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2023-24 Programs
The Monterey Bay World Language Project at California State University, Monterey Bay invites you to participate in the 2023-24 Seminars for World Language Teachers.
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ELD Hybrid Workshop: Opening windows of inclusion: Equitable Translanguaging in the ELD classroom
Program Description
From theory to the classroom, this hybrid one-hour zoom session on Day 1 will introduce theory and the 5-hour in-person session on Day 2 will provide the space to examine how TK-12 teachers and students collectively build classroom discourse and translanguaging strategies that reflects and empowers the repertoires of emergent plurilingual (EP) students. Through critical analysis of classroom practices, participants will deconstruct the key elements of equitable and inclusive learning and teaching. After the session, participants will be empowered and prepared to design lessons and units that: a) value and embrace the linguistic richness of EP students b) implement inclusive and authentic assessments, and c) include “intellectually rich, developmentally appropriate learning experiences that foster high levels of English proficiency” as well to maintain and amplify the students’ bi/plurilingualism. (CEU Available)
Dates
Tuesday, September 12, 2023, from 4 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Zoom)
AND, In-person session @CSUMB Ryan Ranch in Monterey, CA. Saturday, September 23, 2023, from 9:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. (In-person). Lunch included.
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Location for Day 2
CSUMB@Ryan Ranch, 8 Upper Ragsdale, Monterey, CA. 93940
Facilitators:
Suzanne García-Mateus, Assistant Professor, CSU - Monterey Bay
Ferran/Fernandao Rodríguez-Valls, Professor, CSU - FullertonBuilding An Engaging Learning Community through High Leverage Teaching Practices in World Language Classrooms
Dates
5 Saturdays: September 23, October 28, December 9, 2023; February 24, April 13, 2024. Lunch included. Free Parking.
Time
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Registration Fees
- Regular (after 9/16/23) $250
- Early Bird rate (register by 9/16) $200
- Student $50
- CSUMB faculty $50
- Lunch included. Free Parking
Location
CSUMB@Ryan Ranch, 8 Upper Ragsdale, Monterey, CA. 93940
CEU is available
Workshop Flyer (Canva) Workshop Flyer (Google Doc)
Program summary:
What essential areas can be addressed to help engage and empower language students’ learning? In this five-part seminar series, participants will explore high-leverage teaching practices in world language classrooms. We will take a deep dive into the core practices of creating a culture of classroom discourse in the target languages, utilizing authentic resources effectively, teaching grammar as a concept to be used in context, and providing feedforward feedback.
Participants will take away ready-to-use strategies to support target language instruction and learn how to easily modify existing activities to create engaging tasks for students’ proficiency. CEU available.Please contact us for any questions: mbwlp@csumb.edu
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Smarter As You Think: Teaching Students How to Think in Questions
Dates
Now April 6 & 27, 2024 (was initially scheduled for February 3 and 10)
Time
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (zoom)
Presenter
Yo Azama
Program Description
The ability to ask good questions requires flexible and critical thinking. While our goal is to enhance students' cognitive skills, language classes often fail to provide opportunities for learning how to construct meaningful questions. How can we assist students in thinking more deeply and generating questions that ignite their curiosity? This series will introduce strategies to help learners formulate their own questions while engaging in language learning.
Registration
- The Monterey Bay WLP and the Stanford WLP have joined again to offer a much-needed three-session workshop:Designated ELD, Making it Happen: Tier 1, Focus on SecondaryOnline/zoomSaturday, October 21, November 4, December 169:30am - 12:30pmThis workshop will be facilitated by seasoned Emergent Bilingual (EB) educators Michelle Leversee, Maxine Sagapolutele, and Dr. Tomás Galguera. We are getting practical in this workshop!Cost: Regular $250, New teacher $100, Intern $100, Student-teacher $75, groups 4-6 $200, groups 7+ $150Units: Participants who complete attendance and lesson plans will be eligible for 3 Stanford Continuing Education units, with a flat processing fee of $100.Focus on secondary: The needs of EB in secondary grades are distinct, and we are supporting secondary teachers on this occasion. In future workshops, we will also focus on elementary.Tier 1: These three sessions want to be realistic and focused on the basic practical needs of EB educators in secondary. However, we know that there is a lot more to explore, discuss, and practice. That is why we are designing follow-up/continuation workshops (tier 2) to continue supporting you after the experience of tier 1 (forthcoming spring 2024)Join us! dELD is more needed than ever! Social Justice for Emergent Bilinguals!
Making Proficiency-Based Instruction Happen With Or Without A Textbook
Monterey World Language Project at CSU Monterey Bay invites you to join our Online Workshop!
Workshop Description
Using a textbook can be compatible with proficiency-based instruction (PBI), provided suitable adjustments are made. The following sessions will highlight various aspects of PBI:
1/20/2024: Discuss fundamental principles of PBI, and consider instructional planning around communicative goals. We will also weigh various assessment and evaluation options.
1/27/2024: Discuss key aspects of interpretive reading and listening with strategies to select or adapt texts. Show activities to support comprehension and make the most out of each resource for every phase of an interpretive lesson: before, during, and after engaging with the text.
2/17/2024: Discuss layering presentational and interpersonal communication, with a particular focus on transforming traditional output activities often found in textbooks into meaningful and purposeful tasks that foster communicative ability.
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Please email mbwlp@csumb.edu with any questions.
Dates
Three Saturday Sessions: 10:00 a.m. – Noon (Zoom)
January 20, January 27, and February 17, 2024
Registration Fees:
Early Bird $200 (Before 1/13/24) Regular: $250 Students: $50
CEUs available
Presenter:
Dr. Florencia Henshaw
Author of Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Theory Goes to the Classroom
Director of Advanced Spanish, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2022-23 Programs
The Monterey Bay World Language Project at California State University, Monterey Bay invites you to participate in the 2022-2023 Seminars for World Language Teachers.
Please click the sections below to view the full Program Description.
Dates
5 Saturdays: September 24, November 5, December 10, 2022; February 4, April 15, 2023. Lunch included. Free Parking.
Time
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Registration Fee
$250; Early Bird rate (register by 9/16) $200; Student $50
Location
CSUMB@Ryan Ranch, 8 Upper Ragsdale, Monterey, CA. 93940
CEU is available
Program summary:
After unexpected and challenging shifts between in-person learning and online learning, this workshop will emphasize mindfully replenishing motivational fuel for teachers and students. How can teachers promote a sense of belonging in their classrooms? Participants will gain and share strategies with fellow teachers to strengthen our professional learning networks. They also build positive communities with students through language learning and SEL, and develop effective feedback protocols toward developing proficiency through communicative tasks in the WL classroom.
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Please contact us for any questions: mbwlp@csumb.edu
Send POs to: mbwlp@csumb.edu
Inspiring Social Justice and Advocacy in Spanish Heritage Speakers
As the situation for many students is returning to a new “normal,” the opportunity has emerged to re-examine what we, as a society, must fight to change and what we must work to bring back. In this three day workshop, participants will explore the use of literature and media as tools for social justice, with an overall focus on Culturally Responsive, Relevant, and Sustaining Pedagogy. Attendees will receive resources to inspire unit design with this approach in mind, including student samples, teaching strategies, and authentic texts. Participants will also be encouraged to collaborate and exchange additional resources as a community of teachers and learners on this ongoing journey.
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DATES: 2/11/2023, 3/11/2023, 4/8/2023
TIME: 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Synchronous (Zoom)
Registration Fee: $200; Early Bird (register by 2/4/2023) $150; CSUMB student $100
CEU is available
Learning Forward with Effective Feedback in World Language Classroom
Program Description
Giving letters and numbers is not feedback and does not motivate our language learners, while a lack of feedback creates setbacks and frustrations. How can feedback promote learners' engagement and independence? Participants gain practical ways to provide effective feedback so that students can take ownership of their own learning.Dates: 1/21/2023 and 1/28/2023
Time: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Synchronous (Zoom)Presenter: Yo Azama
- Lead Instructional Coach/ World Language Curriculum Specialist, North Salinas High School District
- 2012 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year
- 2013 Outstanding Teacher of America Award by Carlston Family Foundation
A Stanford World Language Project and Monterey Bay World Language Project Collaborative Professional Development Project
with presenters: Eduardo R. Muǹoz-Muǹoz, Ph.D., and Michelle Leversee, M.A.
Program Summary
Designated ELD Workshop: From the foundations to the actual doing, this three-session online workshop guides participants through the basic concepts of designated ELD (ELD standards, ELA-ELD framework, functional language) and moves into making language activities work for Emergent Bilinguals of diverse levels and backgrounds. These sessions are highly interactive and designated to be able to address real problems of implementation in elementary and secondary dELD classrooms. On completion, participants will be prepared to plan dELD lessons that are both differentiated and culturally-sustaining for students and sustainable and realistic for teachers.
Dates
Feb 18, March 4 & 25, 2023
Time
9:30am-12:30pm via Synchronous Zoom
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Presenters:
Eduardo R. Muǹoz-Muǹoz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Teacher Education Department, San Jose State University
Michelle Leversee, M.A.
Coordinator of the Emergent Multilingual Students Program, Del Mar High School, Spanish
2021-22 Programs
The Monterey Bay World Language Project at California State University, Monterey Bay invites you to participate in the 2021-2022 Seminars for World Language Teachers
Presenter: Briana Ghan Ed.D, Salinas Union High School District, Educational Technology Specialist
Dates: September 4 & September 11, 2021
Time: 9:00a.m.- 12:00.p.m Synchronous (Zoom)
Registration Fee: Full Rate: $100, Early Bird $80 (Early Bird Due date: 8/27) **Note Special Scholarship is available
CEU is available
Please register with this google form
Program summary:
In our first session, we will focus on how Eduprotcols can help Set The Tone for SEL and UDL in your classroom community. Universal Design for Learning (UDL), especially the Engagement Principle, has a strong connection to Social Emotional Learning (SEL). During this session, we will learn about the connection between SEL and UDL as we engage in Eduprotocols.
During our second session, we will look at how Eduprotocols can Ramp Up Rigor with the 4Cs in your classroom. One call to action in many of our standards is to prepare students for the“21st century” by ensuring students are college and career-ready. This preparation includes the use of the 4C’s (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, and Critical Thinking). Evidence of the need for these 4 C’s is embedded in Universal Design for Learning (UDL). To create truly student-centered, personalized learning opportunities, teachers must design lessons with intention. By adding a “C” to a lesson, we ramp up rigor and engagement.
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Please contact us for any questions: mbwlp@csumb.edu
Send POs to: mbwlp@csumb.edu
Presenters: Hayley Newman, Salinas Union High School District, Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) Coordinator & Mio Nishimura, CLTA Outstanding Teacher Award in 2018, Alisal High School
Dates: October 2, October 16, & October 23, 2021
Time: 9:00a.m.- 12:00.p.m Synchronous (Zoom)
Registration Fee: Full rate: $200; Early Bird $150; Student Teacher or 3 or more teachers from the same school: $100 (Early Bird Due date: 9/24)
CEU is available
Target Audience: World Language Teachers, Coaches, Administrators, OtherDescription:
We know our students need support with their social and emotional learning- but what is it and what can I do as an educator? Join us as we learn to build a positive world language learning environment using SEL and prepare students for the future Global World. Participants will also explore ways to elevate their teaching practice to the next level with SEL integration into their lesson design to support the whole student.
Intentions: Participants will…- Gain an overview of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in the World Language Classroom to build classroom community
- Explore the relationship between academics, behavior, and social-emotional skills
- Discuss how SEL can support students become socially aware Global citizens
- Brainstorm practical ways to integrate SEL strategies into World Language lesson-design and classroom practices
Day 1: Building Positive World Language Learning Environment with SEL
Day 2: SEL in World Language Learning
Day 3: Prepare Students for the Future Global World with SELFor more information go to: See attachment or go to MBWLP Website
Please contact us for any questions: MBWLP@CSUMB.edu
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Presenters: Anne Cappiello, CLTA Outstanding Teacher in 2015, Harbor High School, Spanish teacher; Christine Fernandez, Ph.D., CSU Monterey Bay (Latin American Literature and Culture); & Carolyn González, Ph.D., CSU Monterey Bay (Spanish and Chicanx Literatures)
Dates: October 9, November 13, and December 4, 2021
Time: 9:00a.m.- 12:00.p.mSynchronous (Zoom)
Registration Fee: Full rate: $200; Early Bird $150; Student Teacher or 3 or more teachers from the same school: $100 (Early Bird Due date: 10/4)
CEU is available
In this three-day workshop, participants will understand the importance of personal narrative writing to amplify student voices and leverage their assets as diverse learners. Teachers will be encouraged to explore recent issues of social justice through authentic texts by U.S. Latinx and Latin American writers. By engaging in strategies to promote literacy and reigniting a passion for reading and writing, participants will assist students in crafting their voice as a bridge to engage with more complex texts. Participants will receive resources, including student samples, teaching strategies, and authentic texts, and be encouraged to exchange additional resources as a community of teachers and learners.
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For more information See attachment
Please contact us for any questions: MBWLP@CSUMB.edu
Send POs to: mbwlp@csumb.edu
Presenter: Nicole Naditz M.Ed, 2015 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year, Program Specialist for Instructional Technology and World Languages for San Juan Unified School District.
Dates: January 22 and January 29, 2022
Time: 9:00a.m.- 12:00.p.m Synchronous (Zoom)
Registration Fee: Full Rate: $100, Early Bird $80 (Early Bird Due date: 1/18/2022)
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CEU is available
What is the connection between feedback and assessment? What makes “good” feedback or a “good” assessment in world languages? In this two-part workshop, we will explore the role of feedback during the learning cycle, methods for providing frequent and timely feedback that helps learners make progress, and the design of powerful, performance-based assessments.
Nicole Naditz, 2015 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the YearAbout Nicole Naditz: Nicole Naditz, M.Ed is the Program Specialist for Instructional Technology and World Languages for San Juan Unified School District. Prior to her current role, she taught French to grades 3 through 12 for almost 25 years. Nicole is a National Board Certified Teacher and has won numerous honors including 2012 Sacramento County Teacher of the Year and finalist for California State Teacher of the Year. Most recently, she was named the 2015 National Language Teacher of the Year by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and served on California's Instructional Quality Commission, an advisory body to the State Board of Education. Nicole is also a Google Certified Innovator and Trainer and Apple Learning Academy Specialist.
The Stanford Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), the Monterey Bay World Language Project (MBWLP) and the Stanford World Language Project (SWLP) invite new and experienced teachers of Spanish for Heritage Learners to join this professional learning course tailored to the special needs of the Heritage Spanish classroom! This course is also appropriate for teachers of advanced Spanish classes.
Dates: January 23, February 6, March 6, and March 27
Time: Time: 9:00-12:00, 1:30-2:30 plus optional time for collaboration, coaching and support
Location: Online, blend of synchronous and asynchronous sessions
Team Leaders: Eduardo Muñoz, Antonio Tunzi
Resources
The state-wide subject matter projects suggest http://www.ocwlp.org/basics as a resource for preparation if you're teaching virtually.
