The BEGINNER TRACK or TPRS 101 – Basic Training is designed for teachers that are new to teaching with methods that implement Comprehensible Input.  Generally, if teachers have been to less than 1 or 2 workshops, the Beginner Track is a perfect start. This workshop is for teachers who are new to TPR Storytelling® or for teachers who feel that they need to revisit and practice the fundamentals of the method. You can expect the following:

1. Second Language Acquisition principles that support TPRS

2. Experience learning a new language as a student with TPRS (listening, reading, writing and speaking)

3. How is TPRS 2.0 the fastest way to achieve Intermediate Fluency?

4. Lesson Planning and practice giving a lesson with the TPRS Recipe

5. Discussions on how to adapt TPRS to many teacher contexts

The Experienced TRACK is a three-day workshop that will highlight the following Advanced topics:

Blaine is the inventor of TPRS and author of several TPRS materials. Blaine developed and refined TPRS while teaching high school for over 20 years in Ontario, OR and Bakersfield, CA. During a 4-year period while teaching in CA, more of Blaine’s students passed the AP Spanish test than 13 other high schools in the district combined. Blaine is an experienced presenter and has given TPRS presentations in all 50 states and in many foreign countries in various settings. He currently resides with his family in Woods Cross, UT, where he continues to teach Spanish as a volunteer at a local high school and online on a regular basis.

Craig, a former high school student of Blaine’s, Craig learned TPRS as a student teacher in 2005 and, after seeing tremendous results, has been passionate about ever since. Craig became a National Presenter for TPRS books in 2009 and now works and presents full time to a nationwide audience. He taught in the Nampa School District in Nampa, Idaho from 2005 to 2017. (UPDATE: Craig has returned to the classroom in Nampa as of 2022.) Craig has a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish with a Business Minor and a Master’s in Education: Curriculum and Instruction from Boise State University. He has taught all levels of Spanish and taught as an adjunct professor in the Modern Languages and Literatures Department at Boise State University from 2003 to 2017 and the College of Western Idaho from 2009 to 2017. Craig has also served as President of both IATLC (Idaho Association of Teachers of Languages and Cultures) and PNCFL (Pacific Northwest Council for Languages). Craig currently resides in Nampa with his wife and five children. 

Nathan Spencer has been doing TPRS since 2012 and, after seeing tremendous results, has been passionate about it ever since. Nathan became a National Presenter for TPRS books in 2017. He has taught in the Nampa School District in Nampa, Idaho since 2014 and is currently the department chair. Nathan has a Bachelor’s Degree in BYU Idaho, a Master's Degree from Boise State University and teaches all levels of Spanish. Nathan currently resides in Meridian, Idaho with his wife and children.

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AIRPORT TO HOTEL - There are three options to get to the hotel.

1. Rent a car (approximate cost for 4 days - $390)
2. Take an Uber/Lyft ($35)
     UBER:      https://auth.uber.com/login/?uber_client_name=riderSignUp
     LYFT: https://g.co/kgs/wijtTv
3. Take the “TRAX” (UTA light rail system) from the airport to the North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe stop. From there you can take an uber the rest of the way since the other train (“FrontRunner”) doesn’t operate on Sundays.

HOTEL TO AIRPORT -
Take the train, called the “FrontRunner”, from the WoodCross station to the North temple bridge / Guadalupe" stop. Then, from there transfer to the GreenLine TRAX and take it to the airport.

There are a number of nearby options

Breakfast: On your own