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TESOL Address:
1925 Ballenger Avenue, Suite 550
Alexandria, Virginia 22314-6820 USA
Telephone (Local): +1 703-836-0774
Telephone (Toll Free in U.S.): (888) 547-3369
Membership: +1 240-646-7048
Order Publications: (888) 891-0041
Fax: +1 703-836-7864 or -6447
E-mail: info@tesol.org
TESOL's Central Office (CO) is open from 9 am to 5pm, Eastern Daylight Time, Monday-Friday, except major national U.S. holidays. Staff can be reached by telephone by dialing the main phone line, +1 703-836-0774 (toll-free 888-547-3369), or by direct dialing 703-518-2XXX where XXX is the staff person's 3-digit extension. Each extension includes a voicemail box.
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TESOL Headquarters Staff Directory
Executive Office
Advocacy & Professional Relations
Conference Services
Education Programs
Finance and Administration
Member Services
Executive Office
The Executive Director's office manages the Central Office (CO). We provide support to the Board of Directors, monitor U.S. federal and U.N. policy, manage U.S. government and media relations, address professional issues including standards for TESOL, adminster 16 awards and grants, and develop the Web site and provide IT services for the organization and its membership. You may contact us regarding professional issues, the Web site, and administration of the central office and association.
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Rosa Aronson Executive Director |
raronson@tesol.org | x505 |
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Rita Gainer Executive Assistant |
rgainer@tesol.org | x507 |
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Jaime Mattos Information Technology Manager |
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Advocacy & Professional Relations Deparment
The Advocacy & Professional Relations Department is responsible for researching, monitoring, and analyzing policy and professional issues, and communicating and advocating TESOL’s positions on policy and professional issues to internal and external audiences. This includes identifying and proposing strategies for establishing and advancing mission-related relationships with government agencies, the media, national associations, and other organizations. Areas of responsibility include advocacy and government relations, communications and media outreach, and standards.
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John Segota Director of Advocacy and Professional Relations |
jsegota@tesol.org | x513 |
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Department of Conference Services
We book appropriate facilities, schedule sessions, and manage the annual convention and exhibit. You may contact staff with any questions about future bookings, assistance in affiliate conventions, volunteering, or participating in future conventions.
Department of Education Programs
In coordination with TESOL's Professional Development Committee (PDC), we develop professional educational programs such as academies, symposia, pre- and post-convention institutes, and online education courses and seminars. We manage the Leadership Development Certificate Program (LDCP), with programs held at the annual convention, and the Principles and Practices of Online Teaching Certificate, with programs that are asynchronous online. TESOL's newest membership benefit is the TESOL Resource Center, an online peer-to-peer learning platform for TESOL members to find and share a variety of resources with peers in the profession such as lesson plans, papers, and more. Please contact us if you would like more information about TESOL educational programs.
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John Donaldson Director of Education Programs |
jdonaldson@tesol.org | x528 |
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Srisucha McCabe Professional Development Manager |
smccabe@tesol.org | x514 |
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Department of Finance and Administration
We administer TESOL's budget, provide financial information to the board and membership, and process payments for membership, products, and events. You may contact us with concerns about payment processing or financial administration.
Department of Member Services
The department oversees processing membership applications and renewals, develops and administers membership benefits and programs such as book publications, serial publications, career programs such as the online career center, placement e-bulletin, and annual Job MarketPlace and the awards and grants program. The department administers the credit card and calling card programs. The department produces the TESOL Connections newsletter for the membership. Services are provided to assist with e-lists, newsletters, and web site areas for the 21 Interest Sections, and approximately100 Affiliates. Please contact us with membership- or publications-related concerns.
TESOL's office is located minutes from DC's Reagan National Airport and Capitol Hill.
Driving from Reagan National Airport:
TESOL's office is located in the red brick building on the right side of the street. TESOL is in Suite 550 on the fifth floor, accessible from the lobby entrance on Ballenger Avenue.
Parking: The parking garage for the building is also on the right, immediately past a storefront with an orange awning. Guest parking is available for a fee. Take the office elavator to your right to 5th floor. There is very limited metered street parking in the area.
Using the Metro
Take the blue or yellow metro line to the King Street station.
Walking from King Street Metro (approximately 0.5 mi-10 min walk):
