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SUMMARY:EAL Meet & Teach with NGV (NGV Resourcing Event 2)
DESCRIPTION:Looking for ways to connect with fellow EAL teachers and make art more accessible and enriching for your students? Join an NGV Educator for a virtual and interactive exploration of works in the Gallery’s International Collection. Participate in a range of Gallery based teaching and learning activities\, share your expertise and collaborate with other EAL teachers to explore adaptations for EAL learning in the classroom or in the Gallery. \nPresenters \nLeah Santilli is an Outreach Educator at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). She is involved in the planning and delivery of learning programs for students and adults across many NGV exhibitions and areas of the permanent collection and has developed several learning resources for use in the Gallery and the classroom. Leah is also involved with School Support Programs at NGV\, facilitating Outreach visits to schools across metropolitan Melbourne.  \nThis is a free event for VicTESOL members and non members
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/eal-meet-teach-with-ngv-ngv-resourcing-event-2/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220620T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220620T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
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SUMMARY:Moving Forward with the ACTA National Roadmap for English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Education in Schools
DESCRIPTION:ACTA has launched its National Roadmap for English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Education in Schools\, calling for national ‘build back better’ reform of specialist provision for English language learners in schools ahead of the Federal Election. \nThe plan addresses longstanding and now pressing national policy issues that have affected the quality of English language provision for over 600\,000 English language learners in Australian schools through twelve key actions aligned to the directions and initiatives of the National Schools Reform Agreement. \nRead ACTA’s National Roadmap for English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Education in Schools \nRead ACTA’s media release \nThis event will provide a quick recap of the roadmap\, before moving towards strategies to assist individuals and state/territory TESOL associations spread the important messages of the Roadmap. \nCost \nFree to members and non members of VicTESOL and other ACTA affiliated Associations
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/moving-forward-with-the-acta-national-roadmap-for-english-as-an-additional-language-or-dialect-eal-d-education-in-schools/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Affiliated Professional Learning,VicTESOL Professional Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220608T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220608T180000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
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SUMMARY:EAL Frameworks 101 (2): How to approach delivery and assessment of a group of units
DESCRIPTION:Following on from the highly popular session EAL Frameworks 101 in Term 1\, VicTESOL is pleased to schedule a second session for teachers and managers new to using the Victorian EAL Framework curriculum. This event will include a speakers who will share how they plan for\, design\, deliver and assess a cluster of units. Speakers will represent organisations experienced in delivering Certificates at various levels from the Framework. \nPresenters\nPresenters will include a panel of speakers from Victorian metro TAFE\, regional TAFE\, ACE sector – who will share how they design programs to meet different student cohorts \n\nThis is a free event for all members and non members of VicTESOL.
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/eal-frameworks-101-2-how-to-approach-delivery-and-assessment-of-a-group-of-units/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220531T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220531T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220524T024052Z
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SUMMARY:Supporting young people from a refugee background in the education system
DESCRIPTION:Join us online for a session with presenters from Foundation House and the Refugee Minor Program. \nWithin the first part of this event\, Foundation House\, the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture and Trauma\, will address how we can support newly-arrived Afghan students and families as they settle in Victoria and enrol in language\, primary and secondary schools. The presentation will aim to support people in the following areas: \n\nResponding to trauma reactions\nResponding to trauma disclosures\nSelf-care and care for colleagues\nSettlement challenges and information regarding the backgrounds and situations of newly arrived Afghan families and how best to support them\n\nWithin the second part of this event\, the Refugee Minor Program will focus on pathways support for young people of refugee background in Victorian secondary schools. Drawing on their professional experience working with young people who attend government and Catholic schools throughout Victoria\, the presenters from refugee Minor Program will: \n\nDiscuss the barriers that refugee-background students face in preparing for post-secondary school study\nEncourage the sharing of insights\, strategies and resources to strengthen participants’ capacity to support refugee-background students with pathways planning\n\nThe content of this workshop will consider both the psycho-social and the academic (English as an Additional Language) needs of refugee-background students as they navigate pathways. \nPresenters:\nAllison Greene is the Senior Professional Learning Officer in the Education and Early Years team at Foundation House. She has a background in secondary school leadership in the Government sector. \nMadeleine Giummarra is School Support Officer for the East within the Education and Early Years Team at Foundation House\, she has a background in trauma counselling and advocacy with children\, young people and families of refugee backgrounds. \nZahra Mousawai and Zamarai Samim\, Community Project Workers within the Foundation House Afghan Community Response team will contribute some insights and perspectives to this presentation from their work with the Afghan Community Response team. \nSimone Cassidy and Bojana Popovic are Education and Training Advisors in the Refugee Minor Program (RMP)\, Department of Families\, Fairness and Housing. The RMP provides case management support to young people who have entered Victoria as refugees and are without their parents. The majority of children and young people in the program have experiences of disrupted education or have arrived with little or no formal education. Simone and Bojana work with young people from their time of arrival in Australia until they exit secondary school and begin on the next step in their education journey. Through working with more than 50 schools across Victoria and directly with young people in the RMP\, Bojana and Simone have developed insights into how varying supports\, systems and attitudes impact the experiences of young people from refugee backgrounds as they navigate the complex world of post-school study options. Formerly teachers\, Simone and Bojana combine knowledge of the academic needs of English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners with an understanding of the psychosocial supports which allow refugee-background students to thrive.
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/supporting-refugee-young-people-in-the-victorian-education-system/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220524T170000
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SUMMARY:Primary EAL Assessment for New Arrivals
DESCRIPTION:In this professional learning session\, Barbara and Rebekah will share some of the key assessment practices in their new arrival setting. They will demonstrate how their core diagnostic and formative assessments help determine students’ English proficiency levels on the EAL Reporting Resource. Participants will engage in moderation of EAL student writing\, discuss evidence of student achievement and consider possible next steps for learning. \nPresenters \nRebekah Jones is the Primary Curriculum Leader at Blackburn English Language School. She has been working in the New Arrivals Program since 2015 and has taught EAL for 17 years in Australia and overseas. \nBarbara Dahlsen is the Primary Learning Specialist at Blackburn English Language School. She has worked in education for over 20 years and has worked as an EAL specialist teacher for the past 12 years. \nCost \n$10 – VicTESOL members (including members of other state TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA)\n$30 – Non-members
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/primary-eal-assessment-for-new-arrivals/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220519T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220519T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220223T103740Z
UID:22554-1652976000-1652979600@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:Immigration Museum and VicTESOL: Integrating culture and language for EAL learners
DESCRIPTION:*Online Event* \nThursday 19 May\, 4-5pm \nExplore 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 to suit a variety of subjects\, including Humanities\, English\, Civics and Citizenship. Presented by Immigration Museum Educators in collaboration with VicTESOL. \nGurmeet Kaur is the Education Program Producer at Immigration Museum and is an experienced former classroom teacher of English and Humanities. She has also worked on international programs such as Teach for Bangladesh and researched intercultural education in schools across Japan\, Australia\, and UK. Gurmeet studied International Relations and History at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences before completing her qualifications in Education. \nPlease note that some of the content in this webinar is a repeat of the webinar held by Immigration Museum and VicTESOL in August 2021. \nFree – Museum Victoria/VicTESOL members (including members of interstate TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) \nFree – Friend of VicTESOL \n$20 – Non-members
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/immigration-museum-and-victesol-integrating-culture-and-language-for-eal-learners-2/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220510T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220510T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
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SUMMARY:Looking ahead: an overview of the new VCE English and EAL study design and planning for Units 1 & 2 in 2023
DESCRIPTION:This session is designed for current teachers of VCE EAL units 1-4\, teachers of VCE English classes that comprise EAL students\, as well as future teachers of VCE EAL units 1 & 2. The focus of the presentation will be on unpacking the changes that have been made to the final VCE English and EAL units 1-4 study design since the publication of the consultation draft. An overview of VCE EAL units 1-4 will also be provided with particular emphasis on units 1 & 2 which will be implemented in 2023. \nPrior to the session\, teachers are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the new EAL study design\, and in particular\, units 1 & 2 (see VCAA website here)\, and to note down any questions they might have about this in the registration process for this event so they can be addressed during the session. \nPresenter \nKellie Heintz is currently employed as the EAL Curriculum Manager at the VCAA. Prior to this\, she was a lecturer in language and literacy education at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education\, where she trained pre-service secondary English teachers. She also worked at VATE\, was an educational adviser with the Teach for Australia program\, and taught VCE English and EAL in the Catholic sector for 20 years. \nCost:\n$10 – VicTESOL members (including members of other state TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA)\n$30 – Non-members
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/looking-ahead-an-overview-of-the-new-vce-english-and-eal-study-design-and-planning-for-units-1-2-in-2023/
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
LOCATION:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/looking-ahead-an-overview-of-the-new-vce-english-and-eal-study-design-and-planning-for-units-1-2-in-2023/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220505T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220505T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220501T010758Z
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SUMMARY:Languages in Early Childhood Education: Launch of special TESOL in Context edition
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to this special event which is a launch of a special edition of TESOL in Context that focuses on Early Childhood Education. The papers address important questions about the place of home languages in early childhood contexts\, and focus on plurilingual pedagogy in early childhood education\, mothers as first teachers in remote Indigenous contexts and a bilingual Samoan- English early childhood community kindergarten program in Queensland. \nPresenters \nPaper 1 – Leveraging languages for learning: Incorporating plurilingual pedagogies in early childhood education and care\nDr Caroline Cohrssen is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong and Honorary Fellow\, Melbourne Graduate School of Education at The University of Melbourne. \nDr Yvette Slaughter is Senior Lecturer in Language and Literacy Education within the Melbourne Graduate School of Education (The University of Melbourne). \nDr Edith Nicolas\, is a linguist and lecturer in early childhood education at The University of Melbourne. \nPaper 2  – Mothers as first teachers: exploring the features of mother- child interactions that support young Aboriginal children’s multilingual learning at playgroup\nJanet Scull is an Associate Professor in Language and Literacy at Monash University. \nDr Jane Page is an Associate Professor and Associate Director\, Pedagogy and Leadership Research in the Research in Effective Education in Early Childhood (REEaCh) Hub at the University of Melbourne. \nPaper 3 – Knowing who you are: Heritage language\, identity and safe space in a bilingual kindergarten\nKerry Taylor-Leech is an applied sociolinguist attached to Griffith University Institute for Educational Research. \nEseta Tualaulelei is a senior lecturer with the School of Education at the University of Southern Queensland. \n\nThis is a free event for all members and non members of VicTESOL. \n \n  \nwww.tesolincontext.org.au \nJournal of ACTA – Australian Council of TESOL Associations: http://tesol.org.au/publications \nhttps://tinyurl.com/tesolincontext1-26 \nhttps://tinyurl.com/tesolincontext27
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/languages-in-early-childhood-education-launch-of-special-tesol-in-context-edition/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:Affiliated Professional Learning,VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220324T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220324T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20211212T073249Z
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SUMMARY:Enacting translation and translanguaging collaboratively between teachers and learners for knowledge building
DESCRIPTION:Online Webinar \nThursday 24 March\, 4:30-5:30 pm \nTranslanguaging 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 their non-English resources\, they are limited in allowing us to see the transformative value of what translation and translanguaging practices can offer. In this presentation\, we provide an example of how a university lecturer and a graduate student use translation and translanguaging practices to solve a linguistic problem. Through this example\, we highlight how these two practices are different and yet intertwined and allow for collaborative knowledge building in English. Based on this understanding\, we share some examples of translation and translanguaging strategies that do not require teachers and learners to speak the same languages and can be implemented in classrooms. \nDr Julie Choi is Senior Lecturer in Education (Additional Languages) in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Her research focuses on pedagogies that promote cultural and linguistic diversity\, inclusion\, and equity. She is co-editor of the book Language and Culture: Reflective Narratives and the Emergence of Identity\, Plurilingualism in Teaching and Learning: Complexities in Contexts and sole author of Creating a Multivocal Self: Autoethnography as Method. \nKailin Liu is an EAL teacher at a government secondary school in Melbourne. Kailin holds a Master of Applied Linguistics and a Master of Teaching in Secondary Education with specialisation in Mandarin and EAL. Kailin has published in the Journal of Language\, Identity & Education and presented at the 2021 American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference. Her professional interests include language and identity\, and multilingual pedagogies for language education. \n$10 – VicTESOL Members/’Friends of VicTESOL’ (including members of other state TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) \n$30 – Non-members
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/enacting-translation-and-translanguaging-collaboratively-between-teachers-and-learners-for-knowledge-building/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220309T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220309T180000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20211212T073436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220301T103145Z
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SUMMARY:Adult TESOL Event - EAL Framework "101": A Beginner's Guide to the Victorian EAL Framework Curriculum
DESCRIPTION:Online Presentations & Panel Discussion \nWednesday 9 March\, 4:30-6:00pm \nJoin 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. \nPresenters will include: \n· Victorian EAL Frameworks Curriculum Maintenance Manager  – who will provide an overview of the EAL Framework \n· Chair Victorian EAL Framework Adult Sector Advisory Group  – who will present on understanding Units of Competency within the Framework \n· A panel of speakers from Victorian metro TAFE\, regional TAFE\, ACE sector – who will share how they design programs to meet different student cohorts \nThis is a free event for all members and non members of VicTESOL.
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/adult-tesol-event-eal-framework-101-a-beginners-guide-to-the-victorian-eal-framework-curriculum/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220303T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220303T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20211115T020703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211115T020703Z
UID:22551-1646323200-1646328600@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:VCE EAL Exam Webinar - Meet the Assessors Online
DESCRIPTION:Glynis Rose & Rosemary McLoughlin \nThursday 3 March\, 4-5:30 pm (AEDT)\, Online event \nIn 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 valuable insight into how the exam is assessed. They will also suggest ways to prepare students for the 2022 exam. \nGlynis Rose is the chief assessor and Rosemary McLoughlin is the assistant chief assessor of the 2020 VCE EAL Examination. \nPlease note that the content of this session will be similar to that presented through VATE. \n$10 – VicTESOL Members/Friends of VicTESOL (including members of interstate TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) \n$40 – Non-members
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/vce-eal-exam-webinar-meet-the-assessors-online/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211118T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211118T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20211010T032150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211013T074138Z
UID:21955-1637251200-1637254800@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:Panel Discussion - Assessment and Reporting for EAL students in primary and secondary schools
DESCRIPTION:Thursday November 18\, 4-5pm \nOnline Panel Discussion \nWhat 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? \nIn this session\, we look at the big and small questions about assessment and reporting as it applies to EAL teaching and learning in primary and secondary schools. VicTESOL has assembled a panel of primary\, secondary and new arrivals teachers\, as well as department and university representation to take part in a broad discussion. The panel will discuss some of the key questions regarding assessment\, including questions gathered from the registration process and live questions. \nThe panel includes: \nAnna-Lise Wallis\, EAL Unit\, Department of Education \nPrachi Patkar\, Noble Park English Language School \nSarah Martin\, Blackburn English Language School \nTahnee Dwyer\, Dandenong High School \nUte Knoch\, Language Testing Research Centre at the University of Melbourne \nThe panel will be hosted by Michelle Andrews\, Preston North East Primary School. \n$10 – VicTESOL members (including members of other state TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) \n$20 – Non-members  \n 
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/panel-discussion-assessment-and-reporting-for-eal-students-in-primary-and-secondary-schools/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211104T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211104T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20210916T054152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T054245Z
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SUMMARY:Towards a model for a hybrid delivery of EAL
DESCRIPTION:Edwin Creely\, Katrina Tour\, Peter Waterhouse & Elizabeth Keenan \nThursday 4 November\, 4-5:30pm\, online  \n\nThe 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 up with innovative and effective practices\, utilising digital technologies as effective resources and planning the development of online learning beyond the pandemic. Many educational providers\, especially those in the adult EAL sector\, are now considering a ‘hybrid’ delivery of their programs\, involving face-to-face\, online synchronous and online asynchronous components to serve the needs of their learners. This workshop offers a cohesive model for implementing a hybrid learning approach in EAL settings. This model was conceptualised\, developed and tested through collaboration between a group of  EAL teachers and researchers from Monash University. In the workshop  we provide examples of successful practices drawing on the ideas of flipped learning\, active learning and dialogic pedagogy. The workshop will also provide opportunities for the participants to discuss how this approach can be adapted to their contexts and collaboratively construct a resource to support teaching in a hybrid/flipped mode. The workshop concludes with discussion of implications for the use of a hybrid approach for learning in the EAL sector. \nPresenters \nDr Edwin Creely is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University and teaches literacy in initial teacher education programs. His research interests include creativity\, literacy\, creative writing\, digital pedagogy and technology in education. He has wide ranging experience in education from primary and secondary to tertiary and adult education. Central to Edwin’s approach to research is his interest in innovation and creative practices\, multi-disciplinary research and bringing new models and perspectives to educational research and practice. \nDr Katrina Tour is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University. Her current research projects investigate how people from migrant and refugee backgrounds use technologies and digital literacies for everyday life\, work and learning. Her major research focus is pedagogies for digital literacies. Katrina publishes in the field of digital literacies and TESOL and she is the author of Digital Literacies: EAL Teachers’ Guide (www.digitalliteracies.info). She is a recipient of a number of professional awards. Katrina teaches in the Faculty’s teacher education undergraduate and postgraduate programs. She also designed and led a number of professional learning activities for in-service EAL teachers. \nDr Peter Waterhouse is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University. He teaches in the post graduate education programme\, with a particular interest in adult education and community development. His research and teaching background has been in adult literacy/ies across a wide range of contexts\, from community settings to workplace environments; and in professional development of educators\, action research and reflective practice. \nElizabeth Keenan is an EAL teacher and Teacher Mentor at Carringbush Adult Education. In 2015\, she was awarded an International Specialised Skills Institute Fellowship to investigate best practice pronunciation teaching for beginner-level adult migrants. Her professional interests focus on effective teaching of emergent L2 literacy learners and the development of digital literacy skills. Elizabeth has a MA in TESOL from the University of Melbourne and comes from a primary teaching background. \nAcknowledgements \nWe would like to acknowledge the contribution of Hayley Black of Carringbush Adult Education in developing this presentation and recognise her leadership in the development of a practical model for hybrid learning. \n$10 – VicTESOL Members (including members of state associations associated with ACTA) \n$20 – Non-members
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/towards-a-model-for-a-hybrid-delivery-of-eal/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211019T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211019T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20210916T054554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T054708Z
UID:21860-1634659200-1634664600@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:The Way Forward: How COVID has changed adult EAL delivery
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 19 October\, 4:00-5:30pm (AEST) \nOnline Webinar \nThe 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 EAL providers share their experiences and insights on the following: \n\nHow has their organization changed the way it delivers EAL programs?\nHow have they refined blended/remote learning?\nWhat has worked? What hasn’t worked?\nWhat feedback have they had – from students\, from teachers?\nHow has remote learning changed the way they teach/view digital literacy skills?\nWhat implications might these changes have for quality and assessment?\nMost importantly\, what permanent changes do they see moving forward to 2022 and beyond?\n\n$10 – VicTESOL Members (including members of other state TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) \n$20 – Non-members
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/the-way-forward-how-covid-has-changed-adult-eal-delivery/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210914T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210914T103000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20210502T102503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210810T101733Z
UID:19764-1631610000-1631615400@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:Designing culturally responsive and culturally sustaining pedagogy for struggling adolescent and adult EAL learners
DESCRIPTION:Dr Andrea DeCapua \nTuesday 14 September\, 9:00-10:30am (Australian Eastern Standard Time) \nOnline Webinar \n*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.* \nAndrea DeCapua\, Ed.D. is a teacher\, researcher\, and educational consultant. She has held university appointments at several institutions of higher learning in the United States\, including New York University and the University of North Florida. She consults with school districts and professional organizations and is an invited presenter in North America\, Europe\, and now Australia. Her research interests include struggling culturally and linguistically diverse language learners\, particularly students with limited/interrupted formal education (SLIFE) culturally responsive pedagogy\, and cross-cultural awareness training. Dr. DeCapua has published numerous articles\, book chapters\, and books\, including a three-book series on SLIFE with H.W. Marshall: Meeting the Needs of SLIFE (2020); Breaking New Ground: Teaching Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (2011) and Making the Transition to Classroom Success: Culturally Responsive Teaching for Struggling Language Learners (2013). In addition\, her e-book: SLIFE: What Every Teacher Needs to Know targeted toward all classroom teachers with SLIFE in their classrooms\, appeared in 2019. \nSession Description \nEnglish as an additional language (EAL) learners are a highly diverse group entering our schools with a wide range of backgrounds and needs. Many of them readily develop the necessary language skills\, are able to access grade-level subject area content knowledge\, and progress satisfactorily in school. However\, there are other EAL learners for whom school presents major challenges\, who do not progress smoothly\, and who are at high risk\, particularly those learners who have experienced limited\, interrupted\, or in some cases no formal education.  Despite best intentions\, teachers frequently find that conventional pedagogical practices are not effective with this population. While there are numerous reasons why these learners struggle and accepted pedagogical practices are largely ineffective\, I argue that it is not only the new language and unfamiliar content\, but also – and more critically – the nature of formal education itself that is a key barrier to their success. I outline the Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm (MALP®)\, a culturally responsive instructional model that builds bridges to formal education for struggling culturally and linguistically diverse learners.  This model promotes academic achievement by helping these learners access the literacy practices and academic ways of thinking of our schools and contemporary society while honoring and respecting their own learning paradigm.  I conclude by examining ways to infuse this model into the classroom through project-based learning. \n$10 – VicTESOL Members (including state associations affiliated with ACTA) \n$20 – Non-members \n*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.*
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/designing-culturally-responsive-and-culturally-sustaining-pedagogy-for-struggling-adolescent-and-adult-eal-learners/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210831T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210831T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20210728T062308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210806T003047Z
UID:21225-1630425600-1630431000@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:VicTESOL Symposium 2021 - TESOL in a time of COVID: implications and possibilities
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday August 31\, 4-5:30 pm \nOnline Event \nVicTESOL\, 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 multicultural education and related fields who will discuss what they see as implications of the COVID pandemic for the field of teaching English as an Additional Language (EAL) in Victoria and Australia.   \nThey will discuss what TESOL might look like in the next few years and in the longer term as a result of what we are currently experiencing. With the pausing and slowing of some programs during the pandemic\, is there a chance that TESOL and other programs may change?  Is there a chance that while there are no new arrivals that existing programs and services will be affected\, not only in the short term\, but also in the longer term? How might this look? What might be some of the advantages of possible changes? What might be some less positive consequences of change during and post COVID? What can we do to prepare ourselves for ensuring we maintain and build on the quality of EAL and associated learning and support that has been established over many\, many years? \nPanelists: \nJessica Bishop\, Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne) \nMargaret Corrigan\, CEO of Carringbush Adult Education and President of the Australian Council of TESOL associations \nDr Susan Creagh\, Honorary Senior Lecturer\, School of Education\, The University of Queensland \nAssociate Professor Russell Cross\, Language and Literacy Education\, Melbourne Graduate School of Education \nCarmel Guerra\, Director and Chief Executive Officer\, Centre for Multicultural Youth \nMark Melican\, Principal of Blackburn English Language School \nMatt Rodger\, Senior Schools Support Officer – RESP Education & Early Years Program Practice & Sector Development\, The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture \nChermaine Thomas\, Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Ltd (MACS) \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/victesol-symposium-2021-tesol-in-a-time-of-covid-implications-and-possibilities/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210825T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210825T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20210726T101045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210726T101045Z
UID:21187-1629907200-1629910800@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:Immigration Museum and VicTESOL: Integrating culture and language for EAL learners
DESCRIPTION:*Online Event* \nWednesday 25 August\, 4-5pm \nExplore 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 to suit a variety of subjects\, including Humanities\, English\, Civics and Citizenship. Presented by Immigration Museum Educators in collaboration with VicTESOL.    \nGurmeet Kaur is the Education Program Producer at Immigration Museum and is an experienced former classroom teacher of English and Humanities. She has also worked on international programs such as Teach for Bangladesh and researched intercultural education in schools across Japan\, Australia\, and UK. Gurmeet studied International Relations and History at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences before completing her qualifications in Education.  \nFree – Museum Victoria/VicTESOL members (including members of interstate TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) \n$20 – Non-members
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/immigration-museum-and-victesol-integrating-culture-and-language-for-eal-learners/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210722T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210722T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20210520T065746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210524T130325Z
UID:20187-1626969600-1626975000@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:NGV & VicTESOL: Colony to Nation – Bridging the Gap for EAL Learners
DESCRIPTION:Colony to Nation – Bridging the Gap for EAL Learners \nPresented by NGV Learn and VicTESOL \nThursday 22 July \n4:00-5:30pm \n\nExplore the new suite of Colony to Nation resources for English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners. Featuring practical EAL teaching strategies\, they are flexibly designed to develop your confidence in engaging students with Australian history through works in the NGV Collection. Apply your knowledge to further adapt Colony to Nation content for a more accessible and enriching teaching and learning program. \n\n\nThis professional learning program is designed for EAL and classroom teachers delivering the Level 5-6 History curriculum in Victorian schools and/or using the Colony to Nation resources. The session will also be relevant to teachers of EAL learners in other year levels. \n\n\nPresented by specialists from Blackburn English Language School and NGV Educators in collaboration with VicTESOL. \n\nPlease click here for further information.
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/ngv-victesol-colony-to-nation-bridging-the-gap-for-eal-learners/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210608T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210608T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20210504T094313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T100026Z
UID:19831-1623168000-1623171600@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:What do the proposed changes to the VCE English/EAL study design mean for EAL teachers and learners?
DESCRIPTION:Kellie Heintz\, EAL Curriculum Manager\, VCAA \nTuesday 8 June\, 4:00-5:00pm \nFree webinar \nWith the proposed changes to the VCE English/EAL study design now available for consultation\, join Kellie Heintz\, the EAL Curriculum Manager at the VCAA\, as she presents an overview of the draft with a particular focus on the EAL curriculum. She will introduce and discuss the big questions that underpinned the major review\, the EAL principles that informed curriculum development\, as well as the structure\, outcomes and assessment proposed in the revised study. \nKellie Heintz is currently employed as the EAL Curriculum Manager at the VCAA. Prior to this\, she was a lecturer in language and literacy education at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education\, where she trained pre-service secondary English teachers. She also worked at VATE\, was an educational adviser with the Teach for Australia program\, and taught VCE English and EAL in the Catholic sector for 20 years. \nThis event is free to all. Please register using the RSVP function on this page.
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/what-do-the-proposed-changes-to-the-vce-english-eal-study-design-mean-for-eal-teachers-and-learners/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210603T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210603T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20210323T104800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210507T032625Z
UID:19244-1622736000-1622739600@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:Online Resourcing and Networking session for pre-service\, early-career EAL teachers and teachers new to EAL
DESCRIPTION:Thursday 3 June\, 2021\, 4-5pm \nOnline Event – presentation and conversation rooms \nJoin us for an hour of resourcing and networking! This is an opportunity to share practice with teachers from other schools and institutions. Share your tips and get advice from others who are at a similar stage of their careers. \nA big part of this session will be EAL resource sharing and Jennifer Peck from the Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre (LMERC) will present on LMERC’s online and physical resources. \nThis session is for pre-service teachers and early-career teachers (0-2 years) of EAL students\, and teachers who are new to teaching EAL students. \nFree – VicTESOL Members (including state TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) and Friends of VicTESOL (Students) \n$10 – Non-members \nIf you are an education student and you want to become a ‘Friend of VicTESOL‘\, please click here.
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/online-resourcing-and-networking-session-for-pre-service-and-early-career-teachers-of-eal-students/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210519T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210519T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20210127T105220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210127T105819Z
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SUMMARY:Motivating Learners in the Language Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Mairin Hennebry-Leung & Xuesong (Andy) Gao \nWednesday 19 May\, 4-5:30 pm (AEST) \nOnline Webinar \nAs most language teachers know\, motivation is a vital component of effective language learning. Without it\, teachers’ careful planning and creative ideas can quickly be undermined. The research supports this view and finds that motivation can predict anything up to 33% of language learning success. Yet\, there is still much we need to understand about motivation in the language classroom. In this talk\, we will share insights gathered from a large-scale study conducted among Hong Kong school learners of English. \nTwo key components of the language learning experience are the teacher and the language environment; we’ll examine what the findings of the study tell us about how teachers’ practices and the language of instruction impact on students’ motivation. A key focus will be on the way in which different features of the language learning experience can lead to a more or less agentive motivation\, in other words motivation that is more driven by the student than by the teacher or parents and particularly a motivational orientation more closely tied with a second language identity. We will explore possible explanations for these relationships between classroom features and agentive or less-agentive motivational orientations. Together we will examine what this means for classroom practice and for shaping classrooms that promote and sustain motivated language learning\, broadening the discussion to other instructional contexts and drawing on participants’ classroom experience. Through sharing of experiences (good and not so good!) of and challenges and opportunities for generating and sustaining students’ motivation\, as well as drawing on relevant theory and research\, we will identify key guiding principles of effective motivational language teaching practice. \nThe talk will be interactive\, meaning that participants will be encouraged to share their reactions\, reflections and experiences. In order to enrich the conversation\, participants will be invited to share specific examples of practice in their diverse contexts. Pause-for-talk moments and breakout rooms will be used to facilitate these conversations. \nMairin Hennebry-Leung started her career teaching Modern Languages and TESOL in a variety of contexts. She joined the University of Tasmania as Lecturer in Languages and TESOL in 2020\, prior to which she has held posts in Hong Kong\, Scotland and England\, working in language education and language teacher education. In addition to this\, Mairin has delivered professional development events and materials for teachers in France\, Spain\, China\, Hong Kong and across the UK. Her research focusses on classroom language learning\, specifically on language learning motivation\, language teacher education\, and the relationship between language teaching and citizenship development. Mairin has published widely in international journals including TESOL Quarterly\, Language Teaching Research\, and Language Learning Journal. She is a co-editor of System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics and co-editor of the Edinburgh University Press Textbooks in Applied Linguistics. \nXuesong (Andy) Gao is an associate professor at the School of Education\, University of New South Wales\, Australia. He has been involved in language teacher education in Hong Kong\, mainland China\, and Taiwan. His research interests include language learner autonomy\, language education policy\, and language teacher education. His research has been funded by Research Grants Council (Hong Kong)\, Sumitomo Foundation (Japan)\, and the Standing Committee for Language Education and Research (Hong Kong). He has published widely in international journals\, including ELT Journal\, TESOL Quarterly\, Modern Language Journal\, and Teaching and Teacher Education. He is a co-editor of System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics and co-editor of the English Language Education book series\, published by Springer. \n$10 – Member Ticket (including members of other state & territory TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) \n$20 – Non-Member Ticket
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/motivating-learners-in-the-language-classroom/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210505T154500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210505T164500
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20210310T030759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210310T030759Z
UID:19069-1620229500-1620233100@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:Supporting EAL students in Inquiry-based Learning
DESCRIPTION:April Edwards & Michelle Andrews \nWednesday 5 May\, 3:45-4:45pm \nOnline Event (Free event for members!) \nOnce upon a time\, a good learner was one who could just recall and repeat knowledge. However\, in contemporary education we expect learners to do so much more – to locate\, evaluate\, articulate and create information individually or collaboratively. Reflecting this\, Inquiry-based Learning (IBL) has become a popular pedagogical approach in Australian schools. Yet IBL presents unique challenges for EAL/D learners due to the complex language demands involved in problem solving and higher order thinking\, as well as those required to work cooperatively with others. This workshop will explore how to help EAL students participate and engage in IBL through effective planning and targeted teaching strategies that scaffold understanding\, organisation and expression of ideas. \nFollowing 14 years as a NAATI accredited translator then tertiary Spanish lecturer\, April Edwards went on to gain a Master of Teaching as an EAL/D and English secondary teacher. She later took on roles as an EAL Coordinator\, EAL specialist mentor to English teachers and Teaching and Learning lead teacher. She is currently training undergraduate and postgraduate pre-service teachers in the School of Education at La Trobe University as well as having worked as an EAL consultant to both the DET and the VCAA. April thrives on sharing her knowledge about 1st and 2nd language acquisition with colleagues and students alike. She does so in the belief that when Culturally and Linguistically Diverse students are supported to use their whole linguistic and cultural repertoire they can participate fully in any classroom setting. \nMichelle Andrews is a Primary EAL specialist\, currently coordinating the EAL program at Preston North East Primary School. Before moving to the mainstream in 2017\, she worked for many years in the New Arrivals Program at Blackburn ELS\, taking on a variety of roles including student wellbeing coordinator and Primary curriculum leader. She is passionate about supporting English Language learners to engage\, learn and thrive in Australian schools. \nFree – VicTESOL members (including other state & territory TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) \n$10 – Non-members
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/supporting-eal-students-in-inquiry-based-learning/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210428T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210428T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20210301T234544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210309T111508Z
UID:19039-1619625600-1619631000@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:Teaching genre using Functional Grammar
DESCRIPTION:Anh Phan\, Laurence Guttmann\, Marko Jakic\, & Mina Sellton (Western English Language School) \nOnline Webinar \nWednesday April 28\, 4-5:30 pm \nThis session will model a systematic and explicit pedagogical approach to teaching genre using functional grammar\, the teaching and learning cycle and backward design. Through a persuasive genre\, we will demonstrate the powerful ways in which this approach apprentices students towards mastering this complex genre by building within them the metalinguistic capacity to make informed and purposeful grammatical choice to effectively persuade the target audience. \nThe session will also give a snapshot of the Western English Language School (WELS) curriculum\, which is underpinned by the principles of: \n\nfunctional grammar\,\ngenre\,\nthe teaching and learning cycle\,\npractical English\, and\nbackward design\n\nAnh Phan is a secondary learning specialist at WELS\, where she has taught for 7 years. During this time\, she has worked in a team to develop a school-wide curriculum based on genre and functional grammar. She has taught across a range of domains and secondary EAL levels (CL to C3) and has had extensive experience mentoring and supporting colleagues. Anh has a BA specialising in linguistics and has a particular interest in the social and cultural aspects of language. \nLaurence Guttmann is Assistant Principal of WELS in Braybrook\, where he has taught for over 10 years. He has a keen interest in the complexities and functions of language and how these can be understood and taught. He enjoys the broad range of learning areas that EAL teaching affords\, with particular interest in Mathematics and the Humanities. He is passionate about working with his students and colleagues at both school and system levels to contribute to the best possible education for new arrival students that includes academic\, social and emotional learning. \nMarko Jakic is the secondary curriculum coordinator at the Western English Language School\, where he has taught for 8 years. Marko’s pedagogical approach is focused on empowering students to become discerning and successful users of language for specific purposes\, across different contexts and with various interactants. Marko has a passion for all aspects of linguistics\, grammar\, assessment and pronunciation. \nWorking in this intensive English-language setting with high-needs EAL students revealed the large gap between where students were and what they would encounter once they transitioned to mainstream settings. This culminated in Marko leading a whole-school curriculum redesign focused on maximising student learning through intensive and sustained teacher professional development on explicit teaching\, and aligning the new WELS curriculum to prepare students for the expectations of mainstream schooling. \nMina Sellton is the secondary curriculum leader at the Wyndham Campus of WELS\, where she has taught for 7 years. During her time at WELS\, she worked with a team to develop and implement a new school-wide curriculum based on the tenets of backwards design\, genre and functional grammar. She has taught across a broad range of learning areas and EAL levels with a special interest in humanities and literature at an EAL C1 level. She has a wealth of experience in mentoring colleagues\, crafting rigorous assessment continua and creating materials that support the WELS curriculum. \n$10 – VicTESOL Member (including other state & territory TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) \n$20 – Non-member
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/teaching-genre-using-functional-grammar/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210330T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210330T180000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20201214T011419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T011419Z
UID:18172-1617121800-1617127200@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:Using Multimedia in the Adult TESOL Classroom – Adult TESOL Sharing Session
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday March 30\, 4:30-6:00 pm \nOnline Event \nJoin us for an afternoon of sharing on the topic of multimedia use in the adult TESOL classroom. The session will begin with three teachers sharing how they use multimedia in their practice. \nFiona Norquay from Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre will demonstrate how she uses ABC’s ‘90 second news’ program with intermediate level students. Angela Fourtounis from RMIT will share her knowledge of useful apps for learning – Padlet and Mentimeter. And Fran Conron from The Gordon will show how she uses Tropfest videos in the classroom. \nWe will then break into small groups to discuss and share ideas for how multimedia can support and enhance the learning of Adult EAL learners. \n$10 – VicTESOL member ticket (including other state & territory TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) \n$20 – Non-member ticket
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/using-multimedia-in-the-adult-tesol-classroom-adult-tesol-sharing-session/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210304T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210304T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20201204T021241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T005907Z
UID:18094-1614873600-1614879000@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:Spelling strategies that can work!
DESCRIPTION:Jenny Robins \nThursday 4 March 2021\, 4-5:30 pm (AEDT) \nOnline Event \nJenny Robins began as a volunteer in 2011\, then became a qualified teacher\, working with adult migrants\, people from refugee backgrounds and people seeking asylum to help them improve their English. \nIn 2017 Jenny decided to improve her skills and enrolled in a Masters of Learning Intervention in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne. She has found this invaluable as the course’s students are encouraged to tailor the subjects’ assignments to their context and needs and those of their students. Jenny currently works at Yarraville Community Centre. \nIn her Masters’ literacy subject students had to design\, implement and report on an intervention with their students. Jenny chose to help her students with their spelling\, and this presentation describes the intervention she designed and delivered. The intervention’s activities revolved around the multiple ways long vowels can be spelt\, but its main focus was on teaching the students spelling strategies which they could apply later. \nJenny will be presenting on her experience with teaching adults\, however the session is open to teachers from all sectors and the ideas in the session are transferable and applicable to all age groups. \n$10 – VicTESOL member ticket (including other state & territory TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) \n$20 – Non-member ticket
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/spelling-strategies-that-can-work/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210216T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210216T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
CREATED:20201122T080012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T080012Z
UID:17899-1613491200-1613496600@victesol.vic.edu.au
SUMMARY:VCE EAL Exam Webinar - Meet the Assessors
DESCRIPTION:Glynis Rose & Rosemary McLoughlin \nTuesday 16 February\, 4-5:30 pm (AEDT)\, Online event \nIn this session\, Glynis and Rosemary will provide feedback on student performance in the 2020 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 valuable insight into how the exam is assessed. They will also suggest ways to prepare students for the 2021 exam. \nGlynis Rose is the chief assessor and Rosemary McLoughlin is the assistant chief assessor of the 2020 VCE EAL Examination. \nPlease note that the content of this session will be similar to that presented through VATE. \nCost: \nVicTESOL Member $10 (including other state & territory TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA) \nNon-member $20
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/vce-eal-exam-webinar-meet-the-assessors-2/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210209T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210209T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
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SUMMARY:VCE EAL Reading and Creating Texts - Online Presentation and Small group discussions
DESCRIPTION:Stephanie Georgiou & Maddy Oh \nTuesday 9 February\, 4-5:30 pm \nOnline Event \nJoin us for a presentation and small group discussions on the VCE EAL Reading and Creating Texts area of study. \nPresenters \nStephanie Georgiou has more than 18 years of experience in teaching EAL. She has worked in the adult\, Catholic and government sectors\, continuing her ongoing tenure at the Department of Education and Training.  She has managed and coordinated multiple programmes throughout her career. This includes setting up a government funded bridging program for refugee students and most recently as Language Centre and EAL coordinator managing the learning of international students and teaching staff within that program. She has run numerous in-house in-services for staff on teaching strategies for EAL students. \nMadeline Oh has 10 years experience in teaching EAL. She has spent this time working in the government sector teaching secondary school students. She currently works as an EAL coordinator. She is passionate about improving student writing and supporting the diverse needs of EAL students.\nCost: \n\n$10 – VicTESOL members (including other state & territory TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA)\n$20 – Non-members
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/vce-eal-reading-and-creating-texts-online-presentation-and-small-group-discussions/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20201118T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20201118T173000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
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SUMMARY:Engaging low level EAL learners in Online Learning
DESCRIPTION:Luke Treadwell & Tanja Rykovska\, AMES Australia\nWednesday 18 November\, 4:00-5:30pm AEDT\nOnline Event\nThis workshop is based on the premise that digital literacy is vital for living\, learning\, and working in contemporary Australian society and therefore needs to be a key feature as both a support and an outcome of any relevant EAL program. The session will detail the experience and learnings of one such program that was specifically designed (pre-COVID) to engage low level EAL learners in online learning. The session will cover the basic course design principles of our EAL online courses\, the strategies developed to engage and support the learners and their challenges and achievements learning in an online environment. Luke and Tanja’s presentation will be followed by Q&A and small group discussion. \nLuke Treadwell is a senior teacher with many years of program and project management in AMES. Luke has taught EAL students for many years across many programs and has recently worked extensively with ASMES online learning program. \nTanja Rykovska is an EAL teacher with extensive experience teaching English\, designing and delivering EAL programs in various settings and for diverse cohorts. She has a special interest in technology in language learning and has integrated technology in her teaching throughout her career.  She has been involved in AMES online learning initiative since 2015. \nCost: \n\n$10 – VicTESOL members (including other state & territory TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA)\n$20 – Non-members\n\nCLICK HERE TO BECOME A MEMBER OF VICTESOL FOR 2020! Pro-rata rate now available – Click here for 1/2 price VicTESOL membership (Valid until 31 March 2021)
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/engaging-low-level-eal-learners-in-online-learning/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20201028T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20201028T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
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SUMMARY:Not just surviving\, thriving! Preparing for your first year of teaching in an EAL classroom
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 28 October\, 4-5pm \nPanel Discussion and Q&A \nLaurence Guttmann\, Rosemary Abboud\, Margaret Corrigan\, and Julia Lippold \nFree Online Event – Click here to register \nAre you a pre-service teacher about to embark on your first year of teaching in an EAL classroom? \nVicTESOL has assembled a panel of experienced leaders from across educational sectors to give tips and advice for thriving in the first year of teaching. \nThe panel will discuss how to apply for and successfully gain employment\, what to expect as a graduate teacher\, and some of the fundamental principles and strategies of EAL teaching and learning. \nSanam Maner\, a pre-service teacher from La Trobe University\, will be hosting the session. \nPanel Members: \nRosemary Abboud is a Leading Teacher EAL/EAL Specialist at Dandenong North Primary School\, she has been teaching for 32 years and has BA in Linguistics and a Graduate Diploma in TESOL. \nAs well as leading and teaching in the EAL area\, Rosemary supports classroom teachers by providing advice and resources to help classroom teachers meet the needs of EAL students. She is a passionate advocate for New Arrival Students and their transitions from the New Arrivals Program to mainstream school placements. In 2005\, she piloted a Transition EAL Program\, which has become a crucial part of a model for EAL Exemplar advice provided by the Department of Education and Training. She has contributed to the wider educational system by participating in curriculum development at local and regional levels\, as well as providing professional development for EAL and mainstream teachers. \nLaurence Guttmann is Assistant Principal of Western English Language School (WELS) in Braybrook\, where he has taught for over 10 years. He is interested in Functional Grammar\, which is an important component of the WELS curriculum. He is passionate about working with his students and colleagues to ensure that WELS provides the best possible education for new arrival students. \nMargaret Corrigan has extensive experience in a range of educational settings in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. As CEO of Carringbush Adult Education\, a not-for-profit Registered Training Organisation\, she oversees the delivery of many programs\, including EAL\, work readiness\, family literacy and pathways guidance. She is the current President of ACTA and Vice President of VicTESOL. \nJulia Lippold is an EAL and TESOL specialist teacher and ‘teacherpreneaur’ with over 14 years of TESOL teaching experience. She has taught in both the New Arrivals and independent sectors\, and also in Korea. She began her formal teaching career at Blackburn English Language School in Melbourne and as a tutor working with refugees on Temporary Protection Visas. At Blackburn ELS\, Julia worked as a Leading Teacher\, Head of Senior School\, and International Student Coordinator maintaining close links with the International Division at the Victorian Department of Education and Training. Julia currently teaches at Lauriston Girls’ School in the role of EAL Coordinator (Years 7-12) where she has had an integral role in establishing the EAL program. Julia is a former member of the Executive Board of the Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA)\, a current committee member of ATCA\, VicTESOL and VATE\, is actively involved in the VCAA F-10 EAL Curriculum for Victorian Schools Consultation Review\, is a member of the VCAA VCE Examination Development EAL Reviewing Panel\, and is the founder and creator of Zealous English. Julia is passionate about teaching EAL and creating user-friendly resources for both teachers and students. \n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/not-just-surviving-thriving-preparing-for-your-first-year-of-teaching-in-an-eal-classroom/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20201015T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20201015T180000
DTSTAMP:20260518T213006
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SUMMARY:*Now online* Resourcing and Networking Session
DESCRIPTION:*This event was previously advertised as a face-to-face event. Due to COVID-19\, it is now an online event.* \nThursday 15 October\, 5-6pm \nFree online event \nJoin us for an hour of resource sharing and networking! \nIn this session\, Jenny Peck will take you through how to access the amazing resources available through LMERC and answer your specific queries. This will be followed by breakout rooms in which you will have the opportunity to share ideas and resources with other teachers. \nAbout LMERC \nThe Languages and Multicultural Education Resources Centre (LMERC) specialises in providing resources in all formats for English as an Additional Language (EAL) educators. \nResources suitable for all levels\, from early years to adult\, are available. The collection contains a range of practical classroom and curriculum development resources related to second language acquisition and language teaching methodology\, multilingualism\, the cross- curriculum priority areas and intercultural capability. Materials include academic texts\, articles\, electronic resources\, picture books\, novels\, non-fiction reading material\, lesson plans and activities\, games and big books. \nTo register\, please complete an RSVP. \nWe hope to see you there! \n 
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/resourcing-and-networking-session-at-lmerc/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
CATEGORIES:VicTESOL Professional Learning
ORGANIZER;CN="VicTESOL":MAILTO:victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au
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