Language-Specific Professional Development Programs:  Designed for elementary, including immersion programs, and secondary foreign language teachers.  These programs offer  high-level, intense immersion in a language and culture. Professional Development for Teachers of Heritage/Native Speakers:  Designed for middle and secondary foreign language teachers. Specific offerings at local CFLP sites will be tailored to the particular language(s) of the students. When and Where:  CFLP programs may be offered in the summer or distributed throughout the school year, across the network. These programs may take the form of grade-level specific scope and sequence school-year workshops, school-year sessions offering model lessons and coaching, theme-based intensive summer institutes, book groups or regional conferences depending on the needs of the regional partners who fund them. What to Expect:  Though the format and specific content can vary, each CFLP program has common elements: Emphasis is placed on developing participant’s competency in the language and culture instruction and assessment strategies. Presenters address the professional development needs of all language and culture educators, while providing examples in the language(s) programs the participants teach. What CFLP Programming Offers Your Students:  Teachers return to their classroom armed with new understandings of how to design, deliver and assess instruction in language and culture, as well as how to meet the needs of all of their students.