ESOL Summer Institute - Tidewater
Williamsburg, VA
- ESOL practitioners with less than two years experience
- Program managers & administrators new to ESOL
The Tidewater Institute will be held from noon on Monday, July 25th until noon Tuesday, July 26. Two content strands will be available: New ESOL Practitioner and New ESOL Program Manager. All participants should select one of these stands when registering. A packet of pre-institute readings will be mailed to participants according to the strand chosen. Because time will be limited, the institute will be jam-packed with content, instructional activities, and a special dinner and evening session with guest speaker Linda Grant, author of Well-Said: Pronunciation for Clear Communication. You will be part of a cohort that will explore the issues related to your selected strand. All participants will leave the institute with a wealth of resource materials, as well as copies of either the new Practitioner Toolkit: Working with Adult English Language Learners by NCFL and NCLE or T.E.S.O.L.'s Standards for Adult Education ESL Programs.
Topics Covered:
Program Managers New to Adult ESOL:
- Language Immersion Experience
- Standards for Adult Education ESL Programs
- Evaluating your Program
- Instructional Systems
- Sharing Challenges and Successes
- Collaborations
- Adult ESOL Content Standards
- Curriculum Overview
- Textbook Review
- Formal and Informal Assessment Overview
- Program Improvement Plans
Practitioners New to Adult ESOL
- Language Immersion Experience
- How Adults Learn
- Instructional Planning
- The Integrated Lesson Plan
- Teaching the Four Language Skills
- Effective Strategies for Teaching the Language Skills
Registration
To register for the conference, print out the registration form (you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader), fill it out, and mail it to:
1015 W. Main St.
P.O. Box 842020
Richmond, VA 23284-2020
