Spanish for Teachers | Conducting Parent Teacher Conferences in Spanish

Spanish for Teachers – Conducting Parent / Teacher Conferences in Spanish

This is a Spanish for teachers course focusing on the Spanish vocabulary, grammar and phrases you need to hold your parent / teacher conferences en español!

Teachers, you have a HUGE task…Making sure parents, students and guardians are all on the same page when it comes to education. It’s even harder to do it in Spanish. With this Parent Teacher Conferences in Spanish Course, I guarantee your effort in learning how to communicate in Spanish with your parents/guardians during conference time will bring you many steps closer to achieving that educational partnership.

This course focuses on learning real-life, relevant Spanish needed in order to communicate with parents/guardians during Parent / Teacher Conferences. The emphasis of this course is to help educators communicate effectively in Spanish with students and parents/guardians who are not fluent in English. 7 foundational online lessons give you the necessary grammar and vocabulary to communicate in Spanish about the following topics:

Lesson 1: Beginning the conference

Lesson 2: Talking about student’s strengths and weaknesses

Lesson 3: Key vocabulary and Verbs to express Academic Performance

Lesson 4: Academic Performance in math and literacy

Lesson 5: Communicating ongoing actions – present progressive

Lesson 6: Positive and Negative behavior characteristics

Lesson 7: Parent Questions and Support

You can earn graduate level credit, PDU, or CEU’s for this course. This course is accredited through Adams State University for ONE credit. There is an additional $55 cost for credit though the university. When you register for this course, we will send you the credit information.

How does this class work?

This is a hybrid class: Your first step is to watch the videos and practice exercises in each lesson, your second step is to show up to our Zoom workshop practice session. Lessons will open 1 week before the live Zoom session. You will have 1 week to complete the lesson and practice activities before you show up for the live Zoom class.

Complete these steps in each lesson:

PASO 1: Watch the video lessons, take notes, complete the practice activities
PASO 2: Show up for the Zoom practice session
PASO 3: Complete the additional homework

The class schedule is as follows:

Lessons 1 & 2 – Open Nov. 7

You have one week to watch the video lessons and complete the practice activities BEFORE attending the live practice session

• Lesson 1: Beginning the conference
• Lesson 2: Talking about student’s strengths and areas for growth

Zoom Class 1 – Nov. 14 @5pm PT, 6pm MT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET. We will practice content from lessons 1 & 2 through role play conversations. In this live session you will have an opportunity to reinforce and use the Spanish that you’ve been learning in these lessons.

Lessons 3-5 – Open Nov. 15

You have one week to watch the video lessons and complete the practice activities BEFORE attending the live practice session

• Lesson 3: Key vocabulary and Verbs to express Academic Performance
• Lesson 4: Academic Performance in math and literacy
• Lesson 5: Communicating ongoing actions – present progressive

Zoom Class 2 – Dec. 5 @5pm PT, 6pm MT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET. We will practice content from lessons 3-5 through role play conversations. In this live session you will have an opportunity to reinforce and use the Spanish that you’ve been learning in these lessons.

Lessons 6-7 – Opens Dec. 6

You have one week to watch the video lessons and complete the practice activities BEFORE attending the live practice session

• Lesson 6: Positive and Negative behavior characteristics
• Lesson 7: Parent Questions and Support

Zoom Class 3 – Dec. 19 @5pm PT, 6pm MT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET. We will practice content from lessons 6-7 through role play conversations. In this live session you will have an opportunity to reinforce and use the Spanish that you’ve been learning in these lessons.

We believe you have to APPLY what you’re learning! What good is all that head knowledge without opening your mouth, making mistakes and using the Spanish your are learning!!!

One week before the live class, you will receive an email with your lesson to study. You will have one week to study the grammar, vocabulary and phrases and then you will come to the live workshop on Zoom to practice what you’ve been learning!!!