CAL offers professional development workshops designed to help educators strengthen instruction in bilingual and dual language programs. Topics include purposeful planning across two languages, strategies that help students connect and transfer skills between languages, and approaches to building strong biliteracy outcomes school- and district-wide. Workshops are available for elementary and secondary settings, cover both English … Read more
CAL’s coaching cycles give districts and schools an external, expert perspective on how their bilingual/dual language program is being implemented in practice. Grounded in CAL’s Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education, each cycle is built to surface what’s working well, pinpoint areas for growth, and delivery clear, principle-aligned recommendations that leaders can act on to … Read more
Participants will learn research-based strategies for effective language and literacy instruction in programs where content is delivered in Spanish and English, such as dual language and transitional bilingual education programs. This workshop is designed to provide participants with research-based, effective methods for teaching academic language and literacy to students in grades K-12 in Spanish-English bilingual … Read more
A single turn of the kaleidoscope. A fuller picture over time. CALeidoscope is a professional learning series for bilingual and dual language educators who believe the best thinking happens in community. Each session pairs conceptual grounding with community dialogue to examine the questions that our field keeps circling back to – not to find easy … Read more
Implement evidence-based, culturally and linguistically responsive literacy practices that advance multilingual learners’ language and literacy development.
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