ADE World & Native Language Updates

When individuals and organizations receive their packet of Global Seal of Biliteracy certificates, they'll find enclosed a letter. This letter will give them some tips on how to leverage their Global Seal and use it to highlight their language skills and open the door to future opportunities including advanced placement, scholarships, and more. Click on the highlighted text below to learn more about each opportunity. If you are an organization/school representative awarding the Global Seal, please share this information with your recipients.

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From the Global Seal of Biliteracy March Newsletter

Free for SWCOLT & CLTA members.

Non-members: $25 per session

Register here

Checkout www.swcolt.org for more information!

Don't miss this incredible opportunity to grow professionally and enhance your teaching practice!

Saturday, February 8, 2025 (9:00-12:00 Central Time)

How can language educators equitably report learner progress using growth mindset practices, even if they must work within a mandated grading system? By exploring three core grading principles workshop participants will learn how to develop grading practices which promote language growth and offer every learner the chance to succeed. Attendees will participate in experiences to help them understand how grading impacts learners. Practical examples of how to put the principles into practice, including detailed explanations of how gradebooks could look, will be provided based on a chapter in the new ACTFL publication titled Learner Feedback for Language Growth.

Saturday, February 22, 2025 (9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Central Time)

This engaging workshop has been designed specifically for language teachers eager to leverage the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their classrooms, especially those who are relatively new to the topic. Participants will gain practical skills and knowledge to use AI tools to enhance their teaching and plan lessons more effectively. During the workshop, participants will explore a variety of AI tools and platforms that can be used to plan lessons and create meaningful activities to promote student engagement and language learning. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions and share their experiences in this collaborative workshop

Saturday, March 1, 2025 (10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Central Time)

In order to support students toward high levels of bilingualism and biliteracy, secondary dual language immersion (DLI) teachers need to explicitly teach language features within their content-focused classes. In this interactive and practical workshop, participants will experience a variety of instructional strategies that can be used in any discipline - and with any language - to teach language while also engaging with content concepts. Participants will leave this workshop with a number of new tools for their instruction as well as clear first steps for implementing those strategies in their classrooms.

Visit The Center for Applied Second Language Studies' YouTube page for 200 videos about language modeling and learning.

Poetry and Creative Texts in Any Language Classroom was part of CERCLL’s Multiliteracies Takes on Language Teaching webinar series Dr. Shufflebarger demonstrates multiliteracies approaches to integrate poetry and creative texts into language classrooms. Drawing from her experience across K-12, university, and community-based adult language contexts, she presented theoretical foundations, practical teaching activities and curriculum integration strategies.

Nurturing Creativity and Agency in L2 through Digital Storytelling Projects explores digital storytelling in language learning, showing how students engage with language skills through multimedia narratives combining audio, visuals, and various genres. Participants will learn to define digital storytelling, address implementation challenges, and develop assessment strategies for their language classrooms.

Learning at, from, and with the art museum: A multiliteracies perspective explores three key questions about museums in language education:

• What defines a museum?
• How do museum-based approaches align with multiliteracy teaching methods?
• What are effective ways to engage second-language learners with museum texts?

The French Embassy in the United States with its partners ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) and AATF (American Association of Teachers of French) is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Spring 2025 cohort of the French Teaching Fast Track program (formerly known as Multi-State Pathways to Teaching French).

This opportunity is designed for advanced, native, and heritage French speakers interested in pursuing a teaching career in the United States

We will organize an informational webinar on February 3rd. You can register now: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

If you have any questions, email julien.buresi@villa-albertine.org.

Dedicated to addressing a critical national shortage by bolstering the pipeline of future language educators, this award provides merit-based scholarships to graduating high school seniors committed to pursuing the language teaching profession in languages other than English.

Launched in 2019, Language Connects Foundation's Teacher Scholarship Program provides recipients with an award of $1,500 per academic year. Scholarships may be renewed three times following the initial award, for a cumulative total of $6,000 per recipient.

Want to take your students on an adventure to visit a new place or space? With Geoliteracies and Place Based Learning you can transform your language classroom with a pedagogically designed lesson plan. Liudmila Klimanova (University of Arizona) received a CERCLL Faculty Fellowship with Lara Lomicka Anderson (University of South Carolina), and worked with Graduate Student Collaborators to create this web-guide for using maps and other tools to connect language teaching to students' immediate surroundings for the development of intercultural awareness and interpretation skills.

The Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Student Association (SLATSA) will hold the 24th SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable at the University of Arizona on February 7 and 8, 2025. The Roundtable will be held fully in-person.

The Roundtable is an annual conference organized by and for graduate students and faculty with interests in the linguistics, cognitive, instructional, and socio-cultural dimensions of L2 learning.

The theme of the 2025 SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable is “Interdisciplinarity in Language Research, Leadership, and Pedagogical Practices.”

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona in collaboration with UT-Austin’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Indiana’s Center for the Study of the Middle East, Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, SUNY-Binghamton University’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, along with the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy, are pleased to announce the 2025 Consortium of Middle East National Resource Centers Language Workshop. With focus on Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish, and other related Middle East Languages, submissions are invited that focus on research and practice using AI and online tools. The conference organizers particularly invite abstracts relating to specific classroom projects that explore the potential of AI and online tools in ME languages and provide descriptive presentations.

The workshop will be held at the University of Arizona on April 4th – 6th, 2025 (in-person) and April 19th, 2025 (virtual).

Submission details and link to submit a proposal: tinyurl.com/CMEScfp

School leaders (principals, superintendents, curriculum coordinators, and more) are invited to come learn more about implementing the proficiency-based Arizona World & Native Languages state standards in your world language classes.

Skysong 1, 1475 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ

The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota has provided high-quality professional development for language teachers for 30 years. Launched in 1996, this internationally known program reflects CARLA's commitment to link research and theory with practical applications for the classroom. Each institute is highly interactive and includes discussion, hands-on activities, and networking.

Check out the 2025 CARLA Summer Institute schedule!

Secondary Dual Language Immersion June 23–27, 2025

TeachTok: Social Media Hacks to Level Up your Language Teaching Game July 8–10, 2025

Teaching for Proficiency in Dual Language Immersion July 8–10, 2025

Introduction to Dual Language Immersion July 14–18, 2025

Empowering Language Teachers to Leverage AI for Student Success–New! July 22–24, 2025

Seals of Biliteracy: Establishing and Expanding Programs in Schools or Districts–New! July 29–31, 2025

Save $100 by registering before the Super Early-Bird deadline on February 28, 2025. Learn more on the CARLA Summer Institute website.

Dr. Short will be running a four-day summer institute June 2-5, 2025, that will connect educators with literature related to refugee and immigrant communities. Expect to see an announcement on their website early next year!