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Hello Everyone!
Welcome to our first ITAIS Newsletter of
2020! This edition aims to support you with online opportunities to
share resources and to learn from other international teaching assistant
(ITA) professionals as well as promote ways for us to engage in
meaningful conversations about resources and connections.
This newsletter has some interesting reads for you, including a
book review of the newly released A Transdisciplinary
Approach to International Teaching Assistants: Perspectives from Applied
Linguistics, which was edited by Shereen Bhalla and Stephen
Looney (ITA Interest Section Chair 2017–2018). Our board liaison, Justin
Shewell, has decided to share his view of how ITA Interest Section (IS)
and ITA practitioners can continue to contribute to TESOL, how we
integrate into the larger TESOL International Association, and how our
work clearly integrates with The 6
Principles®. Caitlin Hamstra’s article is a thoughtful
analysis of interviews with ITAs on the type of programming that
benefits them, and, for me, the most interesting aspect is that the ITAs
in her analysis are all individuals for which the TOEFL was waived.
I also want to extend a warm welcome to our new coeditor, James Edward Coda, who will
be starting for our next newsletter—slated for next May/June. Another
reminder I’d like to share is that Diane Cotsonas, our
web manager, has recently revamped and relocated the ITAIS website. Our website
continues our tradition of supporting ITA practitioners who are both
members of TESOL and those who are not members.
I look forward to engaging in conversations about this edition
of the ITAIS Newsletter as well as hearing your
ideas and proposals for our next edition.
Sarah Emory
ITAIS Newsletter Editor | 
