Hi! Welcome to Higher Ed SIG webpage of ITBE!
As educators, we are always searching for innovative ideas, opportunities for collaboration, and general information sharing to benefit our wonderful students. Below you will find some useful links, including news, upcoming events, contests, and more.
Please contact me at highsig@itbe.org if you have comments or questions.
Again, welcome to our site!
Lisa Barrett,
Chair, Higher Ed SIG, ITBE
Higher Ed SIG Events
Get your pencils ready for Illinois TESOL-BE's Higher Education ESL Writing Contest!
The Illinois TESOL-BE Higher Education SIG will be holding its Higher Education ESL Writing Contest.
Specific guidelines and deadlines are available on the Writing Contest webpage. Winners for each category will be announced at the Illinois TESOL-BE Convention in Naperville, Illinois.
Don't Miss It!
Please join us at the ITBE Fall Workshop on October 15th!
Karla Garjaka of National Louis University will present "Let's Acculturate: Learning to Shift Between Cultures." Get a feel for the cultural challenges faced by immigrant students in higher education. This presentation will include ideas that will help instructors ease students' transition periods, helping them to acculturate and succeed.
Higher Ed SIG Information
HE-SIG Statement of Purpose
The Higher Education Special Interest Group encourages and promotes communication, information-sharing, research, publication, and awareness of English for Speakers of Other Languages and Bilingual Education at the college/university level.
The special interest group (SIG) represents practitioners of ESOL/BE, teacher trainers, student, and administrative personnel by providing a forum for the discussion of standards, issues and concerns related to ESOL/BE in higher education. The special interest group also develops position papers as appropriate for consideration by the Illinois TESOL-BE Executive Board.
By-laws
Article I – The name of this special interest group is “ESOL/BE in Higher Education” (HESIG)
Article II – The Objectives of this special interest group are
1. To stimulate scholarship, collaboration, consultation and dialogue among ESOL/BE professionals in higher education.
2. To inform the public and other educators regarding the nature and role of ESOL/BE in higher education.
3. To provide documentation and to propose standards relating to ESOL/BE programs in higher education, their students, and their faculty.
Article III – The SIG activities include, but are not limited to,
1. Contributing SIG-related columns to the Illinois TESOL-BE newsletter.
2. Sponsoring sessions at the annual convention and at other Illinois TESOL-BE workshops and conferences.
3. Holding at least one meeting per year.
Article IV – Members of the SIG must be members in good standing of Illinois TESOL-BE.
Article V – Officers
1. A chairperson is elected annually by a majority of SIG members present at the SIG meeting during the state convention. Duties include chairing meetings, information and minutes to SIG members. The chairperson of the SIG also serves as a voting member of the Illinois TESOL-BE Executive Board.
2. A recorder, a volunteer from the SIG membership, will take minutes at SIG meetings and arrange for their dissemination to SIG members.
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