National Office News

Adaptive organization

Dear AATG Colleagues,

It's good to be back! Although the pandemic is not over and we must still make sure to take care of our friends, family, students, and co-workers, this year has been about restoring specific programs. The AATG staff have been busy putting programs back in place and modifying them to ensure functionality and sustainability. Our summer study programs offered almost 150 people the chance to go to Germany this summer, most of them on scholarships. Our National German Exam offered 57 full scholarships and is going through a major technology upgrade to be ready for the coming years. The AATG is an adaptive organization that is almost 100 years old (and will surely be around for the next 100 years!). I'm proud to work with each member of the staff and to have the opportunity to serve German teachers and students throughout the US. I look forward to meeting so many more of you in 2023 and wish you all a safe, healthy, and resftful holiday season.

Herzlichst,

Michael R. Shaughnessy

Executive Director AATG mike@aatg.org

News from the National Office

Applications due January 13 for 2023 DivDaF seminar in Leipzig Diversity and Social (In)Justice in German as a Foreign Language (DivDaF)

In conjunction with interDaF at the Herder Institute of the Universität Leipzig, we will offer seminars and professional development in Leipzig in the summers from 2023 - 2025, for teachers of German at all levels interested in the topic of diversity and social (in) justice. This project will focus on the development of pedagogical and methodological frameworks in the transatlantic context.

Applications are now open for a 2023 seminar in Leipzig for experts in the field (July 17-19, 2023).In-person participants must have made a significant contribution to research and/or professional engagement on Diversity and Social (In)Justice in foreign language teaching and its pedagogy.

For full details, visit https://www.aatg.org/page/divdaf. An application link can be found there (member login required). Applications are open now, and are

due January 13, 2023.

In 2024 and 2025, we will offer professional development for all teachers.