2025 Summer Institutes for Language Teachers

CARLA sun with text: Celebrating 30 years of quality professional development for language teachers

Join the more than 7,900 language educators who have taken a CARLA Summer Institute since the program launched in 1996. For its 30th annual program, CARLA will offer ten online institutes and four in-person institutes, all of which are designed to link research and theory with practical applications for the classroom.

The 2025 CARLA Summer Institutes will be offered in the following formats:

Online Summer Institutes—Asynchronous

DatesInstitute
July 14–August 1         Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom 

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Important Information about Asynchronous Institutes

  • Asynchronous institutes are primarily conducted on the participant's own time, but are not available after the specified time period.
  • Asynchronous institutes include preset deadlines for activities. The deadlines are important, as the activities build on each other and involve facilitation from the instructor and collaboration with other participants.
  • You should be prepared to fully participate in the institute activities to benefit you and your fellow participants.
  • It is important to note that CARLA’s asynchronous institutes are not stand-alone online modules or MOOCs; rather they are designed to provide an interactive experience. It is NOT possible to “take” the course at a time other than the specified institute dates.
  • Some of the asynchronous institutes also include some mandatory synchronous sessions.
  • Registrants must check dates/times of any synchronous sessions to ensure their ability to fully participate. They must also be available to work on activities during the specified time period of the institute and meet class deadlines.

Online Summer Institutes—Synchronous

DatesInstitute
June 23–27     Secondary Dual Language Immersion: Achieving the Promise of Continuation Programs
June 24–26Integrating Career Readiness Into Language Programs
July 8–10TeachTok: Social Media Hacks to Level Up Your Language Teaching Game
July 8–10Teaching for Proficiency in Dual Language Immersion
July 14–18Introduction to Dual Language Immersion
July 22–24Empowering Language Teachers to Leverage AI for Student Success—New!
July 29–31Seals of Biliteracy: Establishing and Expanding Programs in Schools or Districts—New!

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Important information About Synchronous Institutes

  • Synchronous institutes meet online in real time via Zoom.
  • Synchronous institutes include time to work independently off-screen; however, much of the class time will be spent online in large group and small group activities.
  • Registrants must be available to participate for each entire day during the institute.

In-Person Summer Institutes—on the University of Minnesota campus

DatesInstitute
June 23–27Creativity in the Language Classroom
July 14–18Using Target Language Texts to Support Students' Literacies Development
July 21–25Building Blocks for Intercultural, Pragmatic, and Interactional Competence—New!
July 28–August 1  Teaching Language Through the Lens of Social Justice

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Important information about In-Person Institutes

  • In-Person Summer Institutes are held on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis.
  • Institutes are held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each day with a break for lunch.
  • Institutes include morning coffee, afternoon refreshments, and a light lunch on the first day.