2017 Professional Development and Workshops for Foreign Language Teachers

I've always said that summertime is the best time for learning experiences.  I love it!  This blog is catered especially for educators  who are into foreign language education, for that reason.  Below are some opportunities for language teachers.  Some are new, others are the 2017 version of programs offered last year.  Enjoy!

Somos Nos:  Brazil on the Move (Spanish, Portuguese)

University of Georgia, Athens, GA
June 19 - 23
*scholarships available
https://as.vanderbilt.edu/clas/teacher-workshops/somos-nos-brazil-on-the-move/

Georgia State University (Mandarin Chinese, Korean and Portuguese)

Center for Urban Language Teaching and Research
2017 Summer STARTALK program
for native teachers of Chinese (Mandarin), Korean, and Portuguese 
June 5th – 23rd 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Lunch provided) 
https://cultr.wufoo.com/forms/gsu-2017-summer-startalk-program/

Georgia State University (All Languages)
Center for Urban Language Teaching and Research
2017 Teacher Workshops
http://cultr.gsu.edu/teacher-workshops-2017/

University of Minnesota (All Languages)

CARLA Summer Institutes for Teachers (All Languages)
http://carla.umn.edu/institutes/
*scholarship available for teachers who teach languages of Africa
http://carla.umn.edu/institutes/stipends.html

Consortium of Latin American programs in Brazil (Portuguese)

Summer abroad study in Portuguese
http://claspprograms.org/pages/detail/30
Domestic and study abroad in Haitian Creole (Haitian Creole)
http://claspprograms.org/pages/detail/31
Indigenous Languages
http://claspprograms.org/pages/detail/32

Tulane University (Haitian Creole, All Disciplines)
Teaching Haiti: A K-12 Teacher Workshop
New Orleans, LA
April 8
https://stonecenter.tulane.edu/articles/detail/2333/Music-and-Dance-of-Haiti-An-Educator-Workshop

Florida International University (Haitian Creole)
Summer Haitian-Creole Institute
http://lacc.fiu.edu/academics/haitian-summer-institute/

University of Illinois - Urbana (Spanish, Latin American Studies, Dance)
June 5-9, 2017
The Poetry and Movement of Tango: A Window to Southern Latin America
http://www.clacs.illinois.edu/outreach/teachersworkshop.aspx#LAEW

2017 National Resource Center Training for foreign language and area studies
http://orias.berkeley.edu/professional-development/national-resource-centers

STARTALK 2017

https://startalk.umd.edu/public/
STARTALK’s mission is to increase the number of U.S. citizens learning, speaking, and teaching critical need foreign languages. STARTALK offers students (K–16) and teachers of these languages creative and engaging summer experiences that strive to exemplify best practices in language education and in language teacher development. 




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