Chronology

1998 - 2000:

• 1998: April 22, 23, 24 - English Language Teachers' Conference at "Dimitar Miladinov" Primary School, Skopje, Macedonia (financed by SETREC & USIS);

• 1999: May 15 - National Conference of English Language Teachers: "Teaching Methods for the 21st Century" at "Dimitar Miladinov" Primary School, Skopje, Macedonia (financed by SETREC & USIS) - Meeting of teachers, the decision to establish ELTAM as a legal entity;

• 1999: July - Constitutive Meeting of ELTAM; ELTAM becomes a legal entity with a special Act for establishing associations of citizens (legal services sponsored by the Open Society Institute) - Affiliation with IATEFL;

• 2000: March - Sofija Mitreva, ELTAM representative, attends the Annual IATEFL Conference in Dublin, Ireland;

• 2000: May - ELTAM Newsletter, Issue I;

• 2000: May 13,14 - First International ELTAM-IATEFL Conference at Makpetrol Hotel, Struga, Macedonia - Membership of ELTAM - 55 members;.

2002: 

• March 31 - Annual Meeting of the Assembly - Approval of financial report for 2000 and 2001, and programme for 2002;

• May - EFL State Competitions for primary and secondary school students;

• September - Launching an ELTAM Project "Communication and Leadership";

• September - Partnership Agreement with BETA (Bulgarian English Teachers' Association);

• September 22, 23 - Anzela Nikolovska, ELTAM representative, attends the 11th BETA Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria;

• October 26, 27 - Second International ELTAM Conference at Metropol Hotel, Ohrid, Macedonia;

• November - Miroslava Pavlova Anevska and Gordiana Gjorgova, ELTAM representatives, attend a planning meeting in Zagreb, Croatia for IATEFL - East Conference in Zagreb, Croatia;

• December - Meeting of ELTAM Local Coordinators.

2003:

• March - Start of ELTAM Development Project, in cooperation with the British Council Macedonia;

• April - Fanija Smickovska, ELTAM representative, attends the Annual IATEFL Conference in Brighton, UK;

• May - Regional and State EFL Competitions for primary and secondary school students;

• May - Jagoda Trajcova, ELTAM representative, attends the 12th BETA Conference in Blagoevgrad, Bugarija;

• July / August - six scholarships granted by the British Council to ELTAM members for participation in the 2003 Hornby Summer Schools;

• September - Beginning of the Story Book Project led by a group of  ELTAM members;

• September 25-27 - 20 newly-qualified teachers, ELTAM members participated in the  International Conference in Zagreb (Croatia) organized by ELTECS and the British Council Croatia ("Finding Yourself as a teacher") - a group of young ELTAM members participated as  presenters;

• October - Veronika Karevska, ELTAM representative at the International Conference in Istanbul, Turkey;

• November - The First Regional Meeting of 13 National Teachers’ Associations from the region and wider and a workshop for strategic planning in Skopje, Macedonia - ELTAM board members as organizers and workshop leaders; Financial support by the British Council Macedonia and ELTECS

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• November - Signing Partnership Agreements with:

IATEFL, UK

HUPE - Croatian Association of Teachers of English

BHETA - Association of Teachers of English of Bosnia and Herzegovina

INGED Turkey

IATEFL Slovenia

ELTA Albania

IATEFL South Ukraine

RATE - Federation of Romanian Associations of Teachers of English

IATEFL Hungary

TESOL-Macedonia Thrace

TEUM Serres, Drama, Greece

ELTA Serbia

BETA Bulgaria

•  December - First follow-up workshop for training of newly-qualified teachers at the Centre for Foreign Languages - ELTAM members as presenters.

2004:

• January - Meeting of Board members with local coordinators for planning of ELTAM activities for 2004;

• January - Second follow-up workshop for training of newly-qualified teachers at the Worker’s University "Koco Racin", Skopje, Macedonia;

• March - Annual meeting of the General Assembly - Accepted financial and final report for the work of ELTAM in 2003 and proposal for work for 2004;

• April - Regional and State EFL competitions primary and secondary school students;

• April - Elizabeta Hristovska Iceva, ELTAM representative at the Annual IATEFL Conference in Liverpool, UK;

• May - Menka Nelkovska-Kezunovska, ELTAM representative at the HUPE International Conference in Sibenik, Croatia;

• May - Aleksandra Popovski-Golubovik, ELTAM representative at the ELTA International Conference in Belgrad, Serbia and Montenegro;

• May - Workshop for ELTAM members led by Anne Wiseman, PEP Officer, British Council, at the Centre for Foreign Languages, Skopje, Macedonia;

• June - 3-day workshop for Project Management Training for members of the executive board of ELTAM, Skopje, Macedonia;

• July /August - five scholarships granted by the British Council to ELTAM members for participation in the 2004 Hornby Summer Schools;

• October 7-9 -  Participation of Elizabeta Hristovska-Iceva and Lliljana Mitkovska at the Second Regional Meeting of Board Members of TAs in the region in Sofia, Bulgaria;

• October 15-17 - Third International ELTAM - IATEFL Conference, Ohrid, Macedonia;

• December 4 - Workshop for ELTAM members, "Use of Authentic Materials in ELT", led by Leah Rheinstein, USA EFL Fellow, at the Faculty of Philology "Blaze Koneski", Skopje, Macedonia.

2005:

•  February 26 - Workshop for ELTAM members for ESP, led by Dolores Gephard, USA EFL Fellow, at the Worker’s University "Koco Racin", Skopje, Macedonia;

• March - Annual Meeting of the General Assembly - Accepted financial and final report for the work of ELTAM in 2004 and proposal for work for 2005;

• Cocktail party for celebration of the 5th anniversary of ELTAM;

• April/May - Regional and State EFL Competitions primary and secondary school students;

• Elena Sentenvska and Valentina Kikerkova, ELTAM representatives at the BETA Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria;

• May-September - Training in Basic English language skills of 160 state school teachers from 10 schools within the Pilot Project for Modernization of Education;

• October 7-9 - Participation of ELTAM at the First Fair of Professional Teachers' Associations in the Republic of Macedonia in Skopje, Macedonia;

• October 20, 21 - Participation of Miroslava Pavlova Anevska and Gordiana Gjorgova at the TAs Network Meeting and Workshop for Capacity Building of TAs in Veria, Greece;

• October - Project planning and funding  meeting with British Council and the establishment of CLIL and DRAMA as ELTAM SIGs;

• December - Workshop with David Fox, Peace Corps Volunteer on the Christmas Traditions in the USA at the Worker’s University "Koco Racin", Skopje, Macedonia;

• December - Two CLIL workshops at the British Council, led by Elena Sentevska.

2006:

• January - Strategic Planning Workshop with Board Members and Local Coordinators at the Worker’s University "Koco Racin", Skopje, Macedonia;

• February-April - Six modules of training of 20 ELTAM Teacher Trainers;

• March - Annual Meeting of the General Assembly - Accepted financial and final report for the work of ELTAM in 2005 and proposal for work for 2006;

• Contest for secondary school students in cooperation with the American Corners in Skopje and Bitola on the topic "Women - Leaders in Society";

• March 31 - Marinko Slakeski, ELTAM representative at the Conference in Skopje for the European Language Portfolio and CEFR;

• April/May - Regional and State EFL competitions for primary and secondary school students;

• May - Launching of the new ELTAM website;

• May - Richard Nikolov, ELTAM representative at the ELTA International Conference in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro;

• May - Dragica Zdraveska, ELTAM representative at the BETA International Conference in Plovdiv, Bulgaria;

• May - Jagoda Trajcova, ELTAM representative at the ELTA International Conference in Durres, Albania;

• Workshop with USA EFL Fellow at the Centre for Foreign Languages, Skopje, Macedonia;

• October 7,8 - Fourth International ELTAM-IATEFL Conference, Struga, Macedonia.