Advanced Placement Summer Institutes

Register ASAP for Online or In-person Offerings

The College Board's Advanced Placement Summer Institutes (APSI) offer 30+ hours of content-rich training designed to strengthen the teaching of AP courses, including ready-to-use strategies and pedagogical tools shared by an experienced educator within the AP community. APSI participants also explore various AP resources in-depth: Unit Guides, Topic Questions, Personal Progress Checks, the AP Question Bank, Instructional Planning Reports, Syllabus Development Guides, Sample Syllabi, and the AP Community.

Please see the AP Professional Learning Event Calendar for the online and in-person offerings available for World Language APSI throughout the summer, with deadlines and registration details. There are multiple APSI offerings for all eight of the AP World Language courses:

• AP Chinese Language & Culture
• AP French Language & Culture
• AP German Language & Culture
• AP Italian Language & Culture
• AP Japanese Language & Culture
• AP Latin
• AP Spanish Language & Culture
• AP Spanish Literature & Culture

ASLTA Asynchronous Courses

Register by June 17

The American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA) is offering two 8-week courses online this summer which are available asynchronously so that they can be self-paced.

• ASL Linguistics
• ASL Literature

The courses begin on Monday, June 20 and run through Friday, August 12. Registration ends on Friday, June 17, and each course is limited to the first 20 participants. Details are posted on the ASLTA Summer 2022 Courses page and those who wish to register need to contact Lorraine Flores, Interim Professional Development Director, at pd@aslta.

NFLC & PEARLL Free Virtual Summit

Professionals in Education Advancing Research and Language Learning (PEARLL), a Title VI Center at the
National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland, is offering the 2022 NFLC Virtual Summit for free on Monday - Tuesday, June 27 - 28.

Join other world language educators to hear inspiring messages from some of the best in the field in both livestream and pre-recorded events throughout the summit, and be prepared to challenge your current mindset as you explore new content and gain insights into what is possible in today’s world language classrooms. Registration is free and you can reserve your spot today by submitting this Google form.

Growing Success for Multilingual Learners Summer Conference

Virtual on June 20 - 24

The NCDPI ESL/Title III Team invites ALL educators of Multilingual Learners (MLs) to participate in the Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference: From Standards to Success, which has been designed for a virtual environment. During this summer’s conference, educators will have an opportunity to think deeply about the 2020 NC ELD Standard Course of Study (SCOS), to reimagine instruction through new ELD resources, and to exchange SCOS implementation ideas that center the needs and achievement of MLs.

To combat online fatigue, the NCDPI ESL/Title III team put together a program that spans five days with sessions running for two hours. The 2022 Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference is anchored by a professional learning series organized by educator role, and participants may register to attend any of the sessions from the four pathways below:

• Content Area Teachers: Those who work predominantly in the classroom with MLs and non-MLs on subject areas, such as ELA, science, math, social studies, arts, etc.
• ESL Specialists/EL Lead Teachers: Those who provide professional development, curate or develop materials for ESL classes, and/or have administrative duties as well as educational duties
• ESL Teachers: Those who work predominantly in the classroom with MLs on language development
• Multifaceted Roles: Those who serve in two or more of the above roles

Office Hours will complement each day’s course and will be held 3:30 - 4:30 pm. Come to these informal, small-group sessions to pose questions to speakers, share ideas, or meet with other educators in the field. Office Hours do not require registration.

Register now using the links in the Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference program booklet.

2022 - 2023 Catalog for Students

Courses available in 9 World Languages

NC Virtual's 2022 - 2023 Catalog includes high school credit courses in American Sign Language (ASL), Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Latin, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. Registration is open for the new academic year, and school e-learning advisors, as well as parents and students in public, private, and home schools, can explore NC Virtual as a learning solution for grades 6 - 12.

Partnership & QM-Certified Courses for Districts

Districts can explore the Partnership Course Program that allows them to expand their online course options while using their local teachers. Districts can enter a partnership agreement by purchasing enrollments in a select number of NC Virtual courses that are certified by Quality Matters. NC Virtual provides the technology, content, training, and support while districts provide their own teachers so that they have more local control over how to implement and manage their virtual programs.

NC Virtual is among the top 10 K-12 organizations in the world with Quality Matters or QM-certified courses, which means they have met QM Course Design Standards or QM Program Review criteria in a rigorous review process. Visit the QM-certified courses page for a current list of many subjects, including World Language courses in French, Japanese, and Spanish.

Professional Development for Educators

NC Virtual also provides free professional development, like the Digital Transition Webinars for Educators and the Teacher Online Training course to prepare educations for online learning. The TOT course is offered at different times throughout the year as a facilitator-led asynchronous course. Recently, it became available as a self-paced course for 2 CEUs or approximately 20 hours, and can be found as "Introduction to Online Learning and Content Development" on the NC Virtual PD Courses for Educators page.

Note: The self-paced course is the equivalent of the facilitated course, so please do not retake it if you participated in the facilitated version. NC Virtual will be launching a new, more advanced, facilitated course this fall for prior participants.

Japanese Teacher Awards

Apply by June 30

The American Association of Teachers of Japanese or AATJ Teacher Awards recognize outstanding teachers who demonstrate excellence in teaching, advocacy, and leadership in Japanese education both locally and regionally. AATJ customarily presents the awards to the recipients during the ACTFL Annual Convention each November, and awards are given annually in two categories: K-12 Level Teacher Award and Community College/College and University Level Teacher Award. The application deadline is June 30, 2022.

Please see the AATJ Teacher Awards page for candidate eligibility requirements and more details on the nomination and selection processes. Past Teacher Award recipients for both the K-12 and Higher Education recognitions have included North Carolina Japanese teachers in 2021, 2018, 2016, and 2014.

Mentoring Program

Apply by June 30

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) offers a mentoring program to help early career language educators succeed in their current assignments and learn the skills to be successful long-term. Mentors and mentees are matched by language, level, interest, and location as best as possible, and three mentor program options are available: the traditional program for in-person educators, the distance language educator program for those who teach online, and a hybrid program for those currently teaching in-person and virtually.

Please see the ACTFL Mentoring Program page for both mentor and mentee qualifications, the program guidelines, and the online application forms that must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 30, 2022.

K-12 Standards Updates

NCDPI's Division of Academic Standards has announced the following Standards Review and Revision Updates. Please share this information with anyone who may be interested, including World Language educators and stakeholders who are involved with programs where content from other disciplines is taught in a language other than English, such as dual language/immersion (DL/I) programs or language for specific purpose courses that are part of career and certification pathways (Medical Spanish, Business German, etc.).

Recently, the K-12 Healthful Living and Science teams released applications for individuals who are interested in serving on the Standards Writings Teams, which are linked below. These teams are the ones responsible for taking the recommendations and guidance from the Data Review Committees to edit and/or revise the current standards as appropriate. Ideal candidates are listed under the target audience.

Science Standards Writing Team Application - Due June 13

Target audience: K-12 subject area teachers, curriculum specialists, English Language Development (ELD) specialists, Exceptional Children (EC) specialists, Gifted specialists, and strategic partners from the community

Physical Education Standards Writing Team Application - Due June 16

Target audience: All educators, administrators, parents, students, as well as individuals from institutions of higher education, business/industry representatives, national organizations, and other education agencies

Health Education Standards Writing Team Application - Due June 16 

Target audience: All educators, administrators, parents, students, as well as individuals from institutions of higher education, business/industry representatives, national organizations, and other education agencies