Gyeonggi-do International Education Institute to Train Global Future English Education Experts

Teachers participating in the advanced English training at Gyeonggi-do International Education Institute are taking a commemorative photo.

The Gyeonggi-do International Education Institute will conduct advanced English training for 60 elementary and secondary English teachers until October.

This training is designed to strengthen the identity of the glocal curriculum, including enhancing teachers' English proficiency, multicultural education, and AI-based edutech.

Since April, the Gyeonggi-do International Education Institute has selected 60 English teachers and has been operating domestic and international, online and offline training programs.

The domestic training consists of 60 hours of online and offline sessions until next month, while the overseas training will be a 90-hour global external cooperation residential program including practical classes at local schools in Canada from next month through August.

Additionally, efforts to strengthen cooperation and communication with other cities and provinces are underway through participation in the Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (KOTESOL) conference last April and native speaker cooperative classes at Incheon English Village this month.

Yu Hyeyoung, Director of the Gyeonggi-do International Education Institute, emphasized, "We will actively support the immediate application of this training to school classes," adding, "We will strengthen field-oriented training and expand external cooperation for better curricula."

Meanwhile, the advanced English training program is being conducted in partnership with Gyeongin National University of Education for elementary teachers and Sookmyung Women’s University for secondary teachers, following a bidding process in March.

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