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June K. Phillips, (Ph.D. The Ohio State University), is Professor and Dean Emerita of Arts and Humanities at Weber State University (UT).  She has taught French at the junior high through college levels as well as methods of foreign language teaching. She served as President of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in 2001, chaired the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in 1984, and was  a trustee for the Center for Applied Linguistics.  She is a recipient of the Palmes Académiques from the French government and the Nelson Brooks Award of the Northeast Conference.  She was project director for the design of the Foreign Language Standards and is currently directing a federal project for ACTFL to review them. She co-chaired the development Standards for FL Teacher Education Programs which are approved by NCATE.  She has consulted with a number of curriculum and testing projects including the Spanish NAEP and the Annenberg/WGBH video library.  She has published extensively on pedagogical topics and edited volumes for ACTFL and Northeast.

JUNE K. PHILLIPS, Dean & Professor Emerita  

Ph. D.   The Ohio State University

Foreign Language Education

B. A.    University of Pittsburgh

French, Spanish, English

1993 - 2007       Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities and Professor of French

                            Weber State University, Ogden, Utah

 

1991-93             Distinguished Visiting Professor  United States Air Force Academy

 

1987-93            Executive Director Tennessee Foreign Language Institute

 

1983-87            Associate Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences

1972-87             Professor of French, Foreign Language Education Indiana University of Pennsylvania

 

1960-72           Teacher of French, Baldwin-Whitehall Public Schools, PA

 

2008-11            Grant writer and Project Director for ACTFL Title VI International Research  and  Studies            Award to review foreign language standards after ten years.

 

2001-02           Co-director, Standards for Teacher Preparation Programs in Foreign Languages

                         (Approved for NCATE)

 

2002-04           Core Consultant: Annenberg/CPB and WGBH Video Foreign Language Library  &        Workshops

 

2001                President, American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Executive Council 1990-93; 2000-2002.

 

1993-95         Project Director for ACTFL, AATF, AATG, AATSP National Standards                     

                         K-12 Foreign Language Project

 

1997-98          Editor, Language-Specific Standards (AATF, AATG, AATI, AATSP, ACL, ACTR, CLASS,        CLTA, NCSTJ, ATJ)

 

1992-2004      The College Board Foreign Language Advisory Committee; Chair 1997-2003

 

1999-2004       Trustee, Center for Applied Linguistic4

 

1999                 Northeast Conference Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Profession        

1993                Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association Leadership Award

1985                New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers Award for National

                          Distinguished Leadership

                                                                 

1991                 Recipient of the Palmes Académiques from the French Ministry of Education

 

1991-93           Faculty member at MLA Summer Leadership Seminars: Middlebury College, University of                         Georgia, University of Wisconsin

 

1977-80, 1998    Editor, ACTFL Foreign Language Education Series

 

1984                Chairperson, Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

1997, 1993, 1991 Editor, Northeast Conference Reports

 

Certified tester, tester trainer of the Oral Proficiency Interview, author of numerous chapters and articles on foreign language pedagogy, reading, teacher education, and policy.  Conducted workshops and seminars throughout the United States , China, Malawi, Russia, and Swaziland.