Destination France Teacher Responsibilities

The teacher will choose the content-matter of the classes (civilization and language).

The classes will be conducted only in French.

The class will be of a ninety-minute duration, on Wednesday afternoons in room 333 at Bellaire Senior High School from 4PM to 5:30PM. This is not written in stone. It is a guideline for the French teacher whose situation may not permit her to arrive exactly at 4PM. However, the class will always be of a ninety-minute duration.

The course will take place from October to March. There will be twenty classes in total.

A maximum of two absences is allowed during this time frame. Three tardies constitute one absence (an absentee sheet will be given to the members of the jury at the end of the term).

Each student must write a “journal” during the first five minutes of the class and give this journal to the teacher at the end of the five minutes. The teacher will determine the subject of the journal. This is to demonstrate the progress the student is making in expressing himself/herself.

Each student must maintain a binder and place in the binder the notes he/she has taken during each class. The binder will be collected at the end of the course so that the members of the jury can examine them before interviewing the candidates who are competing for the trip to France.

During the last three classes of the course, the teacher will announce to the students the date and the time of the interview with the members of the jury. The teacher will also instruct the students to prepare a one-page letter explaining in French why he/she wants to go to France. This letter should be given to the teacher in triplicate. The teacher of Destination France will give these letters to the members of the jury before the interview.

The teacher must send to one of the judges a brief report evaluating each candidate. He/she should also give the judges a syllabus of what was covered during the course.

***Please note: twenty classes of ninety minutes duration cannot in any logical way be construed as equivalent of two semesters of academic work. It would be illogical for any student; teacher or counselor to feel that twenty lessons can cover the content area of an academic year of French.