TESOL International Association
TESOL is a professional organization with over 100 national and international affiliates. TESOL's mission is to develop the expertise of its members and others involved in teaching English to speakers of other languages to help them foster effective communication in diverse settings while respecting individuals' language rights. TESOL sponsors a four-day international convention each year in the Spring.
2022 TESOL Advocacy & Policy Summit
Register by June 6
TESOL members $249; Non-members $299
2023 TESOL International Convention
March 21-24, 2023
Portland, Oregon
Hybrid convention: both in-person and virtual
Call for Reviewers: deadline May 6, 2022
Call for Proposals: deadline June 1, 2022
Future TESOL conventions:
2024: March 19-22 in Tampa, Florida
2025: March 18-21 in Long Beach, California
2026: March 24-27 in Salt Lake City, Utah
2027: March 16-19 in Houston, Texas
Alabama-Mississippi Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (AMTESOL)
AMTESOL is an affiliate of TESOL International Association.
Southeast Regional TESOL (SETESOL)
SETESOL is an association of 9 TESOL affiliates that represent 11 states in the Southeast. Each year, SETESOL's regional conference rotates to a different state. AMTESOL hosted the SETESOL conference in 2017, 2008, 1999, and 1991.
SETESOL Regional Council meeting at the TESOL International Convention in Chicago, Illinois in March 2018.
SETESOL 2022
Creating Equity: Multilingual and Multicultural Learners in Educational Settings
October 12-15, 2022
Richmond, Virginia
Hosted by Virginia TESOL
Call for Proposals: deadline May 15
Future SETESOL conferences:
SETESOL 2023: North Carolina/South Caroliina TESOL (Carolina TESOL)
SETESOL 2024: Tennessee TESOL (TNTESOL)
SETESOL 2025: Arkansas TESOL (ARKTESOL)
SETESOL 2026: Louisiana TESOL (LATESOL)
SETESOL 2027: Kentucky TESOL (KYTESOL)
SETESOL 2028: Alabama-Mississippi TESOL (AMTESOL)
SETESOL 2029: Sunshine State TESOL (SSTESOL)
WIDA
For educators of K-12 multilingual learners.
WIDA 2022
September 28-30, 2022
Advancing Learning Together
Louisville, Kentucky
In-person and virtual conference
Registration opens May 2
Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)
SCOLT 2023
MOBILize for Language Learning
March 23-25, 2023
Mobile, Alabama
Call for Proposals: begins April 2022
Registration: begins October 2022
American Translators Association
ATA 2022: October 12-15 in Los Angeles, California
ATA 2023: October 25-28 in Miami, Florida
ATA 2024: October 30-November 2 in Portland, Oregon
Alabama World Languages Association (AWLA)
AWLA 2022, originally scheduled for January, has been postponed. Check out their website for up-to-date information.
