12th Annual conference 2025
Empowering Learners: USING ASSESSMENTS TO DRIVE Engagement and Reflection
Sunday January 19, 2025
Increase learner engagement through the design of communicative tasks that are purposeful--ones where students understand why they are doing a certain task, how it will build their proficiency in Arabic. By incorporating reflection, students learn how to effectively monitor their language learning progress, increasing motivation to continue learning the language.
Guest Speaker: Donna Clementi
Dr. Clementi, is a national consultant specializing in best practices in world international educators language curriculum, instruction, and assessment. She is ACTFL consultant curriculum design, instruction, and assessment. In 2013, she co-authored The Keys to Planning for Learning: Effective Curriculum, Unit, and Lesson Design, an ACTFL publication that saw its second edition in 2017. She taught French and was the World Languages Program Leader in the Appleton Area School District for 33 years.
She also spent 38 summers working at Concordia Language Villages at the French Language Village and leading professional development seminars for world language instructors. In that capacity, Clementi taught a graduate course in World Language Methods for teachers of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian. She continues to lead ongoing professional development for teachers of Arabic, a collaborative program between the Qatar Foundation International and Concordia Language Villages. She also teaches a summer institute at CARLA University of Minnesota on Assessing Language Learners’ Communicative Skills.
Workshops and webinars
Arabic Language Day Workshop
اليوم العالمي للغة العربية
World Arabic Language day
December 4, 2024
Presenters: SCATC Executive Team
In this session, you will have the chance to exchange and Learn activities and ideas to enhance Students’ learnings.
1st VIRTUAL WORKSHOP 2025
Beyond One-Size-Fits-All:
Effective Differentiated Assessment
February 23, 2025
Presenters: Iman Hashem, Lina kholaki, and Maria Kouli
Every student learns differently—so why assess them the same way? Differentiated assessment tailors evaluation methods to students’ diverse needs, proficiency levels, strengths, and learning styles. Discover how to design assessments that cater to diverse learning styles and needs, ensuring a more accurate measure of growth.
2nd VIRTUAL WORKSHOP 2025
assessment for learning: fostering student growth mindset
March 16, 2025
Last VIRTUAL WORKSHOP 2025
Reflecting, Rethinking, and Recharging
June 21, 2025
Presenters: Manar Mayala and Nada Shaath
In this workshop, we'll learn how AI can support you in the design of units, lessons, activities and assessments that build and demonstrate Global Competencies. During this program we will review key understandings around what AI is, what it does well, and the challenges AI might present. That foundation will support us as we review how to intentionally select and leverage AI tools for the various components of the teaching and learning cycle. We will also touch on tools students can use safely and other ways to support students to develop the new skills they will need in an AI-integrated world.
Guest Speaker: Manar Tarzi
This interactive end-of-year workshop invites Arabic language teachers to pause and reflect through structured self-assessment. We’ll explore what worked, what didn’t, and how to grow from the year’s experience. Through guided reflection, goal setting, and discussion, participants will rethink their teaching practices, explore helpful tools, and use student assessment data to plan with purpose for the year ahead.