K-12 Professional Development Special Interest Group

Who We Are – Founding Committee

As active members of VietTESOL Association (VTA), U.S. alumni, and lecturers of English at Vietnamese universities with high spirits of networking, sharing and learning, we have established VTA K-12 Professional Development Special Interest Group (or VTA K-12 PD SIG, in short) which primarily caters to K-12 (from kindergarten to 12th grade) teachers’ continuous professional development in English language education in Vietnam.

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/336441340703646

The founding committee are as follows:

Position	Full name	Affiliation
Initiator and Founder	Ms Nguyễn Tâm Trang	- Faculty of English, Hanoi National University of Education
Co-Founder	Ms Tạ Thị Mai Hương	- English Department, University of Economics and Business Administration, Thai Nguyen University
Founding members	Dr Đỗ Thị Phương Mai	- Faculty of English, Hanoi National University of Education
	Mr Trần Quang Nam	- English Department, Ho Chi Minh city University of Education
	Ms Trịnh Ngọc Anh	- Faculty of Foreign Languages, Banking Academy of Vietnam
Board of Consultants	Mr Lê Thùy Dương	- Vice director, Regional English Language Office, the U.S. Embassy, Hanoi, Vietnam
	Ms Nguyễn Hạnh Đào	- School of Foreign Languages, Hanoi University of Science and Technology
	Dr Đặng Tấn Tín	- Dean, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education
	Mr Roy Cross	- Principal Consultant, Partnerships and Evaluation, English for Education Systems, British Council, London

What We Pursue – Our Motto

Empowering Teachers, Inspiring Students & Promoting Teaching and Learning

What We Aim – Our Vision

In tune with the overarching vision of VTA, we aim to take the lead in offering and advancing continuous professional development experiences for K-12 teachers in English language education in Vietnam.

What We Do

Our Mission

The SIG offers interactive platforms for professional sharing, training, learning and researching among experts, professionals and researchers of English language education.

Our Signature Initiative – The Webinar Programme for K-12 Vietnamese Teachers of English in Using New Textbook Series

The webinar programme for K-12 Vietnamese teachers of English invites featured talks from speakers who are experts of the field and holds sharings from facilitators who are exemplary K-12 Vietnamese teachers of English. Furthermore, the webinars provide specific activities and practical takeaways applicable to the curriculum and the new textbook series currently used in Vietnamese schools.

The webinar programme focuses on four main areas, including:

English Language Teaching (ELT) Methodologies;
Testing and Assessment;
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Implementation in ELT;
Professional Development.

The webinars call for teachers’ initiatives in putting the suggested strategies and skills into practice, in adapting the demonstrated teaching activities to different contexts and in doing action research for conference presentations and paper writing as follow-up activities.

How We Work – Our Operation

We undertake the initiative with concerted efforts and collaborative, rotating leadership, which means rotating to lead the programme yearly and hosting webinar programme alternately among organising committee members.

Position	Time	Full name	Affiliation
Group leader	3/2019 – 5/2021	Ms Nguyễn Tâm Trang	- Faculty of English, Hanoi National University of Education
	6/2021 – 5/2022	Dr Đỗ Thị Phương Mai	- Faculty of English, Hanoi National University of Education
	6/2022 – 5/2023	Ms Tạ Thị Mai Hương	- English Department, University of Economics and Business Administration, Thai Nguyen University
	6/2023 – 5/2024	Ms Trịnh Ngọc Anh	- Faculty of Foreign Languages, Banking Academy of Vietnam
	6/2024 – 5/2025	Mr Trần Quang Nam	- Department of English, Ho Chi Minh city University of Education

We also welcome Vietnamese practitioners and researchers who work in English language education to join us as group members, project organisers and leaders so that we, altogether, can empower teachers, inspire students and promote teaching and learning. Training to develop practical skills, such as webinar organisation, teamwork and leadership, will be fully provided.

Currently, we are having the following teams:

No.	Teams	Members		Activities
No.	Teams	Full name	Affiliation & Contact details	Activities
1	Designing	Trần Quang Nam	Ho Chi Minh city University of Education	· Designing o event flyers (bios of speakers and facilitators, webinar description, etc.) o certificates (form of automatic e-certificates for participants, e-certificates for speakers, facilitators, hosts, moderators, members of the organising committee, etc)
		Nguyễn Đức Ân	Tay Bac University
		Tô Thị Như Quỳnh	Lao Cai High School Number 3
		Văn Thái Hoàng	Que Phong High School

2	Public Relations (PR)	Tạ Thị Mai Hương	Thai Nguyen University	Releasing and spreading information about the events to the social media the teachers within our network the event registrants Uploading the event materials to VTA forum Discussing with teachers on VTA forum before and after the events
		Phạm Đức Thuận	Hoa Lu University
		Nguyễn Diệu Ngọc	Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology
		Phạm Thị Hải Ngọc	Tuyen Quang Boarding High School
3	Technical Support	Đỗ Thị Phương Mai	Hanoi National University of Education	Creating events on VTA website Sending the list of registrants to PR group Setting up the event facilities: Livestream Controlling participants (muting, allowing participants from the waiting room to enter the webinar, etc, unmuting) Producing event recordings
		Bùi Thị Anh Vân	Hanoi National University of Education
		Phạm Thị Thanh Huyền	Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy
		Nguyễn Thị Thùy Linh	IIG Vietnam
4	Quality Management	Nguyễn Tâm Trang	Hanoi National University of Education	Creating needs surveys and sending the results to event hosts Developing proof of attendance, e-certificate and feedback survey Analysing feedback surveys to develop event quality Organising trainings and consultancy meetings for the group members Supporting teachers on follow-up activities (along with facilitators) Nominating teachers to be granted sponsors’ gifts (along with facilitators)
4	Quality Management	Giang Thị Trang	University of Languages and International Studies, VNU
		Trần Thị Cúc	Nha Trang University
		Nguyễn Thị Hồng Nhật	Hanoi Pedagogical University 2
5	Membership and Partnership Development	Nguyễn Tâm Trang	Hanoi National University of Education	Looking for potential memberships, partnerships and sponsorships Writing proposals
		Đặng Thị Hương Thảo	Hung Yen University of Technology and Education
		Đinh Minh Thu	Hai Phong University

You can register to be a member of the VTA K-12 PD SIG at https://tinyurl.com/K12PDmembershipregistration.

How to Contact us – Contact Information

Questions should be directed to Ms Ta Thi Mai Huong at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone number (+84) 96 399 0333.