It's Official - TriState TCI is a Group!

Since I started teaching with Comprehensible Input, I've discovered a close-knit but far-flung peer group of dedicated CI language educators. Many of us are the only CI teachers in our buildings, schools, or even districts. For a while, I felt like the only CI teacher in Pennsylvania - or the TriState region! 

That was what motivated four area CI teachers, of three different languages, at three different levels, in four schools, in three states, to form a peer learning network: TriState TCI. Our group has been active for two years and has gained a life of its own, becoming a recognized community of professionals learning and growing together. We are our own institution.

So, where once our ideological isolation made it tough to take advantage of group discounts offered for conferences and workshops, we now have acknowledged group status. Lucky for us, the CI world operates in a spirit of generosity and collegiality that transcends school walls and district boundaries. Thanks to that spirit, here are the group incentives that conference and workshop organizers have made available to members of TriState TCI who want to attend training this summer:

June 27-29 Express Fluency Teacher Training, Burlington, VT
The June training features Mandarin, French, and Spanish classes supplemented by teacher workshops. Register by May 1st and save $30! Group discount $30 off per person for groups of 3+. Register here.

July 4-29, STARTALK/Confucius Institute TPRS Training for Chinese Teachers, U of Hawaii
Information here: http://confuciusinstitutehawaii.org/programs/summer-programs/teacher-sports-camp-info/

July 12-14: Teach for June summer workshops: Immediate Immersion & Power Grading,
in Sandy Creek, NY.

Scott Benedict writes: Generally we offer a $30 discount per person for 3 to 5 registrations and $60 per person for 6 or more. If you have a group registering together, email me at scott@teachforjune.com to get the discount code. Please include information about everyone in your group along with their emails.

Register here.

July 16-18: FluencyFast language classes just before iFLT in Chattanooga, TN.

Karen Rowan writes: It's $100 off for anyone attending iFLT or $200 off 2 classes. (Give or take a dollar. I'm rounding.) I'll extend that same rate to anyone who is just attending Fluency Fast classes as a group. Register online here, for classes in French and Spanish, and here, for classes in Mandarin.

July 18-22, TPRS Academy Summer Intensive 5-Day training, near Amsterdam, Netherlands

Kirstin Plante writes: Receive a DISCOUNT of €75 if you register for both this course and the Agen workshop! (See below for details about Agen, July 25-30). Information here.

July 19-23 iFLT week-long training conference, in Chattanooga, TN

Carol Gaab at iFLT has also offered us a group discount. Mary Grigonis Greenfield has generously offered to be the point person to work out logistics of handling a group registration. Any current Tristate members may message Mary on FaceBook or email her here to form a TriState TCI group at iFLT in July. Pricing and registration information here.

July 25-29: NTPRS week-long training conference, in Reno, NV

Jody Klopp writes: You will be able to register as a group for the TriState TCI peer network. On the registration page, indicate that your group is TriState TCI. On the payment page, type the appropriate discount code shown below:

3 - 5 registrations from same school district (or group) - $30 per person discount

(Use discount code DISTRICT3)

6 or more registrations from same school district (or group) - $50 per person discount

(Use discount code DISTRICT6)

Register here.

July 25-30: TPRS® Agen, week-long training conference, in Agen, France

Judith Dubois writes:

The Agen Workshop will give a reduction of 10% to groups of 3 or more that register together.

Register here.

August 11-12 or 13-15 Express Fluency Teacher Training, Burlington, VT

This August training(s) feature Latin, Spanish and French classes combined with teacher workshops. Register by May 1st and save $30. Group discount $30 off per person for groups of 3+. Register here.