BEST PRACTICES in Working with ELs
TESOL Trainers can tailor make any series of Best Practices to accommodate any school. 

TESOL Trainers offers short-term teacher training workshops, a longer series of professional development workshops, and even peer coaching intervention through iCOACH© to insure that the practices presented in the training are successfully adopted.

Because of the experiential nature of these workshops, teachers put into practice the content of the workshop the very next day. Each principle is highlighted using model lessons, hands-on techniques, and low to no preparation materials for teaching.​

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If you would like to organize professional development for your district or school, contact us directly to discuss options. 

Working Effectively with English Learners 


TESOL Trainers can help teachers develop the necessary knowledge, attitude, skills, awareness (KASA) to work effectively with the English Learners they serve.  The professional development TESOL Trainers offers K-12 educators provides the following:
  • What helps/hinders learning for English learners in the K-12 classroom
  • Why English learners struggle to connect with the content, the language, and other students
  • Strategies to make content comprehensible for the English learner
  • Giving clear instructions for K-12 learning
  • Promoting academic language in the K-12 classroom
  • Supporting English learners in working effectively in groups and other cooperative learning situations
  • Scaffolding learning to support all levels of proficiency in the content area classroom
  • Utilizing Sheltered Instruction techniques to differentiate learning opportunities
  • Checking for comprehension at all stages of teaching and learning
  • Engaging all students with the content, the language, and one another in the K-12 classroom

Focused K-12 Professional Development on Working with ELs

​​TESOL Trainers also offers in-depth professional development on targeted topics you may wish to explore with your teaching staff.  Any topic(s) can be explored in an experiential manner to develop teachers' KASA.

Remote K12 Professional Development
TESOL Trainers' online professional development promotes effective teaching and effective learning.  Our remote workshops show teachers examples of real lessons that are full of practical strategies, easy-to-implement techniques, and engaging ideas.  Our online teacher training sessions will transform the way that teachers teach.  

Teachers love the ideas these workshops give them.  The strategies and techniques we present can be implemented the next day without much time or effort. They love the engaging nature of the strategies.  Many teachers cannot see how engaging online instruction can be; we show them how.  Most importantly, they appreciate that our professional develop makes them fall in love with teaching and learning again. 
Teaching is challenging.  Teaching online can be even more challenging, especially for educators who may not have a solid background in online teaching.  Not only do teachers walk away feeling invigorated, they walk away with the inspiration to make purposeful changes in how they design and deliver lessons.

Contact John Kongsvik, the director of TESOL Trainers for more information on how we can se you up for success.

TESOL Trainers provides experiential professional development to K-12 teachers

TESOL Trainers uses the following principles guide the design and delivery of everything:

Learner Centered
The driving principle behind all workshops is that the leaner must be 100% engaged in the learning process.
Experiential
All activities are hands-on approaches to exploring and experiencing the guiding principles & strategies behind each technique.
Adaptable
The techniques and strategies covered can be used the next day in the classroom without spending hours on preparation.
Research-Based
Every strategy and technique is based on sound research of learning and teaching current to the field of teaching.
Needs-Based
Every workshop is designed and delivered with the specific needs of the institution and the goals of the intervention.

  
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