Upcoming 2012 Professional Development in and around the GTA

  • Feb 18 – Teaching Business English, CCLCS [more]
  • Feb 24 – CERLL Informal Seminar Series (Researching second language proficiency for teaching: Challenges and opportunities) [more]
  • Feb 25 – Ken Lackman & Associates (A Framework for Prep-free Lessons) [more]
  • Mar 1 – TESL Toronto Employment Evening 
  • Mar 2 – CERLL Informal Seminar Series (Linguistic globalization and North Korean refugees’ investment in international English proficiency test) [more]
  • Mar 2 – CERLL Public Lecture Series (A Comparison of TOEFL iBT Speaking Tasks with Performance on Real-Life Academic Speaking Tasks) [more]
  • Mar 23 – CERLL Informal Seminar Series (Developing self-regulated learning skills to overcome lexical problems in writing: Case studies of Korean ESL learners ) [more]
  • Mar 23 – CERLL Public Lecture Series (New Literacy Studies, New London, and their discontents: Theorizing literacy from and in practice) [more]
  • April 21 – Annual TESL Hamilton Conference [more]
  • May 5 - TESL Toronto Spring Conference

*Click here to view  a list of TESL-related national and international conferences.

Online Events

Mar 1 – 4:00AM – 6:00AM – TeachMeet International (30 x 3min sessions) [more]
Our own Tyson Seburn is presenting!

Mar 1 – 7:ooAM – 7:30AM – iTDi Webinar – Error Correction [more]
All are welcome to join this session on “Error Correction” featuring iTDi directors Scott Thornbury, Steven Herder, and Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto.

Fridays (4:00-4:30pm) - American TESOL Institute:  Shelly Terrell (@ShellTerrell) is conducting FREE 30-minute webinars on a variety of topics .   There is no need to sign up or log in.  Just choose to enter as guest and enjoy.

  • February 17 - Does it Add Up? Teaching Math to Language Learners [join]
  • February 24 - 10+ Ways to Adapt the Textbook [join]

Wednesdays (4:00-5:00PM) – #ELTchat – come on Twitter and discuss a weekly-chosen teaching topic with language teachers, administration and directors for a global perspective.  Use or search for the #ELTchat hashtag in order to engage in the discussion.  It’s fast-paced and may take once or twice before getting used to it, but you’ll get a lot from the discussion if you engage with it.  Try joining the ELTChat Facebook page for summaries of the chat and other resources

TESL Ontario Free Webcasting

TESL Ontario members can view up to 100 hours of conference presentations via TESL Ontario’s free webcasting service. All you need is your TESL Ontario membership number and a super-secret password (27carlton – all lowercase, no spaces). Each hour counts as half an hour of professional development for your accreditation renewal. Note: if you want to count a webcast as PD hours for accreditation, then after viewing the webcast, remember to download proof of PD from the TESL Ontario website for your records.

For more recorded online PD, check out this list.

Send information about upcoming events to info@tesltoronto.org.