Professional Learning for Educators

Multilingüal Promise offers comprehensive professional development tailored for Family Child Care, Center-based, and Home-Based Educators. Our certificates prepare educators to teach effectively in English-instruction environments that support children’s home languages and promote bilingualism in partnership with families, as well as in programs where teaching is delivered in two languages.

Two certificate options:

  • Teaching in Multilingual Early Learning Settings

  • Teaching Early Childhood Bilingual Programs (Spanish/English)

Certificate in Teaching in Multilingual Early Learning Settings

This certificate prepares educators to teach in English while actively promoting the home languages of all children through purposeful instruction and strong family partnerships. It also supports the development of educators’ professional language skills and a solid understanding of how language functions to effectively support English language development in young children.

Modules

  • Foundations of Dual Language Development in Early Childhood

  • Foundations of Language for Teaching

  • Early Relational Health in Multilingual Infant and Toddler Settings

  • The Science of Reading and Early Literacy in Multilingual Settings

  • Connecting Language and Literacy through Play

  • Assessing Language and Literacy Development in Multilingual Learners

  • Early Identification and Support for Multilingual Learners with Learning Delays

  • Partnering with Families to Support Bilingualism at Home and School

  • The Reflective Educator: Teaching with Intention, Curiosity, and Purpose

This certificate is designed for educators working in bilingual early learning environments and develops deep expertise in bilingual brain development, dual language immersion, and effective literacy instruction across Spanish and English. Offered in both Spanish and English, it also supports educators in strengthening their own professional language proficiency and pedagogical understanding of how both languages function in teaching and learning.

Certificate in Early Childhood Bilingual Education

Modules

  • Foundations of Dual Language Immersion in Early Childhood

  • Foundations of Language for Teaching in Spanish and English

  • Early Relational Health and Bilingual Brain Development

  • The Science of Reading and Early Literacy in Spanish and English

  • Assessing Bilingual Literacy Development

  • Building Academic and Professional Spanish for Educators

  • Building Academic and Professional English for Educators

  • Partnering with Families to Support Bilingualism at Home and School

  • Connecting Language and Learning Through Play

  • The Reflective Educator: Teaching with Intention, Curiosity, and Purpose