The Southern California Arabic Language Teacher’s Council (SCALTC) is a pilot project funded by Qatar Foundation International and hosted previously by the California World Language Project at Occidental College and in 2023 by hosted by the Loyola Marymount University .  

The goal of the project is to support the teaching of Arabic in Southern California and to provide Arabic language educators from a variety of institutions K-16, private and public, full time and weekend school with a forum to

• Meet, network, share resources and ideas.

• Assist schools that would like to start new programs.

• Reach out to communities and educate them about the Arabic language and culture.

• And advocate for Arabic language and culture programs in the schools.

SCALTC is led by an  Executive Committee that  represents a wide variety of institutions and regions at public and private elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities as well as non-profit and public service organizations.

California World Language Project, LASTARS Personnel

Iman A. Hashem : OCWLP- Program Director
Hadia Al abdullah: Program Coordinator

Sponsorship

SCALTC is developed by a grant awarded from Qatar Foundation International. 

Hosted By

SCALTC is hosted and supported by LMU (Loyola Marymount University).