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2025 National Language Teacher of the Year Named

Japanese teacher Kei Tsukamaki of Washington state has been named the 2025 National Language Teacher of the Year! The award presentation was held during the 2024 ACTFL Convention & World Languages Expo on Friday, November 22, in Philadelphia, PA. Learn more about Kei here.

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Project ATOL Awarded $50K to Support Rural Language Teachers

The Small Town and Rural Language Teachers nonprofit organization is thrilled to announce the receipt of $50,000 from the R. Howard Dobbs Jr. Foundation to fund the Project to Advance Teachers of Languages (Project ATOL), which aims to support world language teachers across the state of Georgia.

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ACTFL and LCF Celebrate Achievement in Language Education

ACTFL and the Language Connects Foundation (LCF) are pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the ACTFL & Language Connects Foundation Professional Awards, an annual program recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of language education.

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Language Connects Foundation Welcomes New Board Members

The Language Connects Foundation (LCF), the charitable and public education affiliate of ACTFL, recently welcomed three new members of its Board of Directors.

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LCF & ACTFL Celebrate 2028 Class of Teacher Scholars

20 outstanding future language teachers join the LCF Teacher Scholarship Program in its sixth year.

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Celebrating the 2024 Regional Language Teachers of the Year

Announced this spring at the five regional conferences across the country, Amanda Beck, Carlos Salinas, Kei Tsukamaki, Bertha Delgadillo, and Sara Lee have been named Regional Teachers of the Year for CSC, NECTFL, PNCFL, SCOLT, and SWCOLT.

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Language Connects Foundation Announces Inaugural Board of Directors

LCF recently announced our first Board of Directors—a group representing decades of experience in education, language policy, business, and beyond, who will serve as champions of the transformative power of language learning and of the educators who make it possible.

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LCF Launches Student Ambassadors Program to Empower Language-Learner Leaders

LCF is delighted to announce a dynamic initiative that unites student language-learner leaders at the postsecondary level to champion language education.

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LCF/Vista Classroom Microgrants Empower K-12 Educators to Promote Multilingualism and Cultural Diversity

We are delighted to announce a new initiative to support K-12 language educators and their learners. Eligible individuals may apply for grants of $300 to fund a variety of projects.

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