IATEFL has around 70 Associates - the
exact number changes from week to week. An Associate is another
Teacher Association (TA) that has entered into a mutually beneficial
relationship with IATEFL. Increasingly, though, the real benefit
of becoming an Associate lies in linking up to a network of
teacher associations all over the world, and through this,
a network of language educators all over the world.
Here is how this network functions. IATEFL provides the structure,
creates a forum for its Associates to communicate. Then it's up
to the Teacher Associations to make the most of this - to use the
electronic, printed, and face-to-face mediums for meaningful communication.
So if you're not an Associate, read on to find out what benefits
joining might bring to your members, and what ways there are in
which YOU and YOUR MEMBERS can reach out to English teachers all
over the world. And if you have already become an Associate, please
use the existing channels of communication - and let us know if
you have any suggestions for changes and improvements.
Reasons to be an Associate:
- Be in CONTACT with other teacher associations around the world.
- Publicize your events in our CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
- Collaborate with any of the 14 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS of IATEFL.
- Receive our Newsletter IATEFL Voices six times a year.
- Contribute to Voices; use the ASSOCIATES' PAGES to tell other
teachers and TAs what you are doing.
- Attend and contribute to the ASSOCIATES' DAY at our annual
Conference.
- Communicate with other associations through our E-list, IATEFL-PAL.
- Form PARTNERSHIPS with other teacher associations.
- Get support from our WIDER MEMBERSHIP SCHEME, designed to
help teachers in countries where IATEFL membership is hard
to afford.
- Spread the word about IATEFL and encourage your members to
JOIN.