VicTESOL Professional Learning

2024 VicTESOL Online Symposium Supporting students from refugee backgrounds: what helps, what hinders? The 2024 Online VicTESOL Symposium will unpack the perspectives of youth with refugee backgrounds.  It features a keynote presentation by Melanie Baak, Senior Lecturer in UniSA Education Futures, who presents her research on the exploration on how schools foster resilience for students […]

Refugee education in Australia: what helps, what hinders and what needs to change (2024 VicTESOL Symposium) 11 November 4:30pm – 5:30pm AEST, Online Previous research has established that young people from refugee backgrounds may have experienced loss and trauma prior to coming to Australia, may experience  ongoing racism and discrimination in their host country, and […]

Pre-recorded Interviews: The Experiences of Students from Refugee Backgrounds (2024 VicTESOL Symposium) 13 November 2024 from 4:30pm Hear the unique experiences of senior secondary school students who arrived in Australia through humanitarian pathways. Please note that the pre-recorded interviews will not be made available to those who do not purchase tickets to the symposium or […]

Panel Discussion (2024 VicTESOL Symposium) 18 November 4:30pm – 5:30pm AEST, Online Come join the multidisciplinary team of panelists who will unpack the keynote session and discuss their experiences working with students with refugee backgrounds; The panelists will discuss their own experiences, not only from a teaching of English language perspective but will discuss a […]

Impacts of Trauma on Learning and Behaviour (2024 VicTESOL Symposium) 20 November 4:30pm – 6:00pm AEST, Online In this workshop participants will build collective understanding of how traumatic refugee experiences impact children and young people’s learning, wellbeing, and development. In this session you will: explore frameworks and tools to support trauma-informed practice work with colleagues […]

Becoming future-ready: Digital inclusion of young refugees and asylum seekers in Australia 28 November 2024. 4:30pm – 5:30pm AEST, Online This session will explore the findings of the research on digital inclusion of young refugees and asylum seekers (R/AS) in Australia, including key issues, barriers, available support, and factors impacting their inclusion both within and […]

Teaching EAL (English as an AI-assisted Language): From Exrater to ChatGPT 3 December 2024. 5:30pm – 6:30pm AEST, Online Why has Artificial Intelligence (A)I suddenly become such a big issue? Where did it come from? Why should it be of interest to language teachers? This session briefly explores the history of AI, focusing on Exrater, […]