GUIDELINES FOR NEW TEACHERS

The table below provides the sequence of activities that will guide you during the first semester at IDIOMAS EAFIT. These activities have
been chronologically arranged into four different moments: First two weeks, First quarter/Throughout the semester, End of the semester,
and Second semester. Please make sure you meet the specific deadline that some of these tasks will require.

FIRST TWO WEEKS

Activities Description Contact Email

Delivery of visa It applies only for international Elizabeth elondo15@eafit.edu.co
documentation teachers Londoño
Pre-Service Online training about academic Elizabeth elondo15@eafit.edu.co
and administrative issues. Make Londoño
sure you complete the modules
before your visit to the main
campus. with
Meeting on campus Meeting with the academic and Elizabeth elondo15@eafit.edu.co
administrative staff and a Londoño
guided tour to the IDIOMAS
EAFIT building, main campus
and facilities.
Meeting with Meeting with the Academic
Academic Coordinator you will be working
Coordinators with
Institutional email Once you have signed all your
contract papers, the university
will assign you an institutional
account. You will receive your
user name and password in
your personal account. From
that moment on, every
institutional notification will be
sent to your institutional
account.

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 Language classes - International teachers will be Clara Gómez cgomezc4@eafit.edu.co
information able to take Spanish lessons.
Medical Examination You must attend a medical Medical Service
examination, off campus, as
one the Medical Service unit
requirements

FIRST QUARTER / THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER

SIMEVI course You will be assigned a mentor to Elizabeth Londoño elondo15@eafit.edu.co

(Sistema de walk you through all the
Mentoría Virtual) academic processes. To
successfully complete the
course, you need to conduct 3
or 5 class observations (based
on your teaching experience)
and send your final reflection to
the coordination along with the
peer class observation journals.
Teachers who work for
SISLENGUAS do not need to
take SIMEVI.
SOCRATES For SISLENGUAS teachers, it is a Laura Urrego Hurtado lurregoh@eafit.edu.co
platform where you will learn
how to report your students’
grades.
ACADI Training Maria Isabel Zuluaga mzulua45@eafit.edu.co
y Elizabeth Londoño /
elondo15@eafit.edu.co
Payroll Orientation Feel free to ask any questions Jony Zapata y azapata@eafit.edu.co /
you have about pay check. Elizabeth Londoño elondo15@eafit.edu.co

Program Meeting One meeting per program, per Program Coordinator

semester / Academic Assistant

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 Director’s Meeting One meeting per semester Thomas Treutler
Enter grades Enter grades by midterm Maria Isabel Zuluaga Mzulua45@eafit.edu.co
session and throughout the
course

END OF FIRST SEMESTER

In-service Lectures, courses and Elizabeth elondo15@eafit.edu.co /

workshops offered by Idiomas Londoño y Ana apmunoz@eafit.edu.co
EAFIT that are part of your Patricia Muñoz
Professional Development
PDP Hours Report Format to be submitted with Elizabeth elondo15@eafit.edu.co
(Professional the details of your Professional Londoño
Development Development Program Activities
Program)
Professional A day with conferences and
Development Day workshops guided by experts
and colleagues
PTC (Parent teacher Fill out report cards
Conference) or Final
Feedback
Teacher-Coordinator Meeting with the Academic Academic
Conference Coordinator you work with to Coordinator
get first-semester impressions

SECOND SEMESTER

Online Assessment Focus on assessment Elizabeth elondo15@eafit.edu.co

Course procedures at IDIOMAS-EAFIT Londoño
(rubrics, writing conventions,
formats, etc.)

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