ACTA Webinar: The Refugee Experience – Resources for Teachers

Dorothy Hoddinott, AO, Ambassador No Child Left Behind Campaign 2020 and Samuel Dariol, Refugee Council of Australia

Wednesday 28th October 2020, 7:00-8:00pm AEDT

‘Refugees’ describes the situation of people, but it doesn’t define who they are.  Australia has many different refugee communities.  Whether you are looking to learn more about refugees, you have a friend from that community, or you are teaching refugees and/or other students, the wealth of resources on the Refugee Council of Australia’s website is there for you.  Click here to access the classroom resources for teachers.

Ways you can get more involved with advocacy around refugee and asylum issues:

1. Sign Refugee Council of Australia’s joint statement to ensure No Child Left Behind: https://www.nochildleftbehind.com.au/joint_statement

2. Sign up to Refugee Council of Australia and other peak advocacy groups: https://action.refugeecouncil.org.au/join

3. Sign up to Teachers for Refugees / Academics for Refugees Network

Academics for Refugees Network: www.academicsforrefugees.wordpress.com

Teachers for Refugees Network: Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland

4. Make a donation eg: RCOA, RACS, UNHCR, Public Education Foundation, ASRC.

Thank you to everyone that joined us for this session.  If you are not already a member, we encourage you to consider joining your local TESOL association. It is only with strong membership that we can offer diverse PD events to support you as a professional TESOL teacher. For further information about the organisers and for information about joining your state/territory TESOL association, please visit-


The Australian Council of TESOL Associations: https://tesol.org.au/
ATESOL ACT: https://www.atesolact.org.au/
VicTESOL: https://victesol.vic.edu.au/

For further information about other upcoming online events, please see below:

10 November VicTESOL Online Event – Teaching Pronunciation: It’s never too early (Jacky Springall)

11 November ACTA Webinar – English for Adult Migrants – Future Directions (Alison Larkins)

18 November VicTESOL Online Event – Engaging low level EAL learners in Online Learning (Luke Treadwell & Tanja Rykovska)

We hope to see you at another event soon!

Here are the results from the poll for The Refugee Experience – Resources for Teachers webinar on Wednesday 28th October 2020: