It’s that time of year again, and soon many of us will be gathering in Baltimore for TESOL 2016! This year will be an extra-special event as we celebrate the 50th year of TESOL. We hope that many of you will be able to join us for all of the memorable sessions, important networking, and motivating conversations that are sure to take place.

This latest edition of the PAIS Newsletter has great articles that you are sure to enjoy. You can read about a well-structured method that allows administrators to successfully design structured, easily digestible, and engaging professional development workshops for their teachers from information received in conference sessions. This issue also looks at the use of agents for international student recruitment, in addition to perspectives of both administrators and applicants in the hiring process. Additionally, there is an informative review of A Handbook for Language Program Administrators. Last but not least, you will get to meet Tarana Patel, founder of learnEd, in the Meet the Member column.

As we bring this year to a close, we would like to thank Bev Earles for her amazing leadership in PAIS for the last year. Her contributions to this interest section (along with her mentoring for the incoming chairs) have been invaluable. The 2016–2017 team, which will assume its position at the close of the 2016 conference, will definitely benefit from all that she has done and will continue to contribute.

Co-Chairs: Angela Dornbusch and Linda Wesley
Co-Chairs-Elect: Elizabeth Gould and Sandra Tompson Issa
Community Managers: Misty Popovich and Diana Siemer
Nominations: Misty Popovich
Newsletter Editors: Jackie Evans and Hannaliisa Savolainen
Member-at-Large: Lara Ravitch
Past Chair: Bev Earles

We look forward to seeing you at the PAIS Open Meeting at TESOL 2016, scheduled for Wednesday, 6 April, from 6:45 pm–8:15 pm in the Baltimore Convention Center, room 319.

We’re excited about a new year of working with everyone!

Best,

Angela Dornbusch and Linda Wesley, PAIS Co-Chairs-Elect