Sun Valley, ID Lab Time & In Person Training

Take part in a typical day and see students and teachers in action in this OWL Visitation Days and Proficiency & Engagement Training, Thursday-Friday, December 5-6, 2025.

Participants will spend time in student-centered, proficiency-based classes observing and reflecting on strategies and techniques for a variety of levels. See how movement, pairings and groupings, speaking and literacy are cohesively brought together in one class period. Classes will be in Spanish, however, debriefs will be in English. Since many aspects are so visual, a non-speaking Spanish teacher will benefit greatly from the experience. 

Thursday & Friday Times: TBA

Pricing:  

• Registration fee of $190 per teacher for ONLY one-day (Thursday or Friday) 
• For both days: $325

*Get a discount by attending both days! 

Workshop Description:

Thursday: Lab Time in Classes

See students and teachers in action. Participants will spend time in student-centered, proficiency-based classes observing strategies and techniques for a variety of levels. See how movement, pairings and groupings, speaking and literacy are cohesively brought together in one class period. Classes will be in Spanish, however, debriefs will be in English. Since many aspects are so visual, a non-speaking Spanish teacher will still benefit greatly from the experience. Participants will hear from students through a Student Panel. 

Goals:

• Lab time: Observe and participate with students and teachers in an authentic environment 
• Hear from students about their experiences (when possible)
• Techniques for high student engagement
• Integration of literacy into class
• Q&A time and Debrief with the facilitators 

Friday: OWL Proficiency and Engagement Strategies

This workshop dives further into the classroom application of proficiency and second language acquisition. The training teaches the classroom framework structure that creates an interactive, student-directed classroom. Building on what teachers experienced on Thursday, this day is all about personal growth in their own practice and classroom application for their classroom and students. The focus is on maintaining an immersive, target language environment where students are highly engaged and intrinsically motivated. Teachers leave with new techniques and relationships for continued collaboration!

Workshop outcomes:

• Lesson planning!
• Receive materials to effectively reflect and debrief
• Further exploration and direct classroom application of the immersive language environment
• Strategies for eliciting student production
• Practice with questioning strategies at all levels 

Pre-reqs: Recommended for all teachers, with or without previous OWL workshop attendance.

Goals:

• Observe and participate with students and teachers in an authentic environment
• Q&A time and Debrief with the facilitator
• Receive materials to effectively reflect and debrie

Reach out to [email protected] for any questions on registration or content.