Online discussion forum and mini-presentations Thursday 7 May, 4-5:30pm *Due to popular demand, VicTESOL is running a second session of this professional learning event.* VicTESOL is providing an online space for teachers to come together to discuss their experience of teaching and supporting EAL students remotely during the COVID-19 crisis. The session will begin with […]
Skye Playsted Thursday 14 May, 4-5pm Online Webinar When we think of the term ‘culture’, it can be easy to focus on concrete elements such as art, music, clothing or food. However, these visible aspects are only the tip of the cultural iceberg (Ting-Toomey & Chung, 2011). Deeper cultural assumptions are hidden from view and […]
Tuesday June 2, 4:00 - 5:30pm Free online event Are you a Unit 3&4 VCE EAL teacher? Do you want to swap teaching ideas with teachers from other schools on the upcoming Reading and Comparing Texts unit? VicTESOL is offering the opportunity for teachers to meet and discuss this unit online! In this session, you […]
Ruth Hibburt and Geelong English Language Centre (GELC) teachers Tuesday 23 June, 3:45-4:45pm Online Event This session is 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 will learn about engaging EAL learners, scaffolding essential vocabulary and making […]
Thursday 16 July, 3:45-4:30pm Free online discussion rooms - *Registrations have now closed for this event* VicTESOL is again offering a space for teachers of EAL students to discuss remote learning. This time the focus is the sharing of EAL teaching strategies to meet the needs of learners through online platforms. Participants will be grouped […]
Julia Lippold, Lauriston Girls School Thursday 30 July, 3:45-5:15 pm Online Webinar *LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER: Registrations close 2pm Thursday 30 July* Teaching grammar can be fraught with challenges. In the EAL setting, students can find understanding syntactical metalanguage as well as abstract concepts challenging. So how do we make grammar accessible to EAL students? […]
Dr Sue Ollerhead, Macquarie University Wednesday 5 August, 4-5pm Online Webinar *LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER: REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 2PM TOMORROW!* In this workshop, Sue will discuss the important role that students' home languages play in their classroom learning. She will explore the rationale for using translanguaging as a pedagogical approach and present some key classroom translanguaging […]
Yan Yao Choong, Department of Education and Training Wednesday 12 August, 4:00-5:00pm Free Webinar - Click here to register The Literacy Teaching Toolkit provides practical advice and high impact teaching practices to improve student outcomes in reading, writing and speaking and listening. In 2019, the Foundation to Level 6 Literacy Teaching Toolkit (F-6 Toolkit) was […]
Dr Jenny Barnett Tuesday 8 September, 4-5pm Free Online Webinar - Click here to register! If you expect to work with EAL/D learners in your teaching career, then you will want to be familiar with the EALD Elaborations of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. In this webinar, Jenny will take you through some of […]
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, profoundly affect how students perceive the world and their place in it. We want to help you choose culturally diverse resources that reflect students’ diverse […]
