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ICTFL Professional Learning Tours

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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, heard the thunder of the Iguazu Waterfalls in Argentina, and walked the streets of Dbrovnik, Croatia as seen in Game of Thrones.  We plan for amazing memories and unique experiences.  Our goals for these PD tours include:
  • 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 or college credit 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 join me, members of the ICTFL Board and your fellow Illinois language educator colleagues on our next unforgettable journey through Panama.

Linda Egnatz,
Past ICTFL President, current ICTFL Advocacy Chair
Global Seal of Biliteracy Executive Director,
​Joint National Council on Languages (JNCL) President-Elect,
2014 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year




ICTFL Professional Development Tour
Panama 2023
  

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Unexpected "Sloth Crossing"
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Ships cross the Isthmus of Panama through the Miraflores Locks.
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Rio Chagres canoe crossing to the Embera village.

"CROSSINGS" makes a great theme for our 2023 Panama Tour.

The 2023 Panama Tour highlights include an opportunity to visit the Miraflores Visitor Center in the Panama Canal zone, the Chagres National Park and Emberá indigenous village, Panamá Viejo, the Bio Museum designed by architect Frank Gehry, and to see the creatures of this amazing country, from the slow-moving sloth, to swinging monkeys on Monkey Island, to the Marine Research Center and its aquatic creatures. Come and learn with us. Illinois PDs are available, so take this opportunity to build lessons and units that combine the rich Panamanian culture, the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and your own personal travel experience.

$100 DISCOUNT for Registration by 10/31/22                                 $100 DISCOUNT for previous EF Travelers 
To Register or Learn More

Gallery of Past ICTFL Tours

2019 Croatia, Slovenia & Budapest

2018 Argentina, Uruguay & Brazil

2017 Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands

2016 Italy:  Rome and Sorrento

2015 Cuba Cultural Exchange

2013 China:  Beijing, Xi'an, ChengDu and Shanghai

2012 Peru Professional Development Tour

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  • MEMBERSHIP
    • Members >
      • Join ICTFL >
        • Membership Form
      • Job Postings >
        • Teaching Positions
        • Substitute Positions
        • Other Positions
    • Awards & Scholarships >
      • Fund for the Future Scholarship
      • Teacher of the Year Award
      • Distinguished Service Award
      • College Foreign Language Award
      • President's Award
      • New Teachers Award
    • About >
      • ICTFL Board
      • Contact ICTFL
      • ICTFL Documents
      • ICTFL Affiliates
  • Conferences
    • 2022 Conference >
      • 2022 Conference Schedule
    • Past Conferences
  • Professional Learning
    • 2023 Spring Workshop >
      • Registration for 2023 Spring Workshop
    • WinterFest >
      • WinterFest Registration
    • OPI / MOPI
    • ICTFL Teacher Tours
  • Advocacy
    • Seals of Biliteracy >
      • Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy
      • Global Seal of Biliteracy
    • JNCL-NCLIS Language Advocacy Days
    • Local Advocacy
  • Resources