Affiliate Sisters:Hawaii TESOL & TESOL Ukraine

An unlikely partnership?

Planting the seed• 1995-96 HI TESOL member Sally La Luzerne-Oi spent

a year in Ukraine as a Fulbright Teaching Fellow. • 2000 TESOL asks U.S. affiliates to consider forming

international affiliate relationships • HI TESOL president (Donna Prather) writes an article

for The Word asking if anyone has ideas about this.• Sally responds.• Correspondence begins.• International TESOL advises.

Formalizing the relationshipAt the 2002 Convention in Salt Lake City, Patti Reiss & Nina Naumenko sign the agreement on behalf of respective presidents.

Nina, Donna, and Patti

Highlight of our collaboration

In 2005-2006, HPU hosted TESOL Ukraine member & Fulbright Fellow, Maryna Tsehelska. She participated in all HI TESOL activities that year.

Sally and Maryna at a HI TESOL event in 2006

Nurturing the relationship• Regular newsletter article contributions• Annual TESOL Convention get-togethers• E-mail greetings and announcements• Poster sessions about TESOL Ukraine at HI TESOL

Lessons learned @ 2010 affiliate workshop

• Importance of personal contacts (like Sally La Luzerne-Oi)• Importance of retelling the story (having a board member)• Importance of K.I.S. (keeping it simple)

HI TESOL and TESOL Ukraine members at convention get-togethers