The Role of Language Teacher Associations in Professional Development

Part I: The History and Structure of Language Teacher Associations (LTAs).- The History of Language Teacher Associations.- Examining the Organizational Structure of LTAs: A Report on Strategic Direction and Functionality.- Realities and Potential: English Language Teacher Associations in the 21 st Century.- Language Teacher Associations that Learn.- Engaging Future Professionals: How Language Teacher Associations Facilitate the Involvement of Student Members.- Part II: LTAs Forms of Professional Development.- Teacher Development Through Teacher Associations: Lessons from Africa.- Killing Two Birds with One Stone: SPELT's Professional Development Programs.- Developing Communities of Practice Through Language Associations in Oman.- The Empirical Alignment of Language Teacher Associations Conference Themes to Research Agendas: An Investigation of TESOL International and IATEFL.- Part III: Collaboration between and within LTAs.- The Impact of a Special Interest Group on Assessment Literacy.- Professional Development in Low Resource Environments: The Role of Africa TESOL, TESOL France, and IATEFL GISIG.- Bringing Language Teacher Associations Together.- Strengthening South Asian LTAs Networking and Challenges.- Part IV: Personal, Professional and Leadership Development.- Developing Leadership Capacity through Leadership Learning Opportunities.- Leadership Emergence within MEXTESOL.- Leadership, Mentoring and Transformation in English Language Teacher Associations: A Tripartite Dialogue.- Emotional Intelligence Growth through Volunteering with Language Teaching Associations.- Formalizing Language Teacher Associations Leadership Development.- Opportunities for Leadership Development in the Service of Teaching Associations.- Representativeness and Development of Leaders in Korea TESOL.- The Impact of LTA Volunteerism on Leadership and Management Development: An Autoenthnographic Reflection.- Balancing Personal Responsibilities with Association Altruism: Three Professional Development Histories in LTAs.