TEAL Manitoba January 2015 Newsletter

TEAL MANITOBA
2015 January
TEACHERS of ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN MANITOBA
President’s New Year Greeting
News and Messages
Sandra Melo
Greetings!
President’s New Year
Greeting
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TEAL Manitoba Facebook
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PD Opportunity
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Sharing Circle
2
Little PD Session
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Membership info
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TEAL Manitoba
2014-2015 Executives
President: Sandra Melo
Vice President: Melanie Davlut
Past President: Kim Hewlett
Secretary: Tracey Gluskaes
Membership/ Treasurer:
Simone Kirwan
TESL Canada Rep:
Desirae Mercer
Journal Editors:
Eunhee Buettner/ Yi-fang Chen
Manitoba Education Rep:
Diana Turner
SAGE Council Rep:
Luisa Igne
Members-at-Large:
Kevin Carter/ Yi Li/ Cindy Petriw,
Diana Turner/ Jody Godfrey
Tori Patzer
On behalf of TEAL Manitoba, I would like to wish our membership a
peaceful, healthy and prosperous 2015! We look forward another year
of growth and development in the area of EAL education. It is a
privilege to work and learn alongside so many educators and support
staff who work tirelessly in our systems and who dedicate their time
to our continuously growing EAL community. Again, thank you for all
that you do. May the New Year bring all the best to you and your
families!
TEAL Manitoba
TEAL Manitoba created our own Facebook group to share teaching
resources with our members. We believe it can be a venue of
sharing our thoughts, ideas, and resources and helping us better
understand and teach our EAL students.
In order to join the Facebook group, please search TEAL Manitoba
and click a join the group button on the top right of the page.
Then, you can access all of the resources such as videos and
articles and you can also share your resources with others simply
by posting them. We encourage you to make use of it and we hope
that you benefit a lot from this Facebook group.
We are looking forward to seeing you all on the TEAL Manitoba
Facebook group.
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PD Opportunity
Are you interested in gaining
insights into how to teach your
EAL students?
You have an invitation to join
educators from Louis Riel School
Division and St. James Assiniboia
School Division. Please check out
the information meeting about
Post Baccalaureate Diploma in
Education for Teaching English as
an Additional Language on
February, 4th at MTS Auditorium.
Sharing Circle
Sharing circle aims to encourage TEAL
members and non-members to share
their valuable EAL teaching
experiences. Your submissions will be
collected and published in our TEAL
Manitoba Journal November or June
issue. We also welcome you to suggest
more ideas for the sharing circle.
“When you stand and share
your story in an empowering
way, your story will heal you
and your story will heal
somebody else”
-Iyanla Vanzant -
Here are the topics for the sharing
circle in the TEAL Manitoba Journal
June issue.
1. What is your new year’s resolution
regarding teaching your EAL students?
2. What have you learned from your
EAL students?
* Please write a short
paragraph (1~5 sentences) to
describe your experiences or
thoughts.
* Please also include your name
and school or program you
work at. If you want to be
anonymous, you don’t have to
write your name.
* Please send your write up to
[email protected]. You
will be able to see your
experiences and others’ in the
June issue.
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Little Online PD Sessions
 Confessions: New Teacher of Newcomers
by Michelle Benegas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1gcinsjuZE
 New Year's food traditions around the world
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/12/31/374243365
/luck-be-a-lentil-tonight-what-the-world-eats-to-welcomethe-new-year
 25 Winter Writing Prompt
http://the-teacher-next-door.com/index.php/blog/64blog-writing/36-25-winter-writing-prompts
Have you updated your TEAL Manitoba membership yet?
TEAL Manitoba brings together teachers from K-12, university and adult settings. It provides
a unique partnership that allows for multiple perspectives on the issues that affect EAL
learners.
Professional development:
Network with and learn from other professionals in the field of EAL
Automatic membership in TESL Canada:
Membership in TESL Canada is required in order to submit your credentials for evaluation
for the TESL Canada Professional Certificate.
Quality publications:
TEAL Manitoba Newsletter and Journal (3 newsletters and 2 journals annually)
TESL Canada Journal (2 journals annually)
Reduced conference fees:
Annual TEAL Manitoba conference in October for EAL educators at all levels.
TESL Canada national conference
Be sure to join early to enjoy all the privileges and benefits throughout the upcoming
year!
http://www.tealmanitoba.ca/TEAL_Manitoba/Membership.html

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