Conference Alerts (British Council)

http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-english-teachersandtrainers-development.htm STARTING, STIMULATING AND SUSTAINING ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT A conference for English Language Teacher Educators In January 2011, state sector trainers, teacher educators and members of regional and international teacher associations will come together to share best practices on teacher education programmes and to connect with other practitioners for professional development and networking. The British Council and the EFL-U (English and Foreign Languages University) are co-hosting a three-day conference on ‘Starting, Stimulating and Sustaining English Language Teacher Education and Development’ for the English Language Teacher Educators from 22-24 January 2011 in Hyderabad, India. The event is being supported by the ELTAI (English Language Teachers’ Association of India) and the IATEFL’s Young Learner Teenagers Special Interest Group (YLT SIG) and Teacher Training and Education Special Interest Group (TTEd SIG). The objectives of the conference are: to provide an opportunity for English Language pre and in-service teacher educators from across South Asia to meet and share best practice and experiences to provide English Language pre and in-service teacher educators an opportunity for professional development and updating which will enable them to become more effective to establish and build a sustainable community and network of English language teacher educators At the conference, we will announce the winners of the India and Sri Lanka English Language Teaching Research Awards. What will the conference cover? Over three days, the conference will have plenaries, workshops, panels and paper presentations on the following themes: 1 Developing English language primary teachers 2 Teacher education in difficult and rural contexts 3 Curriculum and materials development for teacher education 4 The role of technology (radio, Edusat, mobiles, ICT) in teacher education 5 Distance teacher education 6 Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for teachers and teacher educators 7 Challenges of evolving and implementing English Language teacher education policy Who all can participate? We expect 700 pre and in-service teacher educators from across South Asia to participate in the conference. The participants could be: District Centre Chief Tutors and Tutors International speakers and delegates Master Trainers/ Resource Persons state sector teacher educators Representatives of English Language Teacher Institute (ELTI) Representatives of Teacher Education bodies and agencies Researchers in teacher education/ training DIET/ SCERT Lecturers and SSA Teacher Educators B.Ed. Lecturers of English Teacher Association representatives NGO Teacher Educators Teacher education managers and leaders Teacher Association representatives How can you participate? As a pre/ in-service teacher educator, you could contribute to the conference either as a speaker or as a delegate. Prospective speakers are encouraged to complete the Speaker Proposal Form and submit their applications (refer to the Call for Papers) no later than 1 December 2010. Those English Language Teacher Educators interested to participate as delegates are requested to complete the registration formalities latest by 10 January 2011. The registrations for the conference will be accepted on a first come first served basis. To register, please submit your Application Form along with the fees mentioned below. Registration Fees Speakers and delegates from India and South Asia INR (Rs.) Speakers and delegates from other countries GBP (£) Conference fee 1000 80 Discount for ELTAI and IATEFL Members 800 75 Early bird registration fee (for all registrations received on or before 1 December 2010) 750 60 Early bird discount for ELTAI and IATEFL Members (for all registrations received on or before 1 December 2010) 700 55 The fee includes registration, conference pack, refreshments and lunch. Accommodation is not included but a list will be available from 1 December 2010. For more information, please contact: International speakers and delegates: Wendy Arnold at arnoldworld@gmail.com Indian speakers and delegates: Sam Prasanthkumar at sam.prasanthkumar@in.britishcouncil.org