A highly successful FL teacher, scholar, researcher and supervisor, Dr. Lipton has taught foreign languages on K-12 and university levels in New York, Maryland, Illinois and Texas, and has presented over 100 workshops for teachers and administrators nationally and internationally. Her experience in teaching FLES* (pronounced "flestar") both as a classroom teacher and as an itinerant specialist and as a FLES* supervisor gives her a broad perspective on the techniques and activities which work well in all models of FLES* programs. She is frequently in demand to give all kinds of K-12 workshops, seminars, and keynote addresses.

Selected Publications:

• Radio script: "Foreign Language in the Elementary School." Program #22 in series, Talkin' About Talk, 2005. See http://www.cofc.edu/linguist
• Practical Handbook to Elementary Foreign Language Programs. Early 2004: 4th edition.
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• "Foreign Language Instruction: What Principals Should Know." Principal magazine. Jan/Feb. 2003, 41-42
• (Ed.) A Celebration of FLES*. 1998: SRA/McGraw-Hill.
• Spanish Bilingual Dictionary. 1998: New York: Barron's Publishing Co. (also in French, German, and Italian)
• An Administrator's Guide to FLES* Programs. 2001. MD: Blueprints for Learning Inc., P.O. Box 2632, Kensington, MD 20891.
• (1996) "The Many Benefits of All Types of FLES* Programs." Carlisle, PA: The Northeast Conference Newsletter.
• (1998) "A Retrospective on FLES* Programs": 1898-1998. Hispania (Mar.): 75-87.
• (2000) "Letter to the Editor." Education Week 3/01/00, p.49
• (2001) "The FLES* advantage: FLES* Programs in the Third Millennium." French Review Feb. 2001.
• Over 75 articles in professional publications, national and international

Professional Highlights:

• Awarded NNELL's Special Recognition Award (2005)
• Director, National FLES* Institute (2002-Present)
• Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Coordinator of FL Outreach (1985-2002), Director of K-12 teaching development Institutes (1986-2002)
• Past Associate Editor of the FLES* section of Hispania
• Former founder and Chair of the National FLES* Committee (AATSP)
• Served as Editor of the Northeast Conference Newsletter
• National President of the A.A.T.F. (1998-2000)
• Chair, AATF FLES* Commission (1985-2005)
• Awarded Actfl's Steiner Award for Outstanding FL National Leadership
• Awarded rank of Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiqués
• Member of the Review Board of the National FL Standards Project
• Directed K-12 FL programs in New York City schools and the Anne Arundel Public Schools, Maryland
• Served as a consultant in more than 100 schools, school districts, private schools, foreign language and non F/L organizations (1985-Present)