Training and Instructional Support
Ongoing professional growth is essential for a robust World Language program, which is why we offer a variety of training options—free and paid, virtual and in-person, and digital and print. All of our instructional training is conducted by highly sought-after expert trainers who are also award-winning language teachers. To receive a quote and to schedule any of the options, complete this form and we'll get back to you!
Self-Paced Training
Free, Self-Paced Professional Learning and Support
The Hub is your go-to resource for Acquisition-Driven Instruction rich in comprehensible input.
The Hub is...- for all teachers (not just Voces subscribers)
- applicable to any curriculum
- always expanding with new support
- free!
- Video Tutorials demonstrating strategies such as TPR, PQA, Storyasking, PictureTalk, post-reading tasks, and brain breaks
- Written Guides discussing many more strategies and resources for proficiency-oriented instruction and assessment
- Downloads such as graphic organizers, activity templates, and assessment tools to help you and your students succeed
"A Teacher's Guide to Our Story" is part how-to manual, part personal narrative, part invitation. It puts forth overarching ideas related to teaching through the use of stories and the Our Story curriculum and addresses important details concerning the first days and weeks of school. It contains guidance on lesson planning and assessments, as well as reflections on the teaching of grammar and culture. It also includes personal anecdotes from the classroom. While the guide offers a road map for teaching language, it also encourages teachers to teach according to their strengths and to embrace their own journey. "A Teacher's Guide to Our Story" is written for teachers who aim to bring their complete selves to the classroom, by another teacher who is striving to do the same.
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Instructional Training
Professional Growth Options to Fit Your Specific Needs
From guidance specific to the Voces curriculum to training on best practices in World Language teaching, instructional training focuses on key techniques that will improve your students' learning and increase your confidence as a teacher. Instructional training can be conducted in person or virtually.
- get the most out of the short and long stories and the tasks that come before and after them
- use the video series, image collections, and other media
- implement tasks and routines rich in comprehensible input
- assess student growth
- get the most out of the activities, videos, stories, games, and other content
- focus on communication in the target language
- assess student growth
- building classroom culture and community
- encouraging and improving students' interpersonal communication in the target language
- using authentic resources, communicative tasks, and Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs)
- applying social-emotional learning strategies in World Language class
- using class novels and/or classroom libraries
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Platform Training
These training sessions dive deep into the powerful tools and settings available on the Voces platform. We can focus on specific features you are eager to master, or train you on a broad selection of helpful features, such as managing student accounts, optimizing settings for assignments, and editing the curriculum to target your and your students' exact needs. This training can be given to individuals or groups and is free to all active paid subscribers.
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