Category Archives: Teacher associations

The Association of CELTA-qualified Teachers

Posted on 08/04/2012 by alexcase

Scott Thornbury’s excellent recent post marking 50 years of the course that became the CELTA has prompted me to polish up an old idea of mine that hasn’t been seen since it was deleted off Dave’s ESL Café ten minutes … Continue reading →

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IATEFL to introduce new sexual code of conduct for Glasgow 2012

Posted on 17/03/2012 by alexcase

Apparently the problems with groupies and wild backstage parties at the last conference set all this off, but probably the most notorious event in Brighton last year was this actually during one of the smaller sessions: IATEFL sex video – … Continue reading →

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Filtering out the TEFL riff-raff

Posted on 26/01/2012 by alexcase

Was just looking at the IATEFL jobseekers page (via the great BESIG yahoo group). There are no jobs on there yet, but advertising with IATEFL sounds like a great way of avoiding the kind who still hang around at Tosser … Continue reading →

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Abuse of the IATEFL name and logo – An action plan

Posted on 24/03/2011 by alexcase

Pretty sure no one from IATEFL reads, but maybe someone knows someone who knows someone who can pass my message on. Actually, not sure anyone at all is reading anymore, what with me aiming to be the last blogger not … Continue reading →

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Accredited by IATEFL

Posted on 20/03/2011 by alexcase

Part Two of my new TEFL accreditation series, following on from my piece on the Open and Distance Learning Quality Council. This one will be considerably shorter, since there is no such thing as a course accredited by IATEFL. Why … Continue reading →

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Using and abusing the IATEFL logo

Posted on 14/02/2011 by alexcase

In fact, it is almost always the latter. As the IATEFL website clearly says: “Use of our logo is restricted to the IATEFL website, SIG websites and official publications, stationery and communications from IATEFL itself.” The only exception to that … Continue reading →

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Eikaiwa continues to shrink

Posted on 20/09/2010 by alexcase

David English House in Hiroshima, a well respected school run by author and all round booster of professionalism in Nippon David Paul, closed for business on 1 September leaving him personally bankrupt. Sounds like they managed the process well, though, according … Continue reading →

Posted in British Council, David English House, Eikaiwa, English Teachers in Japan, Let's Japan, Teaching English in Japan, TEFL chains | Tagged | 5 Comments

Guest piece- Blogging for teacher development

Posted on 28/04/2009 by alexcase

By Darren Elliott, TEFL.net Book Reviews contributor and the man who inspired my 15 Tips for People Attending TESOL Conferences “I can remember my first email account. It’s still out there somewhere, full of spam. I also remember running all … Continue reading →

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The TEFL mentoring experiment has begun

Posted on 23/04/2009 by alexcase

It took a while, but after reading Louise Lee’s guest piece calling for an online system of TEFL mentoring, we leapt into action (well, staggered to our feet like we had a makkoli hangover) and a mere 2 months later … Continue reading →

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7 things you probably didn’t know about me

Posted on 01/02/2009 by alexcase

1. Dave Sperling still owes me ten Euros he borrowed off me at the TESOL Spain conference 2. The EF school in Eastbourne had the alternative word for the “F” part of its sign that me and my friends graffitied … Continue reading →

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