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Program Features and Content

 

Summer Camps for EFL Teachers includes 30 hours of training, delivered as a five-day summer program. These initial sessions are followed by reinforcement sessions, lesson design and facilitated collaborations. ESILC trains teachers in effective presentation and facilitation that supports classroom management. Facilitators model ESILC’s methodology as they provide classroom coaching, observations, and end-of-day debriefing.

Teachers take part in a curriculum mapping process that is designed to help teachers and administrators align curriculum with school and state standards, track and implement educational goals, highlight best practices, facilitate benchmark assessment planning and testing, and evaluate test results as they relate to curriculum plans.

ESILC’s Summer Camps for Teachers is a professional development program for educators that provide a proven research-based approach to the design and delivery of curriculum. The camps for Teachers programs help educators put joy in the learning process and turn classrooms into optimal learning environments.

 

1. Teaching Skills
   Methods include the steps for building a strong foundation, a positive atmosphere of rapport and respect, and a supportive environment. The training also includes steps for improving presentation skills, designing engaging lessons and identifying and reaching all types of learners. Educators learn strategies for effective classroom management, accelerating learning, making content more meaningful, and supporting standards-based curriculum. Participants receive resource manuals appropriate for their specific trainings.
   
    

2. Reinforcement Courses/Refresher Days
   The Reinforcement courses deepen educators’ understanding of each Learning level. The training assists teachers in how best to apply the concepts and strategies to individual needs and classrooms. Educators get the opportunity to interact, ask questions and practice their skills. Refresher days update the participants when there has been a significant time lapse between levels.
   
    

3. Classroom Coaching
   Teachers Classroom Coaching involves fun, dynamic and interactive exchanges between the ESILC’s facilitator and teachers in their own classrooms. The facilitator provides support and feedback and fine-tunes techniques for greater performance. When desired, the facilitator will personally instruct a learning skill class and model ESILC’s Learning methods, as well as meet with teachers for individual coaching, brainstorming and debriefing.
   
    

4. Facilitation Fundamentals
   Facilitation Fundamentals covers the basic delivery/presentation methods that can be applied to presenting learning and life skills.
   
    

5. Learning and Life Skills Workshops
   Teachers are trained in the delivery of specific learning and life skills curriculum. They receive scripts for the courses along with student handouts. This curriculum is based on a learning and life skills program recognized worldwide.  Learning Skills courses include: Reading, Writing, spelling, vocabulary, memory, time-management, learning styles, note-taking and test-taking strategies.  Life Skills courses include: responsibility, goal-setting, communication skills, relationships, creativity and problem solving.
   
    

6. Implementation Plan
   The Implementation Plan generates conversation that helps teachers implement Learning strategies, concepts and foundations in their classrooms. The plan helps teachers develop an in-depth understanding of key concepts. Teachers and the facilitator work together to discover how Learning can be applied to individuals needs. Educators get the opportunity to interact, ask questions and practice their new skills. Schools may choose from ESILC’s Learning curriculum as a focus. They may also select specific topic such as:

   • Curriculum Design Frames: designing sample lesson plans around specific content.

   • Classroom Management

   • Applications for Learning

   • Character Building