Beckie Bray Rankin

So much to be thankful for in 2025. Even more to look forward to in 2026!

NECTFL is so proud of our ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year, Nathan Campbell. We invite you to join an informal interview to learn about his journey, tips, and ideas. nectfl.wufoo.com/forms/k167uj...
then come to the Northeast Conference in February to meet him: nectfl.org/2026-conference/

For those coming to ACTFL: taxi is $36 from the airport to town. Check uber when you land … for me taxi was faster and cheaper! I used uber later in the day and my driver was great.

#mafla25 so much greatness in one room!

This year, I changed my IIIH curriculum from a survey of francophone history to quarterly themes: being heard, seen, known, and accepted.

This student’s art beautifully tied in our longest text with the overarching themes (and my hobby!) to remind us that language is about culture and connection.

Come work in Lexington! Spanish opening link 👇🏻!

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So excited to visit friends @pncfl.bsky.social soon!

Teachers & teacher educators, join me at the 3rd annual Gender-Inclusive Language Instruction conference this Friday, April 4th, free online from 12pm-6:30pm ET. I'll be presenting nonbinary students' insights on teacher-student power dynamics. dornsife.usc.edu/center-for-l...

Can't wait to see you in February!
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ACTFL | ACTFL Statement on English Designated as the Official… ACTFL stands against the recent White House Executive Order designating English as the official language of the United States, a concerning development…

TESOL and ACTFL have both made statements about the value of multilingualism & languages in the US:
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My students were reading le Petit Prince ch4 in which the astronomer is not trusted because of his non-traditional outfit. At least Lex 15 year olds know that quality of ideas is not influenced by one’s ‘costume’. Incredible how that chapter is now political…

NECTFL is always a homecoming. From friendly faces at registration, to my AI panel with the amazing Ryan, Benjamin, Abelardo, and Julia, to my LEAPers with Leslie (Cohort 1 graduated!), to quiet conversations in side alleys and over reception cheese, it’s good to belong.

NECTFL 2025: Embedding AI Without Being in Bed with A... View more about this event at NECTFL 2025

Who will I see at Northeast Conference this week? I'll be at all the major events, plus moderating this AI Panel on Friday and a Foundational Session on Unit Design Saturday. Pop by registration and say hi!

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I’ll be here for sure!

We have a soft snow falling now, too! It's so beautiful to look at.

ACTFL members keep your eyes out for your print copy of TLE (or peruse the digital one here www.thelanguageeducator.org/.../winter_2...). T-10 until I'm back in Guadeloupe taking photos of my students jumping like me 👇🏻. Mes ami.e.s tahitien.ne.s vont voir quelques oeuvres de chez eux aussi!

How learning works book cover

Highly recommend this book: research & strategies to support understanding of the science behind learning. Ex: an expert can mental map and a novice cannot yet. We use graphic organizers to help students get there but we can’t expect them to create their own early on in learning.

I'm delighted to announce that I've been selected as a Fulbright Hays Scholar through AATF. I look forward to returning to this place that will always hold a piece of my 🧡 and to working for a month with an exceptional group of K-16 educators to create free francophone resources for French teachers.

Free AI Tools for Teachers and Educators – Brisk Teaching Brisk is the best AI for teachers and schools, offering free AI tools for education that fit seamlessly into your routine. With an AI lesson plan generator and tools for instruction, feedback, and dif...

Brisk keeps getting better. Today I found that the feedback option will point out in a Google doc if kids copied and pasted. I already love its feedback as a supplement to my own.

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Today’s #actfl24 conference tip: to cross the marathon on the street, the officers say run across in the gaps.

#actfl24 Convention Center Tip:
Second floor is contiguous if you don’t want to go outside. The first floor is stretched over three separate blocks so you have to walk outside to get around. Opening assembly is above registration.

My favorite line from Assembly of Delegates here at #actfl24: are (enough) World Language Educators at the table forming the future of AI? We need to focus on how and why to integrate AI BUT we need to be more than just consumers. @richard culatta.

For my NECTFL MEAD project I’m curating a website full of diverse and inclusive resources, so teachers can think and plan with this in mind. Here is the site: wakelet.com/@NECTFLMEAD2...

This is causing me to think. Brisk did not replace my feedback, just added more.

It’s not a formal action study, but for one of the first projects of the year, I gave them AI feedback. About a third of them asked for that feedback before the next project was due. Again, this feedback is glow and grow based on the rubric; not editing. Tool: check their work against the rubric.

I have been using Brisk to give rubric-based grow/glow feedback as one step of the presentational writing process. It’s been enlightening to see what AI thinks. I’m up front with kids about the feedback being AI and ask their feedback on the tool.

Oh I love this! I know your kids will connect with this unit.