Discover how to simplify your planning and elevate your impact in the World Languages classroom using the latest California Standards and Framework. Join colleagues for a hands-on, supportive exploration of proven and innovative resources—traditional and tech-based—centered on Core Practices. Build a toolkit filled with strategies for fostering community, belonging, and intercultural understanding so every lesson reaches students’ hearts and minds. Leave ready to boost language proficiency, cultural awareness, and multiliteracy skills for all learners. Whether you’re seeking clarity on standards or creative ways to engage students, this strand will guide you on a clear path to professional growth and classroom success.

Experience a hands-on, collaborative week designed for K-12 world language educators eager to harness the potential of generative AI, guided by the California World Languages Framework and ACTFL Core Practices. Explore practical, classroom-ready strategies for integrating AI efficiently and ethically to support all learners. Through interactive sessions, you’ll demystify AI’s role in education and discover creative tools for lesson planning, design, and building engaging, culturally authentic tasks. Develop techniques for prompt engineering and responsible tool selection to foster student AI literacy and empower critical thinking. You’ll leave equipped to communicate transparently about AI use, navigate ethical considerations, and share best practices with students and families. Connect with peers, expand your toolkit, and embrace innovation in world language teaching.

Join fellow dual language immersion educators for a collaborative week that reimagines how bilingual minds flourish in the 21st-century classroom. Explore strategies to build transformative social-emotional learning competencies, advance equity, and integrate AI with integrity. Engage in dialogue on redesigning curriculum and incorporating translanguaging theory and practice, all through a lens of social justice and possibility. Discover actionable approaches to ensure students thrive as global citizens—achieving language proficiency and cultural competency in inclusive, supportive environments. Examine barriers that challenge equitable dual language immersion, and work together to develop best practices for all immersion models. Leave equipped with practical tools, resources, and a network of educators dedicated to empowering multilingual learners with empathy, agency, and innovation.

Immerse yourself in a collaborative, Spanish-only strand tailored for second language and heritage Spanish educators. Explore proven core practices focused on unit planning, lesson design, and facilitating vibrant discussions in the target language. Engage in a communal design journey—crafting units that incorporate all communicative modes and honor equity and social justice through a critical pedagogical lens. Throughout, you’ll develop strategies for fostering student-centered environments where learners actively grapple with real-world issues in Spanish. Dialogue and collaborate with dedicated peers, and leave the week with ready-to-implement lessons and a supportive professional network. Every experience is designed to empower you and your students to use Spanish confidently for meaningful, reflective communication.

Embark on a dynamic journey designed for certified Spanish teachers seeking to extend their impact as Portuguese language educators. Collaborate with Kremen School of Education, expert mentors, and the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute to gain advanced linguistic and cultural competence. This program not only supports teachers in meeting certification requirements, but also empowers Central Valley students to become trilingual, fostering academic achievement and global engagement. Participants will build Portuguese proficiency, explore innovative, student-centered teaching strategies, and deepen their understanding of multiculturalism and equity. Leave ready to open new opportunities for learners, preparing them to thrive as culturally competent, multilingual citizens in an interconnected world.

Embark on a virtual journey across six vibrant villes francophones from around the globe, exploring the rich cultural and linguistic diversity that defines today’s French-speaking world. In this engaging strand, participants will “visit” a unique city on a different continent each day, gathering real-world resources, classroom-ready materials, and authentic texts for immediate use. Collaborate with fellow educators to design lessons and activities that highlight intercultural connections and inspire student curiosity. Leave with a toolkit of dynamic strategies for deepening students’ global awareness, critical thinking, and communication skills in French—and be ready to bring the excitement of international exploration home to your classroom.

Guide students to connect mind and heart in the Japanese classroom, where 愛 (ai, love), belonging, and intercultural understanding are central. In this engaging strand, educators collaboratively design content-rich unit plans inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, building students’ skills to address local and global issues. Deepen your approach to ACTFL Core Practices and interdisciplinary learning, weaving in formative and summative assessment tasks that foster meaningful communication and critical reflection. Explore strategies to nurture global fluency, empathy, and a sense of purpose—ensuring learners grow as engaged citizens and compassionate thinkers. Leave with ready-to-use resources, effective lesson designs, and new insights for a truly transformative Japanese classroom.

Explore innovative ways to use artificial intelligence to empower Mandarin learners as global citizens in this forward-looking strand. Discover classroom-tested strategies for integrating AI tools to streamline curriculum development, personalize instruction, and foster intercultural competence. Delve into real-world examples and practical resources focused on social justice and environmental sustainability, aligned with global learning goals. Collaborate and leave equipped to help students engage thoughtfully with complex global issues, develop essential 21st-century skills, and communicate effectively in Mandarin. In this context, AI symbolizes more than technology—it stands for advanced instruction, interculturality, achievement, and inspiration. Join peers in reimagining Mandarin education for a more connected, just, and sustainable world.

Empower yourself as a world language leader in this dynamic strand that weaves together transformative leadership and a deep commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). Explore strategies grounded in current research, ACTFL Standards, and Core Practices that strengthen your skills as a learning coach, mentor, and educational innovator. Engage with peers to actively center the wellness and strengths of students, colleagues, and communities, amplifying student voice and achievement. Dive into collaborative experiences that connect social-emotional well-being to leadership, and develop actionable plans that foster identity, equity, and a true sense of belonging in every learning environment. Leave with concrete tools and a supportive network to inspire positive change at every level of your language program.

Discover the power of teaching languages and cultures as a force for positive change in this supportive strand designed for college undergraduates considering a career in world language education. Engage with peers and inspiring guest speakers as you explore credentialing pathways, high-leverage practices, and frameworks that guide effective teaching. Participate in collaborative projects, interviews, and reflective activities that illuminate what it means to be an agent of change and to center student identity, belonging, and global competency in every classroom. Leave with practical insights, sample lessons, expanded networks, and a deeper understanding of how language educators help shape confident, culturally aware, and globally engaged learners.