Classroom Instructional Strategies

ACTFL offers virtual, synchronous workshops on a variety of topics related to classroom teaching practices, classroom assessment, and lesson, unit, and curriculum design multiple times each year. Engage with your colleagues and exceptional ACTFL facilitators during each live virtual event. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from ACTFL facilitators, collaborate and apply their learning during breakout sessions and discussion forums with fellow participants, and then share ideas and takeaways with the larger group. Each workshop will include activities to apply your learning and participants will leave the workshop with practical tools, examples, and tasks, ready to use within their classrooms.

October 2023 ACTFL Foundational Series—Registration is Limited!

These workshops are intended for all language educators, whether you’re a pre-service or beginner teacher, an experienced teacher looking for a refresher, or you are simply new to proficiency-based language teaching. Each half-day workshop (3.5 hours) on Zoom is offered on a different Saturday in October. Be prepared for collaborative activities and active learning with your colleagues and ACTFL facilitator! Each workshop includes access to resources through our new ACTFLearn Central LMS, as well as a workshop completion certificate for 4 hours of professional development.

Registration Details

Cost per workshop: $159 for members, $209 for non-members

Bundle all three workshops for up to a $157 discount! only $420 for members and $470 for non-members

Registration is Limited and closes on Monday, October 2, 2023.

Foundations of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines

Date: Saturday, October 14 at 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET
Delivery Method: Virtual, via Zoom and ACTFLearn Central (our LMS)

In this half-day virtual workshop, you'll:

  • Learn what proficiency is and why it matters for developing your learners’ communicative abilities
  • Understand the characteristics of the major levels of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines and what counts for moving learners to each higher level
  • Examine your instructional and assessment tasks for appropriate alignment with targeted proficiency levels
  • Reflect on the implications of proficiency on your own instruction and assessment of language learning

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Foundations of the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages

Date: Saturday, October 21 at 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET
Delivery Method: Virtual, via Zoom and ACTFLearn Central (our LMS)

In this half-day virtual workshop, you’ll:

  • Identify the purpose of language learning standards
  • Understand the components of the World-Readiness Standards and how they help you plan for effective learning
  • Design instruction and assessment tasks using the Performance Indicators and Sample Progress Indicators
  • Identify the implications of the World-Readiness Standards on your instruction and assessment

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Foundations of the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements

Date: Saturday, October 28 at 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET
Delivery Method: Virtual, via Zoom and ACTFLearn Central (our LMS)

In this half-day virtual workshop, you’ll:

  • Understand how the components of the Can-Do Statements focus language learning for educators, learners, parents, administrators, and others
  • Identify language functions and communication strategies needed for moving learners up the proficiency continuum
  • Plan ways to integrate the Can-Do Statements to help improve learner language performance
  • Explore the implications of the Can-Do Statements on your instruction and assessment

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