​The GATE will expand and develop longer-term career goals and opportunities. 

 

The GATE is a guide for teachers, administrators, and coordinators who wish to implement a coherent and strategic approach to foreign language teacher development. 

 

The foreign language teaching profession today is faced with increasing enrollments and a shortage of qualified teachers. Teachers must maintain proficiency in the target language and stay up to date on current issues related to the target culture.

 

Educational reform, a rapidly changing student clientele, technological development, and new views on assessment are just a few of the pressures today's foreign language teachers are encountering.  The GATE provides the foreign language educator profession with support for high quality teacher preparation and continuing professional development.