Events

Leveraging Language Assessment Data to Support Student Development, Co-Hosted with AMISA

Date: May 21st, 2026

Time: 11am UTC-5 | 12noon UTC-4 | 1pm UTC-3

Description: Discover how different approaches to monitoring student progress can strengthen language learning in Leveraging Language Assessment Data to Support Student Development, a 40-minute webinar for educators co-hosted with AMISA.

This session explores a range of assessment methods used to track learner development and provide meaningful feedback to guide instruction. It also introduces Avant STAMP Individual Reports, reporting tools, and benchmark rubrics—helping educators better understand and interpret student performance data.

Participants will see how this data can be analyzed and applied to support student progress in real-world language proficiency.

This webinar is ideal for language educators who want to make more informed, data-driven instructional decisions and gain greater confidence in using assessment insights to support student learning. It is especially relevant for teachers seeking practical ways to monitor progress, interpret performance data, and connect assessment results to effective classroom strategies that promote real-world language proficiency.

A Focus on Language Access, Presented by NFMLTA

Date: May 28th, 2026

Time: 9am PT | 12noon ET | 5pm UTC

Description: It’s no secret that worldwide student access to language study is inconsistent, at best. Join us as teacher-researcher Erin Fell helps us to consider the circumstances and policies that drive access (or the lack of access), beginning with a case study of the U.S. State of Louisiana.

• What does Louisiana demonstrate that is like/unlike your teaching context in another U.S. state or internationally?
• What are the repercussions of lack of access to language study for the individual, society, and the workforce?
• What insights can inform more equitable and sustainable language programs in other contexts?

The presentation and discussion will consider language access through a broad lens, with three expert respondents:

• Rachel Mamiya Hernandez, PhD, is a Language Technology Specialist at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. She is the President-Elect of the NFMLTA and speaks Portuguese, Spanish, and Hawaiian.
• Amanda Seewald is the Executive Director of JNCL-NCLIS that focuses on language policy and advocacy. She has been teaching children languages, coaching educators, and developing curriculum for over 25
  years.
• John Tessitore is the Executive Director of NFMLTA, supporting language scholars and educators at every level, and connecting research to teaching practice. He is also a writer, editor, and liberal arts advocate.

This webinar is presented by the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations (NFMLTA) and hosted by Avant Language. 

Helping Students Stand Out With Proficiency Testing and Language Certification 

Date: June 4, 2026

Time: 11am New York | 4pm London | 8:30pm Mumbai

Description: How can language proficiency testing and language certifications create higher levels of student engagement and language learning success?

As schools around the world prepare students for an increasingly global future, educators are looking for ways to move beyond traditional paper-based exams toward assessments and certifications that reflect real-world communication skills and support academic and career opportunities.

Join Avant Language, Global Seal of Biliteracy (GSB), and international educators for an engaging webinar on how testing and certification can strengthen language programs and increase the value of language learning for students.

In this session, participants will learn to:

• Get deeper insights with adaptive proficiency tests that measure real-world communication skills.
  • And, you don’t have to grade them! 
• Help students stand out for university and career opportunities with verifiable and digitally-shareable certifications.
• Increase student motivation and language program retention by recognizing and celebrating student success. 
• Implement practical strategies and advice from current users. 

The webinar will include:

• Introduction to proficiency-based testing from Avant Language
• Benefits of the Global Seal of Biliteracy
• Insights from educators implementing testing and certification 
• Live Q&A with attendees

Designed for teachers, principals, coordinators, and school administrators, this webinar offers practical strategies and real-world insights for schools seeking to modernize language assessment and better support multilingual learners.