Dear English teachers.. Well vacation is over and we are back to work .. and lots of it.. However, it's not too far from our winter break in December ! We are now putting together the program for the WINTER ETAI conference which will be held this year at the High School in Nahalal which is located between Haifa and Afula. The date is December 28th, 2011. We have some great speakers and workshops but we want more teachers from the field to join us in presenting their ideas . THE theme of the conference is "' Sharing Great Ideas" and I know that there are hundreds of wonderful teachers in the field who can and should share their ideas with others. PLEASE , go to the ETAI site http://www.etai.org.il/ and download the proposal form and send it in. ETAI is an organization by the teachers and FOR the teachers.. JOIN us.. It is going to be a great conference with our main plenary speaker from abroad this year, Dr. Judy Steiner and of course many, many publishers with their books and wares. So think of one of your GREAT ideas and send in a proposal.. Wishing all of you hard working teachers a good first semester. Aviva *"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome."** - **William James* *Aviva Shapiro- 052-4501830*