Course Catalog

There are 5 LOTE CED courses to choose from.

1) Change is Good! Innovation in LOTE Teaching and Learning
Description	Familiarizes you with recent changes in LOTE instruction and learning and the 8 Guiding Principles that provided the foundation for state standards for language learners, the TEKS for LOTE.

2) Core of the Standards: The 5 Cs
Description	Acquaints you with the five program goals (5 Cs) that form the foundation of the TEKS for LOTE: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. The interrelationship among the Cs is discussed and classroom-based examples are provided.

3) Progress Checkpoints: Defining Proficiency
Description	Familiarizes you with the characteristics of the novice, intermediate, and advanced proficiency levels and expectations for students at those levels.

4) Learning Scenarios in the LOTE Classroom
Description	Identifies characteristics of learning scenarios for the LOTE classroom as well as other strategies that can aid teachers in implementing standards for foreign language learners.

5) Developing and Evaluating Performance-Based Assessment
Description	Introduces differences in traditional and performance-based assessment tasks and illustrates how rubrics can be used to evaluate them, as well as to provide a roadmap for learning and instruction in the foreign language classroom.