TESL Kingston Chapter Executive 2024-2025
- President/Treasurer: Kendra Noble
- Membership Secretary/Social Media Manager: Todd Scott
- Corresponding Secretary/Content Manager: Jade Basford
- Chapter Representative: Ann Chen
- Member-at-large: Bansari Shrivastava
A special thank you to the TESL Kingston Working Group (Ann Chen, Bansari Shrivastava, Carolin Taguchi, Kendra Noble, Jade Basford, Toby Tey, and Todd Scott) who dedicated their time and creativity to relaunch TESL Kingston in January 2025 with its first ever social and networking event.
Join the Executive!
Every year TESL Kingston looks for new people to join the Executive. One of the main goals of TESL Kingston is to organize professional development activities for our members and interested members of the public.
Being part of your TESL Kingston Executive is not a huge time commitment and has several benefits, including:
1) credit with 10 hours of Professional Development each year you serve
2) opportunity to develop an active TESL community in our region
3) networking opportunities with peers and other professionals in our region
4) management and leadership experience
The term for executive members is three years and many choose to do a second term. Please submit an Expression of Interest form (below) or contact TESLkingston@gmail.com if you are interested.
Expression of Interest form (PDF)
Expression of Interest form (Word)
Thank you to our outgoing Affiliate Chapter Executive for their commitment and dedication they've shown while sharing their knowledge and expertise with us over the past few years.
Outgoing TESL Kingston Chapter Executive 2022-2023
- Co-Presidents: Jennifer Burns, Kendra Noble
- Past -Presidents: Ellen Caftel Turcotte
- Treasurer: Alka Sood
- Membership Secretary: Justine Macdonald
- Secretary: Jennifer Burns
- Chapter Affiliate Representative: Belinda Whyte
- Communications Officer: Kendra Noble
Alka Sood is a TESL Ontario as well as TESL Canada certified ESL instructor and British Council trained IELTS instructor. She teaches adult ESL learners at CLB levels from literacy to advanced at Limestone Community Education, Kingston, and Kingston Literacy & Skills LINC.
Ellen Caftel Turcotte (B.Sc., OCELT) has twenty-five years’ experience in health services management and more than 12 years as an ESL instructor for adults and children.
Justine Macdonald (B.A., M.A., OCELT) is a certified member of TESL Ontario. Justine began her teaching career in a northern Ontario community where she taught Grade 7 and completed her thesis on Aboriginal Literacies. She has taught CLB 1 Literacy at LINC for KL&S, at an International school in Toronto, and in the private sector. Currently, she teaches in the EAP program at Queen’s School of English.
Kendra Noble (B.A., B.Ed.) is an English language assessor in Kingston and Belleville. She has TESL certification. Her experience over the past 20 years includes working with newcomer adults in the areas of employment, settlement and ESL. Currently, she teaches ESL at St. Lawrence College.
Jennifer Burns (B.A., OCELT) has taught ESL for more than 20 years. Her early years were overseas teaching Business English followed by LINC on returning home to Ontario. Primarily in an English for Academic Purposes setting, she has worked at several Toronto colleges. She has recently settled in Kingston, taught at Queen’s University, and is currently an instructor at St. Lawrence College.
Belinda Whyte (B.A., M.Ed.) has been a certified ESL teacher for two years, but has been volunteering and teaching ESL for five. She has her TESL Tier 3 certification with a Master’s Degree from the University of Ottawa. She has taught at Queen’s University and is currently an instructor at St. Lawrence College in Kingston.
(currently on leave) Tiffany Myers (B.A. Arts Law, OCELT) began teaching EFL in South Korea in 2000-01. She began as a volunteer at Limestone Community Education in 2003 and hired in 2004. She has taught all CLB levels; however, currently she teaches level 4 at Limestone Community Education. (on leave)