History
“A TESOL affiliate in Colorado seems to be ‘an idea whose time has come.’”
-Barb Sample, 1st CoTESOL President, Sept. 9, 1977
Colorado Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages was formed in 1977, 10 years after the TESOL International Association, at a time when there was a surge of Intensive English Programs (IEPs) in Colorado. The early years of the CoTESOL organization were influenced by returned Peace Corps volunteers, who brought back a culture of volunteerism, diversity, internationalism, tolerance, and inclusiveness. The membership consisted largely of higher ed and IEPs (DU, UCB, CSU, Spring International, UCD, UNC, ALA), with a heavy focus on linguistics. ESL was in a transition from behaviorist mim-mem, aural-oral structuralism to a search for something new (SILENT WAY, ECLECTIC, COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT, COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE). CoTESOL had around 150 members for the first 5 years and retained a strong connection with TESOL.
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Past CoTESOL Presidents |
2024 Virginia Nicolai 2023 Michelle Raese 2022 Lynda Espinoza Idle 2021 Nicolas Parés
2020 David Stevens 2019 Agnes Farkas-Roszell
2018 Thomas Germain
2017 Susan Holloway
2016 Sara Austin
2015 Jennifer Shank
2014 Chris Tombari
2013 Erin Kimmel
2012 Shannon Svaldi
2011 Christine Deines
2010 Dieter Bruhn
2009 Bruce Rogers
2008 Dieter Bruhn
2007 Chris Ward
2006 Karen Caddoo
2005 Alan Miller
2004 Linda Kowal
2003 Bruce Rogers
2002 Mary Kay Wedum
2001 Laura Peterson | 2000 Mary Ann O'Brien 1999 Keiko Krahnke 1998 Charl Norloff 1997 Charlie Brainer 1996 Lauren Hoyt 1995 Debra Daise 1994 Barbara Sihombing 1993 Erik Erikson 1992 Myrna Ann Adkins 1991 Peggy Lindstrom 1990 Norma King 1989 Jeanne Hind 1988 Nancy Storer 1987 Mary Ann Valeska 1986 Connie Shoemaker 1985 Karl Krahnke 1984 Jean Engler 1983 Jackqueline Ross 1982 Douglas Flahive 1981 Howard Morarie 1980 Mark A. Clarke 1979 Michael Donlin 1978 Jerry Dean Loudenback 1977 Barbara Sample |