51. Leadership and Engaging With Your Community with Heidi Trude

In this episode of the Language Lounge, Heidi Trude talks about how she got involved in the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA); how she found "her people" and how the encouragement she received from other members led to becoming its current president. But you don't have to become president of your language association to be a leader. there are many ways to participate.  Don't be shy, take the risk and get active today.   Visit the Language Lounge on Twitter - https://twitter.com/langloungepod Connect with Michelle - https://twitter.com/michelleolah Have a comment or question? Leave a voicemail at (207) 888-9819 or email [email protected] Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside Show Notes: Heidi Trude is a French teacher at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville, Virginia. She has fifteen years of experience teaching every level of French from French 1 through AP French Language and Culture. She created an international partnership between her school and Lycée-Bazin in Charleville-Mézières, France, to engage her students with the French language and culture. Furthermore, she possesses multiple educational technology certifications and she is a master at integrating technology meaningfully into the world language curriculum. She also provides technology training for the faculty at her school and she presents her innovative ideas at professional conferences such as the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA), the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT), the Northeast Conference on Teaching Foreign Language (NECTFL), the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Heidi serves as the President of FLAVA, and serves as a member of the SCOLT Board of Directors. Heidi is the 2017 Region IV Virginia Teacher of the Year; the 2017 FLAVA David Cox World Language Teacher of the Year; the 2018 SCOLT World Language Teacher of the Year and 2019 ACTFL Language Teacher of the Year finalist.   Social Media  Twitter https://twitter.com/htrude07   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heidi.trude  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hlt2007/   Website: https://sites.google.com/view/techwithtrude/home?authuser=1  Mentions  AATG Americain Association of Teachers of German  AATSP Americain Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese  AATF American Association of Teachers of French   LILL - Leadership Initiative for Language Learning   FLAVA - Foreign Language Association of Virginia  SCOLT- Southern Conference on Language Teaching   Sue Robertson - FLAVA Parliamentarian