Professional Development
CARLA supports the professional development of second language teachers through an annual summer institute program and a wide array of international conferences and local and regional seminars.
Advanced Practices in Second Language
Teaching Certificate
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota announces an exciting opportunity for teachers of foreign languages and English as a second/foreign language to showcase their professional development work through the CARLA summer institute program.
The new Advanced Practices in Second Language Teaching Certificate provides teachers with tangible recognition of their successful completion of a set of CARLA summer institutes.
The institutes may be taken in any sequence, and institutes taken for credit previously can be applied to the certificate. Teachers seeking the certificate must complete at least 12 credits of the following coursework:
Required courses (6 credits):
Culture as Core in the Second Language Classroom (2 cr.)
Second Language Acquisition Basics for Teachers (2 cr.)
Using Technology in Second Language Teaching (2 cr.)Three elective courses chosen from the following options (6 credits):
Improving Language Learning: Styles- and Strategies-Based Instruction (2 cr.)
Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development (2 cr.)
Developing Assessments for the Second Language Classroom (2 cr.)
Teaching the Pragmatics of a Second Language (2 cr.)
More Information
More information about the certificate, admission criteria, and application materials can be found on the web at: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/students/Certificates/Advanced-SLT.html