Asociatia Profesorilor de Limba Engleza din Moldova

English Language Teachers' Association from Moldova

A volunteer non-profit professional association

Kogalniceanu street 65a, room 111,Chisinau, Moldova phones (373)-22-577610; (373)-22-284180

APLE   -     Asociatia Profesorilor de Limba Engleza
ELTA   -   English Language Teachers  Association is a non-profit non-governmental organization for teachers of English from Moldova.
It was founded in 1998 by a group of dedicated English Language Teachers, who aimed at helping the English Language Teachers from Moldova improve and enrich their skills in teaching English.
APLE provides a forum for colleagues to meet and share ideas and techniques as well as research and discuss professional issues. APLE keeps its members abreast of current concerns with the aim of improving the quality and effectiveness of language teaching at the national level in Moldova.
The over 100 members at present enrolled throughout Moldova are mainly teachers of English ranging from primary school up to university. Since its foundation APLE has relied on the active support of the Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United States of America in Moldova and collaborates professionally with the English Language Assistant of the British Embassy in Chisinau.

Administration

he main administrative organ of the Association is the General Meeting. The General Meeting is held once a year and requires the presence of at least two thirds of its members.
APLE is administered by an Advisory Board, which is a permanent Board composed of the founders of the Association and an Executive Board, which is elected yearly at the General Meeting of its members. The Executive Board is headed by a President, who is elected each two years by APLE members at the General Meeting.The Executive Board meets once a month to discuss current issues and plan future activities. It also delegates duties among its members (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Newsletter Editor).Any member of APLE can stand for election to the Board. Elections are held every year at APLE Annual General Meeting.

District branches   

APLE has branches in all the districts of Moldova having as coordinators the English language teachers participants in the project "Leaders in English Language Teaching".

No.	Place	Coordinator	Contact
1	Anenii-Noi	Petru Lungu	0265-25282 h; 22622 w plungu@mail.ru
2.	Balti	Nadejda Misenina	023176724 h
3.	Basarabeasca	Olga Sevcenco	0(297)21-039 h 21-998w olgashmd@yahoo.com
4.	Briceni	Marina Molodeţcaia	0-247-2-53-48 h
5.	Cahul	Ioana Ceban	0-293-62-215 h
6.	Calaraş	Maria Vulpe	0244-206-30 h
7.	Cantemir	Eudochia Jalbă	0273-225-66 h
8.	Căuşeni	Ion Eremeev	0243-2-11-64h;  eremeev77@rambler.ru
9.	Ceadâr-Lunga	Vasilii Fărîma	0-291-203-56 h
10.	Cimişlia	Valentina Popuşoi	0-241-39-456 h
11.	Comrat	Dorina Gâsca	0298-2-22-79 h; mobile079473129
12.	Donduşeni	Lilia Rusu	0-251-2-29-37 h; 2-30-74 w
13.	Drochia	Eugenia Grumeza	0231-58-361 h; 0231-58-272 w
14.	Dubăsari	Tamara Sima	0-248-44-382 h
15.	Edineţ	Livia Balea	0-246-2-34-94 h
16.	Făleşti	Tatiana Gădei	0-259 2-32-37 h
17.	Floreşti	Victoria Podubnîi	0-250-48-3-50 h; 0-250-48-3-19 w
18.	Glodeni	Cezara Nemerenco	0-249-2-33-54 cezaranemerenco@yahoo.com
19.	Hânceşti	Elizaveta Cociu	0-269-2-44-01h
20	Ialoveni	Efimia Sulă	0-268-51-277 h; 0268-51-2-52 w
21.	Leova	Vasilisa Jalbă	298-56-3-49 h
22.	Ocniţa	Tatiana Capmoale	0-271-21-5-99 h;    2-31-38 w
23.	Orhei	Valeriu Prisacaru	0-235-2-33-83; 069356276 mob valcalm@yahoo.com
24.	Rezina	Tatiana Grosu	0-254-2-22-85 h; 2-39-81 w
25.	Râşcani	Tatiana Condriţkaia	0-256-23282 h;   0-256—23682 w
26.	Sângerei	Aurica Negru	0-262-53-8-07 h
27.	Străşeni	Maria Zanfirova	0-237-2-35-90 h
28.	Soroca	Alina Achinca	0-230-2-72-38 h;   069018249 mob
29.	Şoldăneşti	Aliona Pânzaru	272-2-34-10 h
30.	Ştefan-Vodă	Elena Solonari	0-242-33-2-60 h; 33-2-48 w
31.	Taraclia	Maria Dolmanji	0-294-62-4-42 h
32.	Teleneşti	Silvia Cernica	0-258-73-4-80 h; 079572034 mob;258-73-2-75 w
33.	Ungheni	Svetlana Ciubota	0-236-2-25-15 h
34.	Vulcăneşti	Ludmila Ghermec	0-293-22486 h; 0-293-22855 w

                    What can we offer?

• Professional development through seminars and workshops throughout the year as well as the one day conference with speakers from USA, Great Britain, as well as from the whole of Moldova, which is to be held the third Saturday of September each year; 
• A forum in which to exchange ideas, share problems and find solutions on classroom teaching;
• The latest information on resources available by local and international publishers and in our resource centers;
• A chance to socialise with colleagues and meet people in the profession from all over Moldova and overseas at seminars and conferences;
• Improved  career prospects through the professional development offered by APLE seminars but  also through the contacts you make with colleagues;
• A quarterly newsletter containing articles, research, classroom ideas as well as information on events;
• Stimulation, energy and motivation to continue pursuing one of the most rewarding, yet demanding, jobs in the world - teaching!

• To encourage cooperation amongst English Language Teachers
• To provide a forum for members to share and exchange ideas and to socialise with colleagues from Moldova and abroad
• To organise seminars, workshops and events with presentations, talks and workshops by our members and professionals from abroad
• To produce a high quality newsletter to announce upcoming events and to inform members of issues relevant to the TEFL field
• To inform aspiring as well as experienced teachers of opportunities for professional development and training.

           Get involved

APLE depends totally on volunteers in order to carry out the work involved in running the organisation . Our goal is to continue to shape the nature and the course of language teaching in Moldova through our dedication to the professional needs and interests of English language teachers.

Anybody who is involved in English teaching in Moldova can join APLE but not only join but also get actively involved in planning its activity and contributing with whatever he/she wants to share with colleagues.

We are looking forward to your contributions, as well as suggestions and comments. See contact information.

              Our Website WWW.IATP.MD/APLE

The APLE website hopes to become a valuable vehicle for communicating with both members and non-members. It offers information on upcoming events, a Newsletter page, membership and contact information. It also offers links to organisations, as well as links to pages on lesson plans and activities for classroom use.