NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT fall conference 2024
The NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT staged its fall conference — titled “World Language Learning: Achieving Authentic Real World Connections” — on Sept. 28 at UFT headquarters in Manhattan. The annual event featured language-specific workshop sessions for Spanish, French, Greek and Russian.

Irma Evangelista, the president of the NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT, is all smiles at the conference.

Nationally recognized arts educator Rodney Eric Lopez, the keynote speaker, gets the crowd going at the NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT annual fall conference at union headquarters.

Teachers Maria Tully (second from left) of JHS 226 in Queens and Fanny Ruiz (second from right) of Long Island City HS learn new steps in the Lessons from the Dancing Classroom workshop.

Foreign language teachers engage in an exercise during the Dynamic Classroom: Activities and Resources to Make an Engaging Classroom workshop.

Participants listen intently during the opening plenary.

Teacher Ana Rodriguez (center) of Edward R. Murrow HS in Brooklyn speaks with other participants during a workshop about motivating students to make real-world connections with world languages.

Teachers focus on the message in the Mastering the Spanish Comprehensive Exam: Strategies for Success workshop.

Participants get to work in the All Students Can Participate in a Kinesthetic Sport Activity in the Spanish Classroom workshop.

Irma Evangelista, the president of the NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT, is all smiles at the conference.

Nationally recognized arts educator Rodney Eric Lopez, the keynote speaker, gets the crowd going at the NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT annual fall conference at union headquarters.

Teachers Maria Tully (second from left) of JHS 226 in Queens and Fanny Ruiz (second from right) of Long Island City HS learn new steps in the Lessons from the Dancing Classroom workshop.

Foreign language teachers engage in an exercise during the Dynamic Classroom: Activities and Resources to Make an Engaging Classroom workshop.

Participants listen intently during the opening plenary.

Teacher Ana Rodriguez (center) of Edward R. Murrow HS in Brooklyn speaks with other participants during a workshop about motivating students to make real-world connections with world languages.

Teachers focus on the message in the Mastering the Spanish Comprehensive Exam: Strategies for Success workshop.

Participants get to work in the All Students Can Participate in a Kinesthetic Sport Activity in the Spanish Classroom workshop.

Irma Evangelista, the president of the NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT, is all smiles at the conference.
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Participants listen intently during the opening plenary.

Teacher Ana Rodriguez (center) of Edward R. Murrow HS in Brooklyn speaks with other participants during a workshop about motivating students to make real-world connections with world languages.

Teachers focus on the message in the Mastering the Spanish Comprehensive Exam: Strategies for Success workshop.

Participants get to work in the All Students Can Participate in a Kinesthetic Sport Activity in the Spanish Classroom workshop.

Irma Evangelista, the president of the NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT, is all smiles at the conference.

Nationally recognized arts educator Rodney Eric Lopez, the keynote speaker, gets the crowd going at the NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT annual fall conference at union headquarters.

Teachers Maria Tully (second from left) of JHS 226 in Queens and Fanny Ruiz (second from right) of Long Island City HS learn new steps in the Lessons from the Dancing Classroom workshop.

Foreign language teachers engage in an exercise during the Dynamic Classroom: Activities and Resources to Make an Engaging Classroom workshop.

Participants listen intently during the opening plenary.

Teacher Ana Rodriguez (center) of Edward R. Murrow HS in Brooklyn speaks with other participants during a workshop about motivating students to make real-world connections with world languages.

Teachers focus on the message in the Mastering the Spanish Comprehensive Exam: Strategies for Success workshop.

Participants get to work in the All Students Can Participate in a Kinesthetic Sport Activity in the Spanish Classroom workshop.

Irma Evangelista, the president of the NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT, is all smiles at the conference.

Nationally recognized arts educator Rodney Eric Lopez, the keynote speaker, gets the crowd going at the NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT annual fall conference at union headquarters.

Teachers Maria Tully (second from left) of JHS 226 in Queens and Fanny Ruiz (second from right) of Long Island City HS learn new steps in the Lessons from the Dancing Classroom workshop.

Foreign language teachers engage in an exercise during the Dynamic Classroom: Activities and Resources to Make an Engaging Classroom workshop.

Participants listen intently during the opening plenary.

Teacher Ana Rodriguez (center) of Edward R. Murrow HS in Brooklyn speaks with other participants during a workshop about motivating students to make real-world connections with world languages.

Teachers focus on the message in the Mastering the Spanish Comprehensive Exam: Strategies for Success workshop.

Participants get to work in the All Students Can Participate in a Kinesthetic Sport Activity in the Spanish Classroom workshop.

Irma Evangelista, the president of the NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT, is all smiles at the conference.