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      • SIOP Feature 1 Write content objectives clearly for students
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      • SIOP Feature 7 Explicitly link concepts to students backgrounds and experiences
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      • SIOP Feature 13 Provide ample opportunities for students to use strategies
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      • SIOP Feature 16 Provide frequent opportunities for interaction and discussion
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      • SIOP Feature 20 Provide hands-on materials and/or manipulatives for students to practice using new content knowledge
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      • SIOP Feature 25 Engage Students 90-100% of the Time
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English Learner Institute

TESOL Trainers is offering its highly popular English Learner Institute. This workshop series provides K-12 teachers with a clear understanding of how to support English learners in the K12 classroom with TESOL and SIOP strategies.  We provide useful models of what it looks like in the classroom, and we highlight practical techniques that set all students up for success.

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TESOL Trainers' English Learner Institute


During this interactive workshop, K-12 teachers ​examine TESOL strategies, explore the SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) framework, experience real lessons.

K-12 educators walk away with a score of strategies and techniques they can use when planning, teaching, and reflecting on their lessons. Everything we do are low-no prep ways of engaging students in class.
Participants who attend this remote training session leave with a solid sense of how to plan, teach, and reflect lessons based on the principles of TESOL and sheltered instruction.  
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The Principles & Practices of Sheltered Instruction

This remote teacher training workshop gives teachers a solid look at this K-12 framework and how it is used in schools to set all students up for success.  Through a series of model lessons and interactive experiences participants will:
  • Determine the principles of Sheltered Instruction and how they can be used to support learning.
  • Identify the 8 components of SIOP and how they support teaching and learning.
  • Create SMART language and content objectives.
  • Develop 8 strategies for teaching academic language in all contexts.
  • Gain 10 strategies for making content comprehensible to all learners.
  • Acquire the ability to use the Gradual Release of Responsibility to scaffold students.
  • Develop skills at creating think time for students.
  • Use cooperative grouping and pair sharing to promote oral language development.
  • Promote effective academic listening and viewing skills.
  • Gain strategies to integrate the 4 domains of language in every lesson.
  • Increase the variety & volume of student interactions with language and content.
  • Develop the ability to engage students 90-100% of the time in meaningful ways.
  • Hone ability to ignite metacognition skills in learners.
  • Provide meaningful review of language and content using 4 recycling strategies.
  • Gain skills at planning, teaching, and reflecting on lessons: online and face to face.
  • Use the Conscious Competence Matrix to promote teacher development. 

Who should attend?

This PD is perfect for any K-12 teacher, administrator, or instructional coach who wants a solid understanding of how best to support English learners in the classroom.

During this highly experiential workshop, participants will:
  • experience real model lessons that support all students, especially the English learners
  • examine powerful strategies that increase language acquisition and learning outcomes
  • explore low-no prep techniques that connect everyone to the language, the content, and one another 

​Every educator will find this program to be a powerful step towards transforming how teaching and learning occur.

What is the format of the course?

This virtual course has a one and two-day format.  Each of these is amazing, and hundreds of participants say exactly that.  
  • The 1-day program is an outstanding introduction of SIOP that highlights the importance of language, student engagement, comprehensible input, and scaffolding (among other aspects of SIOP). 
  • The 2-day program is a more thorough examination of SIOP and its 8 components with a greater emphasis on vocabulary acquisition, metacognition, and creating learning opportunities.

Dates for this Virtual Institute on TESOL and SIOP Strategies for K12 Teachers

1-Day
​April 17
May 25

June 5
​June 20

9:00am-3:30pm EST
2-Day​
April 20-21
May 22-23
June 1-2
​June 22-23

9:00am-3:30pm EST
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2-Day English Learner Institute: April 20-21

$425.00

2-Day Virtual English Learner Institute: April 20-21, 2023. 9:00am-3:30pm.



This is a powerful means of supporting all students, especially the English Learners.  It is a highly interactive and inspiring look at TESOL strategies and techniques that all teachers can implement with low-no preparation.


Hundreds of K-12 educators say it's "the best PD ever" and have given this course 5 stars. "the trainer was superb." is one of the most common phrases on Google reviews.


This virtual course is a 100% participant-centered experience that uses model lessons and practical strategies that work. Participants walk away with:


  • Practical strategies to engage all students in meaningful ways
  • Step-by-step plan to scaffold any lesson for any learner
  • Techniques to boost metacognition
  • Strategies to make vocabulary acquisition efficient and effective
  • Tools to create active listeners
  • Tips and tools that maximize learning opportunities
  • Approaches to promoting meaningful student to student interactions
  • Techniques to build background and connect students to the lesson
  • Strategies to boost learner confidence and competence
  • Research-based actions that promote teacher change
  • Tips on how to augment learner responsibility and autonomy
  • And much more!!!


The results are transformative and tangible. All participants will leave the PD inspired to implement this content in their classrooms.


The cost is $425.00 per person. 


For Purchase orders, please visit the PO Request Page.

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1-Day English Learner Institute: April 17​

$250.00

1-Day Virtual English Learner Institute: April 17, 2023. 9:00am-3:30pm EST


This is a powerful means of mastering sheltered instruction. The day is packed with strategies, techniques, and tips. It is a highly interactive and inspiring look at how all students can be set up for success. 


Hundreds of teachers say it's "the best PD ever" and have given this course 5 stars.


This virtual course is a 100% participant-centered experience that uses model lessons and practical strategies that work. Here are a few things they’ll get out of it:


  • Practical strategies to engage all students all of the time in meaningful ways
  • Step-by-step plan to scaffold any lesson for any learner
  • Techniques to boost metacognition
  • Strategies to make vocabulary acquisition efficient and effective
  • Tools to create active listeners
  • Tips and tools that maximize learning opportunities
  • Approaches to promoting meaningful student to student interactions
  • Research-based actions that promote teacher change
  • And much more!!!


The results are transformative and tangible. All participants will leave the PD inspired to implement this content in their classrooms.


The cost is $250.00 per person. 

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2-Day English Learner Institute: May 22-23

$425.00

2-Day Virtual English Learner Institute: May 22-23, 2023. 9:00am-3:30pm.



This is a powerful means of supporting all students, especially English Learners. It is a highly interactive and inspiring look at TESOL strategies and techniques that all teachers can implement with low-no preparation.


Hundreds of K-12 educators say it's "the best PD ever" and have given this course 5 stars. "the trainer was superb," is one of the most common phrases on Google reviews.


This virtual course is a 100% participant-centered experience that uses model lessons and practical strategies that work. Participants walk away with:


  • Practical strategies to engage all students in meaningful ways
  • Step-by-step plan to scaffold any lesson for any learner
  • Techniques to boost metacognition
  • Strategies to make vocabulary acquisition efficient and effective
  • Tools to create active listeners
  • Tips and tools that maximize learning opportunities
  • Approaches to promoting meaningful student to student interactions
  • Techniques to build background and connect students to the lesson
  • Strategies to boost learner confidence and competence
  • Research-based actions that promote teacher change
  • Tips on how to augment learner responsibility and autonomy
  • And much more!!!


The results are transformative and tangible. All participants will leave the PD inspired to implement this content in their classrooms.


The cost is $425.00 per person. 


For Purchase orders, please visit the PO Request Page.

Sign Up

1-day English Learner Institute May 25

$250.00

1-Day Virtual English Learner Institute: May 25, 2023.



  • This is a powerful means of mastering sheltered instruction. The day is packed with strategies, techniques, and tips. It is a highly interactive and inspiring look at how all students can be set up for success. This is a 100% participant-centered experience that uses model lessons and practical strategies that work.Here are a few things they’ll get out of it:Practical strategies to engage all students all of the time in meaningful ways
  • Step-by-step plan to scaffold any lesson for any learner
  • Techniques to boost metacognition
  • Strategies to make vocabulary acquisition efficient and effective
  • Tools to create active listeners
  • Tips and tools that maximize learning opportunities
  • Approaches to promoting meaningful student to student interactions
  • Research-based actions that promote teacher change
  • And much more!!!


In addition to the score of strategies and techniques, participants walk away with the clear idea of how to implement the content of the PD in their contexts.



The results are transformative and tangible. All participants will leave the PD inspired to implement this content in their classrooms.


The cost is $250.00 per person. 


For Purchase orders, please visit the PO Request Page.

Sign Up

2-Day English Learner Institute: June 1-2

$425.00

2-Day Virtual English Learner Institute: June 1-2, 2023. 9:00am-3:30pm.



This is a powerful means of supporting all students, especially English Learners. It is a highly interactive and inspiring look at TESOL strategies and techniques that all teachers can implement with low-no preparation.


Hundreds of K-12 educators say it's "the best PD ever" and have given this course 5 stars. "the trainer was superb," is one of the most common phrases on Google reviews.


This virtual course is a 100% participant-centered experience that uses model lessons and practical strategies that work. Participants walk away with:


  • Practical strategies to engage all students in meaningful ways
  • Step-by-step plan to scaffold any lesson for any learner
  • Techniques to boost metacognition
  • Strategies to make vocabulary acquisition efficient and effective
  • Tools to create active listeners
  • Tips and tools that maximize learning opportunities
  • Approaches to promoting meaningful student to student interactions
  • Techniques to build background and connect students to the lesson
  • Strategies to boost learner confidence and competence
  • Research-based actions that promote teacher change
  • Tips on how to augment learner responsibility and autonomy
  • And much more!!!


The results are transformative and tangible. All participants will leave the PD inspired to implement this content in their classrooms.


The cost is $425.00 per person. 


For Purchase orders, please visit the PO Request Page.

Sign Up

1-day English Learner Institute June 5

$250.00

1-Day Virtual English Learner Institute: June 5, 2023. 9:00am-3:30pm EST

This is a powerful means of mastering sheltered instruction. The day is packed with strategies, techniques, and tips. It is a highly interactive and inspiring look at how all students can be set up for success. 


Hundreds of teachers say it's "the best PD ever" and have given this course 5 stars.


This virtual course is a 100% participant-centered experience that uses model lessons and practical strategies that work. Here are a few things they’ll get out of it:


  • Practical strategies to engage all students all of the time in meaningful ways
  • Step-by-step plan to scaffold any lesson for any learner
  • Techniques to boost metacognition
  • Strategies to make vocabulary acquisition efficient and effective
  • Tools to create active listeners
  • Tips and tools that maximize learning opportunities
  • Approaches to promoting meaningful student to student interactions
  • Research-based actions that promote teacher change
  • And much more!!!


The results are transformative and tangible. All participants will leave the PD inspired to implement this content in their classrooms.


The cost is $250.00 per person. 


For Purchase orders, please visit the PO Request Page.

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Where can I go for more information?

Contact us directly if you'd like to know more about this one-of-a-kind program.  We would be happy to speak with you.  This program is an inviting and inspiring look at sheltered instruction. 
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