Latin Teacher Lab (Early Access!)
Save Time and Grow as a Teacher with Lesson Plans, Teaching Demos, Coaching Sessions, and a Collegial Community for Joy & Success in Teaching Latin
***Enrollment in the Latin Teacher Lab is currently closed*
Please feel free to direct any questions to Justin using the Contact button at the bottom of this page.
Justin Slocum Bailey is the ultimate educator. He brings to every one of his pursuits extensive knowledge, curiosity about both language and people, a sense of humor, and an extraordinary ability to connect. As I strive to improve my own teaching, I try to channel what I have seen in him. He is thorough, clear, exciting, talented, interesting, and fun.
~ Jacqui Bloomberg, MA, Latin Teacher and World Language Department Head, Dana Hall School (MA)
Serve Your Students. Grow as a Teacher.
Whether you're teaching level 1 or 5, whether you've been teaching for 3 years or 33, whether you're using a textbook or not, you have things you want your students to learn and do better, and you have ways in which you want to grow as a teacher.
Coming up with ideas and materials to facilitate this learning takes time and confidence that are a luxury for many Latin teachers.
Building skills as a teacher takes time and effort, and it can be hard to know what skills and strategies are worth this time and effort.
The resources, training, and support in the TeachHuman Latin Teacher Lab simplify all of this for you.
From ready-made materials to carefully crafted units, from daily routines to expert teacher moves, from tried-and-true lessons to direct guidance on your specific teaching situation, the Latin Teacher Lab provides things you need in order to be a calmer, more effective, more confident teacher.
Justin Slocum Bailey took a language most people consider long dead and brought it to life as if it were the lyrics to my son’s favorite song. He not only taught him the joys of language—all language—but he also inspired him to approach life as a deep thinker, a global communicator, and a passionate advocate for the interconnectedness of all people. And he ignited in him a passion for learning that has extended into every part of his life. I will be forever grateful.
~ Ed Solomon, screenwriter (Men in Black, Charlie's Angels, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Now You See Me)
Versatile Value + Deep Transformation
Done for You, Done with You
To make it as easy as possible for you to benefit from Latin Teacher Lab resources and support, it is priced to be a no-brainer even if you are interested in only one or two items—though you'll probably be interested in a lot more!
As you can see in the breakdown below, a single month's benefits are worth more than what you pay for the entire year.
Over the course of a year, you get
more than $2000 worth
of resources and support
for less than $100.
So...What's Included?
❁ Monthly Features of the Latin Teacher Lab
✔️ At least one new unit / set of lesson plans per month, with versions for multiple levels (pdfs, editable docs, audio, and more)
➢ VALUE: $30+/month
✔️ At least one 60-90-minute live Demo Session per month
➢ VALUE: $45+/month
✔️ At least one 60-minute live Coaching Session per month
➢ VALUE: $65+/month
✔️ Regular additions to the Latin Brain Breaks Collection
➢ VALUE: $5+/month
❁ On-Demand Resources Available ONLY in the Latin Teacher Lab
✔️ Demo Library (bite-sized videos on specific skills and principles—available now and growing every month)
➢ VALUE: $100+ and increasing every month!
✔️ Latin Brain Breaks Collection (explanations, scripts, and resources to use in class, coming October 2021)
➢ VALUE: $35
✔️ Full archives of Units & Lesson Plans (monthly from August 2021 onward)
➢ VALUE: increasing every month!
✔️ Full archives of Demo Series (recordings of live sessions)
➢ VALUE: increasing every month
✔️ Full archives of Coaching Series (recordings of live sessions)
➢ VALUE: increasing every month!
❁ Additional Items Included in the Latin Teacher Lab
✔️ Acroamata Tranquilla (2+ hours of calm audio in Latin for use by teachers and learners, with transcripts and interlinear translations—available now)
➢ Regular price: $25
✔️ Latin Words Walls, Slides, Templates, & Design Tutorials (available now)
➢ Regular price: $16
✔️ Latin Brain Breaths Collection (videos in simple Latin to play in class, coming October 2021)
➢ Regular price: $30
Sign-up Bonus:
50% off Low-Prep Strategy of the Week (Reg. $85)
The Low-Prep Strategy of the Week series brings you 33(!) easy-to-implement language-teaching strategies, each with 1-4 short videos explaining and demonstrating the strategy and offering several variations, including face-to-face and virtual options. Where it would be helpful, the videos are accompanied by written information or resources such as slides.
Upon joining the Latin Teacher Lab, you will receive a coupon code for Low Prep Strategy of the Week.
Sample Overview of Lesson Materials
Sulpicia legenda est!
This video offers an overview of the Sulpicia-inspired plans from September 2021, as an example of the kind of materials that are published in the Latin Teacher Lab each month. You can download the lesson plans and some other materials mentioned in the video as a free sample here (link opens in new tab).
Meet Your Guide
About Justin Slocum Bailey
I'm Justin. I created TeachHuman and the Latin Teacher Lab to make your teacher-life better.
I've been a teacher (of Latin, language arts, guitar, test prep, and martial arts) for sixteen years and a teacher-trainer for ten. In the process, I've been invited to share ideas with teachers in 11 countries and 31 U.S. states, and I've gotten to learn new things myself at every stop.
I am head over heels about helping teachers and learners succeed with less stress and more joy, and Latin teachers and learners have a special place in this endeavor. As a founding host of the Quomodo Dicitur? podcast, a long-time board member and instructor for the North American Institute for Living Latin Studies (SALVI), and a frequent presenter at international conferences, I bring joyful Latin teaching methods wherever I can. I also helped design, over the course of several years, the International Baccaulaureate's (IB) upcoming revised Diploma Programme for Classical Languages, an experience that widened my understanding of the issues Latin teachers face in various teaching contexts.
I'm thrilled to be able to distill what I've learned into the Latin Teacher Lab so that you can confidently help all kinds of learners acquire and enjoy Latin!
When I'm not teaching or helping other teachers, I'm writing and making music, playing board games, podcasting, or chatting on a porch. I hope we get to chat sometime, whether online or in person! If you have questions about this or any other program, please feel free to get in touch.
Justin speaks Latin in a way that is expressive and authentic, full of idiom and careful, deliberate word choice. He also speaks in a way that is inviting to those around him, using his humor, his kindness, and his intuition to engage people in conversations whose purpose is not just to practice a foreign language but also to connect as people.
~ Anna Andresian, MA, MSt, award-winning Latin teacher and software developer
***Enrollment in the Latin Teacher Lab is currently closed*
Please feel free to direct any questions to Justin using the Contact button at the bottom of this page.
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What People Say
More feedback on Justin's courses and training
One of the most inspiring teachers, and humans, I've had the pleasure of knowing.
Justin has astonishing vision for big-picture language-learning goals and how to achieve them through day-to-day, small-picture processes.
Justin Slocum Bailey makes me feel calm and capable.
JSB is my new hero. I mean, I really enjoyed watching him work and hearing him speak. He's authentic, intelligent, sincere. The real deal.
Justin’s enthusiasm and sense of humor were amazing!
I know of no one in education, over my 35 years of experience, who has done more wonderful things and has more to offer than you do.
I truly didn’t want today to end! This is the type of professional development that teachers crave.
One of the best speakers I have seen in my entire career!!
My new mantra is "Teach like JSB is watching!"
Awesome energy!
Justin's ease with students is pure magic.
Whenever I face a pedagogical decision, however big or small, I ask myself, "What would Justin do?"
Holy gifted batman! Justin's command of a classroom is amazing.
I learned a mountain of wonderful strategies!
He was so engaging and so entertaining. SUCH a great speaker and so inspirational!
I've never met a teacher more excited for or more skilled at teaching a language through whatever methods work for his students, whether they be formal and traditional or cutting-edge.
Quería darte las gracias por la clase de hoy, en verdad fue muy divertido e inspirador. Estaré al pendiente de tu vuelta a México para volver a tomar otro taller. ¡Gracias!
Ausgezeichnet! Your energy and true caring shone through so beautifully.
Justin is an amazing presenter.
One of the greatest teachers I have ever encountered.
His enthusiasm and engagement model so well.
You treated everyone in the class like they mattered PERSONALLY to you. You looked them in the eyes, you remembered their names, you TOLD them they were interesting. You were laughing, they were laughing, and you let the mistakes be part of the fun. Their successes were yours - you were EXCITED by their success.
What I appreciated most was the specific activities I learned, combined with Justin’s willingness to engage with our questions and ideas.
An amazing experience.
Your (Justin's) exemplary skills + empathy + humor. An inspiring model.
A totally accomplished and expert presenter! I will be studying this presentation in depth.
The kind of teacher/presenter I'd like to have a beer with.
I learned by experience that I really can do this!
Justin Slocum Bailey is the ultimate educator. He brings to every one of his pursuits extensive knowledge, curiosity about both language and people, a sense of humor, and an extraordinary ability to connect. As I strive to improve my own teaching, I try to channel what I have seen in him. He is thorough, clear, exciting, talented, interesting, and fun.
~ Jacqui Bloomberg, MA, Latin Teacher and World Language Department Head, Dana Hall School (MA)
Justin Slocum Bailey took a language most people consider long dead and brought it to life as if it were the lyrics to my son’s favorite song. He not only taught him the joys of language—all language—but he also inspired him to approach life as a deep thinker, a global communicator, and a passionate advocate for the interconnectedness of all people. And he ignited in him a passion for learning that has extended into every part of his life. I will be forever grateful.
~ Ed Solomon, screenwriter (Men in Black, Charlie's Angels, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Now You See Me)
Justin speaks Latin in a way that is expressive and authentic, full of idiom and careful, deliberate word choice. He also speaks in a way that is inviting to those around him, using his humor, his kindness, and his intuition to engage people in conversations whose purpose is not just to practice a foreign language but also to connect as people.
~ Anna Andresian, MA, MSt, award-winning Latin teacher and software developer