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About the Project

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). 

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.

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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 headshot

    Adam Li Peng

    Instructor, Chinese

    Renaissance High School
  • Andrea Blythe headshot

    Andrea Blythe

    Instructor, French

    Sage International School
  • Becca Sibrian headshot

    Becca Sibrian

    Lecturer, German

    Boise State University
  • Briana Livingston headshot

    Briana Livingston

    Instructor, Spanish

    Compass Academy
  • Cyndi Cook headshot

    Cyndi Cook

    Pathways Project Research Cohort Lead Teacher, Instructor, German

    Mountain Home High School
  • Danyelle Davis headshot

    Danyelle Davis

    Instructor, French

    Sage International School
  • Fatima Cornwall headshot

    Fatima Cornwall

    Language Coordinator, Spanish

    Boise State University
  • Franzi Borders headshot

    Franzi Borders

    Instructor, German

    Boise State University
  • Heidi Muri headshot

    Heidi Muri

    Instructor, German

    Meridian High School
  • Sharon westbrook headshot

    Sharon Westbrook

    Pathways Project Research Cohort Lead Teacher, Instructor, French

    Riverglen Junior High
  • Shaylon Black headshot

    Shaylon Black

    Instructor, Spanish

    Mountain View High School

Past and Present Student Team Members