Press Release – Eaton Receives Pinnacle Award Honorable Mention form CILC

September 10, 2010

Eaton International Consulting Inc. received a 2009-2010 CILC Pinnacle Award Honorable Mention from the Center for Interactive learning and Collaboration (CILC).  The award is presented annually to individuals/organizations providing outstanding professional development programs through CILC.

“We are thrilled to receive the honourable mention,” says Dr. Sarah Eaton, founder of Eaton International Consulting Inc. “To be honest, we were surprised. We just started working with CILC a few months ago. There are only a handful of nominees, so this is a very special honour.”

To qualify for Honorable Mention the content provider must receive an average score of 2.6-2.79 out of a possible 3 on their program evaluations from educators and administrators during the school year. The evaluation assesses seven areas: two related to the effectiveness of the presenter and five related to the scope and effectiveness of the professional development program.   All content posted to http://www.cilc.org by Pinnacle Award winners is marked with the CILC flame.

Eaton International Consulting Inc. (est. 2000) has been providing professional development content to educators through CILC since 2010. It is an outstanding achievement to receive the CILC Pinnacle Award Honorable Mention after so little time, a testament to the company’s professionalism and delivery standards.

About CILC

The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC), a not-for-profit, provides services, including consulting and workshops, to help develop, support, and evaluate video distance learning programs and community projects to maximize learning.  CILC’s website, http://www.cilc.org, provides access to engaging interactive video conferencing content and professional development programs, collaboration opportunities, and site directories.  CILC partners include Education Network of America (ENA), Elluminate, My eCoach, Wainhouse Research and TANDBERG, part of Cisco.

About EIC Inc.

Founded in 2000, Eaton International Consulting Inc. provides professional development workshops, seminars, keynotes and consulting services to educational institutions and professionals. Focusing on leadership, evaluation, management, marketing and program development, the company helped clients in North America, Europe and Asia.

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Sarah Elaine Eaton is a faculty member in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada.

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The Plight of the ESL Program Director

March 29, 2010

Are you a frustrated ESL program manager?

I presented a paper a few years ago at the University of Prince Edward Island called The Plight of the ESL Program Director.  It reveals findings of a research study I did about English as a Second Language program directors and managers at the university level.

Here are the two main highlights:

  • Many English as a Second Language (ESL) program managers, are charged with the responsibility of marketing their programs and recruiting students internationally, often with little or no training (Eaton, 2005).
  • Not only are they set forth ill-prepared, the repercussions for insufficient revenue generation may be harsh, including having to fire instructors or having their programs may be closed by the very institutions they serve (Mickelson, 1997; Soppelsa, 1997; Staczek, 1997), many of which regard such programs as lucrative (Rubin, 1997).

Building on the work that has been done in this field to date, this research adds in the voices of three language program directors that I interviewed for this study. All of them directed different ESL programs, housed in different academic units at the same university. They offer commentary and insight into matters of importance for ESL administrators.

At the end of the paper, I offer some recommendations on how things may be improved for the future.

The full-text paper in .pdf format is available free of charge through the ERIC database.

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Literacy and Essential Skills (video)

February 12, 2010

Here’s a new video that I just posted on Literacy and Essential Skills, as defined by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada:

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Canada’s 9 Literacy and Essential Skills http://wp.me/pNAh3-qi

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