Teacher interacting with students in a classroom setting.
Teacher interacting with students in a classroom setting.

Instructional Strategies to Meet the Needs of All Students in the Language Classroom

from $590.00

Course Description

This course will assist the participant to think outside the box in their instructional strategies for teaching all world languages. It will also assist in analyzing work products in order to determine what strategies may be used in order to assist struggling students with accessing the curriculum standards. This course equips world language educators with research-based strategies to support all learners, including those with diverse learning needs and exceptionalities. Through six in-depth modules, participants will explore differentiation, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, IEPs and 504 plans, and strategies to support both struggling and high-achieving students. The course emphasizes inclusive, culturally responsive, and proficiency-oriented instruction, aligned with ACTFL and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles.

What Participants Are Saying About This Course

“A very instructional course that provides me with new tools to enhance my teaching strategies.”

Required Texts

There is no required textbook for this course. All materials are digital and will be provided in the online course.

Course Delivery 

Online weekly learning modules, collaborative discussion boards and instructor feedback. This course is not self-paced. 

Students who matriculate into an Instructor-Facilitated course should adhere to the dates listed on the website. Final coursework should be submitted within one week after the course end date. Course extensions beyond one week are subject to a $50 fee.

About the Instructor

Elisa Kirschhoffer, Instructor. Read more about Elisa here.

Click here to request a syllabus.

PLEASE NOTE: This course is not applicable for registration discounts as part of the New Jersey Alternate Route Licensure Program.

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Course Description

This course will assist the participant to think outside the box in their instructional strategies for teaching all world languages. It will also assist in analyzing work products in order to determine what strategies may be used in order to assist struggling students with accessing the curriculum standards. This course equips world language educators with research-based strategies to support all learners, including those with diverse learning needs and exceptionalities. Through six in-depth modules, participants will explore differentiation, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, IEPs and 504 plans, and strategies to support both struggling and high-achieving students. The course emphasizes inclusive, culturally responsive, and proficiency-oriented instruction, aligned with ACTFL and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles.

What Participants Are Saying About This Course

“A very instructional course that provides me with new tools to enhance my teaching strategies.”

Required Texts

There is no required textbook for this course. All materials are digital and will be provided in the online course.

Course Delivery 

Online weekly learning modules, collaborative discussion boards and instructor feedback. This course is not self-paced. 

Students who matriculate into an Instructor-Facilitated course should adhere to the dates listed on the website. Final coursework should be submitted within one week after the course end date. Course extensions beyond one week are subject to a $50 fee.

About the Instructor

Elisa Kirschhoffer, Instructor. Read more about Elisa here.

Click here to request a syllabus.

PLEASE NOTE: This course is not applicable for registration discounts as part of the New Jersey Alternate Route Licensure Program.

Credit Options

Not sure which credit option to choose?  Learn more about each credit option here and review your state/district requirements.

45 Professional Development/Clock Hours: $590

  • Idioma Professional Development Certificate (accepted by most states)

  • Approved Illinois CPDU Certificate through partnership with CEII

  • Approved Massachusetts PDP Certificate

  • Approved New Jersey CE Program

  • Approved New York CTLE Certificate

  • Approved Pennsylvania ACT48 Certificate

  • Approved Texas CPE Certificate

  • Approved Montana PDU Certificate

3 Graduate-Level Credits

  • PWLC 9219: University of the Pacific: $925

  • CLDE591 WLM514 INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIC: Colorado State University Pueblo: $950

  • EDLL 586: Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU): $1005

While the graduate credits and professional development hours earned may be used for salary advancement, degree completion and state licensing requirements, Idioma does not provide assurance that any state licensing board or school district will accept these credits or hours for those purposes. Participants are advised to check with the appropriate agencies and gain approval prior to registering. An official university transcript is available upon successful completion of coursework through the selected university from which the participant chooses to receive credit. Participants who complete the course for graduate-level credit will receive an email with instructions on how to request an official university transcript.