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Teacher of the Year Awards

Each year, the Northeast Conference chooses its Teacher of the Year from among the candidates selected by the states in the Northeast region. This individual then represents our organization at the National Language Teacher of the Year competition at the ACTFL Conference in November. The award for the National Language Teacher of the Year is intended to elevate the status and the public profile of the language teaching profession at the state, regional and national levels by recognizing the individuals chosen for this award.

The Northeast Conference will participate in the ACTFL Teacher of the Year competition. ACTFL requests that state associations choose a state Teacher of the Year during fall each school year. In January, the NECTFL TOY Committee will review all state dossiers and choose a regional winner who will be announced as the Northeast Conference Teacher of the Year

Àngels Natal-Asensio

Biography

Àngels Natal-Asensio has been teaching Spanish at Oakton High School, where she is also the World Languages Department Chair, for the last 15 years. Previously she taught English and German in her native Barcelona, where she started implementing Project Zero thinking routines along with art in the teaching of language. As an educator, she strives to create a culture of thinking by guiding her students in making their thinking visible, being collaborative, creative, and reflective. Àngels holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English Linguistics and a Master’s degree in Instructional Technology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

In addition to teaching, she enjoys mentoring and coaching other educators. She was a member of the faculty of the Virginia Governor’s Foreign Language Academy, where she taught Spanish and Catalan language and culture. She has also been a presenter at multiple conferences, in person and online such as FLAVA, ACTFL, GWATFL, the Progressive Education Summit as well as the Spanish Embassy’s workshops for teachers.

Currently she is a member of the Faculty at WISSIT (Washington International School Summer Institute for Teachers) and a founding member of DCPZ en Español (DC Project Zero in Spanish). She is also a 2022 HP Teaching Fellow, and a Longview Fellow.

Twitter: @AnawlTeach

Instagram: @sra_natal