Our Executive Board is elected by members for two years. It consists of Director, Past-President, President, Secretary, Membership Chair, Programme Convenor, Webmaster & Public Relations Chair, and Members-at-Large. The Executive meets five times each year to establish policy, carry out business, which includes organizing professional development events, and advocate for ESL rights.

     When you join TESL Kingston, you get three memberships for the price of one. You automatically become a member of TESL Ontario and TESL Canada as well. Through membership, you have the opportunity to participate in the direction of your profession, add your voice to important ESL issues, expand your skills and gain professional recognition.

     The celebration of TESL Kingston’s 25th anniversary in 2004 was a lively evening with a gathering of many of the founding members. One of these, Eleanor Rogers, a long-time director of the Queen's School of English, addressed the meeting from her own extensive experience in the field at national, provincial and local levels.

     Entertainment was provided by representatives from two of Kingston's cultural groups: Ian Bender, a championship Irish step-dancer, and children and teenagers from the India-Canada Association of Kingston, an organization which, by the way, is also celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The whole evening was a fitting and joyful example of the mutual support and friendship that exists in a multicultural community such as ours. <