Not just surviving, thriving! Preparing for your first year of teaching in an EAL classroom
Wednesday 28 October, 4-5pm Panel Discussion and Q&A Laurence Guttmann, Rosemary Abboud, Margaret Corrigan, and Julia Lippold Some resources that were shared within this session: Carringbush Education teacher training videos […]
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 […]
LMERC Resources (Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre)
LMERC information can be accessed by clicking here. Find out about the collection, services, loan periods and instructions for joining. This presentation was delivered by Jenny Peck at the LMERC Resourcing […]
Culturally Diverse Literature
Stories are powerful. They shape the way we think about the world, ourselves and each other. The stories we choose to present to students at school, as teachers and librarians, […]
Meeting graduate standards for working with EAL/D learners – Dr Jenny Barnett
Tuesday 8th September 2020 If you expect to work with EAL/D learners in your teaching career, then you will want to be familiar with the EAL/D Elaborations of the Australian […]
Teaching Grammar: A Deductive Approach
Julia Lippold, Lauriston Girls School Thursday 30 July 2020 Online webinar ‘Students working things out for themselves.’ This principle is at the heart of Julia Lippold’s approach to […]
Using the Foundation to Level 6 Literacy Teaching Toolkit to support EAL learners
Yan Yao Choong, Department of Education and Training Wednesday 12 August, 4:00-5:00pm Click here to access the literacy toolkit: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/literacy/Pages/default.aspx Click here to the literacy toolkit map: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/literacy/literacy-teaching-toolkit-map-v4.pdf The Literacy […]
Translanguaging in the Classroom- Dr Sue Ollerhead (Macquarie University)
In this workshop, Dr Sue Ollerhead discussed the important role that students’ home languages play in their classroom learning. She explored the rationale for using translanguaging as a pedagogical approach […]
Differentiation for EAL across the curriculum – Ruth Hibburt and the Geelong English Language Centre teachers and MEAs
This session was a practical workshop to assist teachers to modify programs and scaffold learning to assist EAL students to access the Victorian Curriculum across all subject areas. Participants learnt […]
Learning from home: Supporting EAL students remotely – Participant contributions
The ideas compiled here are from teacher comments and discussions during a number of professional learning sessions that VicTESOL has run since the move to online and remote learning began. […]