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      • SIOP Feature 1 Write content objectives clearly for students
      • SIOP Feature 2 Write language objectives clearly for students
      • SIOP Feature 4 Identify Supplementary Materials to Use
      • SIOP Feature 6 Plan meaningful activities that integrate lesson concepts with language practice
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      • SIOP Feature 7 Explicitly link concepts to students backgrounds and experiences
      • SIOP Feature 8 Explicitly link past learning to new concepts
      • SIOP Feature 9 Emphasize key vocabulary for students
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      • SIOP Feature 10 Use Appropriate Speech for Students Proficiency Level
      • SIOP Feature 11 Explain Academic Tasks Clearly
      • SIOP Feature 12 Use a variety of techniques to make concepts clear
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      • SIOP Feature 13 Provide ample opportunities for students to use strategies
      • SIOP Feature 14 Use scaffolding techniques consistently throughout lesson
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      • SIOP Feature 16 Provide frequent opportunities for interaction and discussion
      • SIOP Feature 17 Use Group Configurations that support language and content objectives
      • SIOP Feature 18 Provide sufficient wait time
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      • SIOP Feature 20 Provide hands-on materials and/or manipulatives for students to practice using new content knowledge
      • SIOP Feature 21 Provide activities for students to apply content and language
      • SIOP Feature 22 Provide activities that integrate all language skills >
        • Four Domains of Language Speaking
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      • SIOP Feature 25 Engage Students 90-100% of the Time
      • SIOP Feature 26 Pace the Lesson Appropriately to the Students Ability Level
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      • SIOP Feature 27 ​Give a comprehensive review of key vocabulary
      • SIOP Feature 29 Provide feedback to students regularly on their output
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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
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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. 

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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.
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