About this Event
World Language Teacher Institute 2026
There are professional learning experiences that check a box—and then there are those that fundamentally change how you see your students, your curriculum, and what’s possible in your classroom.
Join us for a transformative, in-person experience where language educators come together to rethink and revitalize instruction through innovative, classroom-ready strategies that boost proficiency while teaching meaningful content—history, geography, biographies, and global issues—into the target language curriculum from the earliest levels. Collaborate with like-minded educators, explore best practices, and leave inspired with practical ideas you can implement immediately.
Enjoy staying at the Stoney Creek Inn in historic Galena on June 8 -9, 2026, for two engaging days that will reshape the way you teach and the way your students learn.
Agenda
Day 1 Opening Session
Info: Why do we teach languages the way we do? We'll explore the legacy of language education and how our own personal experiences influence the instructional decisions we make in our classrooms.
Principles of language acquisition - Strategy Demonstrations
Info: Learn a few core strategies that align with how the brain acquires language by learning a language that is new to you.
Content-Based Instruction: Geography
Info: Demonstration of a model lesson, including assessments. Time to create a geography lesson using a provided template.
Input to Output Lesson Plan Sequence
Info: Demonstration of a model lesson, including assessments. Time to create a geography lesson using a provided template.
Day 2 - Content-Based Instruction: Biography
Info: Demonstration of a model lesson, including assessments. Time to create a biography lesson using a provided template.
Content-Based Instruction: History, Social and Global Issues
Info: Discuss and share how to teach controversial topics in today's education environment. Time to brainstorm potential topics and share resource ideas. Time to create a history lesson using a provided template.
The Big Picture Curriculum: A Vision for Redefining Content in Language Class
Info: How to begin introducing content at the early levels that builds background knowledge for deeper insight and critical thinking for understanding complex topics taught at the upper levels.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Stoney Creek Inn Galena, 940 Galena Square Drive, Galena, United States
USD 397.00
