UGDSB ESL Program Manager wins TESL Distinguished Contribution Award
November 2, 2017
GUELPH, Ontario – Upper Grand District School Board Program Manager of Adult ESL, Sheila Nicholas has been named one of the recipients of the Distinguished Contribution Award by Teachers of English as a Second Language Association of Ontario (TESL Ontario).
According to the TESL Ontario website, the Distinguished Contribution Award “is designed to recognize and honour the significant long-term achievements and contributions to the advancement of English Language educators, the English Language training sector and/or TESL Ontario.”
Nicholas has been passionate about ESL for years. She volunteered as an ESL tutor after returning from a research trip in Zimbabwe years ago where she met with her first student. The commitment to ESL that Nicholas saw in her first student ignited a passion in her that she still has today.
Nicholas sits as the Chair of the Board for TESL Ontario and holds positions on various committees at TESL Waterloo-Wellington.
Congratulations, Sheila, on receiving this honour!
Sheila Nicholas, Program Manager of Adult ESL
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