Teacher Workshops
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Connect, Share and Grow
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.
2023 Teacher Workshop Instructors
CULTR welcomed teachers to the Summer and Fall 2023 Teacher Professional Development Workshops! We thank this year’s instructors for making their workshops engaging and impactful!
Kayland Lamar
“More Boundaries, Less Burn Out”
Michelle Parris
“Creating Old School and New School Vocabulary and Grammar Games for All Levels and Languages”
Jennifer Kim and Min Jeong Kim
“Increasing Language Accessibility for Beginning Learners: In the Context of Korean DLI”
Jiaxing Weng
“Introduction to Chinese Qigong”
Vesna Galtere and Lucretia Cahill
“Teaching French and Spanish to Little Learners”
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%
Recommend CULTR’s Teacher Workshops to Colleagues
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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.
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%
Recommend CULTR’s Teacher Workshops to Colleagues
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 (%)
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