IES specializes in creating customized professional development programs for American educators and/or educators outside the U.S. IES programs are designed to provide cultural awareness and practical language instruction through:

 

• Summer institutes: "The Hunt for Global Resources"

 

• Weekend seminars: Fortune Cookies:
  Chinese Language and Culture in Bite-Size Pieces

 

• Evening classes: "Chinese for Adoptive Parents"

 

• Study/Travel opportunities:

   

  • China
  • South Africa
  • Puerto Rico
  • Brazil