TESOL Trainers' Remote Professional Development

If you would like to send individual teachers, administrators, and coaches to attend one of our remote professional development workshops, you've come to the right place.  TESOL Trainers' experiential approach to teacher training makes remote PD interactive, innovative, and inspiring.  We offer a number of professional development topics for novice and experienced K12 educators who want to take teaching and learning to the next level.

The Principles and Practices of TESOL
TESOL Trainers has created a highly interactive experience that helps teachers better understand the challenges English learners face in the content area classroom and gives teachers scores of strategies to help teachers set their students up for success.  By the time it's over, you will:
  • Develop 8 strategies for setting all students up for success.
  • Use movement and manipulatives to stimulate learning.
  • Acquire the ability to continuously check for comprehension.
  • Engage students 90-100% of the time.
  • Scaffold  learning with the Gradual Release of Responsibility.
  • Integrate the four domains of language in every lesson.
  • Connect students to language, content and one another.
  • Transform students into active listeners.
  • Master 10 ways to increase academic vocabulary acquisition.
  • Promote oral language development.
  • Use the iCOACH™ method to boost teacher reflection.
 This PD is perfect for any educator, administrator, or instructional coach who wants to gain a clearer understanding of why English learners struggle and what practical TESOL strategies can support their success.

Dates for the Principles and Practices of TESOL PD


  • Jan 24, 2022 - Sold Out
  • Feb 22, 2022 - Sold Out
  • March 28, 2022 - Sold Out
  • April 25, 2022 - Sold Out​

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The Principles and Practices of SIOP I

This remote workshop gives teachers a solid look at the SIOP framework and how it is used in K12 schools to plan, teach, and reflect on learning. 

Through a series of model lessons and interactive experiences participants will discover:
  • This history of SIOP and its usage in K12 education 
  • The SIOP framework: its 8 components and 30 features
  • How SIOP supports all learners, especially English learners
  • The relationship of SIOP to the four domains of language: speaking, listening, reading, writing
  • What SIOP looks like in the content-area classroom: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
  • SIOP strategies to connect students to the content
  • SIOP strategies to connect students to the language
  • SIOP strategies to connect students to the one another
In addition, participants will take time to discuss how SIOP can be integrated into their specific teaching contexts.
 This PD is perfect for any K-12 teacher, administrator, or instructional coach who wants a solid understanding of what SIOP is and how it can be used to support learning in the virtual classroom.

Dates for the Principles and Practices of SIOP I

  • Jan 24, 2022 - Sold Out
  • Jan 25, 2022 - Sold Out
  • Feb 22, 2022
  • Feb 23, 2022
  • March 28, 2022 
  • ​April 25, 2022

The Principles and Practices of SIOP II

This remote workshop gives teachers a deeper look at the SIOP framework and how it is used in K12 schools to plan, teach, and reflect on learning. By using model lessons, this interactive PD will help participants learn key SIOP strategies and techniques that can have a profound impact on student learning outcomes.

In addition to reexamining SIOP's 8 components and 30 features, here are a few of the themes that are explored:

Dates for the Principles and Practices of SIOP II

  • February 15, 2022 - SOLD OUT
  • March 15, 2022 - SOLD OUT
  • March 30, 2022
  • March 31, 2022
  • ​April 26, 2022

The Principles and Practices of Vocabulary Teaching

The Principles and Practices of Teaching Vocabulary is a powerful look at what vocabulary teaching and learning are all about. This PD examines what it means to learn vocabulary and how that informs us on the way vocabulary should be taught.

By looking at model lessons, participating teachers discover the four components of vocabulary and learn ways to get students to interact with vocabulary in meaningful ways.

 Here is what participants gain from this PD:
  • Understand the four components of vocabulary 
  • Develop 15 strategies to help students interact with vocabulary in meaningful ways
  • Boost student confidence by supporting student pronunciation of words and phrases
  • Increase the opportunities that students get to use vocabulary terms
  • Gain 8 strategies of teaching vocabulary to students
  • Understand the connection that oral language development has with vocabulary development
  • Help students assess their own vocabulary usage and understanding
  • ​Develop techniques that help teachers design and delivery lessons that have a clear vocabulary focus
  • Move students from vocabulary renters to vocabulary owners

Dates for the Principles and Practices of Vocabulary Teaching


  • February 17, 2022 - SOLD OUT
  • March 11, 2022 - SOLD OUT
  • March 29, 2022
  • April 11, 2022