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Building Structural Competency in the World Language Classroom
50 minute presentation
This workshop is an opportunity to connect with other educators and explore what it means to put Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the center of your classroom practice. Attendees will be asked to evaluate their subject material as well as their classroom practices through the lens of structural competency. There will also be time to workshop in small groups and create a plan for meaningful changes. Attendees will gain the knowledge and confidence to begin implementing what they’ve learned starting Monday morning.
WAFLT-COFLT 2022
PNCFL (Best of COFLT) 2023
ACTFCL (Best of PNCFL) 2023
Deepening Cultural Understanding Through Project-Based Learning
3 hour workshop
Attendees at this workshop will examine sample units of study and design their own units or revise
an existing unit to make it more accessible to all students. The projects created during the
workshop will center on the target culture while fostering critical thinking and meaningful research.
AATSP 2024
Proficiency and Performance: One Program’s Efforts to Do Both
50 minute presentation
The research shows that acquisition and proficiency-based instruction is the best way for students
to learn a new language. However, many programs are still grammar-focused. How can teachers
do what is best for their students while also preparing them for programs that focus on grammar?
Learn how one middle school has built a program that develops proficiency while preparing
students for success as they place into Spanish courses and continue their linguistic studies at the
high school level.
AATSP 2024
Intercultural Competence
3 hour workshop
At this hands-on workshop, attendees will analyze their lesson plans and classroom practices through the lens of intercultural competence. Attendees will then receive guidance and support as they use what they have learned to build and modify resources for their classroom that can be put to use immediately.
COFLT Spring Workshops 2024
Easy Ways to Incorporate Social Emotional Learning
50 minute presentation
Incorporating SEL into your classroom can seem like a big task, but it doesn’t have to be that way! Learn simple techniques and activities that can be folded into existing classroom routines and lessons. Attendees will be able to implement what they’ve learned with almost no prep.
COFLT 2023
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the World Language Classroom
3 hour workshop via Zoom
This workshop is an opportunity to connect with other educators and explore what it means to put Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the center of your classroom practice. Attendees will be asked to evaluate their subject material as well as their classroom practices through a DEI lens. There will also be time to workshop in small groups and create a plan for meaningful changes. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of what DEI really means as well as the knowledge and confidence to begin implementing what they’ve learned starting Monday morning.
COFLT Spring Workshops 2022