Leading
IN LANGUAGES
Welcome
Thank you for visiting the Texas Association of Language Supervision online! We hope that our website serves as a resource to you and is able to connect you with other LOTE leaders around the state.
Please feel free to read more about our organization on this site, or meet us at the annual TFLA Fall Conference in October!
Mission
The purpose of our Association is to promote and improve the study and teaching of languages, including literatures and cultures, by providing its members with research-based educational and professional support; by encouraging and enhancing leadership roles; and by collaborating with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and professional organizations at area, state, regional, and national levels.
Leadership
Our organization is driven by exceptional LOTE leaders around the state of Texas. Please consider joining our team!
Annual Events
Each year TALS organizes and hosts a 1.5 Day Conference (TeCCL) specifically for supervisors or leaders of language programs in TEexas.
Additionally, in the Spring, TALS organizes a 1-day Workshop "By TALS for TALS" where members come together to learn and collaborate on common tasks.
Texas TALS Leading in Languages
Debbie Callihan-Dingle
President of the National Association of District Supervisor of Foreign Languages
Martha Vasquez
President of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese
Marie Douglass
Immediate Past President of the Texas Association of Foreign Languages
Marita Cleaver
President of the Texas Association of Language Supervision
Cecilia Lara
President of the Houston Area Teachers of Foreign Languages
Melissa Vargas
Vice President of the Houston Area Teachers of Foreign Languages
Treasurer of the Texas Associaiton of Langauge Supervisors
Annie Rivera
President Elect of the Texas Association of Language Supervision
Erin Aucoin-Barbier
President Elect of the Texas Association of Foreign Languages
Meredith G. Clark
Director of Public Outreach & Advocacy for the Texas Association of Foreign Languages
Diana F. Sullivan
2nd Vice President of the Houston Area Teachers of Foreign Languages
Secretary for the Texas Association of Foreign Languages
Michelle Salas
Director of Finance of the Texas Association of Foreign Languages
Enid Sierra
Secretary of the Texas Association of Language Supervision
TALS Award Winners
Martha Vasquez, San Antonio ISD
2018 TFLA Administrator of the Year
Jennifer Klaus, Cypress Fairbanks ISD
2017 TFLA Administrator of the Year
Greta Lundgaard, Retired Plano ISD
2014 NADSFL Supervisor of the Year
Stephany Sipes, Plano ISD
2017-2018 TALS LILL Cohort 2 Emerging Leader
Cecilia Lara, Katy ISD
2019 TFLA Administrator of the Year
Diana Sullivan, Spring ISD
2019-2020 TALS LILL Cohort 3 Emerging Leader
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
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