Our September Event speaker, Shelly Terrell, spoke to us about her 30 Goals Challenge for Educators, which began in 2010. This year, its 3rd iteration has just begun with “Goal 1: Create your Me Manifesto”. Her series includes 30 general goals for teachers to step out of their comfort zones, improve their classrooms and share [...]
With the end of 2011 peeking at us from around the end-of-week corner, it’s a perfect time to reflect and look to the year ahead. We made some significant changes this year and so, let’s take a look back at what 2011 brought to TESL Toronto’s membership.
TESL Toronto’s next special event, Fran Marshall’s ‘ESL Survivor Kit’ workshop, has sold out. Stay tuned for information on our next special event — for job-seekers — in March, and our annual Spring Conference in May. Click here for more information about Fran’s workshop.
TESOL is seeking proposals for short booklets to be considered for inclusion in a new ELT development series, with Thomas Farrell (series editor). According to the attached call sheet, “The English Language Teacher Development Series is aimed at issues important to practising teachers of English to speakers of other languages (ESOL). ESOL includes ESL (English [...]
IATEFL’s BESIG and Cambridge University Press are asking for submissions to a lesson plan competition on Business English. There are various prizes involved for first, second and third place winners. The deadline to submit your plan is January 31, 2012. Find out more about this competition here. More calls for proposals and competitions can be [...]
TESL Toronto presented Carolyn Samuel on Saturday November 19 at the Coxwell Library for a sold-out workshop on using musical concepts to teach pronunciation. Our next event will be in January: Check back soon for more details…

Founded in 1976, TESL Toronto is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization representing educators and specialists in the fields of English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL). We are an affiliate of TESL Ontario.
Our Mandate is
• to support professional development for teachers of English as a Second Language in Toronto, and
• to work with other regional affiliates and TESL Ontario to enhance ESL learning environments, and
• to establish and promote standards in ESL education.
The Executive Board of TESL Toronto is made up of members in good standing of TESL Ontario who volunteer their time and energy. TESL Toronto is currently accepting applications for new members of our Executive Board. More...
We represent approximately 1,500 members. Our members are mainly ESL instructors, though anyone with an interest in the field can join. More...

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