Summer Institutes

CERCLL offers a combination of in-person, hybrid and virtual summer institutes that provide professional development opportunities for language and culture educators Some are the result of research and resources created by CERCLL-funded projects, while others are offered on topics requested by educators who have attended other professional development events that we have hosted.

In Summer 2025, CERCLL is organizing two summer institutes. Further details and registration will be available in January, 2025.

Forced and Chosen Journeys: Refugee and Immigrant Experiences in Youth Literature, June 2-5, 2025

Join us for a four-day workshop to engage in experiences and books that invite children to immerse themselves in literature about refugee and immigrant experiences. In this interactive workshop, you will explore new picturebooks and novels for your work with students and participate in engagements with these books. You will also interact with several children’s authors/illustrators who will join us to talk about their global books. You will receive their picturebooks along with booklists and other materials, and a PD Certificate.

Contemporary Applied Linguistics for Language Educators, June 9-13, 2025

Free professional development from a CERCLL research project by Julieta Fernandez and Chantelle Warner (University of Arizona), an edited OER entitled Contemporary Applied Linguistics for Language Educators.