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A Bi-national Center Seeking to Regain Market Edge
Instituto Brasil Estados Unidos (IBEU)
Instituto Brasil Estados Unidos (IBEU) approached the Center to help them regain their market edge in the very competitive English language-teaching environment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were seeking to work with cutting-edge teacher training to help bring them back to a competitive position.
Center staff evaluated the IBEU site in Rio and determined, together with IBEU staff, that teacher training alone would not address all that they were seeking. Both groups recognized that for changes in teaching to be sustained, the methods for supervising and evaluating teachers would also need to change. Placing the students at the center of the education process would mean changing practices at all levels of IBEU--from teachers in the classrooms to teacher trainers, local branch-level managers, human resource personnel, and upper management.
The project included four primary components.
- All teachers participated in a custom-designed version of the SIT TESOL Certificate Course.
- All managers participated in a custom-designed version of the International Diploma in Language Teaching Management (IDLTM) course.
- IBEU teachers and managers formed two working groups with one looking at ongoing professional development for teachers, and the other focusing on new assessment practices and tools. Both groups worked together, both in-person and on-line, implementing the ideas and practices learned in the TESOL Certificate and IDLTM courses in every-day practices at IBEU.
- A management oversight group was formed to look at management practices and policies and ensure that they would align with the changes that were taking place throughout the institution.
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