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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
    • SIOP Building Background >
      • 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
    • SIOP Comprehensible Input >
      • 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
    • SIOP Interaction >
      • 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
    • SIOP Practice and Application >
      • 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
        • Four Domains of Language Listening
        • Four Domains of Language Writing
        • Four Domains of Language Reading
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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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SIOP Sets Everyone Up for Success

SIOP {Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol} provides teachers with a set of guidelines for planning and teaching in a way that supports non-native & native English speaking students in the K-12 classroom.

​TESOL Trainers, Inc. offers experiential professional development on all aspects of Sheltered Instruction.  TESOL Trainers also offers online SIOP PD.

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What will my teachers get out of TESOL Trainers' SIOP Seminars?

 Sheltered Instructional Techniques are more than best practices in teaching. The scope of SIOP helps teachers define and refine the way they plan and teach their lessons.  SIOP strategies that teachers use to support English language learners in the classroom are just as effective with all of their students regardless of their native language.  

The components and features of SIOP remind teachers of fundamental teaching strategies such as building background and scaffolding and critical teaching skills like giving clear instructions and encouraging higher order thinking skills.  A summary of SIOP can be found here.

Contact John Kongsvik to learn more about K-12 SIOP Professional Development.
2-day Virtual PD on SIOP
Participating teachers in our SIOP professional development will...
  • Develop an understanding of the SIOP Model and its uses.
  • Experience model SIOP lessons and their underlying principles.
  • Gain skills at designing SMART content & language objectives.
  • Examine strategies to build background for every learner.
  • Use research-based vocabulary teaching strategies techniques.
  • Enhance the ability to make all input comprehensible.
  • Be able to use the Gradual Release of Responsibility.
  • Develop strategies to increase student to student interaction.
  • Acquire ways to integrate the four domains of language in every lesson.
  • Increase student engagement to 90-100% of contact time.
  • Gain simple & effective ways to review content and language.

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If you would like to organize professional development for your district or school, contact us directly to discuss options.  If you would like to send a few of your teachers, coaches, or administrators to one of our PD sessions, click here to sign up for our remote K12 teacher training sessions.

How is the K-12 Professional Development Structured?

John Kongsvik is Director of TESOL Trainers, Inc. based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
John Kongsvik, Director of TESOL Trainers, Inc.
  1. TESOL Trainers can design and deliver SIOP professional development workshops in a short-term or longer-term fashion.  We offer 1-2 day SIOP trainings, and we offer professional development that spans one academic year or more.
  2. The focus can be an overview of SIOP or an in-depth look at SIOP, its 8 components and 30 features.  One or more aspects of SIOP can also be the focus {e.g. scaffolding, engaging students, turn-and-talk, etc}.
  3. In addition, we offer a for-credit option with our SIOP PD for any institution that would like to reward their teachers by providing graduate credit for their efforts.
  4. Any SIOP training can be combined with a Peer Coaching training to scaffold all teachers into implementing the strategies with fidelity.  See more about iCOACH© here.  Peer coaching is an empowering way to support all teachers.  

TESOL Trainers offers SIOP professional development online

Our remote PD on the Principles and Practices of SIOP is a one-of-a-kind adventure.  The experiential approach we use is highly engaging and empowering.  Teachers leave our online PD with loads of instructional strategies and techniques that work in the remote learning environment and in the traditional classroom.  Educators become invigorated and inspired to set all of their students up for success.

TESOL Trainers offers scores of remote K12 professional development that will transform how teaching and learning occur at your school.
Contact us and let us know what kind of SIOP training you are looking for, and we'll design something specifically for your needs.
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Why Should I Use SIOP

What do teachers and administrators say about our workshops?

TESOL Trainers has designed and delivered K-12 professional development initiatives on Sheltered Instruction techniques for over 10 years.  Because every workshop is experiential, teachers experience all of the SIOP strategies and techniques by going through model lessons.  Once teachers 'unpack' the principles, teachers explore adaptable, easy-to-use ways to use them in the classroom.

Setting our students up for success requires setting our teachers up for success. Let TESOL Trainers give you a scaffold to success™.

Here are brief overviews of two components of SIOP, Giving Clear Instructions and Engaging Students.
Please Contact us for detailed information on how we can help your educational institution set all teachers and learners up for success.

What kinds of SIOP PD does TESOL Trainers offer?

TESOL Trainers offers a wide variety of SIOP professional development.  From short-term introductory SIOP PDs to long-term, in-depth explorations of all 30 SIOP features, we can set you up for success.  Here are four examples:
  1. Introduction to SIOP:  Length - 2 days. This looks at the SIOP Framework, its 8 components, and 10 key features.
  2. SIOP Institute:  Length - 5 days.  In addition to the aforesaid, participants look at each component and its features throughly.
  3. Principles and Practices of SIOP:  Length - 8 days.  This SIOP Training goes deep with each component, spending 1 day on each.
  4. Mastering the SIOP Framework:  Length - 12 days.  People who complete this SIOP Training are grounded in all SIOP features.

​You can download TESOL Trainers' SIOP PD Brochure to see more information on the kinds of SIOP programs we offer.  We can always modify any one of them to meet your needs.   TESOL Trainers' SIOP training can produce amazing results!  We offer all of these programs in on online format.

Contact John Kongsvik, the director of TESOL Trainers, to discuss what kind of SIOP PD is right for you.  

Using the Conscious Competence Learning Matrix to Support Teacher Growth

The Conscious Competence Matrix is a tool used to measure one's skills and awareness of those skills.  

​Our SIOP Professional Development for K-12 Educators uses this matrix as a means of stimulating growth, raising one's awareness, and empowering oneself. 

​Take a look at how we can use this matrix as a self-reflection tool for teachers going through TESOL Trainers' SIOP Institute:  TESOL Trainers SIOP Self-Reflection.  As Gattegno said, "only awareness is educable" we can support teacher awareness to cultivate a growth-mindset.
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