Ask Me a Question
Presenter: Rebecca Aubrey
Webinar date & time: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025, 4:00-5:00 pm via Zoom
The Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBEWL) of the New York State Education Department (NYSED) presents this final webinar in its 2025 Professional Learning Series: Ask Me a Question. This webinar is offered free of charge for world language educators and administrators working and studying in New York State educational institutions. 1 hour of CTLE credit offered.
Webinar description: Engage students in leveling up from novice to intermediate proficiency and deepening learning by formulating their own questions about thematic real-world topics. A fundamental skill for moving from novice to intermediate is to be able to create questions. This webinar will provide some specific strategies to support students in developing this skill as they aspire towards the intermediate level.
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Registration process: All participants are encouraged to pre-register for this event. Pre-registration will close on Friday, November 28, 2025; there will be no same-day registrations. Once the registrant's email address has been verified as being from a New York State school, college, or university, an email confirming their registration will be sent. Twenty-four hours prior to the event, all registered individuals will receive login instructions with the link to join the webinar. Only pre-registered attendees will be eligible for a certificate documenting attendance and/or CTLE hours.
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Webinar presenter: Rebecca Aubrey has over 20 years of teaching experience at the college level, and 15 years of experience teaching Spanish in grades K-8. As an advocate for equitable access to quality language learning from an early age, Rebecca has presented broadly on topics that include differentiation, target language use, thematic planning, and language proficiency. She is the 2019 ACTFL National Teacher of the Year, and has served as President of CT COLT, Executive Secretary for NNELL, and the PreK-8 representative to the AATSP Board of Directors. Rebecca also serves as an independent consultant for ACTFL and school districts across the country. Rebecca is passionate about exploring the cultural and linguistic diversity of our world, and equally passionate about empowering students to do the same.
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