CI Midwest Fall Workshop 2025

Engage, Acquire, Inspire

Practical, research-based strategies for creative language classrooms

One Full-Day workshop taking your application of Aquisition Driven Instruction from the big ideas all the way to differentiating instruction so EACH of your students (and you!) experiences JOY and SUCCESS in their language acquisition journey!

Overview:

Part 1 (90 Minutes): Core Skills for Acquisition-Driven Instruction

We'll help you build the base!

Part 2 (90 Minutes): PictureTalk and Story Asking

We'll help you engage students through the power of story!

Part 3 (90 Minutes): Brains and Language

We'll prepare you to turn research into classroom practice!

Part 4 (90 Minutes): Differentiate Instruction

You'll practice practical differentiation techniques for the language classroom!

This workshop explores practical strategies for teaching with acquisition-driven instruction. Discover how to apply current research on language learning, vocabulary acquisition, memory, and reading in the target language. Learn how to design lessons that engage students and invite their creativity and participation. Discuss ways to differentiate instruction for all learners. Participants will leave with tools, strategies, and activities they can immediately apply in their classroom!

Meals:

Ample time will be given to enjoy any of the many quaint and delicious lunch options in downtown White Bear Lake near the High School.

Ticket Options:

Purchase Orders and Discounted Registration:

Contact us at comprehensiblemidwest@gmail.com to verify your status as:

• pre-service teachers
• administrators
• teachers of color
• first year teachers
• college professors

Upon verification we will provide a discount code.

Email us at comprehensiblemidwest@gmail.com for purchasing via check or Purchase Order

Group Rate for District Colleagues:

Register 3 or more colleagues from the same school or district for a discounted price. Contact us at comprehensiblemidwest@gmail.com for more details.

What is CI Midwest?

The Comprehensible Midwest Conference empowers teachers to create joyful, personalized, effective and equitable language acquisition through acquisition-driven instruction. As a collaborative community, we safely support teachers to connect with each other and to teach in ways that respond to students' cultural and linguistic identities. Every year we bring in some of the nation’s foremost trainers in teaching with comprehensible input while simultaneously lifting up and supporting the voices of local and regional teachers who are striving to make their language instruction more personalized, inclusive and equitable.

Target Audience

Any teacher of a world language, regardless of context, who wishes to increase engagement, joy and effectiveness of their teaching environment will benefit from attending Comprehensible Midwest. If you believe that each of your students can acquire language and want to learn how to increase retention over time and overall achievement, developing real and measurable fluency, then this conference is for you.