SRIS Newsletter - February 2013 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
• LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
• REVIVING AGAINST ALL ODDS-A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
• LOOKING BACK - A LETTER TO SRIS MEMBERS
ARTICLES
• IN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, MARYLAND VOTERS SAID IT MATTERS
• LAU V. NICHOLS
• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP IN HAITI
• TEACH THEM MORE
• OPENING THE DOOR AND WALKING THROUGH TOGETHER: HOW STUDENTS HELPED ME EXPAND MY OWN UNDERSTANDING OF RESPECT
• THE POWER OF MY FIRST TESOL CONVENTION EXPERIENCE
• IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR CHARLES HANCOCK (1940-2012)
SR ENCORE
• ILGBTF FORUM NEWS
• PEACEFUL IDEAS FOR YOUR STUDENTS
• SRIS PRESENTATIONS AT TESOL 2013 IN DALLAS
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
• INTEREST INTERSECTION MEETINGS AT TESOL 2013 IN DALLAS
• HISTORY OF SRIS: GETTING STARTED IN SOCIAL REPONSIBILITY IN EGYPT
• SRIS LOSES THOMAS JOSEPH SCHROEDER

SR ENCORE

ILGBTF FORUM NEWS

Krista Bittenbender Royal, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

As socially responsible TESOL professionals, it is important that we contribute to educational communities that are welcoming to all, including those who identify as LGBTQ. Formerly the TESOL ILGBTF Caucus, the ILGBTF Forum works to promote this vision. We are a community of professionals in English language education from around the world who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, or "friends." We are practitioners and academics, both producers and consumers of educational research, who affirm and respect the diverse sexual identities of English language students, teachers, and teacher educators by seeking to foster learning environments free of bigotry, prejudice, and violence.

The ILGBTF Forum was once again approved by TESOL and will be participating in the 2013 convention in Dallas with two scheduled sessions:

ILGBTF Forum Academic Session
Title	Integrating Marginalized Identities to Interrupt the Normative Curriculum
Description	Are our ELT classrooms really inclusive? How can we include all students, regardless of gender and sexual identity? In this session, presenters demonstrate how marginalized queer identities are often absent from English language classrooms and provide strategies and resources for inclusion. Participants discuss their own observations, insights, questions, and challenges.
Presenters	Krista Bittenbender Royal and Federico Salas-Isnardi
Date/Time/Room Number	Saturday, 3/23/2013, 3–4:15 pm, D160 in the Convention Center

ILGBTF Forum Roundtable
Title	Strategies to Address Bullying in the English Language Classroom
Description	EFL/ESL classrooms are commonly formed by a widely diverse population. When students come from different backgrounds, cultural shock might lead some to become bullies. What’s the role of the language professional in these cases? Come share ideas on how to deal with bullying in our language classrooms and programs.
Presenter	Rogelio Emmanuel Reyes Maldonado
Date/Time/Room Number	Thursday, 3/21/2013, 3–3:45 pm, Roundtable Discussion Area in the Convention Center

In 2012 the forum worked to compile a bibliography of resources related to LGBTQ issues in TESOL and English Language Teaching. You can find it here: http://tinyurl.com/TESOL-ILGBTF-Bibliography.

Anyone is welcome to join our Forum. To learn more about us, visit the TESOL ILGBTF Community space through the My Groups page, or directly at http://community.tesol.org/ILGBTF.

Krista Bittenbender Royal, MA, coordinates special programs, develops curriculum, and teaches at the University of South Florida’s English Language Program, INTO USF. She is the current chair of TESOL’s ILGBTF Forum.