| Developing Professional Developers is McREL’s term for Training-of-Trainers. The primary objective of the Developing Professional Developers program is to prepare English as a Second Language staff developers/coaches to provide Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners professional development sessions to support mainstream teachers in providing high quality instruction for English language learners. During the first two days you will see the Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners workshop modeled and on the third day you will work on your skills as a facilitator and practice delivering parts of the workshop. Based on McREL's popular book, Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners, this workshop applies the nine categories of research-based instructional strategies identified in Classroom Instruction that Works to five stages of language acquisition. |