Avant ADVANCE

For those educators who want to keep fine-tuning their skills, aligning their practices to specific outcomes, and helping their students to reach their goals, Avant ADVANCE is a course that you must take. By Module 4 you will definitely see a great leap in your understanding and personal growth. Don’t expect “perfection” out of yourself, but instead “trust the process” of your own learning– just as you want your students to do with theirs. This training is eye-opening and so rewarding. If your students take the STAMP test but you are still wondering if this course is for you, it is. No matter how long you have been teaching, you will walk away with a fresh perspective and a heightened sense of what it means to help your students be successful in their language acquisition. There are also many additional resources provided to help you along the way. So, don’t hesitate to register– and get ready to be blessed!

Mrs. Laura L. Frasa, B.A., M.A. Secondary Spanish Teacher & World Language Department Head, Oakland Christian School, MI

This is by far the most worthwhile training we have done in YEARS!!! I am so grateful that my team and I now have common language between three different languages as we collaborate in our PLC [professional learning certification] process.

Shasta Ruddock Teacher AP Spanish, Cheney School District, WA

“ADVANCE has been a wonderful resource! My students have benefited from my learning through the ADVANCE modules. My beginner students have been able to see sentence structures grow, along with their emerging abilities, from single word answers to complete sentences. My intermediate students have benefited from my guidance on what exactly an added detail is and what that looks like in a sentence. I’ve been able to guide my more advanced students on polishing their language production with connected ideas through the use of transitions, more concrete paragraphs, and the introduction of my complex structures. As a teacher, this learning has helped me to continue to focus on the level of language that is produced by my students at any given time. My learning through ADVANCE, coupled with data reports from previous STAMP tests, has helped to identify areas of weakness and strengths in language production and interpretation, compare where my students perform to those from around the country and in my previous district, and drive my instruction to better serve the needs of my classes.”

Dr. Jason Bagley French Teacher, Greenville County Schools, SC

“Avant ADVANCE is helping to revolutionize professional learning for all of our state’s World Language teachers. ADVANCE provides deep learning experiences that enable each individual teacher to credential his or her understanding of proficiency in a personalized, meaningful way. By completing the ADVANCE modules and successfully passing the final certification assessment, our teachers are presented with a special credential that certifies them as a Delaware-Recognized World Language Proficiency Champion. Avant is helping us reach our goal of at least 90% of all of our world language teachers being Proficiency Champions by 2021!”

Gregory Fulkerson, Ph.D. Director, Language Acquisition, Delaware Department of Education, DE