Dual Language Foundations—Spring 2026
Actionable knowledge for principals, assistant principals and district administrators leading in a dual school or district.
“The moment there is one dual language classroom in the school district, it becomes a dual language district. Every person in the district must make decisions that support the 3 goals of dual language education.”—Jóse Medina
Thursday, April 9,
Thursday, April 16 and
Thursday, April 23
3 Virtual Sessions,
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Three virtual sessions:
Session 1: Building common background and language
Pillars of dual language education
Program model development across the US
Research overview
Data collection aligned to program goals
Dual language as enriched learning
Program structures within community contexts and constraints
Session 2: Language allocation and linguistic approaches
Language allocation
Separation of languages
Scheduling with language in mind
Translanguaging, cross-linguistic connections and “The Bridge”
Session 3: Creating language rich and academically rigorous learning experiences
Observation look-fors:
Practices that accelerate language growth
Classroom environments that support linguistic risk taking
Observation look-out-fors:
Low rigor practices
Practices with low academic yield
Practices that hinder risk taking
Target Audience:
Principals
Assistant principals
District administrators
Virtual session schedule:
Thursday, April 9, 2026: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, April 16, 2026: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, April 23, 2026: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.