1. Service on Editorial Advisory Boards of Professional Journals:

·         Editorial Advisory Board, Die Unterrichtspraxis, 1985-1994 and 2000 - .

·         Editorial Advisory Board, Modern Language Journal, 1987-.

·         Editorial Advisory Board, Electronic Journal, Zeitschrift für interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht: Didaktik und Methodik im Bereich Deutsch als Fremdsprache (URL:http://www.ualberta.ca/~german/ejournal/ejournal.html), 1995-.

2. Service to Professional Organizations and as Reviewer:

·         American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Executive Council, 1977-80.

·         American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), Editor, Die Unterrichtspraxis, 1980-85.

·         American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages,  Resolution Committee, 1982-83.

·         Modern Language Association of America (MLA), Executive Committee of the Division on the Teaching of Language, 1982-1986 (chair 1985).

·         Modern Language Association of America, Selection Committee for the Kenneth Mildenberger Medal, 1983-86.

·         Modern Language Association of America, Committee on Teaching and Related Professional Activities, 1983-1984.

·         Arizona Foreign Language Association (AFLA) Task Force on Proficiency Certification for Teachers,  1984-85.

·         Arizona AATG Representative, Selection Committee for Congress-Bundestag Scholarship, 1985.

·         ACTFL/Nelson Brooks Award Committee, 1985, chair 1986.

·         International Commission on Cultural Bias in Language  Textbooks, 1985-1987.

·         Arizona State Board of Education, Foreign Language Certification Task Force, 1986-1987.

·         AATG Search Committee for Editor of Unterrichtspraxis, 1987.

·         AATG Lehrerfortbildungs-Committee, 1988-2000.

·         AATG, Vice President, 1988-90.

·         Arizona State Board of Education, FLES Task Force, 1988-89.

·         ACTFL/Nelson Brooks Award Committee, 1988.

·         Project for International Communication Studies, Advisory Board member, 1988-1991.

·         Modern Language Association of America, Delegate Assembly, 1989-91.

·         AATG, President, 1990, 1991.

·         Local Chair, 1990 ADFL Seminar West, Tucson, AZ, June 1990.

·         Delegate Assembly, Joint National Committee for Languages, 1990, 1991.

·         AATG Professional Standards Task Force (chair) 1991-.

·         AATG Annual Conference Co-Chair, 1992.

·         Survey Coordinator, AATG Survey of the Profession, 1991-1993.

·         "Tribute to David P. Benseler, Editor 1980-1993," published in Modern Language Journal, 78 (1994), pp. 1-2 (co-authored with Janet Swaffar).

·         Selection Committee for the ACTFL/MLJ Emma Marie Birkmaier Award for Doctoral Dissertation Research in Foreign Language Education, 1994.

·         Chair, ACTFL/AAT Collaborative Professional Standards  Committee, 1994-.

·         Associate, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, 1994-1998 (representing the AATG, ACTFL, AATF and AATSP).

·         Member, AATG/IDV 1995 Conference Planning Committee, 1994-95.

·         Reviewer, ACTFL National Standards in Foreign Language Education Project, 1994, 1995.

·         Reviewer, Bilingual Research Journal, 1995.

·         Consultant, Nominating Committee of the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations, 1995

·         Reviewer, Modern Language Association of America, 1995.

·         Member, ACTFL Pimsleur Award Committee, 1996.

·         Member, National Advisory Board, Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR), Michigan State University, 1996-.

·         Senior Advisor, ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, 1998-.

·         Board of Examiners, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE),1999 – 2002.

·         Member, Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) Foreign Languages Standards Drafting Committee, 2000 - 2002.

·         Member, ACTFL Florence Steiner Award for Leadership in Foreign Language Education Committee, 2003.

·         Reviewer, Canadian Modern Language Review, 2003.

3. Sessions Chaired at Professional Conferences:

·         "Building Enrollment in Language and Literature Programs." Modern Language Association of America, Los Angeles, CA, December 1982.

·         "Beyond the Foreign Language Department: The Foreign  Language as Medium of Instruction and Communication." Modern Language Association of America, Los Angeles, CA, December 1982.

·         "Curriculum Planning and Teacher Training."  ADFL Seminar West, Monterey, CA, June 1983.

·         "Pedagogical Session."  American Association of Teachers of German, San Francisco, CA, November 1983.

·         "Proficiency-Based Foreign Language Programs: General Considerations."  Modern Language Association of America, New York, December 1983.

·         "Cultural Studies Session."  American Association of Teachers of German, Chicago, IL, November 1984.

·         "Secondary and Post-Secondary Foreign Language Programs: Collaboration and Articulation."  Modern Language Association of America, Washington, DC, December 1984.

·         Tucson-Area Foreign Language Teachers Symposium, September 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988.

·         "Computers and Other Electronic Media: New Directions for  the Language Lab."  Modern Language Association of America, Chicago, December 1985.

·         "Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition Specialists, and Pedagogical Experts in Departments of Foreign Languages and Literatures?" Modern Language Association of America, New York, December 1986 (Session coordinated but not chaired).

·         “Ph.D. Granting Departments Discussion Group.” ADFL East, Charlottesville, VA, June 1987 (discussion leader).

·         "Landeskunde im Deutschunterricht."  American Association of Teachers of German, Atlanta, GA, November 1987.

·         "Developing Students' Oral Proficiency." Central States Conference/Southwest Conference on Language Teaching, Denver, CO, April 1988.

·         "The Secret of Mona Lisa's Smile," Southwest Conference on Language Teaching, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1990.

·         "Successful FLES Programs and Practices Across the Country", Panel discussion at Elementary Foreign Language Conference,  Mesa, Arizona, April 1990.

·         "Plenary Session III," ADFL Seminar West, Tucson, Arizona,  June 1990.

·         "The Responsibilities of Language Departments for Preparing Teachers in the 90s and Beyond," American Assn. of University Supervisors and Coordinators, Columbus, OH, Oct. 1990 (moderator).

·         "Insights into Daily Life in Germany," SWCOLT, Reno, NV, March 1992.

·         "Grammatik im DaF-Unterricht," AATG Annual Conference, Baden Baden, July 1992.

·         "AATG Professional Concerns: Professional Standards," AATG Annual Conference, Baden Baden, July 1992.

·         “Recent Discoveries of how the Brain Works in Learning, Imagination and Information Processing,” CESL Roundtable VI, Tucson, AZ, February 1995 (moderator).

·         “From L2 Acquisition Theory to L2 Teaching: Establishing a Research Agenda for L2 Pedagogy,” SLRF Conference, October 1996 (Colloquium organizer and reactor).

·         “Implications of Research on Human Memory and Perception for CALL Design,” CALICO, Tucson, AZ, June 1, 2000.

·         “Compiling Language Tests through the Internet,” CALICO, Tucson, AZ, June 2, 2000.

·         “The Computerized Oral Proficiency Instrument (COPI), CALICO, Tucson, AZ, June 2, 2000.

·         “Developing Critical Thinking via Computer-Mediated Interaction in the Foreign Language Curriculum,” CALICO, Tucson, AZ, June 3, 2000.

·         “Standards and Technology in Language Teaching,” CALICO, Tucson, AZ, June 3, 2000.

·         Session organizer,  “Confronting the Teacher Shortage in German.” AATG Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 22, 2003.

RETURN TO: Renate A. Schulz, Ph.D.