ACTDEC
The Accreditation Council for TESOL Distance Education Courses

ACTDEC

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How distance TESOL providers become accredited

The ACTDEC Code of Practice

ACTDEC Audit Procedures

ACTDEC and ELT schools

List of Accredited Members

History of ACTDEC

Why Distance Training?

Choosing a Distance Course

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Organisation Structure and Board

ACTDEC has an Advisory Committee which consists of its patron:

Professor Arthur van Essen

Professor Arthur van Essen MA, MA, PhD.
Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau  info »
Professor Emeritus: Applied Linguistics and Teacher Training

Chair of ACTDEC:
Kenneth Milgate BA(Hons), MIL, MA, M.Ed, Dip.FE, FCollT(TESOL)

Secretary:
Simon Winn-Smith BSc(Hons)

Coordinating Council consisting of a Legal Advisor, Treasurer and Chair of the Membership Committee who are also members of the Advisory Committee.

Each year the ACTDEC Annual General Meeting takes place in London at the English Speaking Union in Mayfair and open to all full accredited members wishing to attend.

Council

Chair of ACTDEC, Secretary and Treasurer are elected annually from accredited member institutions. Council is made up of co-opted members prominent in the ELT profession and members elected by accredited providers.

Officers

Chair of the ACTDEC Independent Accreditation panel: Jacqueline Sykes BA(Hons), LTCL(TESOL), Dip.TESOL, MA TESOL.

Deputy Chair of the ACTDEC Independent Accreditation Panel:
Ian Marvin BA(Jt Hons), MA(ELT)

Chair of the ACTDEC Independent Audit Panel:
Karl Kaliski, BA(Hons), RSA Dip.TEFLA, MA(ELT)