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TESL Waterloo-Wellington

Affiliate chapter of TESL Ontario.

05/08/2024

We are thrilled to announce that the 2024 Annual General Meeting for TESL Waterloo-Wellington will be held in person on Saturday, May 25!

This year's AGM will run from 9 AM to 2 PM and includes coffee, lunch, a keynote address, and a choice of PD workshops at the Conestoga College Doon campus in Kitchener. Registration will begin at 8:30 AM.

The theme of the event is Empowering Communication: New Paths for Language Learning in the 21st Century.

We will follow up in the coming weeks with details about the event and information about how to register. In the meantime, please mark May 25 on your calendar, and feel free to respond to this email with any questions you may have.

03/22/2024

LOCAL PD EVENT - HOSTED BY TESL ONTARIO (https://teslontario.org/in-person-events/)

This session contextualizes and operationalizes key tenets of the action-oriented approach, providing attendees with opportunities to consider applications of this cutting-edge educational research in their own teaching contexts.

The first part of the session presents a background of the key concepts behind the Action-oriented Approach (Piccardo & North, 2020), including the notions of agency, affordances, and mediation, as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Companion Volume (Council of Europe, 2020).

The second part of the session invites participants to engage in and create action-oriented tasks, which will include
the creation and use of real-world learning scenarios
the notion of backward design with the use of “can-do” descriptors, student self-assessment and awareness-raising mediation rubrics, and the production of an action-oriented artifact.

Participants will leave with an understanding of what the action-oriented approach is, why it benefits language learning, and how it can be used in English language classrooms in various curricular contexts.

TESL Ontario members will receive four (4) PD hours for their participation.

Refreshments and light lunch included in registration fee.

Registration Fees
$49.00 (plus taxes) – TESL Ontario Member
$69.00 (plus taxes) – Non-Member

A special 20% group discount rate is available – $200.00 (plus taxes) for five (5) registrants. To purchase a group registration, please contact [email protected].

05/15/2023

Registration is now open for TESL WW's 2023 Annual General Meeting on Saturday, May 27!

This year's AGM will run from 9 AM to 1:30 PM (doors open at 8:30) and include coffee, lunch, a keynote address, and a choice of PD workshops at the Conestoga College Doon campus in Kitchener. The theme of the event is The Ever-Changing World of Language.

Our Keynote Speaker, Jesslyn Wilkinson (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed., OCT) is an Educational Technology Consultant at Conestoga College. Jesslyn will share insights on navigating the challenges and opportunities of teaching and learning language in the age of Chat GPT and other rapidly evolving realities.

After the keynote, participants will choose two of the following three workshops:

Taking tech to the next level: Evaluating the use of technology to enhance learning
Sandra Rosenworth, PM.Ed., OCELT, TESL Trainer and Dalia Najera, M.Ed., OCELT, OCT

The HyFlex Classroom: Could this be the modality of the future?
Marielle Fernback, B.A., OCELT, ICTEAL

Evolving as an Educator
Kathleen Moran, B.A., M.A., OCELT

REGISTER HERE: http://www.teslwaterloowellington.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

01/25/2023

Upcoming networking/PD opportunity with our colleagues from and ✔️✔️ To register, please sign in to www.tutela.ca, go to Events & Webinars, and look for TESL Affiliates - Resource Share: Diversity, equity, and INCLUSION (DEI).

10/17/2022

If you're interested please visit - https://continuing-education.conestogac.on.ca/programs/teaching-english-as-a-second-language-tesl and contact the program coordinator.

02/22/2022

Registration is now open for our Educator Exchange mini-PD event on Thursday, February 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

We are aiming to make this a fun, informal event, where you can reconnect with colleagues and share ideas. You are encouraged to make yourself comfortable and enjoy a beverage, while conversing in small groups on a range of pre-selected topics.

The topics of discussion, as well as the specific questions, will be based on suggestions from registrants. Topics may include (but are not restricted to): remote learning, blended learning, challenges of returning to in-person learning, teacher burnout, classroom routines, and things you wish you'd known about being a language teacher.

When you register, you will be asked to suggest one or more topics or questions you would like to discuss. Please share as many ideas as you like, and don't be afraid to be specific - the more suggestions we receive, the more we can tailor the evening to the interests of the participants!

In addition to socializing and learning with colleagues, you will earn PD credits for attending, and will have the opportunity to win one of several gift cards to local businesses!

To register, click the link below and enter the name and email address you use for TESL WW communications (or copy and paste the following address in your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuc-qoqTwvHtItncF0fEzHailMHYCw-1dN).

Please note that pre-registration is required in order to participate. You must register at least one hour prior to the start of the event.

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Kitchener, ON

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http://www.teslwaterloowellington.com/

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