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Joining TasTESOL

Support and Professional Development

Advocacy

Joining TasTESOL

Membership of the Tasmanian Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (TasTESOL) is open to anyone with an interest in the TESOL field, including teachers, home tutors, students, administrators and policy makers.

The membership year is January 1st to December 31st. Current members are asked to renew their subscriptions after the AGM (usually in late March/early April) and before November 1st. New members pay on joining, but if they join in November or December they are deemed to have paid for the following year.

Payment of the subscription entitles the member to free entry to all TasTESOL meetings, including the state mini-conference, to a free copy of each issue of the professional journal TESOL in Context and to all the benefits of TasTESOL’s affiliation with ACTA (the Australian Council of TESOL Associations) and ACTA’s affiliation with TESOL International.

To join, or to renew your subscription

By mail or by internet banking direct deposit: print and complete the subscription form (available here) and post it with your cheque, money order or printout of your deposit transaction to:

The Treasurer
PO Box 39
Battery Point
Tasmania 7004

Support and Professional Development

Our general meetings are usually held on weekdays, in the late afternoon. They are times of lively debate and the sharing of knowledge and ideas on a topic of current interest, usually stimulated by a panel of 2 or 3 speakers.

We have one statewide event a year – a Saturday Conference. Until recently, this was in October, but it is now in March/April, at the same time as the AGM. All meetings, including the conference, are free to members, with non-members paying a small charge to cover costs.

The committee also communicates with members by email, keeping them informed of the organisation’s activities and of other issues and developments in the field of ESOL.

A key resource for professional development is the national peer-reviewed journal TESOL in Context, published by the Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA). Like our meetings, this is free to members. There are usually two issues a year.

Advocacy

TasTESOL, through its membership of ACTA, contributes to national responses to government consultation processes on policies that might affect ESOL teachers and/or their client groups. It also contributes to any other advocacy activities ACTA undertakes.

The ACTA committee, on which Tas TESOL is represented (link for ACTA) , decides which issues to take up and invites its member associations to contribute their views. Any TESOL association member, through their state association, may suggest advocacy issues for the national TESOL community to address through ACTA.

In 2006, ACTA became affiliated to TESOL International. For TasTESOL members this means access to a wide range of resources, people and news items (link for Tesol Internat) from TESOL International’s 99 affiliates, via their newsletters and e-bulletins.

 

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