors and I are still adjusting to shift from 4x4 block to 6 period schedule. As we explore endangered animals, there are days where we need to pull out the pâte à modeler and bricoler un peu. Listening activities can take multiple forms.
September 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Sophomores-Seniors and I are still adjusting to shift from 4x4 block to 6 period schedule. As we explore endangered animals, there are days where we need to pull out the pâte à modeler and bricoler un peu. Listening activities can take multiple forms.
Unique concurrence of posts in my feed. Mais je n’oserais jamais porter malheur au jeu. 🔥
August 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Unique concurrence of posts in my feed. Mais je n’oserais jamais porter malheur au jeu. 🔥
Off to #AATF25 in Chicago! I made a presenter social post template for anyone who would like to share their sessions.
Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky with #AATF25 hashtag. Post your pictures and share your experiences.
J’ai hâte de vous rencontrer au congrès🤩
A très bientôt!
Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky with #AATF25 hashtag. Post your pictures and share your experiences.
J’ai hâte de vous rencontrer au congrès🤩
A très bientôt!
July 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Register for TODAY's webinar w/Dan Call, 2025 PNCFL Teacher of the Year
4pm PST: Using the Cultural Iceberg to Frame Input
Use the Cultural Iceberg as an organizing principle to input using the cultural products, practices and perspectives associated with tamales. www.eventcreate.com/e/pncflsumme...
4pm PST: Using the Cultural Iceberg to Frame Input
Use the Cultural Iceberg as an organizing principle to input using the cultural products, practices and perspectives associated with tamales. www.eventcreate.com/e/pncflsumme...
June 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Register for TODAY's webinar w/Dan Call, 2025 PNCFL Teacher of the Year
4pm PST: Using the Cultural Iceberg to Frame Input
Use the Cultural Iceberg as an organizing principle to input using the cultural products, practices and perspectives associated with tamales. www.eventcreate.com/e/pncflsumme...
4pm PST: Using the Cultural Iceberg to Frame Input
Use the Cultural Iceberg as an organizing principle to input using the cultural products, practices and perspectives associated with tamales. www.eventcreate.com/e/pncflsumme...
June 25th: I am wrapped in a blanket wearing slippers while reading a crime novel that takes place in the Marquises Islands.
Where would you rather be today?
Where would you rather be today?
June 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
June 25th: I am wrapped in a blanket wearing slippers while reading a crime novel that takes place in the Marquises Islands.
Where would you rather be today?
Where would you rather be today?
Students start as Novice Low. Over 2 years (or more 🤞🏼!) they grow in global competencies & language skills. As Novice High learners, they have read, watched, examined the products, practices & perspectives of school lunch around the world. Then they connect to their experiences.
💡Si fière d’eux😍
💡Si fière d’eux😍
June 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Students start as Novice Low. Over 2 years (or more 🤞🏼!) they grow in global competencies & language skills. As Novice High learners, they have read, watched, examined the products, practices & perspectives of school lunch around the world. Then they connect to their experiences.
💡Si fière d’eux😍
💡Si fière d’eux😍
✅ Completed
👩🏻💻 2 Pre-job interview tasks
📝 Homework for admin certification class
🏳️🌈 Social posts for Pride month
📖 Lecture de littérature francophone
😬 Not completed
👩🏽🏫 Grading for teacher prep program I co-facilitate.
💡Student feedback for school projects
⏰ Where did this week-end go?
👩🏻💻 2 Pre-job interview tasks
📝 Homework for admin certification class
🏳️🌈 Social posts for Pride month
📖 Lecture de littérature francophone
😬 Not completed
👩🏽🏫 Grading for teacher prep program I co-facilitate.
💡Student feedback for school projects
⏰ Where did this week-end go?
June 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
✅ Completed
👩🏻💻 2 Pre-job interview tasks
📝 Homework for admin certification class
🏳️🌈 Social posts for Pride month
📖 Lecture de littérature francophone
😬 Not completed
👩🏽🏫 Grading for teacher prep program I co-facilitate.
💡Student feedback for school projects
⏰ Where did this week-end go?
👩🏻💻 2 Pre-job interview tasks
📝 Homework for admin certification class
🏳️🌈 Social posts for Pride month
📖 Lecture de littérature francophone
😬 Not completed
👩🏽🏫 Grading for teacher prep program I co-facilitate.
💡Student feedback for school projects
⏰ Where did this week-end go?
Spanish is 5th language I acquired. My accent is a mix of French & Italian, but I can conduct parent-teacher conferences/help students.
Today’s “Language Skills in the Wild” was at a burger joint. Youngster needed support w/order & I stepped up. She & staff thanked me. Got a shake to celebrate.
Today’s “Language Skills in the Wild” was at a burger joint. Youngster needed support w/order & I stepped up. She & staff thanked me. Got a shake to celebrate.
May 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Spanish is 5th language I acquired. My accent is a mix of French & Italian, but I can conduct parent-teacher conferences/help students.
Today’s “Language Skills in the Wild” was at a burger joint. Youngster needed support w/order & I stepped up. She & staff thanked me. Got a shake to celebrate.
Today’s “Language Skills in the Wild” was at a burger joint. Youngster needed support w/order & I stepped up. She & staff thanked me. Got a shake to celebrate.
Please consider nominating a colleague (or yourself) for an ACTFL Award! Educators around our country need recognition & support. Need help with the process? Let me know! www.actfl.org/career-devel...
May 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Please consider nominating a colleague (or yourself) for an ACTFL Award! Educators around our country need recognition & support. Need help with the process? Let me know! www.actfl.org/career-devel...
The UN's SDGs provide ideal themes for social engagement & intercultural competencies. Let's explore unit design & authentic resource integration for Novice-Intermediate levels. Participants will explore proficiency-based units & collaborate on lessons/units.
www.frenchteachers.org/events/using...
www.frenchteachers.org/events/using...
April 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The UN's SDGs provide ideal themes for social engagement & intercultural competencies. Let's explore unit design & authentic resource integration for Novice-Intermediate levels. Participants will explore proficiency-based units & collaborate on lessons/units.
www.frenchteachers.org/events/using...
www.frenchteachers.org/events/using...
#langchat #FrenchTeachers
1 mai: 18:30 ET/15:30 PT
FREE webinar for AATF members / $5 for non-members
www.frenchteachers.org/events/using...
Description below:
1 mai: 18:30 ET/15:30 PT
FREE webinar for AATF members / $5 for non-members
www.frenchteachers.org/events/using...
Description below:
April 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
#langchat #FrenchTeachers
1 mai: 18:30 ET/15:30 PT
FREE webinar for AATF members / $5 for non-members
www.frenchteachers.org/events/using...
Description below:
1 mai: 18:30 ET/15:30 PT
FREE webinar for AATF members / $5 for non-members
www.frenchteachers.org/events/using...
Description below:
J’ai une super activité engageante qui va plaire aux apprenants. Sauf 1, il y a toujours un. Womp, womp. #PoissonDAvril
April 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
J’ai une super activité engageante qui va plaire aux apprenants. Sauf 1, il y a toujours un. Womp, womp. #PoissonDAvril
#LAD25 Washington State’s first meeting for Language Advocacy Days with Representative DelBene’s Education Specialist Nathan Shrekengost went very well. We are grateful for his attention to our issues and his thoughtful questions. @repdelbene.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#LAD25 Washington State’s first meeting for Language Advocacy Days with Representative DelBene’s Education Specialist Nathan Shrekengost went very well. We are grateful for his attention to our issues and his thoughtful questions. @repdelbene.bsky.social
2nd time coming to Capitol Hill (+online) to advocate for language acquisition! Thank you to JNCL-NCLIS and the Congressional teams for building these connections. As a multilingual global citizen who works with emerging multilingual students, I want them to have the same advantages I had. #LAD25
March 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
2nd time coming to Capitol Hill (+online) to advocate for language acquisition! Thank you to JNCL-NCLIS and the Congressional teams for building these connections. As a multilingual global citizen who works with emerging multilingual students, I want them to have the same advantages I had. #LAD25
#WaWx #Bellingham #Enfin #Finally Big flakes in Bellingham. Soft mana from the sky restoring my belief in PNWinters.
February 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#WaWx #Bellingham #Enfin #Finally Big flakes in Bellingham. Soft mana from the sky restoring my belief in PNWinters.
#MotPhare #OneWord2025 Les élèves de Francais 1, période 3 présentent leurs mots-phares de 2025. Ils sont trop personnels et uniques!
January 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
#MotPhare #OneWord2025 Les élèves de Francais 1, période 3 présentent leurs mots-phares de 2025. Ils sont trop personnels et uniques!
Quiet evening at home with tasty dinner. Perhaps a few episodes of the current French mystery series.
Bonne année!
Bonne année!
January 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Quiet evening at home with tasty dinner. Perhaps a few episodes of the current French mystery series.
Bonne année!
Bonne année!
17 albums en total! Voici les 3 que j’ai dévorés depuis vendredi.
www.editionsladecouverte.fr/Histoiredess...
L'ambition de cette collection est simple: présenter un nouveau visage de l'histoire de France, en associant les meilleurs historiens français aux plus talentueux auteurs de bande dessinée
www.editionsladecouverte.fr/Histoiredess...
L'ambition de cette collection est simple: présenter un nouveau visage de l'histoire de France, en associant les meilleurs historiens français aux plus talentueux auteurs de bande dessinée
December 24, 2024 at 9:28 PM
17 albums en total! Voici les 3 que j’ai dévorés depuis vendredi.
www.editionsladecouverte.fr/Histoiredess...
L'ambition de cette collection est simple: présenter un nouveau visage de l'histoire de France, en associant les meilleurs historiens français aux plus talentueux auteurs de bande dessinée
www.editionsladecouverte.fr/Histoiredess...
L'ambition de cette collection est simple: présenter un nouveau visage de l'histoire de France, en associant les meilleurs historiens français aux plus talentueux auteurs de bande dessinée
Leading with languages, even on the silly owl app. Will this gain me any clout with students? 🦉🎖
December 4, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Leading with languages, even on the silly owl app. Will this gain me any clout with students? 🦉🎖
It’s “Black Friday” in English. This example is from Polynésie. Great connection with
“Vendre!” I propose we adopt the European bi-annual closeout sales “Soldes.” The names says it all. 💸
“Vendre!” I propose we adopt the European bi-annual closeout sales “Soldes.” The names says it all. 💸
November 29, 2024 at 4:46 PM
It’s “Black Friday” in English. This example is from Polynésie. Great connection with
“Vendre!” I propose we adopt the European bi-annual closeout sales “Soldes.” The names says it all. 💸
“Vendre!” I propose we adopt the European bi-annual closeout sales “Soldes.” The names says it all. 💸
Many thanks to Alicia Dallman Shoemaker for your many efforts & successes in Advocacy. Grow, glow & gratitude reflections remind us of our shared values & goals. #ACTFL24
November 21, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Many thanks to Alicia Dallman Shoemaker for your many efforts & successes in Advocacy. Grow, glow & gratitude reflections remind us of our shared values & goals. #ACTFL24
#ACTFL24 Contact your legislators to advocate for funding in language education! Ready-to-send letter that you can modify. Share with community, district, families. www.votervoice.net/mobile/JNCL/...
November 21, 2024 at 6:27 PM
#ACTFL24 Contact your legislators to advocate for funding in language education! Ready-to-send letter that you can modify. Share with community, district, families. www.votervoice.net/mobile/JNCL/...
Thanks, @doriec.bsky.social for the beautiful template! Jai hâte de collaborer avec vous ce vendredi
The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide ideal themes to foster social engagement and intercultural competencies. Participants will explore proficiency-based Novice units and resource platforms.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide ideal themes to foster social engagement and intercultural competencies. Participants will explore proficiency-based Novice units and resource platforms.
November 20, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Thanks, @doriec.bsky.social for the beautiful template! Jai hâte de collaborer avec vous ce vendredi
The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide ideal themes to foster social engagement and intercultural competencies. Participants will explore proficiency-based Novice units and resource platforms.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide ideal themes to foster social engagement and intercultural competencies. Participants will explore proficiency-based Novice units and resource platforms.