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Grab your favorite beverage and join fellow English language teachers. We will spend this hour conversing about our lives, sharing classroom practices, learning, and making new friends. Let’s value virtual connections - join us to network, share, and learn! TESOL Live! is offered at no cost to TESOL members and nonmembers. Advance registration is required.

TESOL Live! is hosted by the TESOL Membership Professional Council (MPC) on the third Saturday of every month at 8am Eastern time.

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February's TESOL Live

Join us 15 February 2025

Chat with your global colleagues, share classroom practices, and build your network at this month's TESOL Live!

We will be joined by our featured guest, Grazzia María Mendoza Chirinos, who will be discussing:

Pracademics: What, Why and How
Pracademics at the intersection of practice and research, engaging educators towards creating spaces for practitioners who are researchers and researchers who are practitioners to collaborate in ways to make research actionable in the classroom and support educators address the every day classroom challenges to better impact the lives of learners globally.

About Grazzia María Mendoza Chirinos
As researcher for WIDA Español at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Grazzia María Mendoza Chirinos, facilitates research processes and design of resources for professional development through innovation, contextualization during implementation and promotion of complex, consistent and quality research. She is responsible for a) coordinating research conducted with participating educators and local school districts; b) tracking and maintaining records contributing to the research and evaluation conducted in the different education programs; and c) conducting research activities. She has 30 years’ experience in education at all levels including PK-12, higher education, and adult education. In addition, the last 15 years she has focused on teacher training in Honduras and worldwide through her volunteer work with TESOL International Association where she served as a member of the Board of Directors from 2019-2022. During that last 6 years she also worked directly in development through education through her work at USAID Honduras managing projects ranging between $10 - $55 million and supporting the Ministry of Education in Honduras in quality of education, community engagement for education, development of social and emotional learning and violence prevention methodologies as well as contributions to workforce development and positive youth development. She is an active keynote presenter worldwide.

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Past Events

Featured Speaker: Ron Morrain

18 January 2025 8:00 - 9:00 am EST

With over three decades of international experience, Ron Morrain stands at the forefront of educational innovation. An American by birth, Ron's professional journey has taken him from Houston, Texas, to the heart of Germany, where he continues to shape the future of education.

As an Educational Consultant and lecturing Professor, Ron has lent his expertise to organizations like the University Duisburg-Essen, International School of Management (ISM), Cologne Business School of Management, Technical University System of Südwestfalen, Syntax Solutions in the Netherlands, Educast International Conferences in Egypt, and Dakhla Teacher Training College in Morocco. His linguistic prowess spans three languages—English, German, and Spanish—enabling him to engage and inspire educators across the globe.