Professional Development

Professional Associations

MaFLA

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign languages.

The National Network for Early Language Learning

Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools.

PD opportunities

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition

AP World Language and Culture Interactive Online Modules

Podcasts

Inspired Proficiency

The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.

 

Professional Blogs

• PBL in the TL: Making Language Learning Real, Relevant, Right Now
• Mundo de Pepita: Resource for teaching languages to children
  • This excellent resource for teaching Spanish has both a blog and a YouTube channel.
• Lenolandia: El Mundo de la clase de la Senora Lenord
• Fluency Matters: In particular, see the post "Reading is Breathing-Give Your Students Oxygen," an article about incorporating reading into your practice.
• Diaries of a Mad Foreign Language Teacher: From Mike Travers, a high school Spanish teacher in Wellesley, Mass.
• Growing with Heritage Learners: Teaching Heritage Spanish using reading and writing workshop.
• Language Sensei: A language teacher's journey.
• Madame's Musings: A site about proficiency-based foreign language instruction.
• Maris Hawkins: A glimpse inside my journey of teaching Spanish. Two posts of note: "Back to School Week: Ways to Avoid a Review" and "How I Plan Without a Textbook: Comprehensible Input and Authentic Resources"
• Passion4theprofession
• Tales from the Salle de Classe: Everyday adventures in an ordinary classroom.
• Thematic Units = Works in Progress: A blog from Massachusetts French teacher Rebecca Blouwolff.