A Statewide Professional Development Program for California Foreign Language Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Lozano, Albert S.; Padilla, Amado M.; Sung, Hyekyung; Silva, Duarte M.
Titel	A Statewide Professional Development Program for California Foreign Language Teachers
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 37 (2004) 2, S.301-309 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
Schlagwörter	Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Program Descriptions; Teacher Leadership; Language Teachers; Professional Development; Workshops; Classroom Techniques; Knowledge Base for Teaching + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Lehrerfunktionsstelle; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Klassenführung; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie
Abstract	The California Foreign Language Project (CFLP), established in 1988, is a voluntary professional development program designed to improve and expand elementary, secondary, and postsecondary foreign language teaching in California. CFLP consists of nine regional sites that work in conjunction with a central office to increase professional development for over 600 foreign language teachers annually. CFLP provides teacher participants with three major professional development services: (1) workshops provided by the regional sites, (2) partnerships with low-performing schools/districts, and (3) an annual Summer Leadership Seminar. Sites submit a portfolio at the end of each program year that allows them to demonstrate their effectiveness in meeting CFLP's goals. Evaluation results indicate that over a three-year period, the CFLP increased opportunities for participants to strengthen academic content knowledge and develop teacher leadership skills. Results also show that participants incorporated workshop materials in their sample lesson plans and their classroom teaching. (Author).
Anmerkungen	American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 700 S. Washington St., Suite 210, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 703-894-2900; Fax: 703-894-2905; e-mail: headquarters@actfl.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10