Teacher Training MIssion

Teacher Training Mission

Through an unwavering commitment to excellence and renewal, the ELI faculty and staff endeavor each day to enhance our reputation as a leader among TEFL training programs. Our leadership is based on a clear understanding of our goals and the means to achieve them.

As teachers, tutors, administrators and staff, we strive to:

• Meet or exceed our teaching professionals’ expectations for developing their linguistic, pedagogical, and professional skills.
• Contribute to international understanding by engaging teaching professionals in meaningful intercultural exploration.
• Provide our teaching professionals with the support and services they require to live and study successfully in the United States.
• Meet the ordinary and extraordinary needs of our teaching professionals, ensuring that their experience at ELI is productive and fulfilling.
• Provide only the most talented and experienced teacher training specialists and staff and promote their continued professional growth.
• Assume personal responsibility for solving problems, value each other as highly as we do our clients, and support each other in our work.
• Manage our resources, attaining financial viability without compromising the outstanding value of an ELI education.
• Enrich the University of Delaware and the local community, fostering cross-cultural communication and interaction.

Adopted July 30, 2014