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TESL Durham Affiliate is a voluntary, non-profit organization of ESL educators and specialists in the fields of English as a Second Language and English Literacy Development. We were established as an affiliate of TESL Ontario in 1994. Since that time, TESL Durham has played an active role in the professional life of its members, who are now up to 76 in number.
Our mandate is to support professional development of ESL practitioners in the Durham Region (Town of Ajax, Brock Township, Municipality of Clarington, City of Oshawa, City of Pickering, Scugog Township, Town of Whitby and Uxbridge Township) and Peterborough. We work with TESL Ontario, the provincial organization, and other affiliates to enhance ESL learning environments, to establish and promote professional standards in the teaching of English as a Second Language, and to represent the TESL Durham member’s issues and concerns with TESL Ontario.
TESL Durham’s members include people from a variety of backgrounds consisting of LINC and ESL instructors, administrators, high school, elementary and private school teachers, college instructors, community agencies and volunteers.
TESL Durham is run by a volunteer executive board who organize professional development and communication among our members on our spring and fall workshops. We always welcome new members, and those interested may contact Susan Vogl-Blakelock at susanblakelock@hotmail.com or for more information please go to www.durhamlinc.ca
TESL Hamilton-Wentworth is a voluntary, non-profit organization of ESL educators and specialists in the fields of English as a Second Language and English Literacy Development. We were established as an affiliate of TESL Ontario in 1980. For 25 years, TESL Hamilton-Wentworth has played an active and vital role in the professional life of its members, who are now more than 165 in number.
Our mandate is to support professional development for ESL practitioners in Hamilton-Wentworth and Brantford, to work with TESL Ontario and with other affiliates to enhance ESL learning environments, to establish and promote professional standards in the teaching of English as a Second Language, and to represent Hamilton-Wentworth issues and concerns to TESL Ontario. We also provide a forum for professional communication among our members by means of a newsletter (three times per year), a website and email.
TESL Hamilton-Wentworth’s members are drawn from a wide variety of contexts in which ESL practitioners work: boards of education (elementary, secondary, and continuing education panels), private language schools, community settlement agencies and LINC centres. Our membership also includes professionals from colleges, universities, and other community agencies. We organize a conference every spring, and arrange for professional development at our yearly AGM. At our website www.teslhw.org , members can access important information about certification, employment, professional development, and links to educational resources of many kinds.
TESL Hamilton-Wentworth is run by a volunteer executive board which has established committees to plan and carry out various events and initiatives. All members of TESL Hamilton-Wentworth are welcome to participate in their areas of interest. We hope to hear from you!
TESL Kingston Affiliate consists of over 70 members (30 of whom are provincially certified), including instructors, teacher educators, volunteers, students, materials and curriculum developers, researchers and administrators. When you join TESL Kingston, you automatically become a member of TESL Ontario and TESL Canada as well. Locally, a key activity of TESL Kingston is to provide professional development opportunities to its members throughout the year with workshops, panel discussions or speakers. Topics discussed can include:
- ESL literacy
- Refugee, Immigration and Settlement concerns
- LINC programs
- Job training
- Academic preparation
- ESL in the public school system
- English language teaching overseas
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We have a wonderful website that is regularly updated. It contains lots of information about upcoming workshops & conferences, the ESL scene in Kingston, advocacy issues, teacher lessons, student contributions and more. Check it out at www.teslkingston.org. To contact us, email info@teslkingston.org, or phone our Affiliate President, Sherry Archer, at (613) 475-3251.
TESL Kingston’s executive is elected by members for a 2 year term. It consists of an affiliate director, president, past president, recording secretary, treasurer, membership secretary, program coordinator, webmaster, and members-at-large. The group meets throughout the year to plan programs for upcoming workshops, establish policy, carry out business, and advocate for ESL rights. For more info see our website above or have a look at our brochure.
TESL London has been an affiliate of TESL Ontario since 1976 when there were 43 members in the group, and an intrepid Executive of only 4 members. TESL London has grown to over 185 members with an Executive of 10 - 12 members, including representatives for adult and LINC ESL as well as the elementary, secondary, tertiary and for-profit sectors.
The earliest records we have of activity in the London Affiliate, is the programme of a Conference held on Oct. 2nd, 1976. Even at that early date, the Conference was quite an ambitious affair which included three workshop sessions with a choice of three or four workshops for each session, a keynote speaker, Lillian Butovshky from the Citizenship Bureau in Toronto, a lunch and a book display.
Since that time, we have held annual AGM’s which include a social (Spring Fling), a book fair in the fall and a bi-annual one-day Conference. PD activities during the non-conference years include workshops and keynote speakers. These activities provide teachers and instructors a venue for networking and keeping in touch with each other, sharing teaching/learning strategies, viewing new materials from the publishers, and rejuvenating their commitment to professional development.
In 1999 TESL London established annual awards to acknowledge the accomplishments and contributions of ESL learners at the elementary, secondary and adult levels and the contributions of agencies that support ESL learners. These awards are given at the Spring Fling. We also maintain bursaries that members can access: up to $400 to assist in the costs of presenting at a conference and $100 for attending a conference.
A website where we keep members informed of important decisions made by the executive, upcoming PD and news from TESL Ontario is our main form of communication. For more information about TESL London, you can access this website at http://www.tesllondon.org.
TESL North York and York Region Affiliate was established in 1976 to meet the needs of teachers in the northern part of the city. Our members are from a diverse group of language providers including school boards, private schools, community colleges and community agencies, to name a few. Our clients are elementary through high school and college level, to adult learners as well. Some of our member tutor privately or in company programs.
We hold our AGM followed by a workshop in the Fall and a Saturday morning mini-conference and lunch in the Spring. We also publish a newsletter two or three times each year. At each workshop we arrange for publishers to display the best and newest materials to help keep our classroom programs up to date and interesting.
Our website keeps our members informed about future events and issues of interest. We update regularly so please visit our website often.
We welcome and appreciate new volunteers! By helping out at conferences and serving on the Executive Committee or sub-committees members can ensure representation of our wide geographical area and our diverse interests. For more information, or to share comments, please contact ljcooper@rogers.com
TESL Ottawa (an affiliate of TESL Ontario) is a professional organization for teachers of English as a Second Language. TESL Ottawa had its start in 1974 when a steering committee was set up to run the organization until the first Annual General Meeting in March, 1976 when an executive was elected. TESL Ottawa now has over 400 members.
TESL Ottawa promotes the professional interests and development of teachers of ESL in the Ottawa area by organizing conferences and workshops and by publishing a newsletter three times a year. Our main conference is held annually in April and we also usually hold a Fall event (October/November) and a Spring event (February/March).
The organization provides a forum for ESL teachers to bring up issues and express concerns. TESL Ottawa members network with teachers from other areas by attending provincial and national conferences and by serving on committees and on provincial and national executives.
We welcome new members and invite you to either check out our website at: www.teslottawa.ca or send us questions and comments by email at: info@teslottawa.ca
The Peel/Halton/Etobicoke TESL Affiliate was established in January 1980. In twenty-five years it has grown to a current membership of close to five hundred members, making it the second largest affiliate in the Province of Ontario. Our membership is made up of professionals employed in elementary schools, Adult Credit, Adult ESL, Secondary School, Private School, College/University, Continuing Education and LINC.
Our Executive is made up of members with expertise in many ESL-related areas. We meet up to six times a year to work on professional development evenings, the newsletters, the website and to keep abreast of all the latest issues that affect our members.
The Peel/Halton/Etobicoke Affiliate holds its AGM in the fall. We also provide two evenings of Professional Development, one in the fall following our AGM and one in the spring. Our newsletters are published twice a year and are available in hard copy at our PD Night or in electronic form on our website.
We stride to deliver up-to-date and relevant workshops as well as provide informative newsletters. To continue this endeavour we welcome your comments, suggestions, and innovative ideas to share with our members. Please feel free to contact us at Email: pheoffice@teslontario.ca.
www.teslontario.ca/phe/
TESL Toronto Affiliate is a voluntary, non-profit organization of ESL educators and specialists in the fields of English as a Second Language and English Literacy Development. We were established as an affiliate of TESL Ontario in 1976. For almost 30 years, TESL Toronto has played an active and vital role in the professional life of its members, who are now more than 1300 in number.
Our mandate is to support professional development for ESL practitioners in Toronto, to work with TESL Ontario, the provincial organization, and with other affiliates to enhance ESL learning environments, to establish and promote professional standards in the teaching of English as a Second Language, and to represent Toronto issues and concerns with TESL Ontario. We also provide a forum for professional communication among our members by means of a twice-yearly online newsletter, a website, and e-mail.
TESL Toronto’s members are drawn from a wide variety of contexts in which ESL practitioners work: boards of education (Elementary, Secondary, and Continuing Education panels), private language schools, community settlement agencies and LINC centres. Our membership also includes professionals from colleges, universities, and other community agencies.
We organize two Professional Development conferences a year, in the spring and the fall, put on at minimal cost to members. The conferences provide teachers a venue for networking and keeping in touch with each other, sharing teaching/learning strategies, viewing new materials from the publishers, and rejuvenating their commitment to professional development. They are an overwhelming success.
TESLToronto is run by a volunteer executive board which has established committees to plan and carry out various events and initiatives. All members of TESLToronto are welcome to participate in their area(s) of interest.
For more information about TESL Toronto, check out our website at www.tesltoronto.org On the website, you can access important information about certification, employment, professional development, and links to educational resources of many kinds. If you have questions or comments, please get in touch with us at info@tesltoronto.org.
TESL Waterloo Wellington Affiliate celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2004. We are a voluntary, non-profit organization of ESL educators and specialists in the fields of English as a Second Language and English Literacy Development. Since 1979, we have grown to 186 members, and we continue to provide professional development and networking opportunities for our own members and other teachers in the region.
Our mandate is to support professional development for ESL practitioners in the region of Waterloo-Wellington, including Arthur, Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener, Mount Forest, Orangeville, and Waterloo. We also work with TESL Ontario and with other affiliates to support ESL teachers and students, to establish and promote professional standards in the teaching of English as a Second Language, and to represent Waterloo-Wellington issues and concerns with TESL Ontario. TESL WW provides a forum for professional communication among our members through our newsletter, our new website, and through the networking possible at our regular professional development events.
TESL WW’s members represent a broad spectrum of English Language Instruction: LINC and ESL instructors, administrators, high school, elementary and private teachers, college and university instructors, community agencies, volunteers, and private tutors.
We offer three professional development opportunities a year, in the fall, winter and spring, based on input from our members. TESL Waterloo Wellington is run by a volunteer executive board. We always welcome new members, and those interested in joining may contact us through wwoffice@teslontario.ca. For more information about TESL Waterloo-Wellington, check out our website at the affiliates link.
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