Next Summer

These ftrainings will set you up with instruction and assessment systems that you can deploy directly into your classroom when school starts back. You will experience the systems as a student in an uninterrupted five-day morning session with a max of 35 classmates. In the afternoon, you will work with Tina in a large-group setting (max 70 people) in the afternoon to learn about theory, assessment systems, and delivery and classroom management skills to support your students’ language development. Then you will receive whole-group partner coaching on specific skills that align to what you experienced in your morning class. In the evenings, you will work with your coaching partner to practice those skills while they are fresh on your mind.

We are planning three institutes, each with two week-long sessions and three options.

Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) Institute: Learn a system for building student-driven characters and stories, develop literacy, and incorporate students’ interests and lives into the classroom. For first- and second-year teachers. (How to differentiate the second year from the first will be addressed.)

Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) Institute: Learn a system for designing content-based instruction aligned to AP/IB themes, or to your students’ interests. Learn how to scaffold output to help your students develop the thinking, writing, and speaking skills to be successful on AP/IB tests and build their confidence in using the language to communicate about Advanced-level topics. Modified Reading and Writing Workshop strategies will be shared.

Coaching Intensive: During the CALP Institute, Ben will be offering a small-group (max 12) all-day coaching intensive, tailored to the needs of the group. Roll up your sleeves and get ready to develop very rapidly as a CI teacher.