NileTESOL General Assembly 2017 Wednesday, January 24, 2017 1:00 – 2:15 pm AUC New Cairo, Bassily Auditorium 1. Welcome and Introduction: Amira Salama, NileTESOL President -Around 300 NileTESOL members were in attendance -Amira Salama welcomed NileTESOL members to the General Assembly 2. Approval of the Minutes of the 2016 General Assembly -Attendees of the General Assembly approved the minutes with no corrections. 3. Approval of the candidate for President-Elect: Omaima Ayoub -The following candidate was introduced for this seat: -President-Elect: Omaima Ayoub (unopposed) -The candidate was announced a winner of that seat with no objection from the members attending. -Members attending the GA welcomed the newly elected candidate. 4. Vote on Proposed Constitutional Amendments The following items of the constitution were amended and voted on: -Article 1 amendments regarding addition of a Private Universities seat approved. This increased the number of board members to 18. -Article 7 amendment extending term of Past President for two years and removing the Past President’s requirement to chair the membership committee. -Article 9 removing reference to honorary members. -Article 11 requiring those selected by the board mid-year to stand at the General Assembly for election. -Article 3.1 adding new SIG By-Laws. 5. Committee Reports on 2016 Activities & Preview for 2017 -

Professional Development (past and upcoming events) Muhammad Khalil Overall Responsibilities of the Committee: The mission of the Professional Development Committee (PDC) is to provide various PD opportunities to ELT professionals all over Egypt through workshops to be held in Cairo and other governorates as well as PD online resources. Members of the PDC can be contacted for any PD consultation during NT conference days and/or online throughout the year. Past Events: In 2016 and 2017, the PD Committee managed to hold events in Delta, Suez Canal and Upper Egypt governorates. -

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We also visited three private universities: Pharos, British University in Egypt and Badr University in Egypt. By the end of 2018, the Professional Development Committee plans to achieve the following goals: • Approaching RELO/NileTESOL Mentors to become PD representatives in their governorates. • Providing a survey to NT members to obtain information on topics of interests for future PD events. • Launching the PD’s Teacher Resources Tab on the NT’s website. • Having a frequently updated section for PD announcements and surveys on the NT’s website. • Approaching Al Azhar institution via PD events in different governorates, on both the university and school levels. * Upcoming Events: The PD Committee is planning to go to other governorates especially in Upper Egypt where instructors do not have access to any form of professional development. We are also planning to visit governmental universities such as Cairo University. -

SIGs Maha Hamed [Added after 2017 General Assembly] What is SIG? • Teachers with shared interests group to exchange ideas and expertise related to specific aspects of language teaching. • SIGs members: 337 Future plans: • Add more active SIGs • SIG goes viral Active SIGs o Teacher Education (TESIG) § Coordinator:Kariman Mohsen § Steering Committee:Mostafa Youssef Teaching Young Learners (TYLSIG)

o Coordinator:Mai Essa o Steering Committee:Dr. Sherien Omar Under Initiation: o Professional Writing SIG § Coordinators:Ahmed Samir Events held in 2016 - 2017 o Teacher Education SIG § November 19th – AUC § Attendees: 50 teachers § Flipping Classrooms, Mona Mersal, FELT Recipient § IPOTs, Dr. Maha Hamed § Teaching short vowel sounds; Let's color words, Amal Onsy, FELT Recipient o SIG SESSION IN 2017 CONFERENCE § Featured Dr. Christine Coomb on SIG Best Practices. § Reviewed 2016 – 2017 SIGs plans & Initiatives. • Shared session live. o Learning Technology SIG § 1st event: E-platforms and Mobile Apps for EFL • Dec 10th - AUC – Attendees: 40 • Wikis for Flipped Learning, Hala Gharib • Handy Mobile Voice Apps with a Flick, Hanaa Khamis • DIY (Do It Yourself) Online Assessment, Maha Hassan § 2nd event: Electronic Village Online (EVO) sessions Dec 23 – Attendees 8 • Maria Bossa from Argentina, EVO coordination team member § 3rd event: Empowering Teachers with Moodle – NileTESOL LTSIG Virtual Interview with Dr Nellie Deutsch Jan 3, 2017 – Attendees 6 -

Membership Mariam Osman • Membership Statistics • Current members: 4357+ • Nationalities: 50 • Locations: 6 continents; All Egyptian governorates • Professions: English language teachers; public & private K-12 schools; public & private universities; language centers; university students; classroom content teachers; department heads; administrators; teacher trainers; curriculum developers; researchers, MOE supervisors • Emails sent in 2016: 48 • Benefits of Joining NileTESOL • Receive notifications of opportunities available only to members: scholarships, grants, job board, and professional development (PD) events

Stay connected and up-to-date via NileTESOL emails/website/social media (FB, Twitter, YouTube) • Become part of a world-wide community of ELT professionals: get news about webinars, conferences & publications of affiliates and international/regional sister ELT organizations (TESOL International, IATEFL, TESOL Arabia, Africa TESOL) • Leadership and mentoring opportunities within the organization: • Stand for election to a BOD seat • Initiate and/or coordinate a SIG • Join the conference Organizing Committee • Get voting privileges during the annual General Assembly • Joining NileTESOL • STEP 1: Visit the NileTESOL homepage • STEP 2: Click on the membership tab (bottom left corner) • STEP 3: Fill out the membership form & make sure to put your correct email address • STEP 4: Submit the form Newsletter S. Esnawy o NileTESOL Newsletter 8 § From Tanta to the World, Dudley Reynolds § Conference Reports • Reflections on the NileTESOL 2016 Conference, Fatma Abdel Hafez § IATEFL 2016, Omaima Ayoub • Report from IATEFL 2016 Online • Using Visuals in the Classroom, Maha Hassan o From the Classroom § A speaking activity: Jeopardy in classrooms, Fatma Abdel Hafez o British Council: LearnEnglish § Academic IELTS: Report-writing & Essay-writing Checklists o Professional Development § Excellence, Rania Jabr § The FELT Experience, Ghada Ouda § FELT: A Different Vision for Teaching, Amira Fawzy Ahmed § Report on NileTESOL PD Event of June 4, 2016: Submitting Effective Conference Proposals, Rania M. R. Khalil o Articles are invited for submission on, but are not restricted to: § Ideas, strategies, activities, and materials to help NileTESOL members develop lessons, curricula, programs, materials, and evaluation instruments •

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Classroom experiences, including problems met & how they were solved § Taking technological & other ideas from NileTESOL conference presentations & applying them in class § Sessions attended at NileTESOL conference o Articles: § maximum of 1,000 words with § correct APA-style referencing § title of your position and § work place / affiliation o Deadline for submissions: April 3, 2017 o E-mail submissions to the editor: Susan Esnawy, [email protected] Communications A.Salama § NileTESOL has a growing FB page with more than 10,000 followers. § Members can stay connected with NT through the Facebook page, the NT ELT Channel on YouTube, and Twitter. § The website also has a “Contact Us” page, so members can contact specific committees.

6. TOT Certificates – RELO -All participants in the 2016 TOT Program Received a Certificate -Mr. Mohamed Mehanny was selected in a raffle to attend the 2017 TESOL International Conference 7. Presentation of Certificate/s of Appreciation to Board member/s Rotating off the BOD and Introduction of Conference Co-Chairs for 2018 (Mariam Osman & Rania Jabr) -Susan Esnawy received a certificate of appreciate for her time and effort serving NileTESOL as the Conference Chair 2017. -A welcome note was made to congratulate Dr. Mariam Osman and Mrs. Rania Jabr for taking over and becoming the conference co-chairs of 2018. 8. Introduction of the New President 2017-2018 (Alexander Lewko) -Alexander introduced himself to the audience -Gave a thank-you to Amira Salama for her efforts as President 9. NileTESOL Raffle -Hesham Mohamed & Ahmed Samir AlKholy were drawn in the raffle to receive TESOL memberships in this raffle 10. Any Other Business (AOB) -There was no other business

-Meeting adjourned at 2:00 pm.