Call for Candidates for 2009 – 2010 Board of Directors
and the 2009 Nominating Committee

The 2008 Nominating Committee is accepting applications from members of TESOL who wish to run for

1.	The Board of Directors

	a.	President-Elect
b.	Directors (four positions)

Prospective candidates for the President-Elect and for Directors should have strong professional backgrounds and organizational experience in TESOL, as well as the commitment to serve for 3 years on the Board of Directors.  Candidates must have been a member of TESOL for the past 5 years and have given effective service as a leader or active participant in TESOL groups, such as Standing Committees, Interest Sections, Affiliates, Caucuses, Task Forces, serial publications, or organizational projects, within the past 3 years.

A candidate for President-Elect preferably has been a Director who has served on the Board within the past 6 years.

A Director may be eligible for re-election, but with the limitation of two nonconsecutive terms of office.

 

2.	The 2009 Nominating Committee (eight positions)

Prospective candidates for the 2009 Nominating Committee must have been members of TESOL for at least 4 of the previous 10 years, be familiar with the TESOL organization, and have experience in and be able to represent at least one of the following areas: Adult Education Programs, Affiliates, Caucuses, Elementary/Secondary Education Programs, Higher Education Programs, Intensive English Programs (IEPs) and Bicultural Centers, Interest Sections, and Researchers. 

The slate that the Nominating Committee chooses will have two candidates representing each of the above eight areas, and there will be candidates from at least three different countries.

	

If you are interested in being considered for nomination to either the Board of Directors or the 2008 Nominating Committee, applications are available at:

http://www.tesol.org: About TESOL

or contact:
Executive Assistant
TESOL 
700 South Washington Street 
Suite 200
Alexandria, Virginia  22314   USA
E-mail:  committees@tesol.org
Fax:  703-836-7864

The deadline for receipt of completed applications is June 6, 2008.

Officer, President-Elect

•	Serves on the Board for 3 years (the second year as President) and is TESOL’s representative to the membership, the profession, and the public, having considerable knowledge of the diverse needs of all of TESOL’s members. 
•	Should be able to travel and devote a large amount of time to the office.

Directors

•	Serve on the Board for 3 years, understanding the breadth and depth of the TESOL membership and the profession, as well as the financial, professional, and political needs of the association.

Nominating Committee Members

•	Serve from January 15 of one year through January 14 of the next year. 
•	Should have a strong understanding of TESOL and be good networkers, soliciting nominations for President-Elect, Directors, and Nominating Committee members from the membership entities, Standing Committees, other TESOL constituencies, as well as the membership at large.

Expression of Interest for Election

TESOL Board of Directors 
And
TESOL Nominating Committee

Thank you for your interest in running for office in TESOL. The Expression of Interest for Election form and position descriptions are available on TESOL’s Web site http://www.tesol.org under “Association.”

TESOL prefers that Expression of Interest forms be submitted electronically to Jamie Moore, Nominating Committee Staff Liaison, at jmoore@tesol.org.

If you prefer to submit your application by post, please mail it to:  

		Silvia Pessoa
		Nominating Committee
		C/O TESOL 
		Jamie Moore
		700 South Washington Street, Suite 200
		Alexandria, VA 22314
		USA

Or Fax 703-836-7630

Silvia can be contacted directly at spessoa@andrew.cmu.edu. 

If you do not receive confirmation of receipt of your Expression of Interest within 2 weeks of submitting, please contact Jamie Moore at 703-518-2507 (Virginia, USA) or jmoore@tesol.org.

Deadline for receipt of completed application is June 6, 2008.

Expression of Interest for Election

TESOL Board of Directors 
and 
TESOL Nominating Committee

Name _____________________________________Position/Title__________________________________
	
Employer_____________________________________________________________________________

Work Address_________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

City/State/Country/Code _________________________________________________________________

Home Address__________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

City/State/Country/Code__________________________________________________________________

E-mail Address__________________________________________________________________________

Daytime Phone Number (include country code)________________________Fax_____________________

Evening Phone Number (include country code)________________________Fax_____________________

Summer contact information (Important: Communication with candidates takes place during the summer.)

E-mail ________________________ Phone _______________________ Fax _______________________

I am expressing interest in the following positions. Please use numbers: “1” for your first choice, “2” for your second choice, etc.  

_____	President-Elect	(on the Board of Directors)						
_____ 	Board of Directors 
_____ 	Nominating Committee (If you are expressing interest in the Nominating Committee, please check below the areas in which you have experience and could represent the TESOL membership, using “1” for your first choice, “2” for your second choice, “3” for your third choice, etc.)

____ Adult Education Programs
____ Affiliates
____ Caucuses
____ Elementary and Secondary Education 
         Programs	____ Higher Education Programs
____ Intensive English Programs and Bicultural  
         Centers
____ Interest Sections
____ Researchers

Have you ever submitted an Expression of Interest for Election form before?     ____Yes  	 ____No 
If Yes, when? _________________________ For what position(s)? ___________________________

Have you ever run for a TESOL position before? 	____Yes	____ No
If Yes, when?_________________________	For what position(s)? _________________________ 

Eligibility

1.	I have been a member of TESOL for  _____ years.  My member number is _________________.

(Note that candidates for President-Elect and Board of Directors must have been TESOL members for the past 5 years; candidates for the Nominating Committee must have been TESOL members for at least 4 of the previous 10 years.)

2.	If you are expressing interest in a Board position, please answer the following:

I can/cannot (circle one) affirm the following:
I am not a former president of TESOL, a full- or part-time employee of TESOL within the past 
3 years, or a member of the current year’s Nominating Committee.

3.	Please list any past terms of service on the TESOL Board of Directors:

4.	Please list all TESOL annual conventions you have attended in the past 6 years.

5.	How much time would you have available to spend each month on TESOL business?

6.	Institutional support is not required but is encouraged.  Please check one of the following:

	_____  Yes, I have institutional support	_____	No, I do not have institutional support

If  Yes, please describe the nature of  your institutional support (e.g., job release time, reduced internal committee workload, approval to be away for the regularly scheduled meetings):

7.	Completion of the Leadership Development Certificate Program (LDCP) is not required but is 	encouraged.  Please check one of the following:

 	_____ Yes, I have completed the LDCP	_____	No, I have not completed the LDCP

	_____ I’m currently enrolled in the LDCP	

8.	Please list contact information for three (3) TESOL members who can confirm your qualifications to serve on the Board of Directors or Nominating Committee. (Include summer contact information, if different.)

9.	Please provide the following. (Note that a bio statement from a publication and/or conference program is not appropriate, nor is a resume/CV.)

a.    Your experience in TESOL (e.g., Interest Sections, Affiliates, Standing Committees, previous       Board experience)	

b.	Your professional responsibilities and experience as they relate to serving TESOL (e.g., having served on other governing boards, professional development work, familiarity with teaching and research issues of concern to TESOL)

c.	An elaboration of your interest and motivation to serve in the position(s) for which you have expressed an interest to run  (please limit statement to 150–250 words) 

Acknowledgement

I have read the position description(s) for the position(s) in which I am expressing interest.  I understand the responsibilities of serving on the TESOL Board of Directors and/or Nominating Committee.  I have also notified my immediate supervisor of my intention to seek this position and of the expected workload and time commitments.  I confirm that the information in this Expression of Interest form is complete, accurate, and up to date.

I understand that not everyone who completes an Expression of Interest form will be nominated, in part because the ballot must reflect the diversity of the TESOL membership, including Interest Section, program level, and geographic representation (from Standing Rule X, V.B.7) and in part because of the number of highly qualified people who are in competition for the number of open positions on the ballot.  

I also understand that if I am not selected by the Nominating Committee for the ballot, I am free to submit an Expression of Interest in the future so that I can be considered for other elections. 

_______________________________________			_______________________________
Signature of Candidate						Date
(Electronic signature acceptable)

 

Board Meeting & Convention Dates
Travel dates are not included—only the actual dates of the meetings are listed. 

2009

March 22		New Board Members Orientation in Denver, CO

March 23- 24	Board Meeting in Denver, CO

June 26-27		Board Meeting in Alexandria, VA

October 23-24	Board Meeting in Alexandria, VA

Convention Dates

2009—Denver, CO
March 25-28

2010—Boston, MA
March 24–27

2011—New Orleans, LA
March 16-19

2012—Philadelphia, PA
March 28- 31

2013—Dallas, TX
March 20-23

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