Hunter College/Georgetown ELF Cooperation Teachers Meet Up

Here are the details of the Hunter College/ELF Cooperation Teachers Meet-Up:

Thursday, March 29th, 8:00pm

Field House Sports Bar

12th Street and Filbert (connected to the Philadelphia Convention Center - Marriott side)

There are other events at the same venue so tell the host you are with the Hunter/ELF group. You can order food and drinks. Stop by for a drink or have dinner.

If you have any questions, please text or call 646 732 6877. You can also email rcalleja@hunter.cuny.edu.

See you tomorrow night!

RSVP to Cooperation Dinner

The Cooperation dinner with the ELF Program at Georgetown teachers is scheduled for Thursday, March 29th at 8:00pm. We need to know the final count by Tuesday, March 27th, so please rsvp to rcalleja@hunter.cuny.edu or RSVP by posting your name in the comment box. We are eyeing a moderately priced Italian restaurant that comes highly recommended and has a Bring Your Own Bottle policy.

How to Get to Philadelphia

There are various ways to get to Philadelphia. Below are some of the more inexpensive options:

NJ Transit/SEPTA
Penn Station-NY to Trenton
Trenton to Philadelphia - 30th Street Station (on SEPTA)
http://www.njtransit.com
From $16 each way

AMTRAK
Penn Station
to Philadelphia - 30th Street Station
http://www.amtrak.com/
$50 each way

Megabus
http://www.megabus.com/
From $7 each way
Free WIFI

Boltbus
http://www.boltbus.com/
From $8 each way
Free WIFI

2012 TESOL Conference - Philadelphia March 28-31

The TESOL Conference is just around the corner. This year it heads east to Philadelphia, which is exciting for us east coast folks. If you haven't already registered, go to the official 2012 TESOL Conference website. The conference is March 28th-31st and is jam full of activities including The Electronic Village, Job Marketplace, and dozens and dozens of presentations featuring hundreds of speakers.

GSA Conference Travel Awards

As a reminder, current Hunter graduate students are entitled to apply for the GSA Conference Travel Awards. This is sponsored by the Graduate Students Association (GSA) at Hunter College and provides reimbursement of up to $400 to one conference per semester. Save all your transportation, accommodation, and conference fees receipts. It is recommended that you pay for everything using a credit card because you will be required to show your statements as proof of payment. For more information on the GSA Conference Travel Awards and a printable application, please go to Hunter GSA website. If you have any questions, please email rcalleja@hunter.cuny.edu.

Cooperation Dinner with the English Language Fellow Georgetown Program

Interested in teaching overseas? The English Language Fellow Program at Georgetown University might be the way to go. The EL Fellow Program promotes English language learning and enhances English teaching capacity abroad. Through U.S. embassy projects, Fellows share their expertise, hone their skills, gain international experience, and learn other cultures.

Funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Center for Intercultural Education and Development (CIED), the EL Fellow Program places talented, highly qualified U.S. educators with Masters degrees with a focus in TEFL/TESL or Applied Linguistics in all regions of the world.

Club TESOL of Hunter College is organizing a dinner with cooperative teachers from the ELF Program. The dinner will be on Thursday, March 29th at 8pm. If you are interested in attending the dinner, please RSVP at rcalleja@hunter.cuny.edu.

For more information about the EL Fellow Program at Georgetown University, please go to the ELF website.

Posting Board for Accommodation and Transportation at TESOL Philadelphia

The national TESOL Conference is coming up March 28-31. To better help Club TESOL members find accommodation and transportation, we have set up this blog to help connect students. If you need accommodation or transportation to the Philadelphia TESOL Conference, feel free to leave a post here. Looking to share accommodation or transportation, feel free to browse through the comments. Feel free to leave any related tips on accommodation or transportation.