Professional Development

Many CLASP member institutions offer in-person professional development programs to their local community of K-12 educators. We highly encourage you to browse the list of CLASP member institutions and peruse the websites of institutions near you to see details concerning upcoming professional development programs.

At the same time, many CLASP member institutions also offer national and international summer institutes that are open to, and welcome participation from, teachers across the country. Check out the growing list of this summer’s 2022 teacher institutes offered by CLASP institutions.

SUMMER 2023 EDUCATOR INSTITUTES ON LATIN AMERICA
Sponsored by CLASP Institutions

July 10-14, 2023
Beyond the Boom: Strategies for the study of contemporary Latin American and Latinx literature
Deadline to apply: Rolling
Location: Salt Lake City, UT (University of Utah campus) and online through a live video conferencing
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Utah

July 15-29, 2023
LINGUA PORTUGUESA IN RIO: INTENSIVE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE STUDY
Deadline to apply: May 1, 2023
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sponsored by the Stanford University Center for Latin American Studies

July 18-20, 2023
SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN: RE-SHAPING THE HUMAN LANDSCAPE OF LATIN AMERICAN CITIES
Deadline to apply: May 22, 2023
Location: Milwaukee, WI (UW-Milwaukee campus)
Sponsored by UW-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), UW-Madison Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS), Museo de Ciencias Ambientales (Guadalajara), and
Florida International University Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC)

PREVIOUS SUMMER INSTITUTES

June 22-24, 2022
THE WORLD IN FILM
Deadline to apply: June 6, 2022
Location: Berkeley, CA (at UC Berkeley campus)
Sponsored by UC Berkeley’s 8 Area Studies and Centers, including the Center for Latin American Studies

June 18-28, 2022
CENTRAL AMERICA, PEOPLE & THE ENVIRONMENT
Deadline to apply: April 4, 2022 *Cohort capacity is limited.
Location: Panama City, Panama
Sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University, the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at Vanderbilt University and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Georgia.

June 20-24, 2022
When Utah was Mexico’s Northern Frontier
Instructor: Raul Ramos, University of Houston
Prior to becoming America’s 45th state, the territory currently known as Utah, was Mexican frontier. This workshop will employ a transnational lens to explore the history of Utah from a Spanish colony to independent Mexico, the long-standing implications of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and its echoes in the politics of immigration. Teachers of U.S. History II, Utah History and U.S Government, Latinos In Action and Spanish will be able to apply the content and concepts from this workshop into their classes.

June-August 2022
SUMMER22 (VIRTUAL) BOOKBOX SERIES
Deadline to apply: June 1, 2022
Location: Virtual (OSU)
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, The Ohio State University

July 2022
INTENSIVE PORTUGUESE ABROAD FOR SPANISH TEACHERS
Deadline to apply: rolling
Location: Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, The Ohio State University

July 5-21, 2022
SUMMER SEMINARS ABROAD FOR SPANISH TEACHERS
Deadline to apply: rolling
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, The Ohio State University

July 6-29, 2022
K-12 TEACHER WORKSHOP FOR SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
Deadline to apply: May 13, 2022
Location: Virtual (OSU)
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, The Ohio State University

July 11-13, 2022
AFRICAN-DESCENDED COMMUNITIES OF SPANISH AMERICA
Deadline to apply: May 23, 2022
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Sponsored by UW-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), UW-Madison Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS), and Florida International University Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC).