Attend national and/or regional conferences about EFL or critical language teaching in K-12 schools

Attending ACTFL 2024

Academy for Math, Engineering and Science

Samir Gibrial's "Attending ACTFL 2024" Project provides him with the opportunity to participate in professional development put on by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), as well as access resources that are geared in particular toward teachers of Arabic as a Foreign Language and connect with other Arabic teachers. By attending ACTFL's 2024 conference, Mr. Gibrial enhances his teaching skills, learn about the latest innovations in teaching methodologies, and stay up to date with the teachers of foreign languages community.

CELTA Certification

Deadline Date

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 12:00

Ahmed Abdelwahed Mohamed

Ahmed Mohamed (2014-2015) received a CLP grant to take the CELTA certification course offered at the British Council in Cairo. In Egypt, Ahmed teaches English at the Assuit STEM School. Through the CELTA course, Ahmed will have the opportunity to develop as a teacher so as to be better equipped to prepare his students for higher education (many of his students apply to universities abroad) and future careers. He also plans to share the knowledge he will gain through the course with other teachers at his home school.

Musical Games in the Arabic Classroom

Deadline Date

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 12:00

Christina Cannon

Renaissance Academy

TCLP mentor teacher Christina Cannon has been chosen to present with colleague Annie Hasan at the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in April 2012. Their CLP proposal will help them cover the cost to attend the conference. Their presentation discussed best practices for teaching songs in the target language, and attendees learned a method of teaching with songs and games that maximizes ‘student talk’ during the class period, keeping students engaged and communicating.