ICTFL Professional Learning Tours
In 2011, the ICTFL Board decided to host annual summer Professional Development Tours to service the needs of Illinois language educators. Illinois teachers have since climbed Machu Picchu in Peru, fed Giant Pandas in China, visited urban farms in Havana, Cuba, made fresh mozzarella in Italy, swam with giant sea turtles in the Galapagos and this year we heard the thunder of the Iguazu Waterfalls in Argentina. Our goals for these PD tours include:
I hope you'll consider joining me, members of the ICTFL Board and your Illinois language educator colleagues on our next unforgettable adventure to Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary in 2019.
--Linda Egnatz, ICTFL Past President and 2014 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year
- Provide language teachers the opportunity to have a "novice learner" experience -- to empathize with their students by spending time in a language and culture foreign to their own.
- Give language educators opportunities to practice language and learn about culture in places not usually traveled to with students.
- Plan educational experiences such as school visits, teacher exchanges, and hands-on learning with locals and award teachers ISBE Professional Development credit hours required for license renewal.
- Create a learning community open to educators (and their guests) and invite them to have fun exploring the world with like-minded adventurers.
I hope you'll consider joining me, members of the ICTFL Board and your Illinois language educator colleagues on our next unforgettable adventure to Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary in 2019.
--Linda Egnatz, ICTFL Past President and 2014 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year
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Download the 2019 Professional Development Tour Itinerary (below) Learn more at www.eftours.com/2116126XX
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Register by 7/27/2018 and Save $100
Previous EF Professional Learning Tour Alumni - Save an additional $100 For discounts email: Alexa.Matarazzo@EF.com | ||
2018 Argentina, Uruguay & Brazil
It's become an anticipated, annual event, the ICTFL Summer Teacher Tour. This summer, the ICTFL took 25 language educators and guests to Argentina, Uruguay and the southern tip of Brazil for an unforgettable adventure. The tour included it all: history, the tango, gauchos, a school visit, a foodie adventure, a river cruise and visit to see the waterfalls made famous in the movie, "The Mission." The tour includes an optional extention tour to Mendoza, Argentina's wine region, and while it's too late to join in on the 2018 adventure, you can reserve your place now for an exciting tour to Croatia, Slovenia and Budapest, Hungary in 2019. The 11 day tour begins June 24th, 2019, but you can start planning now with early registration discounts. ICTFL offers tour participants PDs and our tour sponsor, EF provides participants with the opportunity of earning college credit. This tour is special! Click on the link below to visit our tour website at www.eftours.com/2116126XX . A downloadable tour PDF for 2019 can be found above. Link to 2018 here: www.eftours.com/1950976CK
