Past Institutes
Since 1994, 761 foreign language educators from 49 states have participated in these institutes and workshops. Participants include K-12 classroom teachers, district supervisors of foreign language who provide in-service preparation for the teachers in their district, and foreign language teacher educators at colleges and universities who prepare pre-service and in-service teachers. Look here for a list of past attendees.
Although each of the Center summer institutes has a distinct focus, the overarching themes of the Center are integrated into all of the institutes: innovative technology, performance assessment, action research, foreign language student standards, and collaboration. Center workshops are designed to address clearly defined topics in depth during a short time period.

The Center's institutes, which are organized by the initiatives, are listed below. Additional information is available about institutes with established links.

Effective Teaching Strategies
Teacher Educator Partnership Institute: Summer 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 & 2002
Curriculum Institute: Summer 1994, 1995
Culture and Children's Literature of France and Mexico: Summer 1996
Temas Añejos: Recurring Themes in Ancient, Colonial, and Modern Latin America: Summer 2000
Action Research in Foreign language Education: 2002, 2003
Latin America in the Classroom: Thematic Units for use in Spanish/Social Studies Classes: 2002
National Board Certification for Foreign Language Teachers: 2002
Mentoring, Leadership, and Change Institute: 2003
Rethinking the PK-12 FL Curriculum: Intrinsically Interesting, Cognitively Engaging, Culturally Connected, and Articulated Institute: 2004
Language, Culture and Content Connections: Mexico and Zapotec Culture Institute: 2004
Making it Meaningful: A Thematic Approach to Supporting Student Learning in the K-16 FL Classroom Institute: 2005
PK-12 Teacher Partnership Institute: 2005

New Technologies
New Technologies Institute: Summer 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002
Interactive Multimedia Institute: Summer 1994

Performance Assessment
Performance Assessment Workshop: Fall 1994, 1995
Performance Assessment Institute: Summer 1997, 1998

Workshops
Developing Understanding of Francophone Cultures: Spring 1997
Early Foreign Language Programs: Funding, Rationale, and Implementation Workshop: Spring 1998
Strategies for Teaching Children New Languages: Maximizing the Benefits of the K-8 Foreign Language Program: Spring 2000
Using Thematic Units Based on Stories and Poems to Teach Languages: Spring 2001
Designing Performance Assessment Units: What Can Students Really Do? Spring 2002
NNELL Institute: 2005
Pre-K12 Arabic and hebrew Professional Development Institute: Summer, 2006
Mentoring, Leadership, and Change: Summer 2006
NNELL Institute: 2006
NNELL Institute: 2007