ITAIS Newsletter - May 2011 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
Leadership Updates
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  THANK YOU FROM THE PAST CHAIR
•  WELCOME FROM THE EDITOR
Articles
•  CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FOR ITAS
•  GOODBYE SPEAK, HELLO SETTA: A HOMEGROWN TESTING SOLUTION
•  THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION: A VIEW FROM THREE ITAS
•  MEET THE MEMBER: ELENA COTOS
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  WHAT IS THE ITA IS?
•  CALL FOR ARTICLES FOR FALL 2011 ITA IS NEWSLETTER

Leadership Updates

LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

Kathi Cennamo, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, Cennamo.1@osu.edu

Dear fellow ITA people,

Greetings from the Midwest, where spring is (finally) evident everywhere!

First, I would like to say that it is truly my honor to be the chair of this amazing interest section! I have always been impressed with the professionalism, the wisdom, and the genuine caring of all of its members. I love our willingness to raise important issues and to share our ideas―both on the e-list and at conferences.

The 2011 TESOL Convention in New Orleans was very successful because of the work of many and the enthusiastic participation of our interest section. Keith Otto, past chair, deserves many thanks for all he did as he worked with TESOL throughout the year to make convention arrangements and to keep us abreast of new issues. Thanks to Elin Epperson, Liz Wittner, and Diane Cotsonas for arranging the social and for picking absolutely the best restaurant in New Orleans. I will always remember the duck gumbo! Thanks also to Barbara Wolfe Boockmeier for putting the ITAIS booth together―even though we were given only 3 hours total to share our information. And many, many thanks to all the presenters, the proposal readers, and the 2010 steering committee.

As many of you were not able to make it to the Big Easy, I’m hoping that the presenters can send Diane Cotsonas a copy of their PowerPoint slides or handouts so we can all benefit from the information gathered and presented. I know that I came away from the convention with new ideas and new resources. I hope more of you can come to Philadelphia next year.

Speaking of Philadelphia―proposals for 2012 are due on June 1. The number of sessions that we get at the convention is proportional to how many proposals we submit, so I encourage you to send in a lot of proposals and to convince your colleagues to also submit proposals. The rule is that only one person can be the primary presenter on a presentation, but can assist with any number of other presentations.

Finally, I want to thank all the volunteers who have offered to read proposals, all the past chairs for their invaluable help, and also Rebecca Oreto for her fine work on this newsletter.

Sincerely,

Kathi