AP Summer Institutes for World Languages

Each summer, College Board offers Advanced Placement (AP) Summer Institutes across the country for educators who want to explore an AP course and its exam in detail, including unit guides, sample syllabi, teaching strategies, instructional materials, and pedagogical tools.

Both online and in-person AP Summer Institutes are available, and here is a list of events with AP World Language sessions based in or near North Carolina with upcoming registration deadlines.

• AP Summer Institute at Meredith College (Raleigh, NC) - Register by June 7
  June 27 - 30 event or Week 2 with AP Spanish Language section
• Online AP Summer Institute from Augsburg University - Register by June 16
  June 19- 23 event with AP French, AP German, AP Japanese, AP Latin,
  AP Spanish Language, and AP Spanish Literature sections
• AP Summer Institute at Fairfax County Public Schools (Fairfax, VA) - Register by June 17
  June 26 - 29 event with AP French and AP Spanish Language sections
• Online AP Summer Institute from William & Mary Center for Gifted Ed - Register by June 23
  July 11 - 14 event with AP French, AP Latin, and AP Spanish Language sections
• Online AP Summer Institute from Rutgers University - Register by June 26
  July 10 - 13 event with AP French, AP Italian, and AP Spanish Language sections
• Online AP Summer Institute from University of Texas at El Paso - Register by June 26
  July 10 - 14 event with AP Chinese, AP French, AP Italian, AP Latin,
  AP Spanish Language, and AP Spanish Literature sections

Please go to the AP Central webpage to search for additional AP Summer Institute events for AP World Language offerings, locations, and/or dates that you are most interested in for this summer.

CARLA Online Summer Institutes 

Asynchronous & Synchronous in June and July

The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota is offering a variety of online summer institutes primarily targeted at elementary through postsecondary world language educators and language teacher educators throughout the summer. A summary list is below.

Asynchronous:

• June 20 - July 16: Transforming the Teaching of Language Online (TTLO)
• June 26 - July 30: Using the Web: Engaged Learning for Today's Students
• June 26 - July 14:
  • Language & Culture in Sync: Teaching Linguistic Politeness and Intercultural Awareness
  • Practical Program Evaluation for Instructors of Less Commonly Taught Languages
• July 10 - 28: Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom

Synchronous:

• June 20 - 22: Integrating Career Readiness into Language Programs
• June 26 - 30:
  • Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development
  • Introduction to Dual Language Immersion
• July 18 - 20: Teaching for Proficiency in Dual Language Immersion

In addition, there are several in-person CARLA Summer Institutes being held on the University of Minnesota campus.

Please see the 2023 CARLA Summer Institutes page for further details about each offering, including registration and target audience/level information.

NFLRC Chinese OLP Series

Virtual on June 26, 28, and 30

The National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa is offering a professional learning opportunity designed specifically for online Mandarin Chinese language teachers that will focus on three key areas of teaching Chinese online:

1. Identifying and evaluating resources
2. Managing and fostering online interaction
3. Assessment and feedback

The 2023 Chinese Online Language Pedagogy (OLP) Series is a 3-day summer workshop in late June that begins with daily live panel discussions in Zoom at 3:00 - 4:45 pm Eastern and is followed by related asynchronous tasks (e.g., sharing of resources, posts related to the day’s topic, etc.), which are to be completed after each live session.

Registration is FREE but must be done by June 23, and digital badge and CEU credit is available for completion of workshop criteria. For more information or to register, visit https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/olp2023/.

PEARLL Online Summer Institutes

Available in June - August as 3-day workshops

Professionals in Education Advancing Research and Language Learning (PEARLL) at the University of Maryland is offering its 2023 PEARLL Pathways to Learner Success Summer Institute Series built around the TELL Pathways to Learner Success. Educators focus on an area of personal growth of interest to them during 15 hours of online professional learning that combines synchronous presentations, small group processing, and asynchronous activities. All institutes are scheduled for 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Eastern.

• June 13 - 15: Moving Learners from Input to Output
• June 20 - 22: Using the Target Language
• July 11 - 13: Developing a Standards-Based Curriculum
• July 18 - 20:
  • Implementing Performance Assessments
  • Connecting Learning Targets to Checks for Learning
• July 25 - 27: Sequencing Learning Activities
• August 1 - 3: Moving Learners from Input to Output

Please see the PEARLL Schedule & Descriptions page for more details about each online workshop, including registration information. Questions can be sent to pearll@umd.edu.

PEARLL Survey for Teacher Educators

Due Friday, June 16

Professionals in Education Advancing Research and Language Learning (PEARLL) at the University of Maryland wants to hear from language teacher educators who use the TELL framework and tools. Now that the TELL (Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning) framework has been available for over 10 years, PEARLL researchers are conducting a study to understand where and how the TELL framework is being used to train language teachers. This research will help PEARLL to develop resources to support the use of the TELL framework in teacher education.

If you're interested in learning more about the TELL framework, visit the TELL landing page at pearll.nflc.umd.edu/teacher-effectiveness.

If you use the TELL framework in your language teacher training, you can access the survey at  www.surveymonkey.com/r/TELLinLTE.

The survey should not take more than 15 minutes to complete, and it will be open until Friday, June 16, 2023. If you have questions, please email Rebecca Damari at rdamari@nflc.umd.edu.

LIS Quality Review Rubrics

Available for K - 5 and 6 - 12

The NCDPI English Language Arts (ELA) Team continues to build resources for the Literacy Instruction Standards (LIS), including the LIS Qualtiy Review Rubrics that are available for K-5 and 6-12.

Each document serves as a guide for developing and/or reviewing lesson plans, units of instruction, and/or locally-developed or purchased curriculum for alignment to the LIS and NCSCOS for grades K-12. There are important considerations for implementation of materials. Because the rubric is not exhaustive, those using this rubric may want to add their own criteria to the ones provided in order to evaluate considerations beyond the LIS and NCSCOS.

For materials meeting the criteria of this rubric, educators can make use of more detailed tools developed by the Office of Early Learning and/or the Office of Exceptional Children to enable further analysis of the Science of Reading, supports for special populations, and other aspects of quality in aligned materials.

The LIS Quality Review Rubrics, along with other materials, are available on the LIS-Based Resources page in the LIS Toolkit Canvas hub.

SBE Presentation on May 31 & June 1

The World Languages Data Review Committee (DRC) has completed the data analysis and identified the trends and themes that emerged from the review phase. The next step is for NCDPI staff to bring forward the DRC's recommendation to the State Board of Education (SBE) to revise our existing standards.

The SBE meeting is livestreamed, and the May 31 agenda for the morning will include: Permission to Revise Standards for K-12 Arts, Guidance, and World Languages. All are welcome to view the SBE meeting from a mobile device with the YouTube app or on the NCDPI Public Meetings YouTube Channel via a web browser. 

Please see pages 11 - 18 in the North Carolina SCOS Internal Procedures Manual for details about the Review Phase or pages 18 - 23 about the Revision Phase, which begins with the launch of the Standards Writing Team (SWT) application summarized below.

Standards Writing Team (SWT) application opens in early June

Pending SBE permission to revise the North Carolina World Language Essential Standards, NCDPI will establish and convene a World Languages Standards Writing Team (SWT) to review feedback compiled by the DRC and create the drafts of the new standards. The World Languages SWT will include diverse perspectives and represent our state’s regions, districts, charter schools, and other educational organizations. SWT members will provide varying perspectives and experiences regarding the current standards with the many languages, programs, and types of courses offered across the state.

In order to ensure that a range of stakeholders with various professional and personal interests are involved in the revision and writing of the standards, a clear process of solicitation, application, screening, and approval takes place. The World Languages Standards Writing Team (SWT) application is tentatively planned to open in early June. Please watch for specific dates in future publications.

If you are interested in submitting a World Languages SWT application, be sure to add your email address to the World Language listservs using the information on the NCDPI Sign Up for Updates page.

Open Position: ELA Consultant for Grades 9 - 12

Also serves on GLE Team

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is seeking applicants for an Education Consultant II (Working Title: ELA Consultant for Grades 9-12) for our ELA & Languages section within the Office of Academic Standards. This position is responsible for providing leadership for the development, enhancement, assessment, and maintenance of standards implementation at the K-12 level with special emphasis on English Language Arts (ELA) and literacy for the purpose of improving instruction and raising performance outcomes of students in North Carolina’s public schools.

The educator in this position also serves on the Global Languages Endorsement (GLE) Team working to support the implementation of the GLE, NC's Seal of Biliteracy, by sharing materials like the new GLE brochure at https://bit.ly/NCSoBLGLEbrochure.

See the complete job description and submit an application by Monday, June 5, 2023 at 5:00 pm Eastern if interested.