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INTESOL: A Chronological History
Origins
INTESOL was the brain child of Annabelle Simpson Murphy and Phil Roth,
both of the Indiana Department of Education. It grew out of a meeting
there on February 23, 1979, and was officially founded on Friday,
October 19, 1979 at a banquet in the Indianapolis Convention Center.
This came about as TESOL made changes promoting state affiliates.
INTESOL has always been heavily composed of members representing
institutions of higher learning, and some of the earliest were Ball
State, Purdue, Indiana University and IUPUI, with support also from the
Department of Education and the Indianapolis Public Schools.
1979
In l979 the first officers were: President, Ambrocio Lopez from Ball
State where he was in Secondary Education; Vice President, Phil Roth
from the Indiana Department of Education; Executive Secretary, Alan
Garfinkle, Spanish professor from Purdue, Treasurer, Richard Kolczynski
from Ball State, Recording Secretary, Annabelle Simpson Murphy of the
Department of Education; and Newsletter Editor Janet Ross from Ball
State. The first newsletter was issued in September, l979. The first
annual conference was October l9 and 20 at the Indianapolis Convention
Center. The general theme was organizing and operating a TESOL
affiliate. Keynote speakers were Dr. James Alatis and TESOL president,
Dr. Ruth Crymes. The membership that year was around 30 by the end of
the year. The major issues were simply organizing, growing, and
fine-tuning the constitution.
1980
l980 officers were the same as those who closed out l979, having been
elected in the fall. The second conference was on Halloween weekend at
Purdue. Speakers were Dr. H. Douglas Brown, TESOL President, and Dr.
John Haskell, TESOL Newsletter Editor.
Membership grew by the close of the year to 120. Issues of interest
were the Lafayette Adult Reading Academy beginning a program manned by
volunteers and the question of ESL certification for teachers. A job
booth was also opened at the conference.
1981
1981 officers were President, Phil Roth, Vice President, Peter Bjarkman
from Purdue, Executive Secretary, Alan Garfinkle, Treasurer, Mitsuyo
Woodward, Recording Secretary, Timmie Steinbruegge, Newsletter Editor,
Phyllis Liston of Ball State, and first-time Liaison Officer, Annabelle
Simpson. The third annual conference Was October 23-24 at Goshen
College. The theme was "Fall into TESOL", and keynote speakers were
John Haskell and Martha Santilli from the Chicago Public Schools.
Chairing the conference was Rosemary Wyse of INABE. Membership numbers
had fallen back into the 80ies range. Illinois held the first Midwest
regional conference at Champaign-Urbana, with John Haskell. INTESOL was
able to charter a bus to take members to the national TESOL in Detroit
in March. New letterhead with logo was developed, and the idea arose of
founding an honorary lifetime membership. Certification continued to be
discussed. By this time both Ball State and I.U. were offering up to a
Master's Degree in their teacher-training programs in TEFL.
1982
In l982 President was Peter Bjarkman, Vice President Herb Stahlke of
Ball State, Acting Executive Secretary, Martha Goodwin, Treasurer, Sue
Fenton of IUPUI who resigned in June and was replaced by Marlin Howard
from IU, Recording Secretary Emily Yoder of IU South Bend who also
resigned and was replaced by Emily Bramson of Lafayette. Liaison was
Timmie Steinbruegge and Newsletter Editor, Phyllis Liston. The second
Midwest conference was hosted by INTESOL and held at the Indianapolis
Convention Center April 1-3. It was costly and began a series of budget
and funding worries for us. A loan was obtained from TESOL to cover our
expenses, and money making ideas came to the fore. Each executive board
member was charged with raising $100, and a large supply of tote bags
and tee-shirts with the slogan "Tesolin' is an active verb." Conference
attendees at the fourth state conference at IU November l4-l5 went home
as "people who'd been Tesoled", and for those who were unable to attend
the big TESOL in Hawaii we decided that our Midwest slogan was "Indy
ain't Hawaii, but it's close." Phil Roth and Dick Bier worked hard on
both conferences that year, with special thanks to Phil's truck. The
theme of that fall conference was "The Hoosier Way", and Sue Greer and
Marlin Howard served as conference chairs for the first of many
times...1982 membership fell even lower, closing out the year at 52.
Actions of the year included the formation of ad hoc committees such as
Programs, Publications, Membership and Nominations. INABE began to
contact us with joint membership plans which eventually produced
problems for us in terms of cost of newsletter production and mailing
and loss of revenue from conference registrations. The Executive Board
began to review and redefine the role of Executive Secretary.
1983
1983 officers were President, Marlin Howard who took over when Herb
Stahlke resigned in March, Vice President appointed, Susan Greer,
Executive Secretary, Timmie Steinbruegge, Treasurer, Dick Bier from IU,
Recording Secretary, Kay Longmire of the University of Evansville,
Liaison, Adele Tyson, head of ELS in Indianapolis, Newsletter Editor,
Phyllis Liston, and Nominations Chair, Adele Tyson. The fifth
conference was November 6-7 at IU, and the theme was "INTESOL says it
all." This also produced a plethora of tee-shirts in our money making
campaign. Keynote speakers were Sue Talbot, Indiana Training and
License Commission for Teachers, and Charles Blatchford, TESOL VP. Of
course, co-chairs were Sue and Marlin. A social highlight was the
evening of cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at Woodburn House. Membership
was at 87 by year's end, and we were recovering a bit from our money
crisis. Karen Webb of IU School of Education and her committee worked
on an all-grade minor accreditation for teachers training institutes.
The issue of dues was worked into the constitution.
1984
Officers in l984 were President, Marlin Howard, Vice President Sue
Greer, Executive Secretary Timmie Steinbruegge, Treasurer Lisa Mets of
Vincennes University, Recording Secretary Kay Longmire, University of
Evansville, Liaison, Patty O"Maley from Earlham College, who also was
Nominations Chair, and Newsletter Editor Dick Bier. The sixth annual
conference became a one-day event at this time. It was held at IU on
September 22, and of course Sue and Marlin were the organizers. The
theme was "INTESOL: Insightful, Innovative, Instructive." Keynote
speakers were Linda Shinke-Llano and Jean Handscombe. Another Midwest
regional conference was in Cincinnati October l9-21. Our membership
held at 84. The first Governor's Literacy Conference was held that
year, in which we participated, we began networking with NAFSA
(Association of International Educators), and with its ATESL branch. We
began compiling a list of ESL programs in the state, working with Phil
Roth and the state Department of Education, some of us attended the
August 9 Multicultural Awareness Conference in Indianapolis, we sent a
representative to an Affiliate Leadership Workshop at offered by TESOL,
and there was a great deal of discussion about English as an official
language and the growing English Only movement. The work of the
Certification Committee continued.
1985
Officers for l985 were President Sue Greer, Vice President Timmie
Steinbruegge, Executive Secretary Phil Roth, Treasurer Christopher Ely
of Ball State, Recording Secretary Harriet Wilkins of IUPUI, Liaison Kay
Longmire, when Barry Izsak of ELS Indianapolis resigned early on,
Newsletter Editor Dick Bier, and Nominations Kay Longmire. The seventh
conference was September 28 at Ball State, chaired by Christopher Ely.
The theme was "Bringing the Classroom Alive." The speakers were Steven
Gaies, University of Iowa and TESOL quarterly editor, and Joan Morley,
University of Michigan English Language Institute. Our membership was
at 88. The financial picture continued to improve and the loan from
TESOL was substantially reduced. Phil Roth conducted a survey of LEP
students in Indiana and prepared some interesting membership statistics
for us, showing our breakdown into levels and areas, and also our
geographic distribution. The newsletter had been set at four seasonal
issues the previous year, and the Executive Board now began to meet
fewer times per year than the usual monthly meetings they had always
observed. We began to interact more with ISTA, and we developed a list
of proposed activities and a list of goals to begin each year.
1986
In l986 officers were President Timmie Steinbruegge, Vice President Kay
Longmire, Executive Secretary Phil Roth, Treasurer Chris Ely, Recording
Secretary Liz Riddle, Ball State, Liaison Ulla Connor of IUPUI,
Newsletter Editor Dick Bier, and nominations chair Ann Rambo, DePauw.
The eighth conference was September l3 at Ball State. There was no
special slogan/theme. Speakers were Susan Bayley from TESOL and JoAnn
Crandall, Center for Applied Linguistics. Chris Ely and Liz Riddle
organized. Our membership expanded toward the end of the year, reaching
128 at final count. Sue Greer was our ATESL representative to NAFSA, we
began to do more TESOL affiliate networking, Phil began the publication
of our yearly membership directory, and we began activities at ISTA
meets, such as giving presentations at the regional meetings in the
fall. On April l8 the first Shareshop was held in Indianapolis to which
we contributed in many ways. Sue Greer became our seemingly permanent
Shareshop person. INABE was dropped from our newsletter list and
publishers were added. We began to look at the issue of professional
standards along with that of certification. We held many big membership
discussions, riding on the wave of our recent growth.
1987
In l987 our officers were President Kay Longmire, Vice President Chris
Ely, Executive Secretary Phil Roth, Treasurer Liz Riddle, Recording
Secretary Ann Rambo, Liaison Ulla Connor, and Newswletter Editors Sue
Greer and Marlin Howard who took over for Dick Bier while he went to
Malaysia. This began a long string of years in which they served as our
editors. Ann Rambo was Nominations Chair. The ninth conference was
October l7 at IUPUI. The theme was "Theory into Practice: Building
Bridges." Keynote speakers were Ann Johns, San Diego State, and Pat
Carrell, Southern Illinois University. Ulla Connor and Connie Cerniglia
were co-chairs, with lots of help from Harriet Wilkins. Our membership
stood at 120. We sent representatives to an ISTA conference on
instruction at which there was a meeting with professional English
language organizations in the state. It was quite productive in that we
learned so much more about each other and what we were all about. Sue
Greer kept the Executive Board organized by giving out neatly printed
orders for newsletter articles from each member, complete with
deadlines. We paid a lot of attention to the Pacific Rim Educational
Advisory Committee, to teacher certification and core standards, to
professional standards, and to the question of credit for ESL classes at
institutions of higher learning.
1988
1988 officers were President Chris Ely, Vice President Harriet Wilkins,
Executive Secretary Phil Roth, Treasurer Liz Riddle, Recording Secretary
Ann Rambo, Liaison Beverly Hartford, IU, and Newsletter Editors Sue and
Marlin. Our tenth conference was November 5 at IUPUI. The theme was
"What's What in Communicative Language Teaching." Keynote speakers were
Sandra Sauvignon, University of Illinois and Else Hamayan, Illinois
Resource Center. Sara Allaie and Connie Cerniglia were co-chairs, with
Harriet Wilkins help once again. Our membership stood at 121. The
biggest event was paying off the loan from TESOL. The next was finally
getting rid of the last vestiges of the tee-shirts, totes and a supply
of booklets printed up containing the abstracts from a conference
several years before. Phil had stored all this in his attic and
faithfully carted things around in his truck many times. We continued
our ISTA regional presentations and also attended the Multicultural
Conference focusing on children in Indy. We reviewed the professional
preparation programs of the institutions of higher learning in the
state, at the request of TESOL and simply to clarify our own knowledge
of them.
1989
In 1989 officers were President Harriet Wilkins, Vice President Ann
Rambo, Executive Secretary Phil Roth, Treasurer Patty O"Maley, Recording
Secretary Connie Cerniglia, Liaison Sara Allaie, and Editors Sue and
Marlin. The eleventh conference, "Focus on Teaching," was October 28,
at IU. Our keynote speaker was Mary Ann Christison, Snow College,
Utah. Our special luncheon speaker was Harry Gradman, head of CELT at
IU and professor of linguistics. Sue and Marlin were co-chairs. A high
point was a Friday evening dinner complete with wine at the
International House, prepared by Marlin and Sue. After dinner music was
performed by a visiting Polish pianist and an IU Medieval-Renaissance
group. Ball State announced an all-grade minor program, we once again
attended the Multicultural Conference in Indy and Phil kept us informed
of the culmination of his work in the state performance based
accreditation compliance guidelines for schools having other-language
minority students. We revised our logo for letterhead.
1990
1990 officers were President Ann Rambo, Vice President Sara Allaie,
Executive Secretary Phil Roth, Treasurer Patty O"Maley, Recording
Secretary Liz Lahr, ELS Indianapolis, Liaison Diane Carter, IPS, and Sue
and Marlin, still editing. Another Midwest regional conference was held
October 18-20 in St.Paul with focus on refugee issues and community and
adult concerns. Harriet Wilkins attended, and we also sent a Sponsored
Presenter. Our own twelfth was November 3 at Ball State with the theme
"Language Teaching for the 1990s." Keynote speaker was Joan Morley,
University of Michigan, and luncheon speaker was Nathan Wolf, Floyd Co.
Consolidated Public Schools, New Albany. Chairs were Chris Ely and Liz
Riddle who was quite pregnant with her first child. We were all so
concerned for her well-being, but she just wouldn't stop. Our
membership was at 111. A task force was appointed to study
recomposition of the board and we made changes in membership concerning
institutional memberships.
1991
In l991 we had President Sara Allaie, Vice President Adele Tyson,
Executive Secretary Liz Lahr, Treasurer Patty O"Maley, Recording
Secretary Emily Dillard from IPS working out of the Hispanic
Multiservices Center in downtown Indianapolis, Liaison Tom Orr from Ball
State, and a new Newsletter Editor, Phil Roth. The thirteenth
conference was November 2 at DePauw with the theme "Cultural Agendas in
Language Teaching and Learning." Keynote speaker was Marcelle McVorran
from DePauw Department of Education who spoke on the politics of
literacy. Luncheon speaker was Ken Kirkpatrick, director of the Writing
Center at DePauw and secret ESL aide. Ann Rambo was the organizer. Our
membership reached an all-time peak of 164. The year was one of big
moves and decisions for the organization. We formed a Grants Committee
in order to help state members attend TESOL and other larger and farther
away conferences and make presentations. This was possible because at
long last we were in the black and showing a healthy bank balance. We
also revised the constitution and by-laws with the guidance of
constitutional expert Phil Roth, of Harriet Wilkins, and with the long,
hard work of Sara Allaie. This enabled us to change the duration of
terms of the board members and add interest group representatives (K-12,
Community/Adult, Higher Education/Intensive, students and the Grants
Committee. We had a long, totally absurd fight with the Post Office
over the name change somewhere back in time which affected our
tax-exempt status and bulk mail permit. It took months for Sara to get
it unsnarled, and that was only accomplished after some slight
distortion of reality, by executive decision.
1992
1992 officers were President Adele Tyson, Vice President Diane Carter,
IPS, Executive Secretary Liz Lahr, Treasurer Emily Dillard, Recording
Secretary Cheryl Engber, IU, University/Intensive Tom Or, K-12 Becky
Crosbie from IPS, Adult/Community Jennifer Hanson from the Lafayette
community program, and Student Evelyn Jones for Marjo Phillips (who
ended the year in her native Finland doing her doctoral research). Phil
continued as our editor. We blended our fourteenth conference with our
hosting of a Midwest regional on October 23-25 in Indianapolis. The
theme was "Chatauqua Midwest '92: Sharing Our Knowledge." The keynote
speakers were John Fanselow, Columbia University Teachers' College and
Carolyn Grahm, New York University. Our co-chairs were Diane Carter and
Mary Boyd of IUPUI. We had a great reception at the Eiteljorg Museum
and enjoyed having ISTA teachers attend sessions while holding their big
yearly next door. We did very well financially and really don't know
how or why, but we were most thankful, looking back at the big loan we
had been forced to take to pay the last regional which we hosted.
Membership was at 155. We held a new logo design contest which was won
by a Ball State grad student.
1993
Our 1993 officers were President Diane Carter of IPS; Vice President
Mary Boyd of IUPUI; Treasurer Emily Dillard of IPS at the
Hispano-American Center; Executive Secretary Karen Asenavage of IUPUI,
Newsletter Editors Leslie Barratt of ISU and Ellen Dussourd of Interlink
in Terre Haute; Recording Secretary Cheryl Engber of IU;
University/Intensive Rep. Margie Berns, Purdue; Adult/Community Rep.
Nelleke Bruyn, IPS; K-12 Rep. Beckie Crosbie, IPS; and Student Rep. Beth
Jensen, IU. Our fifteenth annual conference was October 9 at DePauw
University in Greencastle with Ann Rambo as chair. The theme was
"Techniques and Technologies for the Nineties" with Claire Bradin as
keynote speaker. Her topic was "Challenging the Myths in
Computer-assisted Language Learning". Claire is a long-time CALL
advocate. Our membership was at 139, and we were financially quite
solvent.
1994
The 1994 officers were President Mary Boyd, IUPUI; Vice President
Beverly Hartford, IU; Treasurer Susan Greer, IU; Executive Secretary
Martin George, IUPUI; Newsletter Editors Leslie and Ellen; Recording
Secretary Marlin Howard,IU; University/Intensive Rep. Margie
Berns,Purdue; Adult/Community Rep.Nelleke Buryn,IPS; K-12 Rep.Beckie
Crosbie; and Student Rep. Dudley Reynolds, I. Our sixteenth annual
conference was Nov.6 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Indianapolis. Our
keynote speaker was Dr. Robert Kaplan. At the close of 1994 our
membership was up to 170, and we were doing well financially, in spite
of the cost at the Omni and of the keynote speaker.
1995
In 1995 our officers were President Beverly Hartford, IU; Vice President
Ann Rambo, DePauw; Treasurer Susan Greer, IU; Executive Secretary Martin
Geroge, IU; Newsletter Editor Maryann Dimitrakopoulos, IU South Bend;
Recording Secretary Marlin Howard, IU; University/Intensive Rep. Connie
Vernon, Intensive English Center, U. of Evansville; Adult/Community
Rep. Nelleke Bruyn,IPS; K-12 Rep. Dinah Michels, IPS; and Student Rep.
Dudley Reynolds, IU. The seventeenth annual conference was held November
11 at the Omni Hotel again, in the middle of a state band conference and
the first snow of the season. We all remember that the food was great.
The theme was "Making a Difference" and our keynote speaker was none
other than Joy Reid, president of TESOL who not only gave a great
plenary on "Student Learning Styles and the Learning-Centered Classroom"
but later gave a workshop for us as well. Our luncheon speaker was
Esperanza Zendejas, Superintendent of IPS who spoke on problems
encountered by children struggling to enter our school systems and learn
English. At the close of the year we were still growing and secure.
Our newsletter had grave problems getting off the ground, and our editor
finally asked to be replaced. Joy Egbert stepped in to do the job for
1996.
1996
In 1996 our officers were President Ann Rambo, DePauw; Vice President
Dan Reed, IU; Executive Secretary Martin George, IUPUI; Recording
Secretary Marlin Howard, IU; Treasurer Susan Greer, IU;
University/Intensive Rep. Connie Vernon, Evansville; Adult/Community
Rep. Jennie Bear, DOE; K-12 Rep. Trish Morita Mullaney, DOE; Student
Rep. Vickie Anderson, Ball State; Newsletter Editor Joy Egbert, IU; and
newly appointed Publishers' Liaison Marisa Brooks-de-Dios, Valparaiso.
Our two board members from the State Department of Education were able
to provide us with information we had not been able to update and follow
since Phil Roth left the board. Joy Egbert carried out an extensive
renovation of the newsletter. All in all a great deal of discussion was
carried out at and between board meetings as we all sensed the changes
coming to us as a result of our organizational growth (membership around
190, and 200 plus attending conference) and newer variety of members.
Our eighteenth annual conference was Saturday, November 9 at the Omni
Hotel with the theme "Preparing for Tomorrow". Once again risky weather
threatened, but no so much as the year before. Our keynote speaker was
Pat Byrd, Georgia State University, who spoke on "Grammar from
Context". She later conducted workshops for us as well. Our luncheon
speaker was Dr. Carlos Ovando, Indiana University bilingual specialist
whose talk was titled "Language Learning Myths".
1997
In 1997 our officers were President Dan Reed, Indiana University; Vice
President Martin George, English Department IUPUI; Executive Secretary
Derek Harding, Ivy Tech state College; Recording Secretary Marlin
Howard, Indiana University; Treasurer Susan Greer, Indiana University;
University/Intensive Connie Vernon, University of Evansville;
Adult/Community Rep. Jennie Bear, Indiana Department of Education; K-12
Rep. Trish Morita Mullaney, Indiana Department of Education; Student
Representative Emerson Case, Ball State; Newsletter Editor Joy Egbert,
Indiana University; Publishers' Liaison Marisa Brooks de Dios resigned
early on and Julie Majercak, Lawrence Township Schools, was appointed to
replace her; and our newly appointed Web Masters Stephen Lewis and Dave
Marlow, Ball State. As Immediate Past President, Ann Rambo went to work
on the two major jobs of that office, reworking the Nominations
Committee guidelines and developing a protocol for the entire process
including elections, and also firming up the Grants Committee,
formulating new applications, guidelines and rules for that process.
Jennie Bear, Ann Rambo and Chris Ely went over the By-laws with a fine
tooth comb, and at our fall conference Trish was able to call for a vote
on the proposed changes. The newly tuned By-laws were unanimously
accepted by the general membership. Joy Egbert resigned her position as
newsletter editor to become a mother in the fall, and throughout the
rest of '97 the position went unfilled. Our 19th conference was Saturday
November 15 at the Radisson Hotel at Keystone at the Crossing. Keynote
speaker was Stephen Krashen who spoke on voluntary reading as a tool for
language learning. He took questions on his work in lieu of a luncheon
speaker. The conference was our biggest, best attended ever, with 400
plus, and memberships had swelled to over 300.
1998
President Martin George, treasurer Sue Greer,
executive secretary Marlin Howard.
1999
President Trish Morita-Mullaney, vice-president Katie Brooks, treasurer Thom Upton.
2000
President Katie Brooks, treasurer Thom Upton.
2001
President Thom Upton, viece-president Ahmar Mahboob, treasurer Steve Le Beau.
2002
President Ahmar Mahboob, vice-president Vickie Anderson, treasurer Steve Le Beau.
2003
President Vickie Anderson, treasurer Steve Le Beau, executive secretary Kim Bassler.
2004
President Carmen Simich-Dudgeon (partial) Pres. Mary Theresa Seig (interim),treasurer Steve Le Beau, executive secretary Kim Bassler. Silver anniversary conference held November 6, 2004 at The Fountains with theme “Continue the Journey”.
2005
President Mary Theresa Seig, treasurer Steve Le Beau, executive secretary Kim Bassler, recording secretary Mary Henggeler.
2006
President Martha Nyikos, treasurer Steve Le Beau, executive secretary Kim Bassler, recording secretary Mary Henggeler. Conference held November 11, 2006 at The Fountains with theme “Language, Learning, and Literacy”.
2007
President Dan Wann, vice-president Bill Rozycki, treasurer Suzan Stamper, secretary Kim Bassler, recording secretary Mary Henggeler, Newsletter editor Sonya Lakey, Webmaster Lynn Allen. Conference held November 3, 2007 at The Fountains with theme “Language, Culture, and the Learner”.
2008
President Bill Rozycki, vice-president Luciana de Oliveira, treasurer Suzan Stamper, executive secretary Kim Bassler, recording secretary Mary Henggeler, Newsletter editor Sonya Lakey, Webmaster Lynn Allen.
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