Design practical, hands-on activities for English learners to be successful within rigorous content instruction while exploring the academic language and literacy practices of the 21st century classroom.
Newcomers in Your School: Cultural Connections and Instructional Strategies Learn effective strategies and activities to increase your newcomer students’ inclusion and learning in the classroom Please join CAL for this … Read more
Learn how to use language assessment principles and best practices to enhance classroom instruction and incorporate effective assessment into your program.
This multi-day comprehensive and interactive workshop is designed to help participants plan and deliver CAL SIOP Model lessons for linguistically and culturally diverse students. PreK-12 teachers will learn and practice … Read more
The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model is a research-based and validated instructional model for lesson design and delivery that has proven effective in addressing the academic needs of English … Read more
CAL has decades of experience working with educators to develop, manage, and evaluate language programs and teaching materials, helping to ensure that materials are relevant and effective to meet the … Read more
This comprehensive and interactive workshop is designed to help participants develop and deliver CAL SIOP Model lessons in bilingual programs. PreK-12 DL teachers and coaches will learn about, and practice … Read more
Evaluations Designed to Build Strong Programs for Language Learners Program evaluation has long been recognized as a valuable tool for providing programs with data to help inform decisions, improve program … Read more
Learn how to provide effective dual language instruction to emergent bilinguals This two-day workshop provides dual language educators with research-aligned strategies and hands-on activities that promote bilingualism, biliteracy, and multicultural competence … Read more
The “Teaching Reading to Students Learning English: Direct Strategies” workshop is a comprehensive, three-day professional development experience based on the research-driven curriculum What’s Different About Teaching Reading to Students Learning … Read more
