Class Hours:  Students should plan on spending 50 - 55 hours per week (at minimum) on the course. Class hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with breaks throughout the day and a one-hour break for lunch. From 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. students will receive their feedback from their practicum instructor regarding their previous night’s teaching practice. Because of the intense nature of the schedule, you should plan to do any sightseeing either before or after the class ends.
Student teaching is from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Each student will be required to be here a minimum of 8 nights until 8:00 p.m. either student teaching or working on their Learner Profile. You will receive your practicum schedule on the first day of class.
Class Assignments: There are approximately 85 assignments due throughout the 4-week course. These include lesson plans, reflections, essays, quizzes, written assignments, etc. Plan on spending an extra 2 to 3 hours every night on homework.
ALUMNI TIP: “My advice to new students would be to realize that this is equivalent to 9 credit hours (3 classes / 1 semester) of graduate-level TESL/TEFL coursework crammed into four weeks. This is not going to be a piece of cake by any stretch of the imagination. It takes a lot of work to make it through this class. Every day you will have projects, presentations, and lesson plans that you will be required to do."