Benefits of NATECLA membership

Who joins NATECLA?

• Institutions such as further education colleges, adult education centres and community centres that provide ESOL programmes and private language schools that deliver EFL courses
• Voluntary sector organisations - those who employ three or less full-time staff members or equivalent can join as institutions at a reduced rate
• Individual members who work in colleges, adult education centres and in the community, as teachers, managers, examiners and assessors, inspectors and teacher trainers
• Volunteers or retired teachers who work with English language learners and wish to take advantage of membership benefits at a lower cost
• Trainee teachers who wish to take advantage of FREE membership for one year. You must be working towards a CELTA, a Trinity CertTESOL, a PGCE, a Masters in TESOL or ELT or an additional relevant qualification. 

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Key benefits

• Access to our programme of high quality conferences, including the NATECLA National Weekend Conference – known throughout the sector as the leading event in the ESOL calendar – and regular one-day conferences held at locations throughout the country. Many of these events are free or reduced in price to members 

• Bespoke ELT training sessions to meet local and national needs – this is an opportunity for practitioners to network, keep up to date with the latest developments in the field and acquire new teaching techniques for the classroom

• A monthly news bulletin and regular important updates by email

• Two editions of NATECLA's publication, Language Issues, per year -  the only peer reviewed journal dedicated to teaching, training, management and research into ESOL and community languages

• Reduced IATEFL membership (The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) - NATECLA has an affiliate relationship with the organisation which allows our members to join IATEFL on a basic membership rate. In 2020/21 this rate is only £23 for the year. IATEFL basic members are entitled to:
  • Member discounts at IATEFL events
  • A copy of each edition of their IATEFL magazine, Voices, which is published six times per year
  • Ability to purchase membership of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) at only £23 per SIG

Institutional membership

Institutions who join NATECLA receive all the benefits mentioned above. In addition, they will be entitled to:

• A discount off all bookings made through NATECLA's new in-house training service, NATECLA Training for ESOL departments, university English language teams and private language schools

• Standard institutions - send five staff members at the reduced member rate to NATECLA events and conferences. Small voluntary sector institutions (employing the equivalent of three full-time members of staff or less) can send two staff members at this rate to each event. 

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