Professional Learning Communities

Professional Learning Communities, PLCs, can have profound benefits on the quality of instruction and quality of learning in a school.  Creating healthy PLCs has many concrete benefits:

  • Heightened awareness of what helps/hinders learning
  • Increase in implementation of effective strategies
  • Increase in teaching confidence and competence
  • Increase in teacher collaboration
  • Positive School Climate when adopting new systems

iCOACH© is an empowering approach to instructional coaching

With  iCOACH© all teachers develop the skills of an instructional coach to support their own teacher development as well as their peers'. The iCOACH© flexible format and participant-centered design helps schools develop systemic and supportive learning communities in each school.
TESOL Trainers helps teachers develop the necessary skills to use the Experiential Learning Cycle as a vehicle for informing and transforming© their own teaching practices.

TESOL Trainers  helps schools achieve excellence in teaching and in learning. 


As the iCOACH© peer coaching program progresses, teachers become the facilitators of the entire process.  They develop the skills necessary to support themselves and their peers in developing positive teaching practices.

                  iCOACH© = Empowerment

Throughout the iCOACH© program, participants increase their understanding of what helps and hinders learning and what they need to do to set all students up for success.
iCOACH© empowers educators to take charge of their own professional development and gives educational institutions the best return on the investments they make in professional development.

TESOL Trainers - A Scaffold to Success

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. 
Adaptable
The techniques and strategies covered can be used the next day in the classroom without much preparation. 
Research-Based
Every strategy and technique is based on sound research of learing and teaching paradg
Needs-Based
Every workshop is designed and delivered with the specific needs of the institution and its goals.

Please Contact TESOL Trainers  for more information on how we can help your educational institution set all teachers & learners up for success.