Mission

 

• To collect and disseminate useful information about teaching English as a second language.

• To provide opportunities for interaction among ESL professionals.

• To identify and address TESOL problems of local, regional, and national concern.

• To stimulate professional development within the TESOL institutions of the area.

• To promote and actively support programs in local communities that will improve the teaching of English as a second language at all levels of education.

• To advocate the recognition of the specialized nature of the TESOL profession on the local, state, and national levels.