Teacher Workshops
Interested in leading a workshop during summer 2023? Submit your workshop proposal through the button below.
Professional Development Designed For You
The Center for Urban Language Teaching and Research (CULTR) offers workshops across a variety of content areas and grade levels to support the needs of language educators everywhere seeking professional development. Whether you are looking to incorporate proven practices into your classroom or meet curriculum requirements with the latest technological tools, each module is designed with you in mind. These high-quality courses include instruction from passionate practitioners, with hands-on learning opportunities to further your expertise.
CULTR thanks all the participants for submitting their in-person workshop proposals for the 2023 summer series. An announcement on the selected workshops will be coming soon.
2022 Teacher Workshop Instructors
After two consecutive years of virtual workshops, CULTR welcomed teachers back to in-person learning for the Summer 2022 Teacher Professional Development Workshops! We thank this year’s instructors for making their workshops engaging and impactful!
Bertha Delgadillo
“From input to Output Magic: Songs as Authentic Resource in Your World Language Classroom”
Tiffany Castillo
“The Do-It-All-Duo: GSuite + Mote”
14
States Represented
This year’s virtual format enabled educators to participate from across the country. Additionally, one attendee joined us from Dublin, Ireland!
62
Registered Workshop Attendees
47 distinct attendees
100%
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Participant Overview
13.9
Average Years of Teaching Experience
Ranging from less than one year to 35 years in the classroom, attending educators brought a wealth of experiences to their workshops.
Subjects Taught (%)
- Spanish
- French
- Science
- Math
- German
- Russian
- Korean
- Japanese
- Chinese
- Other
Teaching Level (%)
Compared to 2020, CULTR had greater representation by university educators (2% to 25%).
- High School
- Middle School
- Elementary School
- University
- Not Currently Teaching
Teaching Environment (%)
Compared to 2020, CULTR had greater representation by urban (13% to 17%) and rural (4% to 12%) schools.
2021 Teacher Workshop Instructors
Special thanks to this year’s amazing instructors for going above and beyond in their workshops!
Michaela Claus-Nix
“What the Grade? Rethinking Grading Practices in a Post-Pandemic World”
Catherine Ousselin
“Planning & Designing Communicative Tasks & Activities for Authentic & Social Media Resources”
Lauren Taylor
“Leveraging Genial.ly for Interactive Input in the World Languages Classroom”
Heidi Trude
“Using Technology to Create Engaging Activities for ALL Language Learners”
Florencia Henshaw
“Scaffolding and Assessing Interpersonal Communication”
The Center for Urban Language Teaching and Learning (CULTR) held its first summer workshops series in a virtual format during July 2020. Special thanks to all attendees for participating and helping to make this year’s virtual teacher workshops a huge success!
14
States Represented
This year’s move to a virtual format enabled educators to participate from across the country.
55
Attending Educators
100%
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What else are attendees saying?
Participant Overview
14.7
Average Years of Teaching Experience
Ranging from less than one year to 34 years in the classroom, attending educators brought a wealth of experiences to their workshops.
Subjects Taught (%)
- Spanish
- French
- Chinese
- German
- Gifted Studies
- Italian
- Korean
- Marketing
- Science
- Special Education
Teaching Level (%)
- High School
- Middle School
- Elementary School
- University
- Not Currently Teaching
Teaching Environment (%)
2020 Teacher Workshop Instructors
Special thanks to this year’s amazing instructors for going above and beyond in their workshops!
Angela Burgess
Meredith White
Michaela Claus-Nix