VicTESOL Professional Learning

*Online Event* Wednesday 25 August, 4-5pm Explore Immigration Museum's digital resources and content that can expand learning experiences for EAL learners. Museum resources include migration stories, cultural stories, and objects, timelines and personal stories investigating a myriad of Australian identities. This professional learning program is designed for EAL and classroom teachers. Resources can be adapted […]

Tuesday August 31, 4-5:30 pm Online Event VicTESOL, the state association for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) & Multicultural Education, is holding our next annual Symposium on Tuesday 31 August. This will be live online from 4-5:30pm AEST.  For this event, we have a panel of speakers, experts in TESOL and […]

Dr Andrea DeCapua Tuesday 14 September, 9:00-10:30am (Australian Eastern Standard Time) Online Webinar *If you cannot attend the live event but would like access to the recording, you can get access by registering below. The recording will only be available to registrants in the week after the event.* Andrea DeCapua, Ed.D. is a teacher, researcher, […]

Tuesday 19 October, 4:00-5:30pm (AEST) Online Webinar The arrival of the pandemic saw a fast and impressive pivot to remote learning for all sectors of EAL. But as we move our way forward into a new normal, has the pandemic led to a re-imagining of the future of adult EAL delivery? In this event, a range of adult […]

Edwin Creely, Katrina Tour, Peter Waterhouse & Elizabeth Keenan Thursday 4 November, 4-5:30pm, online  The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have forced all educational institutions to deliver their teaching programs online, including English as an Additional Language (EAL) programs. While this rapid shift in 2020 was challenging, many institutions and practitioners were able to come […]

Thursday November 18, 4-5pm Online Panel Discussion What does effective assessment look like? How do we give feedback that shows students their strengths and assists them to improve? How is assessment practice changing to meet current research? In this session, we look at the big and small questions about assessment and reporting as it applies […]

Glynis Rose & Rosemary McLoughlin Thursday 3 March, 4-5:30 pm (AEDT), Online event In this session, Glynis and Rosemary will provide feedback on student performance in the 2021 VCE EAL exam, including analysis of student performance in each section and examples of student responses. There will be opportunities for you to ask questions and gain […]

Online Presentations & Panel Discussion Wednesday 9 March, 4:30-6:00pm Join this webinar to learn from a range of presenters experienced in using the Victorian EAL Framework Curriculum. This event is designed for teachers and education managers in the adult EAL sector who are new users of the curriculum. Presenters will include: · Victorian EAL Frameworks […]

Online Webinar Thursday 24 March, 4:30-5:30 pm Translanguaging has been increasingly valued as a language pedagogy that helps multilingual learners use their existing resources for linguistic, cognitive, and identity development. In many EAL classrooms, teachers are beginning to implement translanguaging by encouraging learners to use home languages and dictionaries for translation. While such practices enable learners to activate […]