About the Project
According to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), interpersonal speaking, listening and reading are at the heart of language learning but are often among some of the most difficult skills for students to master. By providing editable, high-quality teaching materials, The Pathways Project aims to connect teachers and students across the state of Idaho.
The state of Idaho has many rural schools and school districts. In these school districts, many instructors lack access and/or support to provide students with the experiences to reach a higher level of proficiency. Without access to the materials and resources for students to participate in communicative activities, students may fall behind in language proficiency. The Pathways Project hopes to provide instructors the resources they may lack, to further and enhance student learning.
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Licensing & Copyright
All materials created by faculty, staff and students involved with the Pathways Project are covered under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).Â
This means you are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
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Note: Every effort has been made to properly credit third party resources in our materials. If you catch an error or find something to be mislabeled, kindly let us know at Pathwaysproject@boisestate.edu.
Pathways Project Directors
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Dr. Kelly Arispe
Co-Director
Kelly Arispe (Ph.D. UC Davis), is an Associate Professor at Boise State University where she teaches upper-division Spanish Linguistics courses and Teacher Education courses in methods, literacy and assessment for pre-service language teachers. She is Program Coordinator for Language Secondary Education Majors and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Computer Assisted Language Learning. Her primary research focuses on L2 pedagogy and CALL/MALL and intermediate and advanced language learners. Her current projects include using video tagging software to impact best practices in language teaching and the Pathways Project.
Kelly Arispe (Ph.D. UC Davis), is an Associate Professor at Boise State University where she teaches upper-division Spanish Linguistics courses and Teacher Education courses in methods, literacy and assessment for pre-service language teachers. She is Program Coordinator for Language Secondary Education Majors and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Computer Assisted Language Learning. Her primary research focuses on L2 pedagogy and CALL/MALL and intermediate and advanced language learners. Her current projects include using video tagging software to impact best practices in language teaching and the Pathways Project.
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Amber Hoye
Co-Director
Amber Hoye (M.E.T), is the Director of the World Languages Resource Center at Boise State University where she supports faculty implementing educational technology and other innovative practice including OER, supervises an interdisciplinary team of student employees, and teaches a required course for language majors to prepare for attending graduate school or entering the workforce. Her current projects include supervising the creation of ancillary teaching materials in collaboration with university faculty, staff, students, and K-12 teachers, and managing the Pathways Project OER repository.
Amber Hoye (M.E.T), is the Director of the World Languages Resource Center at Boise State University where she supports faculty implementing educational technology and other innovative practice including OER, supervises an interdisciplinary team of student employees, and teaches a required course for language majors to prepare for attending graduate school or entering the workforce. Her current projects include supervising the creation of ancillary teaching materials in collaboration with university faculty, staff, students, and K-12 teachers, and managing the Pathways Project OER repository.
Faculty Collaborators and Contributors
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Abby Cain
Instructor, Spanish
Weiser High School -
Adam Li Peng
Instructor, Chinese
Renaissance High School -
Andrea Blythe
Instructor, French
Sage International School -
Becca Sibrian
Lecturer, German
Boise State University -
Briana Livingston
Instructor, Spanish
Compass Academy -
Cyndi Cook
Pathways Project Research Cohort Lead Teacher, Instructor, German
Mountain Home High School -
Danyelle Davis
Instructor, French
Sage International School -
Fatima Cornwall
Language Coordinator, Spanish
Boise State University -
Franzi Borders
Instructor, German
Boise State University -
Heidi Muri
Instructor, German
Meridian High School -
Sharon Westbrook
Pathways Project Research Cohort Lead Teacher, Instructor, French
Riverglen Junior High -
Shaylon Black
Instructor, Spanish
Mountain View High School