Summer Professional Development Opportunities

For World Language Teachers

Summer
Master of Arts in Teaching Second Language
Bennington College – Master of Arts in Teaching Second Language, Summer Residency Program in Vermont. http://www.bennington.edu, 802-440-4710

Language, Literacy & Culture for English Learners
June 17-19, Bay Area Foreign Language Program (BAFLP), Contact: Margaret Dyer,  Director, (650) 736-9618,  mcdyerstanford.edu

Language Strategies for Success
Dates TBD, (Offered in CSMP Region I), Capital Foreign Language Project (CapFLP), California State University, Sacramento,  contact Carol Eberhart, Director, (916) 278-5784, transwizcomcast.net

Occidental College Foreign Language Project (LA STARS), Invitational Leadership Development Institute
Dates TBD, Occidental College Foreign Language Project (LA STARS), Contact Brandon Zaslow, Director Site-Based Programs, bzcflpaol.com, (323) 259-2949

Summer Hispanic Institute M.A. Program - UC Santa Barbara
The Summer Institute in Hispanic Languages and Culture at the University of California, Santa Barbara offers an M.A. program, unique among universities in the United States in that it offers an MA degree earned during 3 summers. http://www.summer.ucsb.edu/hi1.html

The Summer Institute of French and Francophone Studies - UC Santa Barbara
The Institute is an immersion, intensive, three-year M.A. program. It is unique among universities in the United States in that it offers an MA degree earned during 3 summers. http://www.summersessions.ucsb.edu/frenchwebpage.html

STARTALK Summer Programs for teachers of Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian, and Urdu http://www.startalk.umd.edu/program-info/2008/

LCTL Course Offerings: From this page you can search our database on schools in North America that teach Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs).

CARLA Summer Institutes for Language Teachers: The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota has sponsored an internationally known summer institute program for second language teachers since 1996. These interactive workshops include discussion, theory-building, hands-on activities, and networking, and link research and theory with practical applications for the classroom. Summer Institute Schedule (2008)

June
Language Teaching in the Digital Age
June 16-20th, Bay Area Foreign Language Program (BAFLP) Contact: Margaret Dyer,  Director, (650) 736-9618,  mcdyerstanford.edu

Mandarin Language and Culture Program
June 23-July 18th, Californian Foreign Language Project - Central Office, Stanford University, Contact Duarte Siva, Executive Director.  (650) 736-9042, duarte.silvastanford.edu

Cultural Perspectives: Historical, Political and Social Trends for French, Japanese and Spanish Teachers
June 23-27th, Capital Foreign Language Project (CapFLP), California State University, Sacramento,  contact Carol Eberhart, Director, (916) 278-5784, transwizcomcast.net

Seminar on Teaching About Asia
April 12, 26, June 16-20th,  Monterey Bay Foreign Language Project (MBFLP), California State University Monterey Bay, Contact: Yoshiko Saito-Abbott, Director (831) 582-4256, MBFLPcsumb.edu

Putting Standards Front and Center in the Teaching of Arabic Language and Culture
June 7-9th, June 15-16th and July 7-11th, Occidental College Foreign Language Project (LA STARS), Contact Brandon Zaslow, Director Site-Based Programs, bzcflpaol.com, (323) 259-2949

Invitational Leadership Institute
June 10-13th, Second Language Instruction of Central California (SLICC),  CSU, Bakersfield,  Contact Patricia Rice, Director, (661) 398-9036, pricecsub.edu 
Summer Institute Tiers I and II
June 23-27th, Southern Area International Language Network (SAILN). San Diego State University, Contact Rebecca Sapien-Melchor, Co-Director, rmelchorsdcoe.net, Norman Leonard, Co-Director, nleonardprojects.sdsu, (858) 569-5354

Persian Language Program
June 23-July 24th, Southern Area International Language Network (SAILN), San Diego State University, Contact Rebecca Sapien-Melchor, Co-Director, rmelchorsdcoe.net, Norman Leonard, Co-Director, nleonardprojects.sdsu, (858) 569-5354

German Summer School in New Mexico
June 24 to July 25, GERMAN SUMMER SCHOOL of NEW MEXICO in Taos Ski Valley, (33nd annual session), http://www.unm.edu/~fll/german/summerschool.html. Half-time Teacher Training Seminar from July 9 to 25, 2008. California Residents enroll for credits directly through CSU Long Beach. Contact Professor Jeffrey High (jhighcsulb.edu).

New Master of Arts in Spanish degree program
June 16 – July 31, 2008. Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA. New Master of Arts in Spanish degree program. $355 per unit; 34 units total, course work over three summers with experiential component. Contact Jeffrey Reeder at jeffrey.reedersonoma.edu.

Deutsche Sommerschule am Atlantik
June 22 - August 1, 2008, University of Rhode Island, Six week immersion program, consisting of two 3 week sessions, http://www.uri.edu/iep/dssa

June 16 - August 6, Summer Intensive Language Program at the Monterey Institute, courses in elementary, intermediate, and advanced level Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French, and Russian. 12 units of undergraduate credit. For more information http://language.miis.edu/ifl/silp.html.

TPRS Workshop
June 23-25: ORANGE CO., CA - Donna Tatum, Best Western Executive Inn, Rowland Heights, CA 91748, Info at http://www.blaineraytprs.com/

Concordia Language Villages - Teachers Seminars 2008
Teachers of Chinese and Arabic are eligible for full-tuition scholarships to participate in a four-credit graduate course.The course for Arabic teachers is June 22 - July 2; the course for Chinese teachers is August 3 -13. http://clvweb.cord.edu/prweb/educators/teacher_seminar.asp.

Central American Spanish Academy in Costa Rica: Spanish program for educators this year is June 15-June 28, or July 5 if people want 3 weeks of study. Web site: http://www.acce.co.cr.

July

Mandarin Language and Culture Teacher Institute
July 9-16th, Californian Foreign Language Project - Central Office Stanford University, Contact Duarte Siva, Executive Director.  (650) 736-9042, duarte.silvastanford.edu

Chinese Guest Teacher Program
July 28-August 6th, Californian Foreign Language Project - Central Office, Stanford University, Contact Duarte Siva, Executive Director.  (650) 736-9042, duarte.silvastanford.edu

Putting Standards Front and Center in the Teaching of Arabic Language and Culture
June 7-9th, June 15-16th and July 7-11th, Occidental College Foreign Language Project (LA STARS), Contact Brandon Zaslow, Director Site-Based Programs, bzcflpaol.com, (323) 259-2949

TPRS Workshop
July 17-19: LAS VEGAS – Blaine Ray, La Quinta Inn, Las Vegas, NV 89115, Info at http://www.blaineraytprs.com/

National TPRS Conference
July 21-25, National TPRS Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Info at http://www.NationalTPRS.com

August

TPRS Workshop
August 8-9: SAN FRANCISCO – Von Ray, Travelodge San Francisco Airport North, South San Francisco, CA 94080, Info at http://www.blaineraytprs.com/

Concordia Language Villages - Teachers Seminars 2008
Teachers of Chinese and Arabic are eligible for full-tuition scholarships to participate in a four-credit graduate course.The course for Arabic teachers is June 22 - July 2; the course for Chinese teachers is August 3 -13. http://clvweb.cord.edu/prweb/educators/teacher_seminar.asp.

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