Our sister Language Resource Center, Professionals in Education Advancing Research and Language Learning, will host a series of three professional development opportunities this summer for its summer institute:
June 25-27: Effective Unit Planning
Lead Facilitators: Laura Terrill and Thomas Sauer
A thematic curriculum allows teachers to create meaningful, real-world contexts for standards-based teaching and learning. By building on learners’ interests and life experiences, their attitudes, skills and knowledge are developed in meaningful ways. What real-world contexts will guide what students will have to know and be able to do by the end of a unit? Participants will explore how the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements provide a focus on performance and language functions which are used to guide the development of thematic units while allowing teachers and learners to monitor and document student growth. Participants will have time to develop a thematic unit and will receive feedback at each stage of the development process. Access to model curricula in multiple languages will be provided.
July 11-13: Facilitating Teacher Effectiveness
Lead Facilitators: Greta Lundgaard, Thomas Sauer, and Laura Terrill
Developed in collaboration with the National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Languages
Districts and departments who are focused on developing and implementing a performance-based world language curriculum with district-wide assessments will consider how the Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning (TELL) Framework provides guidance for more effective instruction resulting in accelerated learning for students. This in-depth professional learning opportunity for district and teacher leaders will engage with and create tools that will support the implementation of effective instruction and assessment. Participants will engage in collaborative work centered around a common definition for high-quality world language learning in order to support the professional growth and development of world language teachers. Participants in this institute are encouraged to make hotel reservations at “The Hotel”. Transportation to the institute site will be provided each day.
August 19-21: Effective Lesson Planning
Lead Facilitator: Thomas Sauer
When schools develop new curricula, there are often gaps that exist between what is written and what teachers need to implement the new curricula. Participants will learn how to deconstruct unit can-do statements into chunks for daily lessons. They will review several examples and will develop a sequence of activities that move students from input to output incorporating frequent checks for learning designed to provide feedback for the learner and teacher. Participants will have time to develop several lesson plans and will receive feedback at each stage of the development process. Access to model lesson plans, activity banks, and more will be provided.
Learn about all three opportunities and register at http://pearll.nflc.umd.edu/summer/
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