Learn and Earn Credit with Online Courses from CAL

Approaches to Instruction for English Learners

Fundamentals of Sheltered Instruction: Featuring the SIOP Model

Literacy Development for English Learners

These self-paced courses are designed to enhance educator knowledge. Participants receive a CAL Certificate of Completion that can often be used to obtain continuing education credits from your school or district.

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Introduction to Dual Language Education: Key Features and Best Practices
A new online self-paced course from CAL and Santillana USA

This interactive, self-paced online course is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to dual language education with a focus on the Three Pillars of Dual Language Education used by successful programs.

Participants receive a Certificate of Completion that can often be used to obtain continuing education credits from your school or district.

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Education Connections Webinars

Join this online teacher network, managed by CAL, that offers resources, webinars, lesson planning tools and a professional learning community focusing on standards-based instruction.

Membership is free and provides access to a variety of resources, including the webinar series, Supporting Newcomer English Learners, which provides strategies for supporting the language, content, and non-academic needs of students new to U.S. schools.

Supporting Newcomer English Learners: Session 2
June 28, 2017 2:00 ET

Supporting Newcomer English Learners: Session 3
July 12, 2017 2:00 ET

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Featured Conferences

CAL is proud to be a sponsor of these upcoming fall conferences.

Community-Based Heritage Language Schools Conference
October 7, 2017 ♦ Washington, DC

Early bird registration is now open. Learn more.

WIDA 2017 National Conference
October 16 - 19, 2017 ♦ Tampa, FL

Registration is open. Learn more.

La Cosecha Dual Language Conference 2017
November 1 - 4, 2017 ♦ Albuquerque, NM

Early registration deadline is July 15, 2017. Learn more.

Announcing the Release of the 2015-16 CAL Annual Report

The 2015-16 CAL Annual Report is now available. Learn about CAL’s research, projects, resources and services.

Read the report.

Dialects at School: Educating Linguistically Diverse Students

This book illuminates major language-related issues that educational practitioners confront, such as responding to dialect related features in students’ speech and writing, teaching students about dialects, and distinguishing dialect difference from language disorders.

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Demonstrating Comprehensible Input: Mandarin Chinese Lesson Video Clips

This five-minute video with companion professional development activities is designed to serve as a professional development tool to help increase awareness of the needs of beginner English learners in the content classroom.

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