Independents' Day: Part II
March 20th, 2010
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Venue: Telecom ParisTech
Presented by TESOL France President, Bethany Cagnol and Executive Committee member, Elaine Henry.
TESOL France President, Bethany Cagnol, and fellow Executive Committee member, Elaine Henry, team up for "Independents' Day Part 2". This 3-hour workshop is for independents and non-independents.
Elaine and Bethany will be speaking about:
- Getting and maintaining clients,
- Time management,
- Late-payment issues,
- Paperwork,
- URSSAF,
- Using Excel,
- Autonomously managing one's accounts.
Since this workshop is Part 2 in the series, the speakers won't go into too much detail on how to become a travailleur independant. But for highlights from Part 1 on how to go freelance, Bethany Cagnol has created a handy blog: The Freelance Teacher in France . The speakers recommend attendees read the articles from the blog before coming to this workshop. Get your questions in now, by posting them on the blog. The speakers will then try to incorporate them into the workshop.
Join us in what promises to be a very informative and lively discussion.
Bethany Cagnol is the President of TESOL France. She has a BA from the University of Virginia and an MA in Teaching Second and Foreign Languages from the University of London Institute in Paris. She has spoken at IATEFL, BESIG, IATEFL Poland, and the American University of Paris Conferences. Bethany organizes conferences for TESOL France. She has also written for the publisher Cornelsen. Her professional interests include Business English, Testing and Assessment, Teacher Development, English for Specific Purposes, English as a lingua franca and Materials Design.
Elaine Henry earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Spanish from the University of Bradford and then decided to make a life for herself in France. She tested a number of professional waters including PA work and English teaching. However, more exotic destinations (with warmer waters!) were on the horizon... A 3-and-a-half-year stint in Guadeloupe enabled her to complement her office skills with a graphic arts qualification. After returning to work in the UK, she took up an offer in Paris to become PA to the 'PDG' of an Afro-Caribbean radio station, Media Tropical, which is sadly now off-the-air. This closure was the perfect opening for Elaine to change directions and settle down doing what she really enjoyed: English language training. She gained experience working in language schools and trained to become a 'Formateur-Coach'. She then decided to take the plunge (or more like walk on water...) and become a self-employed English trainer. Her core purpose for language teaching is personal development of trainees. Using English to help them to communicate confidently is a means to this end. She also trains groups of professionals from the medical field who want to improve their oral communication skills in English.