Center for Teaching for Biliteracy In-Person and Online Events:

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2026-27 VIRTUAL INSTITUTES

July 28-29, 2026:  Introduction to Teaching for Biliteracy

Join us for a two-day live, online institute. This institute is designed for educators (teachers, coaches, school and district based administrators) new to Teaching for Biliteracy in Dual Language or Bilingual Education programs.

Through a highly interactive format, the institute will feature:

  • Effective strategies for the strategic use of Spanish (or another non-English language) and English in biliteracy instruction
  • Best practices for teaching literacy in both languages
  • Practical strategies to implement the Bridge and bridging languages
  • The Biliteracy Unit Framework (BUF) for designing and delivering standards-based instruction that integrates language, literacy, and content
  • Programmatic structures to support biliteracy instruction and to ensure sustainability, including:
    • Language and content allocation plans
    • Biliteracy schedules
    • Biliteracy curriculum maps

 

Check back again soon for additional events throughout the 2026-27 school year!

 

 

SUMMER INSTITUTES 2026

California:

July 21-23, 2026: In-person 3-Day Teaching for Biliteracy Summer Institute in Oxnard, CA.

The Teaching for Biliteracy Summer Institute brings together district and school-level teams of educators to engage in a deep dive into the instructional, programmatic, and curricular elements of teaching for biliteracy and the Bridge. This robust, multi-day institute will include large-group networking experiences and small-group sessions focused on specific biliteracy topics.

The institute will feature:

  • What biliteracy is, how it differs from monoliteracy, and instructional implications for each language.
  • Biliteracy unit framework for developing and delivering standards-based biliteracy units of instruction that integrate the teaching of language, literacy, and content.
  • Best practices in teaching Spanish (or other non-English language) and English literacy.
  • Sample biliteracy instruction and strategies that support the Bridge between languages.
  • Planning the strategic use of language on the part of the teacher.
  • Biliteracy schedules, language and content allocation plans, biliteracy curriculum maps, and other programmatic systems and structures to support biliteracy instruction.
  • Networking opportunities for dual language stakeholders in a variety of positions.

Target Audience:

  • This institute is designed for educators working in dual language programs that provide Spanish literacy (or a non-English language) and English literacy to students in one-way (AKA development bilingual or maintenance bilingual) or two-way programs.
  • It is recommended that teams of teachers and administrators attend together. Effective makeup of teams includes teachers and decision-makers, and those who support teachers such as coaches, specialists, principals and assistant principals, curriculum directors, literacy directors, bilingual directors, assistant superintendents, and school board members. We take a systems approach to implementing teaching for biliteracy; therefore, we will be sharing several structures that will require understanding and support on the part of teachers, leadership, and decision-makers to ensure they are well-implemented.