Welcome to VicTESOL
VicTESOL is a professional association committed to promoting excellence in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and supporting cultural and linguistic diversity through high quality multicultural education.
VicTESOL provides support and services to generalist, content, trade and EAL specialist teachers across the state of Victoria.
Recent Updates
ACTA National Roadmap for EAL/D Education in Schools briefings (released May 6th, 2022)
Summary ACTA has been undertaking a series of briefings on the release of the ACTA National Roadmap for EAL/D Education in Schools. ACTA has been concerned for some years at the erosion of specialist English language provision for over 600,000 Indigenous, migrant and refugee students in Australian schools. This erosion is due to Commonwealth devolving all responsibility […]
EAL Frameworks 101 (2): How to approach delivery and assessment of a group of units
Summary On 8 June, the second in VicTESOL’s popular adult sector EAL Framework 101 series was held. 328 attendees from all across Australia were able to learn from a range of presenters experienced in designing programs using Victoria’s EAL Framework curriculum. Cathy Gill from Carringbush Adult Education presented on how their organisation plans and delivers […]
eBulletin – June, 2022
Read the June VicTESOL eBulletin online now. Click here to read online. And if you would like to subscribe to receive future updates please click here.
Supporting young people from a refugee background in the education system
Summary The VicTESOL professional learning event ‘Supporting young people from a refugee background in the education system’ offered participants valuable insights into working with refugee-background students. Allison Greene and Madeleine Giummarra from Foundation House (Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture and Trauma) explored identifying and responding to trauma reactions and trauma disclosures with students, and […]
Primary EAL Assessment for New Arrivals
Summary In this informative and practical session, Rebekah Jones (Primary Curriculum Leader) and Barbara Dahlsen (Primary Learning Specialist) from Blackburn English Language School walked participants through a range of activities that they use to assess the language level of newly arrived students. They explained how the tasks are administered and differentiated according to student responses,...
