Courses - Mentor Training Program

What you'll learn

The foundation of being a great mentor and inspiration for your teachers is to develop the learner-centered instructional approach to teaching languages and managing language programs. You’ll get a brief introduction to backward design planning and developing a course syllabus. The next part of the program focuses on learning the steps to properly mentor language educators, which will be contextualized and tailored according to your professional reality.

Next, you will acquire the skills to take efficient and actionable notes based on observations, as well as tips to provide effective teacher feedback. You will gain understanding on how to conduct mentor meetings, develop a plan of action and conduct instructor follow up.

Course 1

Learner-Centered Instruction

This course is an orientation to the communicative approach, principles of learner centeredness, adult learning, how to flip your class and set up a learner-centered classroom.

Course 2

Backward Design Planning

This course will help you to understand how to plan lessons using the Backward Design approach.

Course 3

Creating a Syllabus

This course will help you develop a classroom syllabus.

Course 4

Mentoring Flowchart

This course will help you set up your mentoring program.

Course 5

Instructor Observation

This course will help you set up and execute classroom observations.

Course 6

Observation Notetaking

This course will help you develop skills to take effective notes which will be used to create a feedback report.

Course 7

Feedback Report & Meeting

This course will help you complete a feedback report and conduct a mentor meeting to assist instructors in identifying areas of strength and improvement.

Course 8

Plan of Action

This course will prepare you to complete a plan of action for expectations for best practices and instructional improvement.

Course 9

Instructor Follow-Up

This course will help you perform follow-up tasks with instructors such as: Follow-up observations and live or asynchronous coaching.

Course 10

Coaching

This course will provide you with the tools to effectively provide live or asynchronous coaching.

Are you interested?

Mentor Training

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