Initiating, organizing, and consolidating an institutional COIL program can be very challenging.  It requires knowledge, experience, and institutional commitment.  The PIC-AMERICAS supports higher education institutions to train key members of their communities to become COIL coordinators. We provide online workshops for international office staff or faculty members, who are responsible for promoting and organizing the participation of professors in the COIL program.

These workshops are open to all institutions participating in the program and cover a range of topics, including the role of the COIL coordinator, how to develop  institutional policies and strategies to increase COIL courses, how to motivate and train professors to participate, how to evaluate the program’s success, among others.  During the session, COIL experts share their experiences as well as cases of study from other successful COIL coordinators. These workshops have shown to be a significant contribution to strengthening and expanding COIL programs in public as well as private institutions.

This year the COIL Coordinators Seminar will be offered during the Fall.