New Visions Steering Committee Meeting
The New Visions Steering Committee met in February 2001 to plan next steps for the project. Minutes of the steering committee meeting were sent via e-mail to all participants in the 1999 and 2000 meetings. In additions participants received an excerpt from the New Visions grant proposal that was submitted to the U.S. Department of Education in November 2000. The grant proposal excerpt explained how New Visions would be structured as the process moves forward.

New Visions PowerPoint Presentation
A Powerpoint presentation on the New Visions in Foreign Language Education project was prepared in Spring 2001 by members of the Steering Committee and shared at the Central States Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana; JNCL/NCLIS in Washington, DC; and the New Visions Meeting of Organizations in Washington DC. You are encouraged to download this presentation for use with your foreign language organization and/or association. (Note: You will need Powerpoint for Office 98 or newer to view this presentation.)

Grant Award
In November 2000 New Visions submitted a grant proposal to the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI to request funds to continue the New Visions process. In May 2001, word was received that the three-year grant was awarded.

Task Forces
In the spring and summer of 2001 the New Visions Steering Committee named Task Force Chairs and Co-Chairs to lead the efforts in four action areas: Richard Donato, Chair for Research; Frank Medley Jr., Chair of Professional Development; Paul Sandrock and Carl Falsgraf, Co-chairs for Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Articulation: and Duarte Silva, Chair for Teacher Recruitment and Retention. The task force chairs and co-chairs became members of an expanded Steering Committee.

May 20, 2001 Meeting
A meeting of representatives of foreign language organizations and associations was held in Washington, DC on May 20, 2001. The purpose of the meeting was to articulate the collaborative relationships among foreign language organizations and associations. Letters of invitation were sent to all foreign language organizations inviting them to participate in the work of New Visions by send a representative to the May 2001 meeting. Forty-four participants, who represented 34 foreign language organizations, took part in the meeting together with New Visions Steering Committee members and Task Force Leaders. As described by the meeting agenda, the meeting consisted of large and small group dialogue to explore what each organization does well and how organizations might collaborate on tasks that would benefit the profession.

Fall 2001
During the fall of 2001 the Task Forces have been in the process of organizing and defining next steps. The Steering Committee refocused the work and name of the project in this new phase to "New Visions in Action." A brochure describing the focus of each task forces has been published and will be distributed to the profession at ACTFL in Washington DC in November, 2001. In addition, the New Visions in Action Web site was updated and discussion topics are planned for the FLTeach listserv, which will be announced on the New Visions in Action Web site.