FW: Please Share: REGISTRATION OPEN: 2026 CARLA Summer Institutes for Language Teachers

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Dear OWLA Colleagues,

 

Happy New Year!

 

As 2026 gets underway, it’s time to begin thinking forward to summer and meeting your professional learning needs. Please see the message below from the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota announcing their 2026 Summer Institute Program. CARLA has been delivering high-quality professional learning to world language educators for many years. Check out their offerings for the coming summer and consider registering soon if you’re interested in participating as these sessions always fill up fast.

 

Also note information in the message below about other upcoming professional learning opportunities offered by CARLA as well as information about the Priority Teacher Professional Development Scholarship program, which is designed to promote equity and access to affordable professional development for world language educators.

 

Click on the links below or contact CARLA directly for additional information.

 

Many warm regards,

 

Ryan T. Wertz, M.Ed.

Education Program Administrator,

World Languages & Global Education Partnerships

Office of Administration

25 South Front St., 5th Floor

Columbus, OH 43215

 

The State of Ohio is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider of ADA Services.

 

From: Karin Larson <lars...@umn.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2026 1:55 PM
Subject: Please Share: REGISTRATION OPEN: 2026 CARLA Summer Institutes for Language Teachers

 

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Dear NCSSFL Colleague:

 

Please share the following announcement about CARLA's 2026 Summer Institute Program and Priority Teacher Professional Development Scholarship Program with your members through your listserv, newsletter, and/or website. We also invite you to share posts about these professional development programs via Facebook post.  

 

Thank you in advance for helping CARLA get the word out about these opportunities to your network of language educators!

 

Karin Larson

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The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA)

University of Minnesota

 

Add yourself to the CARLA Mailing List!   Registration is Open! 2026 CARLA Summer Institute Program  The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota has provided high-quality professional development for language educators for over 30 years. In 2026, CARLA will offer six institutes (five synchronous online institutes and one in-person institute), all designed to showcase CARLA’s current initiatives and to reflect the center’s commitment to link research and theory with practical applications for the classroom.  Check out the line-up for the 2026 CARLA Summer Institute Program in June 2026. Because federal funding for the Title VI Language Resource Center (LRC) Program has been terminated, this is the final CARLA summer institute program that will be offered for the foreseeable future. Register early! June 16–18, 2026 Seals of Biliteracy: Establishing and Expanding Programs in Schools or Districts ONLINE–SYNCHRONOUS Instructors: Andrew Fiegan, Kendall King, and Ayumi Stockman Secondary Dual Language Immersion: Achieving the Promise of Continuation Programs ONLINE–SYNCHRONOUS Instructors: Sarah Hutton and Cory Mathieu Curating Language in the Wild: Social Media as Classroom Text ONLINE–SYNCHRONOUS Instructor: Amanda Dalola June 23–25, 2026 Empowering Language Teachers to Leverage AI for Student Success ONLINE–SYNCHRONOUS Instructor: Emily Groepper Introduction to Dual Language Immersion ONLINE–SYNCHRONOUS Instructors: Stephanie Owen and Amy Young Planning Social Justice Lessons: Critical Pedagogies in Action IN-PERSON AT THE U of MINNESOTA Instructors: Lauren Goodspeed, Mandy Menke, Kate Paesani, and Helena Ruf   Save $100 by registering before the Super Early-Bird deadline on February 27, 2026.  Learn more on the CARLA Summer Institute website.     Priority Teacher Professional Development Scholarship Program The Priority Teacher Professional Development Scholarship program is designed to promote equity and access to affordable professional development for world language educators who are currently teaching a Less Commonly Taught Language in the United States and/or are currently teaching at a Community College, Historically Black College/University, or postsecondary Minority Serving Institution in the United States. The program provides funding for selected teachers in these categories to attend a CARLA Summer Institute for a small commitment fee. Apply for the Priority Teacher Professional Development Scholarship by March 13, 2026.     More Professional Development Opportunities From CARLA! 2026 CARLA Saturday Workshops for Teachers CARLA offers a series of online Saturday workshops for language educators that are designed with the practitioner in mind. These low-cost workshops ($30 each) take place on Saturdays via Zoom. Register before they fill up! DIY AI: Creating Custom Chatbots for Language Learning February 7, 2026 9 a.m.–12 p.m. (Central Time) Seals of Biliteracy: Preparing Students for Proficiency Assessments February 28, 2026 2 p.m.–5 p.m. (Central Time) Learn more and register on the CARLA Workshops webpage.   2026 CARLA Online Presentation Series Each semester, CARLA offers a series of free online presentations on topics that are of vital importance in the field. Click on the titles to learn more and to sign up to attend any or all of the presentations listed below.   CARLA-ACTFL Presentation: Practical Program Evaluation Toolkit for Educators January 28, 2026  12–1 p.m. (Central Time) Emerging Advocates: Teacher Residents Shaping Multilingual Classrooms  February 17, 2026 12–1 p.m. (Central Time) Invited Presentation: 21st-Century Technologies and Language Education: Where Multiliteracies Fit In March 3, 2026 12–1 p.m. (Central Time) Critical Pedagogies and Student Talk: Exploring Discourse Patterns in Postsecondary Language Classrooms  March 17, 2026  12–1 p.m. (Central Time) Children Art Up: Bilingual Spaces for Collective Decolonial Arts Pedagogical Interventions in Trumpist Times   April 1, 2026  12–1 p.m. (Central Time) Secondary Spanish Dual Language Immersion Curricular Units: Integrating Content and Language   April 14, 2026  12–1 p.m. (Central Time) CARLA Fellow Presentation: Translanguaging in Assessment: A Phenomenological Inquiry into EAP Students’ Lived Experiences  April 29, 2026  12–1 p.m. (Central Time) Learn more and sign up for each event on the CARLA Presentations webpage.   The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota is a language center devoted to improving language teaching and learning.   This email was originally created and distributed by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA). 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