Workshop Leader
Sandy Briggs, TESOL President, 2007-2008, San Francisco, California, USA
When?
1-14 October 2011 (pre-workshop starts on 26 September)
Registration (TESOL Members Only)
TESOL Members: US$50
TESOL Global Members: Free
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All ESOL professionals who are current TESOL members
More About This Workshop
Educators are often more likely to think of themselves as instructors and learners than as leaders; however, educators can be leaders in their classrooms, with their colleagues, in their departments, in their institutions, and in their professional associations. In this workshop, the participants explore ways in which they are already leaders and ways in which they can add to their leadership skills. They work on assembling a plan for leadership in their future. The focus is on leadership in TESOL.
What Will I Learn?
- Participants will be able to find opportunities for leadership in TESOL.
- Participants will continue to develop the leadership plan that they worked on in this workshop.
More About the LDCP
TESOL offers Leadership Development Certificate Program (LDCP) workshops at the TESOL convention, covering a wide variety of key leadership themes and skills, from advocacy and governance to strategic planning and supervision. Developed by the TESOL board of directors, the LDCP is open to all TESOL members.
This year TESOL offers two online LDCP workshops, which are required for the program: "About TESOL" and "Perspectives on Leadership for TESOL." These workshops will also be offered in-person at the 2013 TESOL Convention in Dallas, Texas. The registration fee for the LDCP at the convention is $100.
Participants who complete both online workshops below will not have to take the courses again or pay registration fee to continue. Global and student members will need to pay a fee of $100 to complete the LDCP.
About the Workshop Leader
Sandy Briggs, a former TESOL president, has been active in TESOL for many years. She has served as an interest section newsletter editor, an interest section chair, a standing committee member, chair of the Nominating Committee, and chair of the Task Force on Reconfiguring the TESOL Board of Directors. She served on the Board of Directors from 1997 to 2000 and from 2006 to 2009. She was TESOL president from 2007 to 2008. During her career she has been a language instructor, materials developer, and teacher trainer. She is the co-author and author of a number of ESL/EFL texts. She lives in San Francisco, California, USA.