Michele Anciaux Aoki

World Languages and International Education Advocate, former World Languages Program Supervisor State of Washington

Michele Anciaux Aoki has a Ph.D. in Slavic Linguistics and taught Russian at the University of Washington for a number of years. From 2008 until 2014, she served as World Languages Program Supervisor at the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, where she helped develop the World Languages Competency-Based Credit Program and lay the foundation for the State Seal of Biliteracy. From 2014-2019, Michele served as International Education Administrator for Seattle Public Schools and Co-Director of the Confucius Institute of the State of Washington. Michele has consulted with the UW STARTALK programs since 2011 and coordinated the annual Heritage Language Symposium since 2014. Currently, Michele volunteers for the WAFLT Testing Team and serves on the Steering Committee of the Washington State Coalition for International Education. At the national level, she is a member of NCSSFL and serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Seal of Biliteracy.

Heritage Language Speakers Can Earn the Global Competence Certificate and Global Seal of Biliteracy

How can we motivate students to engage with their heritage language in new and exciting ways? Project-Based Learning leading to the Global Competence Certificate awarded by the World Affairs Council is the approach used in this unique collaboration of Evergreen Public Schools with the World Affairs Council, Ethnic Heritage Council, American Romanian Cultural Society, and Slavic East European Teachers Association of Washington. Students of Romanian, Russian, and Spanish from throughout the state will engage in a year-long, remote-learning program designed to raise the students’ language proficiency and literacy skills and also qualify them for the Global Seal of Biliteracy.

This presentation will be available for on-demand viewing on December 2nd during Global CRED. Register for Global CRED below, it’s quick easy and free!

How State agencies and World Language associations can collaborate to support the Seal of Biliteracy: Case Study of Washington

The Washington State Seal of Biliteracy launched in 2015 thanks to tremendous advocacy efforts by community-based non-profit language and immigrant advocacy organizations. Come learn how the State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) partners with the Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT) to provide support to local schools and districts to implement the State Seal and the World Languages Competency-Based Credit Testing that has made it possible for any language to have proficiency tests available to qualify for the Seal.

This presentation will be available for on-demand viewing on December 2nd during Global CRED. Register for Global CRED below, it’s quick easy and free!

World Language Credit Testing and the Seal of Biliteracy: 10 Years’ Experience in Seattle

In 2010, Seattle became one of the first two districts in Washington state to award world language high school credits to students for any language based on demonstrated proficiency. Over the years, Seattle has tested thousands of students, in particular, bilingual students still learning English who were proud to have their home language recognized for the first time as an asset. Seattle was also one of the first districts to offer the State Seal of Biliteracy to high school graduates and even the Global Seal at the Working Fluency level.

This presentation will be available for on-demand viewing on December 2nd during Global CRED. Register for Global CRED below, it’s quick easy and free!