Live Tutela.ca Webinars Now Recognized

as Professional Development by TESL Ontario

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Tutela.ca Webinars Now Recognized as PD by TESL Ontario

Tutela.ca is Canada's largest collection of ESL/FSL resources and online peer community. If you are not a Tutela member yet, we encourage you to go to http://tutela.ca/PublicHomePage and click on "Sign up" to join. Tutela membership is FREE.

TESL Ontario now recognizes every hour of LIVE webinar participation through Tutela.ca as one PD hour for accreditation renewal. Participants can email diane@tutela.ca after the webinar to request a Certificate of Participation.

Upcoming Tutela Webinars  

Registration is now open for the first 2 webinars in February. Registration for the 3rd will open mid February. Be sure to join the Post Webinar Chat Group to access handouts and links. All webinars are FREE, and will be recorded and posted on Tutela.ca as a resource.

The Revised Canadian Language Benchmark and CLB Support Kit

Date & Time: Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 3:30 pm-4:30 pm EST 

Description: This is an orientation to the revised CLB document (What's the same? What's different?). It also presents the CLB Support Kit - a companion document that provides information for instructors on using the CLB for language instruction in different contexts as well as classroom based assessment.

Teaching ESL Literacy Foundation and Phase 1 

Description: Join this webinar to learn more about teaching ESL Literacy reading, writing, and numeracy skills. The presenter will outline and give examples of different techniques, activities, and resources.

Using the CLB for Planning and Assessment 

Description: This 45-minute webinar discusses effective lesson planning (including task-based language instruction) and assessment practices using the revised CLB.

To Pre-Register for a Tutela Webinar:

1. Log onto Tutela at http://tutela.ca/Tutela
2. Go to the "Webinar" page
3. Under Upcoming Webinars - Click on the link for the Webinar you are interested in attending
4. Click on the RSVP: I'll be attending button on the right hand side of the screen.

**Please note: if you do not pre-register for the webinar you will still be able to join the webinar on the day of the event by following the instructions below.

To attend a Tutela webinar:

1. Log onto Tutela at http://tutela.ca/Tutela
2. Go to the "Live Conferencing" page
3. Find the Tutela Webinar room - Click Join.
4. A small box will come up to find your microphone - Click Allow.
5. Another box will come up - Click "Join audio" and you will be able to participate.

**If your computer does not come equipped with a microphone, you can still participate using the live texting features.

TESL Ontario Member Group 

Once you register for your account with Tutela.ca be sure to join fellow members in the private TESL Ontario group, where you will find news and information postings from TESL Ontario, as well as ESL related discussions from other members.

Please use the following steps once your account is created to join the TESL Ontario Group:

1. Click on Community
2. Select Groups from the drop down list
3. Scroll through the list of available groups until you find TESL Ontario
4. Click the Request to Join button on the right hand side 

ESL Credit Survey

Does your institution offer credit for ESL/ESOL courses?

TESOL International Association is conducting research into policies at
post-secondary institutions in the United States and Canada regarding academic
and degree-granting credit for ESL/ESOL courses. If you work at a college,
university, or other type of higher education institution, you are invited to
complete a brief survey of the ESL credit policies at your institution.

The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete, and your
participation will help us learn more about ESL students' experience in higher
education.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ESLCreditSurvey

Responses are being collected through February 15, 2013.

To help TESOL gather as much information as possible, you are encouraged to
share this information with your colleagues at other institutions.

Best Regards,

Allison Keown

Member Services Manager

membership@teslontario.org