Transcript MEET BETA

MEET BETA
BULGARIAN ENGLISH
TEACHERS’ АSSOCIATION
BETA facts and figures
► established
1991 in Sofia
► 17
years of good practice
► 16
national conferences, the 17th underway
► 2001
► over
IATEFL-EAST Regional Conference
100 active members
BETA members are
► English
teachers from all educational sectors
in Bulgaria
► teacher
trainers
► student
teachers of English
BETA works with
► teacher
► the
training institutions
Ministry of Education and Science
► British
Council, Bulgaria
► major
Bulgarian and international
publishers
► other
interested NGOs and individuals
Our mission
BETA seeks to build a network of ELT
professionals on a national, regional (South-
East Europe) and international level and
establish the association as a recognized
mediator between educators and state
bodies, public and other organizations.
Objectives
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to meet our members’ needs for professional
development
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to provide information about :
 current ELT-related events in BG and the region
 recent development in ELT worldwide
 learning and teaching opportunities
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to defend Bulgarian English teachers’ professional
interests
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to promote Common European language teaching and
testing standards
BETA activities
► annual
conferences
► regional
seminars and workshops
► information
dissemination
► networking
with other teachers’ associations and
NGOs in Bulgaria and abroad
► exchange
of representatives with teachers’
associations from the region
 By joining BETA YOU 
become part of the growing English teachers’
community in Bulgaria
► gain access to information about ELT events in Bulgaria,
the SEE region and all over the world
► exchange ideas and share experiences
► receive financial and other support for participation in
national and international ELT events
► can join IATEFL at a special discount price
► have fun while developing professionally
► make a difference as a teacher of English in
Bulgaria
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Join BETA in five steps!
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Visit our website www.beta-iatefl.org.
Download the membership application
form.
Fill it in.
Send it to [email protected] or
p.o. box 1047, Sofia 1000 together with
the receipt indicating the bank transfer
of 30 BGN to the account of BETA.
Get a welcome letter and your
membership card.
Successful initiatives
► Pre-conference
►A
events (3 so far)
new web-site (launched Dec 2007)
► Regional
TT seminars (4 so far)
► Competitions
► Exchange
region
► Best
of representatives with TA from the
conference presenter Award
Some of our problems
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Sponsorship and funding
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Increasing and maintaining numbers
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Fighting inertia
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Finding volunteers (incl. to take over from old
committee members)
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Keeping the SIGs alive
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The Newsletter
With BETA Life’s Better !