WABE 2025 Dual Language Winter Institute

Dr. Joan Lachance is an Associate Professor of Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she directs the TESL graduate programs and undergraduate TESL Minor. She is the co-author of the National Dual Language Education Teacher Preparation Standards and the Director of the CAEP Specialized Program Association in Dual Language Education called “EMMA: Education for a Multilingual Multicultural America.” With the publication of her recent Corwin book, she is focusing her work further to address the crucial, national needs related to collaboration and co-teaching for multilingual learners in the dual language context.