LaTESOL’s Annual Conference information:
Date – Friday, November 11, 2011
Theme – Cultural Competence, Courageous Practice
Location – Hammond, LA
More information available at conference webpage:
http://www.latesol.org/conferences/latesol2011
This event is open to K-20 educators and administrators. Registration costs $99.00.
The Pontchartrain Center, Kenner, LA– April 19-20th, 2012
Today’s students live in a global society–ease of travel, the internet and social media brings the world closer to our doorsteps every day. Our national security, local business and the long term sustainability of the environment all depend on the ability of our citizenry to competently communicate with people and organizations from different countries and cultures. As a state that supports a critical mass of innovative bilingual and immersion programs, and in a city where one in 10 students speaks a language other than English at home, Louisiana and New Orleans have a clean mandate to follow former state Superintendent Paul Pastorek’s lead in designing a “world class education” for student from preschool to college. Tulane University’s Teacher Preparation and Certification Program (TPCP) will host a day-and-a-half “Training Global Teachers for Global Classrooms” conference April 19-20, 2012, to assist educators, administrators and university and community college faculty with the latest tools and technologies to expand their teaching toolbox — even if they’ve never left the country.
There are two anticipated measureable outcomes during the conference:
To ensure lessons learned make it to the classroom, organizers have devised a three-part evaluation plan spread over two years, including pre- and post-tests, focus groups and follow-up surveys, in partnership with the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane. Data collected will form the basis of a 2014 report on the future of internationalization efforts in Louisiana schools. Attendees who are interested in participating in the “Training Global Teachers for Global Classrooms” conference can register online at http://fs19.formsite.com/mhodges3/form18/index.html
Kathleen Gasparian has posted her LaTESOL presentation, “Immigration Update” online. It details the Louisiana and Alabama legislation concerning immigration.
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The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is offering a new concentration in TESOL/Applied Linguistics for its M.A. in English, beginning in the Fall 2011 semester. It will be the only TESOL degree program in the state of Louisiana. Coursework will consist of eight classes plus a practicum, but no thesis or comprehensive exam. Teachers with a prior certification in education can obtain the add-on certification in ESOL (12 hours) as a part of this degree program. It is also an ideal degree choice for those who wish to teach ESL overseas.
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) will be sponsoring two full-day workshops at its campus in Princeton, NJ, on May 10 and 11, 2011. These Propell ™ workshops focus on means of preparing individuals for the TOEIC Listening & Reading and TOEIC Speaking & Writing tests and on improving language learning with new instructional tools and strategies.
Thanks go out to AMTESOL and GATESOL for their generous donation to our affiliate to support us as we host TESOL 2011 in New Orleans.
The Winter 2011 newsletter is available.
TESOL will hold its annual conference this year in New Orleans from March 15-19. At each conference, TESOL offers a number of Pre- and Post-Convention Institutes that provide hands-on, professional development led by experts in the field. These are ticketed events that normally cost $125-205 to attend.
However, you can sign up to be a PCI volunteer and attend a training session for free. PCI volunteers take tickets from attendees and assist the speaker(s) during the session.
TESOL 2011 Annual Convention and Exhibit
Examining the ‘E’ in TESOL
March 16*-19, 2011
All members are invited to the general meeting. This meeting with satisfy the requirements of a 2010 meeting.