Derek Bryant attended a 120-hour intensive course in teaching English to speakers of other languages from June 27 to July 22, 2016 through Teaching House in Boston, attending 105 of the hours. The course included 35 hours on ESOL methodologies which Derek attended, a teaching practice component with 6 hours of observed teaching which Derek completed, and additional hours teaching English learners at different levels for a total of 105 hours attended.