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Webinar Series: Dual Language Teacher Preparation Pathways

This webinar series focuses on the benefits of dual language education and how to support its implementation in an educational context. Webinars include:  

  • Part 1 - May 8, 2024, 2:00 pm ET: This session will share an overview of the six educators for A Multilingual Multicultural America (EMMA) Standards and provide a brief history of the Standards’ development, the rationale for their format, and their research-based constructs.  Presenters will discuss the structures regarding accreditation parameters for institutions of higher education and share how the Standards may shape professional learning for in- and pre-service dual-language bilingual education (DLBE) teachers.  

  • Part 2- May 16, 2024, 2:00 pm ET: This session will explore how the EMMA Standards are being used for state level certification, as a graduate certificate, by a multistate professional organizations with connections to legislation, and for teacher preparation aligned with accreditation through the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Programs.