For American high-school French teachers

Improve your teaching skills ! 

Training and skills lab workshops in the ADI method (acquisition-driven instruction) with our certified ADI coaches

Discover Alsace ! 

Visits to museums, vineyards, European institutions, and cultural sites in the region

Practice your French !

Option of living with a local host family, visits in French, round table with local teachers


Tentative schedule

Wednesday, June 25: Arrival in Strasbourg, meet host families

Thursday, June 26: Morning ADI session 1, Group lunch, Walking tour of historic center

Friday, June 27: Morning ADI session 2, walking tour University of Strasbourg, round table with professors of Français Langue Étrangère

Saturday, June 28: Morning ADI session 3,

Sunday, June 29: Free day

Suggestions: Strasbourg museums, Saverne and Haut Barr castle, Musée Lalique in Wingen-sur-Moder, Basel and the Beyeler Foundation, Baths in Baden-Baden Germany, Obernai vineyards

Monday, June 30: Morning ADI session 4, afternoon trip to Colmar and Unterlinden museum 

Tuesday, July 1 : Day trip to Le Struthof concentration camp, Mont Sainte Odile monastery and Route des Vins d’Alsace

Wednesday, July 2: Morning ADI session 5, Cooking class for lunch, Council of Europe visit

Thursday, July 3: Departure

Certified ADI Coaches

Dr. Michelle Kindt 

Michelle has over 20 years of teaching experience at both the middle and high school levels in public education.  A National Board-Certified teacher, Michelle currently works as a French teacher (Grades 6, 7 & 8) at Sharon Middle School in Sharon, MA.  Michelle works with language teachers all over the country touting the message of Comprehensible Input (CI), Acquisition-driven Instruction (ADI) and happy classrooms!  As a teacher-trainer and coach, Michelle has regularly worked with small cohorts of teachers, training them in ADI strategies to take back to their classrooms.  In addition to regional, state and local venues Michelle has had the opportunity to present and coach ADI theories and strategies at national conferences, such as IFLT, CI Summit, Fluency Matters & ACTFL.  She has recently defended her doctoral dissertation and received her Ed.D. from Immaculata University in Educational Leadership.  Michelle very much enjoys working with World Language teachers, encouraging them to teach for proficiency outcomes via acquisition-driven language instruction. 


Teri Wiechart

Teri has 35 years of experience as a social studies and French teacher at Delphos Jefferson High School in Ohio. Since retirement in 2010 she has worked as a consultant to the Ohio Department of Education, working on updating the learning standards for Ohio’s K-12 students.  

Teri has worked on numerous projects with teachers of Language Acquisition, notably as coach at National TPRS Conference and the International Forum for Language Teachers. She was director of the iFLT Conference in 2022 and is currently is the Conference Coordinator for the CI Summit 2023 & 2024 Conference. She has held numerous responsabilities with the Ohio Foreign Language Association, including President of the Executive Board 2013-14. She was the recipient of the 2018 OFLA Distinguished Career Award.

Teri received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Purdue University in 1974 and her Masters of the Arts in Teaching in 1980 from Bowling Green State University.  She studied abroad at l’Université de Strasbourg et l’Institut d’Étrangers, Strasbourg, France 1973-1974.     

Fees

Cost includes ADI workshops, group visits and activities, meals as indicated, in-country travel.  Does not include travel to Strasbourg.

  • $2,300  Stay with host family, breakfast and dinner provided
  • $2,100  Stay with host family, no meals provided
  • $2,300  Single studio apartment, no meals provided
  • $2,100  Studio apartment shared with another participant, no meals provided


The deposit is due by December 31, 2024.  A full refund will be given for cancellations before that date.  The balance is due May 1, 2025.  Cancellations between December 31 and May 1 will forfeit the deposit. Cancellations after May 1, 2025 will be refunded the balance less any non-recoverable costs and less the deposit.

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