Professional Development Courses
After spending time in the ESL/EFL classroom teachers begin to have a sense that they can be more effective and productive, but they're not exactly sure how. Well, with our five meticulously designed and crafted professional development courses teachers now have some of the industry's best teacher-development resources at their fingertips.
Three of our courses focus on professional development in the classroom. Get Them Talking provides teachers with more efficacious ways of getting their students to actively participate in the classroom. The Instructional Strategies course introduces teachers to the most effective techniques for teaching classes with students of varying language levels. And the What Great ESL Teachers Do course offers a detailed look into the methodologies, approaches and techniques used by highly acclaimed ESL/EFL instructors. All three courses will give you that “boost” you are looking for in the classroom.
In addition, we believe that a significant part of an EFL teacher’s professional development is tied closely to his or her ability to transition successfully to life overseas. With that in mind, we offer two courses, Culture Shock and Empowering You. These courses provide teachers with the practical on-the-ground knowledge they need for living and working in a foreign country.
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Culture Shock: What to do when your dream job of being an ESL teacher becomes a nightmare!
General description: Since many of the students who complete their ESL certifications teach abroad, this course helps students tremendously when it comes to culture shock. Teachers will be exposed to different situations that they may not normally be faced with in their home country. This professional development course will give you advice on what to expect during the first year of teaching while living abroad this course will examine the pitfalls of what some first time ESL teachers face while abroad and how to avoid them. The course offers 50 hours of classroom time and can be completed in two weeks: http://www.eslcertified.com/esl/www/index.php?cru=Y3RnPWxlc3Nvbl9pbmZvJmNvdXJzZXNfSUQ9MjI%3D
Language: English
Training hours: 50
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Empowering You! What to expect from day 1 to the last day
General description: This new course is advantageous to all English teaching professionals. You will be faced with many new and exciting situations while teaching English abroad. However, in order to stay positive during your time, you must have realistic expectations. This course helps ESL teachers in their expectations as an ESL teacher and what they should know before they step into the classroom. This course is 50 hours long can be completed in as little as 2 weeks: http://www.eslcertified.com/esl/www/index.php?cru=Y3RnPWxlc3Nvbl9pbmZvJmNvdXJzZXNfSUQ9MTg%3D
Language: English
Training hours: 50
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Get Them Talking! How to elicit responses from your students
General description: If you are having a problem with classroom participation, this professional development course will help you be the teacher that gets responses. You will learn steps and techniques that help teachers elicit responses from their students and to make your class extremely dynamic while also providing a safe and comfortable atmosphere for students to learn in. This professional development course can be completed in 2 weeks with 50 hours of class time: http://www.eslcertified.com/esl/www/index.php?cru=Y3RnPWxlc3Nvbl9pbmZvJmNvdXJzZXNfSUQ9MjA%3D
Language: English
Training hours: 50
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Instructional Strategies: How to teach a class of students on varying levels
General description: Many times while teaching abroad, you will be in a classroom where the levels of your students' English skills vary. This professional development course will help you to instruct a class of students varying in speaking, listening, and writing levels with steps and techniques so that every student is able to learn regardless of their specific level. You will receive 50 learning hours and will be able to complete this course in two weeks: http://www.eslcertified.com/esl/www/index.php?cru=Y3RnPWxlc3Nvbl9pbmZvJmNvdXJzZXNfSUQ9MjE%3D
Language: English
Training hours: 50
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What Great ESL Teachers Do
General description: Another professional development course that we provide is "What Great ESL Teachers Do" where you will learn specific steps and techniques that experienced ESL instructors use which offer amazing results in the classroom and professionally. This course will help you to become the best ESL teacher that we know you can be. This professional development course takes 2 weeks to complete and incorporates 50 hours of learning time: http://www.eslcertified.com/esl/www/index.php?cru=Y3RnPWxlc3Nvbl9pbmZvJmNvdXJzZXNfSUQ9MTk%3D
Language: English
