PRTESOL Bulletin From The Board

PUERTO RICO TESOL!
OCTOBER, 2015
BULLETIN FROM THE BOARD
42nd Annual Conven.on Nov. 20-21, 2015

San Juan, Puerto Rico
http://puertoricotesol.org - TRANSFORMING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE!
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Dear teachers, professors,

school directors, and
administrators:
PRTESOL is expecting to see
you soon! The 2015
PRTESOL Annual Convention
is only weeks away. We have
been working hard in order to
satisfy you. The conventions
theme is: Transforming the
Learning Experience for
Life-Long Learners through CREATIVITY. It
will be held at Universidad del Sagrado Corazon,
San Juan, PR, November 20-21, 2015. The
convention fees have been lowered to assure your
attendance.
The objective of our convention is to empower
teachers to change the nature, function, or condition
of the teaching process, so the students can pursue
knowledge throughout life in a flexible and diverse
experience, available at different times and places,
promoting acknowledgments beyond traditional
schooling and at a full length of the adult life by
being able to transform new and imaginative ideas
into reality.
The Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in San Juan, PR
has given PRTESOL a special rate that is due
Directory: Board of D irectors 2015
Executive Board
Vivian Rivera Maysonet
President
Rosa Roman Vice President
Edward Torres Past President
October 30, 2015. The group code is C-GTC; we

encourage you to make your reservations
promptly.
Various exhibitors such as: Cambridge University
Press, Spring Branch ISD, McGraw Hill
Education, Ken French Group, Interamerican
University, Metro, Instituto de Cultura
Puertorriquea: Poetry Out Loud, Pearson,
College Board, Nova, Camera Mundi, Viajes A
Plus Tours, Santillana, Extron, and more have
confirmed their participation to promote products
and services meant to assist you. Exhibitors are still
welcome to reserve their space in the convention.
We have many excellent presenters from PR and
abroad. Our keynote speakers, Dr. Jean Rodriguez
from Universidad Interamericana, Guayama and
Dorina Sackman, Florida Teacher of the Year, are
ready to impress you all! We will be having a social
event Friday afternoon in the university. The
promotion will be sent out soon in order for
attendees to purchase their tickets. PRTESOL is
confident that the 2015 Convention will be a
success!
Sincerely,
Vivian Rivera Maysonet
2015 PRTESOL President
prtesolpresident2015@gmail.com.
Executive Board Appointed

Non-Voting Members
Naomi V ega Nieves - E xecutive
Secretary
Janytsie M ora -
Membership S ecretary
Miriam D eida - T reasurer
Regional Presidents
Eastern:
Ivan M undo
Northern:
Daphna D oron
Southern:
Jann M. Guzmn
Western:
Carol N. M oe
Public School Representatives
Elementary: Hctor Prez
Public Secondary: Josu Alejandro
Public Higher Ed: Jennifer Alicea
Student: Annerys D e Jesus
Private School Representatives
Elementary: Maureen Orama
Secondary: Vacant
Private Higher Ed:Irma Rodriquez
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Plenary Speaker
Dorina Sackman
42nd Annual Conven.on
Nov. 20-21, 2015
Transforming the Learning Experience for
Life-Long Learners through CREATIVITY
Dorina Sackman is the 2014 Florida Teacher of the Year, and a Finalist for National
Teacher of the Year. She is a leading authority on teaching English Language Learners, and
has spent the past 18 years face-to-face with students of diverse backgrounds at the
elementary, high school and college levels.
An expert in building solid relationships that result in successful learning experiences
for students and teachers, Ms. Sackman believes connection, creativity and community
make up the true learning experience. Because of this philosophy, she began her company
B.E.L.I.E.V.E.!LLC and travels the country as a motivational educational speaker
presenting research-based workshops on empowering educators to B.E.L.I.E.V.E.! in
themselves and the students they teach.
She is currently earning her doctorate in education as she embarks on a new journey
of taking the classroom outdoors. Dorina is creating a non-profit self-sustainable ranch to
provide children an educational after-school haven for STEM in agriculture and equine and
bovine therapy. Miss Sackman states, "Never, ever, EVER give up on a kid, and you teach
them to never, ever, EVER give up on themselves; that is...if you truly B.E.L.I.E.V.E.!"
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Plenary Speaker
Dorina Sackman
Nov. 20-21, 2015
Transforming the Learning Experience for
Life-Long Learners through CREATIVITY
Research for the Bilingual Brain:
Neuroscience, Creativity and Learning Gains!
Teachers are brilliant. There I said it. We are so awesome; we are instrumental in
improving a newer science: educational neuroscience. See neuroscientists arent the only
researchers fascinated by the complex makeup of our childrens brains. Teachers have
entered the world of brain based research to better comprehend how our kids learn. In this
session, educators and lovers of how people tick will be enlightened as to how the structure
of the brain and all its components can greatly influence how we teach and lead out students
to success. Are you ready to have your mind blown? Are you ready to take creative teaching
to another level? Well, come join methat is, if you B.E.L.I.E.V.E.!!
B.E.L.I.E.V.E.! in The Writing Recipe:
Foolproof Writing Strategies for the English Learner!
Remember the days when your favorite recipes were written on index cards? Well, students
can do the same with their prized pieces of writing! Come and see how this interactive,
hands-on DI driven activity empowers any English Learner to create quality essays that grow
with their language acquisition. Its time to make writing a delicious experience! A sample of
the Writing Recipe in action can be seen on the Teaching Channel here: https://
www.teachingchannel.org/videos/ell-essay-structure-lesson
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42nd Annual PRTESOL Convention
Transforming the Learning Experience

for Life-Long Learners through
CREATIVITY
PLENARY SPEAKER
DR. JEAN RODRIGUEZ PAZO

Inter American University, Guayama, PR
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Transforming the Learning Experiencefor Life-Long Learners through CREATIVITY
Presenters
1
Title of Presentation
Anthony Cortes
Sound Educational Practices
Arleen Serrano
Engaging Students with Special

Texas State University
Needs: Fostering a Person-Centered
Approach in the Classroom
Carmen Milagros Torres Rivera
Clift D. Armstrong, Ph.D
Crystal Bock Thiessen
Cynthia Pittman
&
Wendell Villanueva
Up the Spider Webfrom Anancy to University of Puerto Rico

Humacao
Compay Araa in Traditional Tales
Creativity is Fundamental to
Learning
Debra Freedman
Elizabeth Dayton, PhD

Carpenter, Carolyn
Deron Dolphus
Gloria Franchesci Batista
Leira Martinez Toro
Michelle Morales Garca
Ranesha Smith
University of Puerto Rico at Rio

Piedras
Creating Engaging, Communicative, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

and Creative Lessons from Limited
EFL Materials
Creating and Learning through

Interdisciplinary Connections
Do We Really Listen?
7
University/School/
Company
Extron Electronics
Anaheim, CA

Piedras
NYC Dept. of Education,
Brooklyn College, Kingsborough
Community College, St. Joseph's
College
Motivation to Learn English:

University of Puerto Rico at
Creating a Vision of a Future L2 Self Mayaguez
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Presenters
Emily Almansa,
Theresa Mezo &
Ariana Gonzalez
Evaleen Velazquez
10 &
Maureen Sheppard
University/School/
Company
Reclaiming Student Attention Using Inter-American University

Free, Interactive, Technology-Based
Strategies
The Power of Inquiry-Based
Learning
Pan American Academy Charter

School, Philadelphia, PA
11 Eyla Santiago Ramos
Facing Students Gaps: Using Dices University of Puerto Rico

to Teach Sentence Construction
Mayaguez
12 Faith Litchock-Morellato
Music to My Ears: Grammar

Review Through Song
13 Federico Escobar-Crdoba, JD
Is there a Place for English Literature College Board de Puerto Rico y

in Language Instruction?
Amrica Latina
Amiris Helena
14 &
Sandra Rodriguez
Become a Creative Teacher: Come

and Have Fun, Break the Ice and
Check-in
15 Helga M. Castao Hilera
Teaching ESL with Translanguaging University of West Florida and

University of South Alabama
16 Ivn R. Pagn Toro
Creativity, Writing, Drama, and

Lifelong Learning
The Happiness of Learning in a

17 Ivette Concepcin & Ivette Cardona Multiple Intelligence Environment
18
Jackeline Martnez Rodrguez, Ph.D Happy to Write in English: Using

Music to Stimulate Students in the
&
ESL Classroom
Evelyn Prez Mass, Ph.D
19 Janet Kabak
How to Teach Engli$h using Life

$kills and Money! $$$
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Centro Cultural DominicoAmericano (Bi-National Center)
Inter-American University at San

German
Capitan Correa
Department of Education &

Universidad del Turabo
Middlesex County College New
Jersey Public Schools
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Presenters
20 John Hill, Ph.D

21 Laura Martnez Ortiz
22 Lucy Perez
23
Mara Luna Prez &

Brenda Lpez Ortiz, Ph.D
24 Marge Tye Zuba, Ph.D
25
Marylian Rivera Villanueva &

Marie J. Agesilas, Ph.D
Toledo Melendez, M. M. &

26
Morales Rivera, J &
Marengo Ramos
27 Migdalia Cruz Arthurton, Ph.D
28 Miguel A De Jesus Coln
University/School/
Company
Classroom Instruction that Helps to University of the Virgin Islands

Improve Student Achievement
Music as Language of Instruction
Creative Teacher Recruitment
Strategies to Meet the Needs of
English as a Second Language
Students in Springfield
Massachusetts
University of Puerto Rico Rio

Piedras
Springfield Public Schools
Shopping at the M.A.L.L.: Using

Mobile Technologies in the ESL
Classroom

Piedras
Creating Engaging Lessons that

Leave no Student Behind in the
English Classroom
Framingham State University

International Education Program
Innovating Education: Preparing

Self-Motivated 21st Century LifeLong Educators
Inter-American University,
Aguadilla Campus
Creativeness: New ideas that inspire American Military Academy / St.

greatness
Mary / Luis Muoz Rivera
Elementary School
The Common Core for ELL
University of the Virgin Islands
Students: What do I do for my ELL
students?
Developing grammar skills through Colegio San Jos Superior, Caguas
poetry writing
To Click or Not to Click: The Effect New York University

Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth, Ph.D & of Hypertext on ESL Reading
29
Chencen Cai
Comprehension
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Presenters
University/School/
Company
Becoming Bilingual in Puerto Rico: New York University, Steinhardt

Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth, Ph.D & Teacher and Learner Perspectives
30
Timothy John Ebsworth, PhD
31 Nelson Omar Nazario Toro
32 Nicole M. Acevedo Feliciano

Oleana Sacuik, Ph.D
33 &
Katriamar Nieves
34 Ricardo Molina Castrilln
35 Rob Jenkins
36 Rosa Nydia Gonzlez
37 Cristina M. Salgado
Sandra Dones, Ph.D
38 &
Vigimaris Nadal-Ramos
39 Tamara JG Barbosa, Ph.D
40 Zaira R. Arvelo Alicea
Zuleika Morales
41 &
Tania Lefevre
Writers of the Round Table: Joining University of Puerto Rico

the Conversation Through Reflective Mayaguez
Writing
Problem-Based Learning: Teaching Southwestern Educational Society
Nonfiction to Work on
Plays and Poetry to Foster Personal Inter-American University San
Creativity of Expression
German
Inspired to Inspire: The Creative
Process of Building Resources for
Integrated Literature and Art Units
University of Puerto Rico Cayey
Redeeming the Minutes: How to Re- Georgia Perimeter College

claim Lost Instructional Time
Through the Power of Refocus
Frosting our Stories: A Delicious
Take on Figurative Language
University of Puerto Rico

Mayaguez
Collaborating and Cooperating as

we learn
ISAT - Instituto Superior Ansio

Teixeira (College)
Niteroi Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Practical Lesson Planning Format

for the ESL University Classroom
University of Puerto Rico
Edmodo a New Technology to

Enhance Teaching and Learning
University of Puerto Rico Rio

Piedras
Creativity in the Assessment of

Purdue University
Literacy Skills
Finding the Muse: Promoting Agility University of Puerto Rico
and Self-evaluation through Writing Mayaguez
Logs
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We are happy to announce

our awards and scholarships
opportunities for 2015. Attached you
will find information regarding all of
them. Just submit the required
documents by mail to:
PRTESOL
P.O. Box 366828
San Juan, PR 00936-6828
Attention: Awards and
Scholarships Committee
For more information, contact
us via e-mail at
jennifer.alicea@upr.edu or at
tesol@puertoricotesol.org. The
due date for submitting the
applications by regular mail is
September 30, 2015.
Remember that information
on all awards and the applications
will appear in the PRTESOLGRAM
and on our official PRTESOL web
site: www.puertoricotesol.org.
Dont miss this wonderful
opportunity.
Dr. Jennifer Alicea Castillo
Chair
Awards and Scholarships
Committee
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The Bylaws of Puerto Rico TESOL

An Affiliate of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.
Ratified September 2015
Ar.cle I. Name
The name of this organizaPon is Puerto Rico TESOL (PRTESOL), an aliate of TESOL (Teachers of English to
Speakers of Other Languages).
Ar.cle II. Purpose
PRTESOL, incorporated by the Puerto Rico State Department under the Ley General de Corporaciones para el
Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (January 9, 1956), is a non-prot professional organizaPon that is
dedicated to:
1. promoPng scholarship and professional development;
2. providing opportuniPes for study and research;
3. disseminaPng informaPon and research on the teaching of English to speakers of other languages;
4. working cooperaPvely towards the improvement of instrucPon in all programs which seek to provide
students with the opportunity to become procient English language learners;
5. coordinaPng informaPon with the local, stateside, and internaPonal professional organizaPons with
similar goals;
6. promoPng the recogniPon of English as an addiPonal language tool for communicaPon, and not as a
supplanPng means of expression at the expense of the second language learners naPve language and
culture.
Ar.cle III. Membership
A. Membership in PRTESOL is open to all who are concerned with the teaching of English to speakers of
other languages.
B. Good Standing - A member shall be deemed to be in good standing when that member has paid all
applicable dues. Duly recorded members in good standing shall be enPtled to parPcipate in the acPviPes of
PRTESOL, including voPng and aênding meePngs.
C. Membership shall be for twelve months.
Ar.cle IV. Membership Dues and Fees
A. Membership dues shall be paid annually.
B. Membership dues shall be determined by the Board.
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C. InformaPon about dues and fees shall be posted on the PRTESOL Website.
D. Fees for adverPsing, exhibiPons, the Annual ConvenPon, and other acPviPes are determined by the
PRTESOL Board of Directors.
E. No regional chapter may impose a separate membership fee to its consPtuents.
Ar.cle V. Mee.ngs
A. Annual General Mee.ng
1. The annual general business meePng will be held during the annual convenPon of the organizaPon.
2. All members are invited to aênd.
3. Members present will consPtute quorum.
4. The agenda of the business meePng shall be presented to the membership at the annual convenPon.
B. Regular Board Mee.ngs:
1. The Board will meet a minimum of six (6) Pmes per year.
2. VoPng may not be done by proxy.
3. Members in good standing are invited to aênd any meePng of the organizaPon.
C. Quorum:
1. Ficy percent (50%) of voPng Board members shall consPtute quorum.
2. If the absence of quorum does not allow holding two consecuPve regular meePngs, the president may call
for an emergency meePng where those who are present will consPtute quorum.
D. ASendance:
1. All members of the Board of Directors must aênd the regular meePngs.
2. If a member cannot aênd a meePng, he/she must inform the execuPve secretary prior to the meePng,
who will record in the minutes Absent-Excused.
E. Extraordinary Mee.ngs:
1. An extraordinary meePng may be called by the president when deemed necessary for the best interest of
the organizaPon.
2. The execuPve secretary will noPfy all Board members of the Pme, place, and the reason for calling an
extraordinary meePng.
3. No other business but that specied in the noPce may be transacted at the extraordinary meePng without
the unanimous consent of all present at such meePng.
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Ar.cle VI. Board of Directors

The Board of Directors shall consist of elected ocers and appointed ocers.
Elected Ocers (vo.ng members)
A. The elected ocers of the Board of Directors:
1. President
2. Vice-President
3. Immediate Past-President
4. Elementary EducaPon RepresentaPve
5. Secondary EducaPon RepresentaPve
6. Higher EducaPon RepresentaPve
7. Student RepresentaPve
8. Four (4) Chapter Presidents
B. The elected members shall serve terms of oce specied in the Policy Manual and may not hold more
than one voPng posiPon on the Board.
C. Elected members may serve no more than two consecuPve terms in the same oce.
D. The duPes of the elected ocers are specied in the Policy Manual.
E. President, vice-president and immediate past-president must be members of TESOL InternaPonal.
F. The student representaPve (ESL or teacher training) must have an acPve program of 12 undergraduate
credits or 6 graduate credits.
G. Only PRTESOL members in good standing who are English educators or students of English EducaPon may
form part of the Board of Directors.
Appointed ocers (non-vo.ng members)
A. Appointed members of the Board of Directors have a voice but no vote.
1. ExecuPve Secretary
2. Membership Secretary
3. Treasurer
4. PRTESOLGRAM Editor
5. Webmaster
6. Sponsorship Chairperson
7. Publishers Liaison
B. The appointed members shall serve terms of oce as specied in the Policy Manual.
C. The duPes of the appointed ocers are specied in the Policy Manual.
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Execu.ve Board
The ExecuPve Board shall consist of the President, Immediate Past-President, Vice-President, ExecuPve
Secretary, Membership Secretary, and Treasurer.
Ar9cle VII. Vacancies
A. Vacancies caused by resignaPon or declared so by the Board of Directors should be lled by this body to
complete the predecessors year of oce. The vacancy is then submiêd once again for the memberships
determinaPon in the organizaPons next electoral process.
B. If the oce of the president is vacated, the vice-president shall assume posiPon as president and shall
serve for the remainder of that term and the enPre succeeding term.
C. If the posiPon of vice-president is vacated before March 31st, a special elecPon by the membership will be
held to ll the posiPon. If the posiPon becomes vacant acer March 31st, it will remain vacant and the
posiPon of president will be added to the ballot of the upcoming elecPon.
D. A vacancy may be declared if a voPng member or ExecuPve Board member has three (3) absences in a
year whether or not they are excused.
E. A moPon to remove any Board Member from oce requires a 2/3 vote in favor by the Board of Directors.
Ar.cle VIII. Annual Elec.on
A. ElecPons will be held yearly for the posiPon of vice-president and any other vacancies on the Board of
Directors.
B. Candidates for the posiPon of vice-president must have one (1) year of leadership experience in PRTESOL.
C. Unless there is a violaPon of the Bylaws, the cerPed results of the ocial counPng of the ballots are nal.
Ar.cle IX. CommiSees
A. Standing Commiêes of PRTESOL:
1. NominaPons Commiêe
2. Membership Commiêe
3. Program Commiêe
4. CommunicaPons Commiêe,
5. Award and Scholarship Commiêe
6. Socio-poliPcal Concerns Commiêe
7. ConvenPon EvaluaPon Commiêe
8. Bylaws and Policy Manual Commiêe
B. Commiêes shall perform duPes as prescribed in the Policy Manual.
C. Board of Directors may establish Ad Hoc Commiêes.
D. Commiêe membership and chairs shall cease according to the period established in the Policy Manual.
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Ar.cle X. Regional Chapters

A. Regional Chapters shall be composed of those members of PRTESOL who reside or work in a
parPcular region.
B. Each chapter may accept members from other local chapters who have indicated a preference of
aliaPon other than by geographical designaPon, but no member can be aliated to more than one
local chapter.
C. Each Chapter shall abide by the PRTESOL Bylaws and Policy Manual.
D. Each chapter must organize at least one full-day professional development acPvity to serve the
needs of its members, failure to do so may be cause for decerPcaPon of the chapter.
E. Each chapter will have an annual meePng at the PRTESOL ConvenPon.
F. Each chapter will have an elecPon for board members at the annual meePng.
G. Each chapter will receive an annual sPpend to be determined by the Board of Directors depending
on the availability of funds.
Ar.cle XI. Conict of Interest
A. Any member of the Board of Directors who has a nancial, personal, or ocial interest in, or
conict (or appearance of a conict) with any maêr pending before the Board, of such nature that it
prevents or may prevent that member from acPng on the maêr in an imparPal manner, will oer to
voluntarily excuse him/herself and will refrain from discussion and voPng on said item.
B. To avoid any semblance of a possible conict of interest, none of the posiPons of the ExecuPve
Board will be occupied by mulPple members of a family unit, even though they may be PRTESOL
members.
Ar.cle XII. Fiscal Policies
A. The Fiscal year of the Board of Directors shall be from January 1 to December 31.
B. The Board of Directors authorizes the compensaPon of all services deemed necessary for the
reasonable conduct of the OrganizaPons goals.
C. The president and the treasurer are authorized to pay regular expenses that are below the amount
established in the budget approved by the Board of Directors each year.
D. As the nancial ocer, the Treasurer, pays all uncontested bills within thirty days of receipt.
E. The membership may quesPon the expenditures at any regular or business meePng and demand
an accounPng of the nances.
F. The membership dues will be used exclusively to provide services to the members such as:
membership cards and/or cerPcates, publicaPons, promoPonal documents related to professional
development acPviPes, elecPon ballots, and any other mailings.
G. An audited Financial Report will be submiêd to the Board of Directors by February 28th of the
following year.
H. The outgoing president and the treasurer will submit all required reports concerning the Good
Standing Status of PRTESOL, Department of State, and Treasury Department, or any other document
requested by the State by the established due date.
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Ar.cle XIII. Amendments

A. Amendments to the Bylaws may be iniPated by a majority of the Board of Directors or submiêd
in a pePPon to the Board. The membership secretary shall validate a pePPon to amend the Bylaws if
it is signed by at least twenty-ve members.
B. To become eecPve, a proposed amendment must be raPed by two-thirds (2/3) of the ballots
received within 90 days of its mailing.
C. Amendments should not be made within a three (3) year Pme span from the previous amendment.
Ar.cle XIV. Alia.on
A. PRTESOL shall comply with the requirements of TESOL to retain aliate status and enjoy all
benets due it.
B. President, vice-president, or immediate past-president shall act as representaPves to the TESOL
Aliate Council. The Board of Directors will select alternate representaPves.
C. PRTESOL will aâin aliate status with the Central American and Caribbean Basin Group.
Ar.cle XV. Consulta.ve Authority
Roberts Rules of Order, latest ediPon, shall govern the conduct at all meePngs to which they are
applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with the Bylaws.
Ar.cle XVI. Policy Manual
The Board of Directors shall iniPally establish addiPonal procedures and policies for the operaPon of
PRTESOL, which shall be referred to as the PRTESOL Policy Manual. They shall be amended thereacer
in accordance with the procedures established in the Policy Manual.
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Puerto Rico TESOL

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Website: puertoricotesol.org info@puertoricotesol.org
prtesolmembership@gmail.com
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Prof. Inocencia Nieves

2015 Nominations Committee Chair
Call for Nominations

Deadline for submitting nominations is October 25, 2015
Puerto Rico TESOL is seeking outstanding professionals who are willing to become members of the
PRTESOL Board of Directors. The nominating committee is in the process of preparing a slate of unique
candidates for the 2016 PRTESOL Board of Directors elections. We need your valuable input to identify those
dedicated, active PRTESOL members who are capable of assuming leadership positions within our
organization at this time. Those elected will serve on the 2016 PRTESOL Board of Directors.
Nominees are needed for the following positions:
Vice-President (Must have at least one year of leadership experience in PRTESOL Board but not necessarily
on the PRTESOL Board.)
This PRTESOL member is elected for one year, and succeeds to the presidency upon completion of the
current presidents term of office. The vice-president has the following additional duties: 1) acts as president
whenever the President is absent. 2) assumes the office of the president if it becomes vacant. 3) assists the
president in organizing the annual convention. 4) chairs the annual convention program. 5) acts as liaison with
regional chapters. 6) Is a voting member of the board of directors. 7) acts as liaison with regional chapters to
coordinate their calendar of activities. 8) serves as parliamentarian.
Elementary Education Representative, Secondary Education Representative,
Student Representative ( Student Representative Must have a program of 12 undergraduate or 6 graduate
credits.)
These representatives are elected for two years and have the following duties: 1) represent the interests of the
members in their particular professional areas. 2) promote and help organize activities and presentations for
their members. 3) assist the membership secretary in promoting PRTESOL among educators and students. 4)
participates actively on the PRTESOL Board of Directors and its committees. 5) assists with the PRTESOL
Annual Convention, the summer institute, and any other professional activities related to PRTESOL.
Please send in your nominations by October 25, 2015 to: Prof. Inocencia Nieves by email to:
Inonieves_prtesol@yahoo.com
Provide the following information:
NAME ________________________
Address __________________________________________________________________
Telephone(s) Home ____________Cellular ___________e-mail ______________________
Years of PRTESOL membership____________
Previous leadership position(s) ________________________________________________
Year (s) in leadership positions______
Please send a rsum and brief biographical sketch highlighting your or your candidates' qualifications for the
position, including educational background, recent work experience, and contributions to PRTESOL and to the
profession. Include a digital photo in JPG format.
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OCTOBER, 2015
PRTESOL Board and Chapter Presidents
EasternChapter Annual Conference

Fajardo InterAmerican University, Sep 5, 2015
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The PRTESOL Northern

Chapter celebrated the
6th Annual
Storytelling Contest
at the campus of
Universidad del Sagrado
Corazn

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OCTOBER, 2015

Students from kindergarten
to 12th grade were eligible and
had the wonderfull experience
of sharing stories through the art
of storytelling.
All students received a

cer>cate and cash
prizes range from $75
to $25.

Plan to send your
students to next years
Storytelling contest.
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PUERTO RICO TESOL!
AUGUST 30, 2014

Nov. 20-21, 2015
Transforming the
Learning Experience
for
Life-Long Learners
through
CREATIVITY
Join us at Universidad Sagrado Corazn
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