Instructor
Ksan Rubadeau, Invited Professor at Korea University, Seoul, and teacher trainer with the Seoul Ministry of Education
When?
15 April - 26 May 2013
Who Should Attend?
This course is for educators who meet any of the following criteria:
- have adequate ELT field experience
- are the lead ELT coordinator for the district
- have coordinated ELT professional development trainings
- have facilitated ELT professional development trainings
- aim to enhance their ELT professional development program
Registration
Cost TESOL members
| US$570
|
Nonmembers
| US$655
|
Global members
| US$240 |
Registration for TESOL's Training of Trainers is now closed. We will be offering this course again in 2014. Thank you for your interest.
Technology Requirements
Registration Terms and Conditions
More About This Course
Do you want to revitalize your English language professional development program? Do you need to answer the demand in your community for a quality ELT program? The TESOL Training of Trainers online course can help.
This course allows you to
- reflect on and identify the needs of your ELT professional development program
- build a model for improving the program based on those needs
- begin transforming existing English language program (ELP) capacity
You will be introduced to several free online resources to help enhance your ELT program. You will create an extensive annotated resource guide via LiveBinders that will be curated and further customized during (and after) the course. As a result of taking this course, you will take time to reflect on your current or would-be program, take action to boost your program's profile and, most importantly, transform your current ELT program into using today's modern technologies.
What Will I Learn?
You will be able to
- conduct a needs assessment
- build a professional development plan
- design professional development modules
- identify key techniques, tools, and resources
- plan and implement a pilot test
- deliver engaging workshops
- evaluate pedagogical change
- sharpen a professional development plan
- grow ELP capacity
- create collaborative communities of practice
About the Instructor
Ksan Rubadeau (M.A. Applied Linguistics, Concordia University, Montreal) has had the joy of being an ESOL educator and teacher trainer for sixteen years. She has taught learners of all ages in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Korea. For the past eight years, she has developed and facilitated a wide range of professional development courses for elementary and secondary EFL teachers in Korea; subjects range from general TESOL methodology and course planning to advanced mentoring techniques. She is now an award-winning Invited Professor at Korea University in Seoul and a teacher trainer affiliated with the Seoul Ministry of Education. Ms. Rubadeau has also served in several positions of Korea TESOL (KOTESOL). Her in-progress doctoral research at Durham University, UK, focuses on teacher trainers’ use of technology.
More Information
If you have any questions about this course, please contact TESOL Education Programs and put "Training of Trainers" in the subject header.