Charles B. Moore, FLANC Board member and professor of Spanish at Gardner-Webb University, received the SCOLT 2009 Post-Secondary Teacher of Excellence Award at the organization’s March convention in Atlanta.  The annual award is based  on teaching, scholarship, and service to SCOLT and the teaching profession in general.

* SCOLT is one of ACTFL’s five regional affiliates, and is made up of the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The results for the 2009 National Spanish Exam for North Carolina students are now available on our website.

This year, North Carolina had a total of 2,701 students participate in the 2009 National Spanish Exams - an increase of 86 students (3.28%) over last year. 

The top five students in each exam level and category will be receiving plaques from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Where a tie occurs, both students will receive plaques and occupy individual positions in the competition. For example, if two people come in first both get plaques and the next student is third (no second place exists). If five people come in fourth they will all get plaques and there will be no fifth place. National placement for the state winners is also provided in the chart.

Teachers will receive the scores for all of their students in a separate email during the week of April 27th. Plaques should be in the mail by May 10th and received at schools by the 15th.

A total of 120 plaques will be sent out this year.

Congratulations to all who participated in this year's exams.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Bill Wood, NC NSE Coordinator, wwood@wcpss.net.

The executive board of AATSP-NC has agreed upon revisions to the by-laws of AATSP-NC and now seeks the approval of the membership.  Please read the by-laws and send any comments to admin@aatsp-nc.org.  We will vote on the revised constitution at the business meeting at the FLANC Conference in September 2009.

During Fall 2008, the executive board of AATSP-NC recognized Leroy Salazar and Jan Cox for their years of service to the organization by presenting them with plaques and gift certificates.

AATSP-NC now offers a travel grant to attend the AATSP Annual Conference.  This $500 travel grant is available to active members of AATSP-NC.  This travel grant was first offered in 2008.  For more information about the grant, click on Resources and Travel Grant.  This year's AATSP Annual Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in July.  For more information about the conference, please visit the AATSP website, www.aatsp.org.

Our former hard-copy newsletter ECOS is now simply this website!  Please visit often to stay informed about our state AATSP chapter.  We encourage all members and friends of AATSP-NC to submit announcements, articles, photos, etc to our webmaster, Amanda Howard.