MN Super Early CALP Payment Plan

Super Early Bird through December 31, 2018

Building Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency

This week will immerse you in experiences, ideas, and practice, to equip you with skills and a plan for how to build a plan for next year focused on proficiency for your students, engaging, student-centered lessons, and more ease and happiness for you in planning and teaching. For more information please visit our event page.

This Institute is designed for for teachers of students with proficiency of at least Intermediate Mid whoare ready to transition to higher-level language proficiency. Learn a system for designing content-based instruction aligned to AP/IB themes, to your students’ interests, and to curricular goals such as teaching about culture or content-area studies, such as history or science. Learn how to scaffold output to help your students develop the thinking, writing, and speaking skills to be successful on AP/IB tests and build their confidence in using the language to communicate about academic topics. Modified Reading and Writing Workshop strategies will be shared. Learn a system for authentic assessment, how to assemble portfolios of student work to document progress, and how to use rubrics to backwards plan lessons and experiences that help your students develop their language ability.


Daily teaching demonstrations in French with Dana Miller-Kitch will allow you to experience class as a student for three hours daily.

In the mornings, Tina Hargaden will work with you using our CALP Resource Manual to cover foundational skills and the nuts and bolts of lesson and unit planning, assessment, literacy, classroom management, and just enough theory to help you defend and support your proficiency-oriented classroom!


You will receive the 225-page Resource Manual in hard copy and as a PDF and editable Word file to give you the lesson plans, assessment resources, rubrics, and coaching guides to help launch your teaching practice into higher orbit this fall.


  • Morning snacks and coffee provided.
  • Lunch will be available to purchase for a minimal cost on-site, or bring your own. Going off-campus for lunch is not encouraged, as we have a jam-packed schedule of learning experiences scheduled for your growth.
  • Location: White Bear Lake Area High School - North Campus - 5045 Division Avenue, White Bear Lake, MN, 55110
  • 8:00 to 5:00 PM Monday through Thursday, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM Friday


    • Sample pages from our 2018 Resource Manual:












    Your Instructor


    WL Proficiency Project
    WL Proficiency Project

    We are passionate language educators dedicated to helping our colleagues to build their students' language proficiency!


    Course Curriculum


      2018 Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency Manual
    Available in days
    days after you enroll

    Frequently Asked Questions


    When and where is the course?
    The course will be held at Maranatha Christian Academy - 9201 75th Ave N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 It begins at 8 AM on Monday, June 17, 2019 and ends at 3:00 PM on Friday, June 21, 2019. Doors open at 7:45 daily.
    What happens after I enroll?
    You will receive a confirmation email from us when we enter you into our registration system. You can access and download our 2018 Resource Manual through this website, in case you want to go ahead and start reading up on proficiency-based instruction.
    What is the refund/cancellation policy?
    You can receive a full refund minus $75 processing fee through May 31, 2019. After that, we offer a 50% refund minus $75 processing fee.

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