Capital World Language Project

About the Capital World Language Project (CapWLP)

CapWLP is a site of the California World Language Project, a California Subject Matter Project. We serve world languages and ELD teachers in Regions 1, 2 and 3.

The Project receives state and federal funding to provide three services to the teachers in the regions we serve:

1. Provide long sequences of research-based professional learning to support high leverage instructional practices in ELD and World Languages.

2. Support districts and schools in Regions 1, 2, 3 through partnerships that provide technical assistance specific to their needs.

3. Foster teacher leadership

Meet the Directors

The Capital World Language Project is coordinated by two co-directors: Christine Lanphere and Nicole Naditz.

• Christine Lanphere is a French teacher at Natomas High School. She is also the Treasurer of the Foreign Language Association of Greater Sacramento (FLAGS), a chapter of the California Language Teachers' Association.  She is the 2007 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year.

• Nicole Naditz taught French for almost 25 years. Since 2018, she has been the Program Specialist for World Languages and Instructional Technology for San Juan Unified School District.  She is the 2015 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year and the 2021 and 2024 ACSA Region 3 Curriculum Administrator of the Year.