BWLP provides professional development opportunities for language educators
01/26/2026
Excited to share our team leaders, Angela Martínez and Luz Ramírez are presenting at the CLTA- California Language Teachers Association conference in Sacramento!
🌍🎶 F-4 | Building Global Classrooms: Food, Music & the SDGs
Food. Music. Global impact.
Connect culture, language, and the UN SDGs through powerful, ready-to-use units. 🌎 Yes—this is language teaching with purpose. 🎧🌱
Go to clta.net to register for this pre-conference workshop!
01/26/2026
Excited to share that our Co-Directors, Nancy Salsig and Christina Estrada are presenting at the CLTA- California Language Teachers Association conference in Sacramento!
🌍⚖️ E-8 | True Crime: Femicides in the Spanish Classroom
Engage students with authentic journalism and testimonies while building critical awareness and language proficiency. Yes—this is language teaching with purpose.
Use true crime to examine gender, power, and global issues in Spanish. 🎙️
Go to clta.net to register for this pre-conference workshop!
01/06/2026
✨BWLP (Berkeley World Language Project) VLS Workshop✨
Scaffolding Authentic Materials for All Learners (on zoom!)
Description
Explore strategies to scaffold authentic resources to engage students. Learn how to make real-world texts—music, videos, stories, and more—accessible and meaningful to learners at all proficiency levels. In honor of Black History Month, the workshop centers on culturally responsive strategies that celebrate Black identity, creativity, and resistance across cultures.
📅 Jan. 10, 2026
🕝9:00 a.m. – 12 noon
📍 Join Zoom Meetingting
Cost: $50
Please Submit Your Registration & Payment by registering at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelpwyI2o0O0mcFPBSQ5m84HsJsUsrlCU0vHDzqsMjLbbhjWg/viewform
Day #2 at BWLP! We had a wonderful time collaborating with other WL educators, using to explore holidays, writing intentional learning targets, and writing a script to introduce new concepts! What a day! So much fun and time to share ideas with colleagues. ❤️🗣💬
10/11/2025
We had a wonderful and inspiring day with incredible World Language educators at Tamalpais Union High School District yesterday. Our co-presenters, Ángela Leyva Martínez and Luz Ramírez led interactive activities focused on engaging students through meaningful, real-world connections.
They explored the importance of Global Competence and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, bringing these ideas to life through two dynamic units—one centered on food 🍽️ and another featuring Bad Bunny's short film, DTMF🎶!
Thank you, TUHSD teachers, for your energy, collaboration, and passion for world language education! 💬
🌈🌦️Check out the last picture with the incredible view we had when we arrived in the morning.
09/29/2025
📣 Ready to take your World Language teaching to the next level?
Join us for our Single-Day Workshop packed with practical strategies and inspiration:
✨ Innovative activities to engage students & foster collaboration
🌍 Building an inclusive, culturally rich curriculum
📚 Using scaffolding & authentic resources to boost literacy & learning
You choose how to participate:
✅ Bring us to YOUR school’s World Language Department on a date that works for you
✅ Or join us October 25th on campus for a dynamic, hands-on experience
Don’t miss this chance to learn, connect, and elevate your teaching!
🔗 Go to bwlp.berkeley.edu to register or for more information
09/29/2025
😃🌞Are you looking for a way to infuse more JOY into your teaching practices? 🌞😃
If so, consider attending the Berkeley World Language Project! BWLP provides professional learning programs that meet the needs of World Language, Multi-lingual and Heritage Language learners. 🌎🌏 Check out our Flyer!
📆🐦Early-bird by September 6: $350 for 5️⃣ interactive in-person days.
Standard Registration: $400 (only $80 per day!)
CEU units available for an additional fee.
🔗🌐For more information and registration visit bwlp.berkeley.edu.
09/28/2025
🚀 Our 1st Workshop Series set the stage for powerful growth in language teaching! Together, we explored:
✨ Ways to help students share and celebrate their identities
📊 What makes each proficiency range unique and how to recognize them
🗣️ Strategies for making input clear, meaningful, and effective
🌍 Why staying in the target language matters—and how to defend it
💡 Teachers left with practical tools and big ideas to strengthen their classrooms.
🔗 YOU can still join us for the rest of the workshop series. Please go to bwlp.berkeley.edu. See you there!
09/27/2025
Enjoying our 1st workshop of the season! There's still time to join our workshop series. For more information, please go to bwlp.berkeley.edu.
We offer interactive, high-impact professional development. Our sessions are designed to be engaging, practical, and immediately applicable in class.
We have two Strands to choose from:
Strand A – Building Lessons for Real-World Competence
Whether you’re a new or experienced teacher, this strand will help you take lessons to the next level. Together, we’ll design activities with comprehensible input, grammar in context, guided practice, and formative assessments—equipping you with ready-to-use strategies that build student confidence and prepare them for real-world communication.
Strand B – Creating Authentic Thematic Units for Today’s Learners
Bring language and culture alive through engaging thematic units! In this strand, you’ll learn how to design units with authentic resources, essential questions, and Can-Do statements, all aligned with standards. We’ll use backward design to create meaningful tasks that connect students to culture, build skills, and inspire global competence.
For more information & to register go to bwlp.berkeley.edu.
Our early bird pricing ends Sept.6th
08/30/2025
😃🌞Are you looking for a way to infuse more JOY into your teaching practices? 🌞😃
If so, consider attending the Berkeley World Language Project! BWLP provides professional learning programs that meet the needs of World Language, Multi-lingual and Heritage Language learners. 🌎🌏 Check out our Flyer!
📆🐦Early-bird by September 6: $350 for 5️⃣ interactive in-person days.
Standard Registration: $400 (only $80 per day!)
CEU units available for an additional fee.
🔗🌐For more information and registration visit bwlp.berkeley.edu.
08/30/2025
✨ Webinar Wednesdays are back! ✨🌍
Join us for the CLTA & Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT) Best of Southwest Webinar Series—dynamic sessions packed with fresh ideas for your world language classroom.
📅 Monthly on Wednesdays at 4:30 PM (PT)
💻 Free for CLTA & SWCOLT members | $25 for non-members
📚 Registration required to attend & access materials!
👉 Don’t miss out—register today and take your teaching to the next level!
🔗 https://www.tfaforms.com/5189718