[etni] Fw: ETAI Newsletter 27 - February, 2010

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Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 07:05:40 +0200
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From: ETAI office
Subject: ETAI Newsletter 27 - February, 2010

ETAI:  Keeping in Touch
Newsletter 27:  February, 2010

Dear Readers,

Last month we were saddened by the death of Marna Snyder's husband, Stan. 
His death, coming after a long period of ill-health, was a tragic loss for 
his family and friends: particularly Marna, of course, their son Benny and 
their devoted caregiver and friend Victor.   I know that all members of ETAI 
join me in sending their condolences to Marna and the family.  Many of us 
visited them during the ‘shiva’ and continue to be supportive as she returns 
to the tasks awaiting her at the ETAI office.

Within ETAI, two more mini-conferences took place in January: one in the 
centre of the country, at Kiryat Ono, organized by Sarit Burd and Hagit 
Atlas, and the second in the north, at Ohalo College, Katzrin, organized by 
Yehudit Od-Cohen.

Both were collaborative efforts: initiated and organized by ETAI, but backed 
up by other influential institutions and people: in the first case, the 
local inspectors and in the second Ohalo College itself.  (See the programs 
on the ETAI website, and have a look at the downloadable handouts for some 
idea of what the sessions were about!) As I said to one of the inspectors at 
the Kiryat Ono event: inspectors plus ETAI equal an unbeatable combination 
when it comes to organizing teachers’ study days!  And the same goes for 
ETAI plus teacher-education institutions. Between 100 and 150 participants 
attended these two mini-conferences in all.

I invite all members – and non-members too – to attend and enjoy the 
upcoming mini-conferences this month.  Programs are already displayed on the 
ETAI website.
February 15 at Talpiot College, Holon (conveners Nava Horovitz and Laura 
Shashua) February 17 at Beit Yerach School (conveners Aviva Shapiro and 
Debbie Gabai)  February 23 in Rehovot (conveners Amanda Caplan and Michele 
Ben)

The next ‘maxi’ conference event is the Haifa Conference in Yagur on March 
25th.  I’ll write more details in the next Newsletter.  The deadline for 
submitting proposals is February 18th, so if you are thinking of sending one 
in – please do so soon!

And meanwhile preparations continue 'full steam ahead' for the summer 
International Conference: ETAI 2010.  The deadline for proposals is past: we 
have received over a hundred proposals!  A number of them are from outside 
Israel. Some of these are, of course, invited speakers; but most were 
submitted in response to our call for papers and are now being sorted and 
assessed by the selection committee.
On a personal note: I have just returned from a weekend at a conference in 
Switzerland (the association is, predictably, called ETAS).  It was one of 
the best-organized conferences it has been my pleasure to attend, and an 
enjoyable event, in spite of the cold, snowy and sometimes stormy weather!

Best wishes,
Penny Ur
Chair, ETAI


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