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Practical professional learning
Research-informed, classroom-tested professional learning for educators working with multilingual learners.
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The complete self-paced course
The course plus a personal session with Patrice
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What you’ll take into your classroom
Practical examples you can adapt across subjects and age groups.
Routines and multilingual scaffolds that support participation and deeper thinking.
Tools for connecting classroom learning, families, and students’ linguistic resources.
Reflection activities and downloadable resources to help you apply what you learn.
The gap between theory and practice
In many international schools, language inclusion appears in mission statements and policy documents, but feels unclear in day-to-day classroom decisions. Teachers and leaders are left asking:
Without clarity, language inclusion becomes inconsistent, optional, or purely symbolic. The Translanguaging Mindset turns vision into structured, scalable implementation.
What you’ll learn
Inside the course
3.5 hours of professional learning. Each module includes a short reflection.
Includes the Module 1 reflection.
Includes the Module 2A reflection.
Includes the Module 2B reflection.
Includes the Module 3 reflection.
Includes the Module 4 reflection.
Includes the Module 5 reflection.
A 47-page guide, included at no additional cost with course enrollment.
A final reflection to close the course.
A 47-page professionally designed guide connecting translanguaging to broader global citizenship practice.
Created by
Founder of Conex-Us Consulting. Patrice is an international educator and consultant specializing in language-inclusive practices for multilingual schools, with more than 15 years of experience working with international students across Korea, the United States, China, and Morocco.
She has led school-wide initiatives and committees centered on language inclusion and culturally responsive practice, and is a published author on translanguaging in international schools. Fluent in six languages, she approaches multilingualism as lived experience as well as pedagogy.
What teachers are saying
This course gave me the language and the confidence to name the work already happening in my classroom and to keep building on it. It was rigorous, generous, and directly useful, and it helped me see more clearly how translanguaging can be understood, valued, and gradually incorporated into shared pedagogical practice across a school.
The modules were extremely poignant and incredibly useful for the modern international school environment, moving from the big picture into phenomenal, ready-to-use strategies for almost every situation imaginable. In my 17 years of teaching, it stands out as one of the most practical and comprehensive professional learning experiences I’ve encountered.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! The videos were engaging and sparked excitement to try new strategies in my classroom. I feel confident that I can use what I learned to build a stronger classroom community and make learning more meaningful for my students.
Common questions
Translanguaging is the intentional use of a multilingual learner’s full linguistic repertoire as a resource for thinking, learning, and communicating. In classrooms, students might process ideas in one language, discuss them in another, compare language structures, or use multilingual resources to deepen understanding.
The Translanguaging Mindset connects research with practical classroom application. You’ll learn how to design language-inclusive routines, support multilingual learners across subjects, use students’ languages as cognitive and academic resources, and make translanguaging part of intentional instructional practice.
It is designed for classroom teachers, EAL/ELL/ML specialists, instructional coaches, curriculum leaders, and school leaders working with multilingual learners. It is especially relevant for educators in bilingual and international schools, and the strategies can be adapted across subjects, age groups, and school contexts.
No. You do not need to speak every language your students use. The course focuses on designing classroom routines that allow multilingual learners to draw on their own linguistic knowledge while teachers guide learning, maintain academic rigor, and support meaningful participation.
No. Translanguaging is a pedagogical approach, not an EAL-only strategy. Math, science, humanities, arts, PE, homeroom, and specialist teachers can all create opportunities for multilingual learners to use language as a tool for thinking and learning.
Translation focuses on moving meaning from one language into another. Translanguaging is broader: learners may use different languages for processing, discussion, research, comparison, drafting, reflection, or communication. The goal is to use a learner’s full linguistic repertoire strategically, rather than simply reproduce the same message in another language.
Research does not support the idea that multilingual learners must avoid their other languages in order to develop English successfully. Existing linguistic knowledge can support comprehension, concept development, and academic language learning. The course explores how teachers can use these resources intentionally while maintaining strong expectations for learning.
The course includes six self-paced modules and documents 3.5 hours of professional learning. Because it is fully self-paced, educators can complete the course on their own schedule and return to the materials as needed.
Yes. Participants receive a certificate of completion documenting 3.5 hours of professional learning after completing The Translanguaging Mindset.
Start learning on your schedule. $99 includes all 6 modules, downloadable resources, and a 3.5-hour certificate of completion. Add a personal coaching session for $150 total.