Professional Learning Opportunities

Please complete this intake form to request professional development.
Note: Submit requests at least 4 weeks in advance of the anticipated delivery date.

Webinar Series

Ongoing opportunities to work with individual cohorts of teachers, administrators, and district leaders.

All Things WORLD LANGUAGES, Webinar Series

The series is designed to share best practices for supporting WL students and teachers in the classroom. Participants will leave with a toolkit of valuable tips and strategies.
Time: Meet once a month for 60 min during the academic year
Audience: All teachers, all languages, all levels
Delivery: Virtual & Co-facilitated by Educators across districts
2025-2026: Visit this LINK to REGISTER for All Things WORLD LANGUAGE Webinar Series

All Things IMMERSION, Webinar Series

The series is designed to share best practices for supporting Dual Language Immersion teachers in the classroom. Participants will leave with a toolkit of valuable tips and strategies.
Time: Meet once a month for 60 min during the academic year
Audience: All teachers, all languages, all levels
Delivery: Virtual & Co-facilitated by Educators across the Southeast (in partnership with the South Atlantic Language Collaborative)
Spring 2026: Visit this LINK to Register for All Things IMMERSION Webinar Series.

Professional Development

Interactive opportunities to create classroom impact through teacher actions.
Complete Interest Survey at the top of the page to request PD below.

Meeting Proficiency in the 3 Modes of Communication

Participants will identify key components of the 3 modes of communication, explore and create standard-based performance tasks for their courses to implement in their classroom.
Time: 60 min per week- 9 weeks (6 synchronous and 3 asynchronous sessions)
Audience: All teachers, all languages, all levels
Delivery: Virtual

SC WL Standards: The Primary Tool for Lesson Planning

Participants will explore the SC WL Standards and practice using them as the primary tool to plan effective lessons and tasks that will support learners in their pathway to proficiency.
Time: 120 min
Audience: All languages, all teachers, all levels
Delivery: Virtual or In-Person

Got World Language Standards?

Participants will unpack the SC World Languages Standard and explore how these measurable goals are used by students and teachers in the pathway towards proficiency. Time: 90 min
Audience: New teachers, all levels
Delivery: Virtual or In-Person

Proficiency Through Core Practices

Participants will identify key components of the six core practices that are essential for skillful teachers to learn and implement as to achieve the most effective student learning. Participants will leave with resources and tools to immediately implement new strategies in their classroom.
Time: 60 min per week- 9 weeks (6 synchronous and 3 asynchronous sessions)
Audience: All teachers, all languages, all levels
Delivery: Virtual or In-Person

Engaging Students Through Performance-Based Assessments

Participants will explore how formative and summative performance assessments play a role in our students’ proficiency pathway. They will leave with examples and tools to re-design, adapt or create engaging and well-designed assessments for their students. Time: 120-180 min
Audience: All teachers, all languages, all levels
Delivery: Virtual or In-Person

Presentation

Sharing of information to build participant knowledge and capacity.
Complete Interest Survey at the top of the page to request Presentations below.

The SC Seal of Biliteracy: Validating the Linguistic Strengths of our WL Students

In this presentation we will discuss what the SC Seal of Biliteracy is and how it validates our students’ linguistic strengths. We will explore steps to implement it in your school or district.
Time: 90 min
Audience: All world language teachers, multilingual specialists, and administrators
Delivery: Virtual or In-Person

Fear, Curiosity and Belief: SEL in an L2 Classroom

In this presentation we will tap into three key emotions that define the journey of the L2 learner. First, we will delve into how to address, work, and minimize the fear that inhibits many L2 students. Second, we will look at the connection between curiosity and memory consolidation and outline ways to spark this emotion for deep learning. Third, we will review how a learner's belief in their language capabilities determines their success in the classroom.
Time: 90 min
Audience: All world language teachers, and administrators
Delivery: Virtual or In-Person