TFLA upcoming events https://tfla.org/events TFLA upcoming events TFLA Wild Apricot - membership management software and more en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:45:54 GMT Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:45:54 GMT Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT TFLA Summer Institute: 2026 Live Language Out Loud! TWO OPTIONS (12 Jun 2026) <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 14px;"><span>This summer we have TWO options for Summer Institute.&nbsp; Choose based on your location or desired weekend...or don't choose and attend both!!</span></font></p> <blockquote> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 16px;"><span>Option 1:&nbsp; DFW - June 12th and 13th - Ashli Sambulak</span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 16px;"><span>Option 2:&nbsp; Houston - July 10th and 11th - Megan Whalon</span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 16px;"><span>Option 3:&nbsp; BOTH!</span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana"><span><br></span></font></p> </blockquote><font color="#000000" face="Verdana"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle004" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"></font> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 18px;"><span><strong>DFW Details (Houston information below)</strong></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span><strong>Title</strong>:&nbsp;&nbsp;Fill Your Cup First: Sustainable Strategies to Reignite Your Language Classroom</span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span><strong>Location</strong>:&nbsp; TCU Campus (Fort Worth)</span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span><strong>Schedule</strong>:&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#000000"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span><font>Friday: 8:30-11:30, 1:00-4:00 / Saturday: 8:30 - 12:00</font></span></font></font></span></font></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span><strong>Description</strong>:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;">You can't pour from an empty cup, and Texas world language teachers deserve to walk into a new year feeling energized, celebrated, and equipped!</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;">The "Fill Your Cup First" TFLA Summer Institute is a two-day workshop (actually — it’ll be more like a retreat!) designed to help you slow down so you can speed up. Through reflection, community, hands-on strategy sessions, and resource creation, you’ll remember what you love about language teaching, and you’ll leave with the spark to prove it. No fluff. No overwhelm. Just intentional, joyful professional learning — retreat style with your language-teaching besties!</font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span><br></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle004" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 18px;"><span><strong>Houston Details</strong></span></font></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span><strong>Title</strong><font>:&nbsp;</font><font>Craft it. Wear it. Teach it. Crafting a Communicative Unit Thread by Thread</font></span></font></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span><strong>Location</strong><font>:&nbsp;</font><font>Lamar CISD campus - Richmond, Texas</font></span></font></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span><font><strong>Schedule</strong>:&nbsp; Friday: 8:30-11:30, 1:00-4:00 / Saturday: 8:30 - 12:00</font></span></font></font></p> <p style="line-height: 22px;"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000" face="Roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span><strong>Description</strong>:</span></font></font></p> <p style="line-height: 19px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"></p> <p>In this hands-on, creative workshop, participants will design a fully communicative unit from input to output—while literally weaving the learning process together.</p> <p>Grounded in a target culture, we will begin by centering the unit in authentic cultural contexts and essential questions. This workshop blends curriculum design, creativity, and reflection. Participants will leave with:</p> <p>A framework for building culture-centered communicative units</p> <p>Practical strategies for scaffolding from input to output</p> <p>Ready-to-adapt task ideas</p> <p>A wearable reminder that strong units—like strong communication—are intentionally woven, thread by thread</p> <p>Come ready to craft, collaborate, reflect—and wear your learning.</p> <p style="line-height: 19px; margin-top: 0px !important;"></p> https://tfla.wildapricot.org/event-6548967 https://tfla.wildapricot.org/event-6548967