Finding My Voice
What a conversation about heritage language learning helped me understand about myself By: Dr. Liza Trejo, Senior Professional Learning Specialist They say you have to leave before you can ever…
Finding My Voice
What a conversation about heritage language learning helped me understand about myself By: Dr. Liza Trejo, Senior Professional Learning Specialist They say you have to leave before you can ever…
Finding My Voice
By: Dr. Liza Trejo, Senior Professional Learning Specialist I love an engaging lesson, a creative project, or a new tool as much as any teacher. But our conversation with Dr….
Is the student actually learning?
By: Dr. Brandee Mau, VP of Learning Services, Avant Assessment The floor of my first apartment, surrounded by textbook materials, and no real idea what to do with them –…
The Puzzle I Couldn’t Put Down
By: Dr. Liza Trejo and Marnina Falk Colman As you all probably know, I’m a little bit obsessed with patterns. When I start to notice a pattern, I get curious….
What Does Language Immersion Make Possible?
Assessment results can tell educators where learners are. Their real value, however, comes from what happens next. Once the scores arrive, language program leaders and teachers face an important question:…
Your STAMP Results Are In. What Should You Teach Next?
By: Dr. Liza Trejo, Senior Professional Learning Specialist What I thought I Knew Before interviewing Deaf educator Robyn J. Marcak, I was familiar with American Sign Language (ASL). Growing up,…
American Sign Language Is a Complete Language: What ASL Is Teaching Me About Proficiency, Literacy, and Access
By: Dr. Liza Trejo, Senior Professional Learning Specialist I’ve been trying to answer a simple question lately: What is Proficiency First Multiliteracies? The truth is, it didn’t start as a…
What Is Proficiency First Multiliteracies?
Key Takeaways • Students can earn recognition and potentially college credit for many languages that AP® does not offer. • This creates new opportunities for heritage language speakers and students who…
Avant is dedicated to continuous improvement in security, integrity, and interoperability. That’s why we’re proud to share that Avant has officially achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance, a significant milestone…
My name is J. Ryan Allen, and I teach World Languages at Delmar High School, a small but ambitious school district in southern Delaware. For many years, Delmar offered only…
How the Avant STAMP Test Made Facilitated Interdependent Language Learning (FILL) Possible