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They also sponsor projects and engage in year-round outreach. </span> </p> <ul> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"b32b5995-00ab-493f-b7bb-6ead79d4750c|25","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}">Adult Education </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Applied Linguistics </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Bilingual-Multilingual Education </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Computer-Assisted Language Learning </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">English as a Foreign Language </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">English for Specific Purposes </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Higher Education </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Intercultural Communication </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">International Teaching Assistants </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Materials Writers </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">"Nonnative" English Speaker Teachers </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Pre-K–12 </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Program Administration </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Reading and Vocabulary </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Refugee Concerns </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Second Language Writing </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Social Responsibility </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Speech, Pronunciation, and Listening </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Supporting Students with Disabilities </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Teacher Educator </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item item_block usn_cmp_text align-self-start col-xl-5 col-md-5 order-md-2 order-2 col-12 p-0 " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s"> <div class="info text-left"> <p class="heading base-heading " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s" data-os-animation-duration="1.2s" >Professional Learning Networks</p> <div class="text base-text " data-os-animation="fadeIn" data-os-animation-delay="0s"> <p><span class="SCXW212890714 BCX9"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174052719 BCX9" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"b32b5995-00ab-493f-b7bb-6ead79d4750c|25","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}">Professional Learning Networks (PLNs) are informal, discussion groups that typically emerge in response to specific and timely issues. They are structured by TESOL members, and they form and dissolve as needed. </span> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"b32b5995-00ab-493f-b7bb-6ead79d4750c|25","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}">Arts and Creativity </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Assessment Issues </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Black English Language Professionals & Friends </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Career Path Development </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Faith in English Language Teaching </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Global Education  </span> </li> <li><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">LGBTQ+</span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section 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href="/media/povjy5yh/cop_policy_final1.pdf" target="_blank"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">COP Policy Statement</span></a><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"> and the </span><a rel="noopener" href="/media/m0bgurmz/cop-procedure-manual.pdf" target="_blank"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">COP Procedures Manual </span></a><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">and then complete the corresponding form below. </span> </p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><a rel="noopener" href="https://tesolorg.wufoo.com/forms/z15fpa9c17qizmm/" target="_blank"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Interest Section Preproposal Letter of Interest Form</span></a><span data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> </span> 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