Webinar: Tools for enhancing assessment literacy for teachers of EAL

Online

Presenters: Dr Alan Williams and Ms Janet Saker This webinar will introduce participants to the TEAL Project, an innovative e-based toolkit of assessment tools and advice for teachers of EAL students. TEAL provides teachers with a deep understanding of assessment for learning principles, as well as access to a bank of EAL-appropriate assessment tools and […]

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The Later Years of Schooling for EAL students

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership 603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Speakers will include Melanie Reynolds - RMIT Alexandra Vardis - Melbourne Polytechnic Kellie Mason & David Kezilas - Dandenong High School Audience: EAL teachers working with 15+yo learners in secondary schools. To book please click here Topics & Presenter Information Presentations focus  on EAL students transitioning from  school to post school options. Speakers will present successful programs […]

Building Communities for EAL Learners

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership 603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Presenters Amalia Fawcett - Centre for Multicultural Youth Hanya Senjov - Mercy Connect Program,  Catholic Education Office Dr Kirsten Hutchison - Deakin University Audience: Teachers at all levels and sectors and anyone else working with multicultural and EAL young people. To book please click here Session Overview This session will provide an opportunity to hear from 3 speakers […]

Putting TEAL into Practice

Sunshine Convention Centre, Victoria University 460 Ballarat Rd, Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

A whole school approach to improving the assessment of EAL students Tools for Enhancing Assessment Literacy for Teachers of EAL (TEAL) is an online resource that brings together a range of tools, strategies and assessment advice for teachers of EAL learners in P - 10. Putting TEAL into Practice is designed to build on and enhance […]

VicTESOL Symposium – Thinking Beyond the EAL Classroom

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership 603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

For full details about the VicTESOL Symposium please click here. Tickets To purchase VicTESOL Member priced tickets, please log in using your membership details. If you are not a member, but would like to join, please click here. Please Note: if you purchase a VicTESOL Membership with your Symposium tickets, you will receive the member rate of $130. We look forward to […]

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EAL Student Transition

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership 603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

A twilight session focusing on strategies to assist EAL teachers and newly arrived students with transitions from English Language schools and centres into mainstream education. Speakers Penny Newton, Transition Officer at Blackburn English Language School Lynne Dyer, EAL Leader at Melba College   There will be time for questions and discussion.  

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VicTESOL Workshop: Developing Listening Skills Through Song

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership 603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Speakers: Carmel Davies & Sharon Duff In this workshop Sharon Duff and Carmel Davies (urbanlyrebirds.com) will give teachers strategies on using song to improve students' listening skills - macroskills for meaning and comprehension as well as nuanced deeper listening for persuasion and attitudes. Tasks will have broad application, but will focus on themes of identity and […]

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VicTESOL Workshop: Principles of Assessment in EAL – Focus on Feedback

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership 603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Speaker: Dr Kathryn Hill (La Trobe University, Learning & Teaching) This workshop is designed to help teachers think about their current feedback practices and how they might be improved. It will cover what's different about classroom-based assessment, the role of feedback in promoting learning, good feedback practice & principles, and some tools for thinking about common feedback […]

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VicTESOL Annual General Meeting

Immigration Museum 400 Flinders St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

One of the highlights of the VicTESOL calendar. This year we will be given a private tour of the Identity exhibition at the Immigration Museum, by a member of the education department of Museums Victoria. We will also be inaugurating the new VicTESOL research in the field grant that links academics to organisations in the […]