This workshop is designed to help teachers step back, see the big picture, and develop highly effective language programs. In the process, we will consider a variety of interrelated and mutually reinforcing principles based on insights from research on brain plasticity, self-efficacy, identity, and strategic self-regulation. Participants will learn to build articulated learning sequences appropriate to their students’ needs and maturity in a manner that is true to the best in national and state world language learning standards. Discussions informed by these fundamentals will be a springboard for addressing vital subjects seldom addressed in other professional skill-development workshops.