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Teacher associations worldwide are at different stages of development, and deal with very different contexts and challenges. Nevertheless, there is a common need to address key issues. This seminar aims to help English language teacher associations take the next steps forwards in their development at the national and regional levels.
The seminar is an opportunity to share current best practice and will be a collaborative, knowledge-sharing and knowledge-development event. The seminar will focus on:
- leadership; leadership training, succession planning, membership involvement and strategic planning
- marketing; building membership and ensuring relevance to members, internal communications and PR
- enhancing services to members; SIGs, Teacher Development packages, using web resources and other new technologies
- developing key partnerships with other associations and working effectively with official bodies
- fundraising and sustainability; finding grants and sponsorship and other sources of income.
This seminar will be supported by an interactive web-based platform designed to encourage active participation and networking before, during and after the event. Each participant will carry out a post-seminar project which will be showcased on the site.
The director for the seminar is George Pickering, who has worked with British Council offices and Teacher Associations in many countries, and who led the precursor seminar in 2004 Seminar “Strength in numbers”.
This seminar is for anyone active within TAs and is suitable for participants from all regions and from all TAs, regardless as to whether the associations are newly founded, experienced, needing a new sense of direction or struggling.
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