2025 Fall Conference

Rooted in Language

WHEN: October 9-11, 2025
WHERE: Norfolk Waterside Marriott
We are currently accepting presentation proposals for our upcoming Fall Conference and invite you to submit your ideas for consideration. We are looking for engaging and insightful sessions that will offer valuable knowledge, practical strategies, and thought-provoking discussions to our attendees. If you are passionate about sharing your knowledge and contributing to the success of our event, we encourage you to submit your proposal. All presentations will be 1 hour; workshops are 2 hours. The Call for Proposals is now open through June 15, 2025 at 11:59pm EST.
Proposal

The Comprehensible Classroom

FLAVA has partnered with The Comprehensible Classroom to offer online coursework to our members.

We’re excited to partner with you! The Comprehensible Classroom equips language teachers with training and resources that are proven to foster language acquisition. We believe that all students are capable of acquiring language. The Comprehensible Classroom makes teaching easier by helping language teachers unlock students’ intrinsic capacity for language acquisition. We specialize in providing you with everything you need to help every student experience success with language learning. Our proficiency-oriented instructional materials for Spanish, French, and Latin classes give you a detailed plan for class so that you can focus on what matters most: your students.

 

Registration is still open for the first round of training and there will be another round of the training in June. Through our partnership, The Comprehensible Classroom is offering you a $50 discount to their online coursework. In addition to this opportunity, they will also be offering a workshop during the FLAVA Fall Conference 2025. Stay tuned for more information on the in-person workshop.

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Navigating a Changing World with Languages

 

FLAVA is pleased to announce the recipient of the Best of FLAVA Award for their outstanding presentation at the 2024 FLAVA Fall Conference.

 

Kelly Mades, Strategies to Keep Burnout Away, representing FLAVA at SCOLT

Congratulations to the FLAVA 2024 Award Recipients!

Dr. Paul “Dick” Kuettner
Helen Warriner Burke Award

Lauren Paz Soldan
David Cox Award Recipient
Virginia K12 World Language Teacher of the Year

Miles Meijer

Novice Teacher Award

Christina (Chrissy) White

FLAVA University Student Recognition

Tom Haines

Friend of FLAVA

Sarah Donahue

FLAVA University Student Recognition

We are a growing, dynamic organization of professionals in education and business, students, and all those who have a common interest in promoting and utilizing world languages to accomplish their various goals.

We advocate for world language education on behalf of members at the local, state, and federal levels. We promote online opportunities to educate the public about the benefits and issues related to language learning.

For almost a decade, FLAVA has offered interactive, online workshops through the auspices of the Washington & Lee University’s Global Discovery Laboratories, webcast throughout the region as part of our mission for professional growth.

Our fall conference serves as a primary means of fulfilling our mission in gathering the community around the association’s business, and our spring conference provides an opportunity to recharge and learn the latest theories and practices in language learning.