Curriculum Coaching Program | Professional Development Credits

Leading Through Belonging, Equity, and Interculturality in the World Language Classroom

Through Trailblaze Into Language Learning LLC., in partnership with the Center for Professional and Continuing Education (CPCE), learners can earn 4 non-degree units upon successful completion of the course with Trailblaze Into Language Learning. Each professional development unit (PDU) is equivalent to 15 instructional hours at the graduate level.

The professional development units may be approved for career and salary advancement by a licensing body.

Upon successful completion, you will receive an unofficial transcript from the university mailed to the address you used for registration. Official transcripts can be ordered here: University of the Pacific Transcript Request | Parchment. Please allow at least 1 week (7 business days) after completing the course for grades to post accordingly.

**In order to get the professional development units, you must register for the course and the units separately.**

This is a virtual curriculum coaching program that addresses the following.....

As world language teachers, we are tasked to cover a wide breadth of content. We are called to assess and facilitate learning for students on the following: communication, comparisons, connections, cultures, communities, and intercultural competence. Due to the ever-changing landscape of the educational field, we need to sustain and maximize the students' engagement to ensure that they are growing successfully in becoming lifelong learners. This course is designed to support world language educators in their growth, guiding in the areas of belonging, equity, and interculturality. This includes training on how to be culturally responsive in the classroom, engaging in continuous reflective learning, understanding the importance of representation in the curriculum and classroom, utilizing various student-centered approaches, and nurturing teacher advocacy in and outside of the classroom.

Community

A supportive space with educators who want to grow, learn, reflect, and sustain success in the classroom.

Special Guests of the Month

Every month we have a special guest speaker that shares knowledge, resources, and strategies in alignment with our theme of the month.

Weekly Turn-ups

Every week via video you'll get another instructional strategy, resource, my current challenge and a victory from, me by video that aligns with the program's themes of belonging, equity, and interculturality.

Let's journey together!

Be prepared to walk away with the following benefits

new resources and instructional strategies in your educator tool kit to implement right away
time for deep reflection on your and/or current practices in the world language education community that move you to actionable change
ready to use strategies for today's world language and/or multilingual classroom
deeper knowledge and/or understanding of what it means to create a culturally responsive classroom community of belonging
new found sustained success of advocacy in and out of the classroom

Am I required to contribute to the group?

Can my department or school submit payment for this course?

How can I get in touch with the instructor of the course if I have other questions?

If I want to continue on with the cohort after successful completion of the course with the professional development units, where can I sign up?

We are looking forward to having you join us!