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NESTA stands for Native English-Speaking Teachers' Association.
NESTA is a professional and independent association of teachers living and working in Hong Kong in the EMB Enhanced NET Scheme.

Soon after the beginning of the current NET scheme in 1998, a group of NETs got together informally to help each other with the kinds of problems that inevitably arise when you move into another culture and/or another school system. Before long it was obvious that a more formal structure would give a better mechanism for offering help whenever and wherever it was needed, so NESTA came into existence.
Initially, NETs were all secondary teachers. In 2002 the Education Department began recruiting for the Primary NET scheme and so the constitution was amended to ensure that the committee would include PNETs.

NESTA organises a wide range of activities - monthly meetings, member support, EMB liaison, social events, debating and writing competitions, professional development days and a monthly newsletter, NESTA News.
It operates two communication channels – a chat group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NESTA_HongKong for NESTA members and an information channel at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/allnets to which all NETs, including non-NESTA members, may subscribe (email your full name and school name to allnets_editor@yahoo.com).

NESTA members are all full-time teachers and the committee is made up entirely of volunteers. Monthly meetings are held at the Mariners' Club in Kowloon. New members are always welcome. Contact the treasurer or the secretary for information about joining (Click to enter Membership page).

Here is a list of the current NESTA mentors for 2008/9. If you require information or advice contact any of the volunteers listed below.

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