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SUMMARY:Teaching in English in Multilingual Classrooms
DESCRIPTION:Teaching in English in Multilingual Classrooms\nVicTESOL is excited to be partnering with Lexis Education to provide access to the Teaching in English in Multilingual Classrooms (TEMC) course. \nWe are also proud to be offering a $1000 subsidy for up to 20 members* to attend the course! \nSummary of the TEMC course\nWho this is for? \nThis course is for all teachers working with diverse student cohorts aged between 8 and 18 years\, and is particularly suitable for EAL teachers. The TEMC tutor training program focuses on the needs of multilingual students and ways to ensure their success in learning. \nWhat will I gain? \n\nEvidence-based strategies to improve EAL students’ writing and comprehending across all learning and literacy areas.\nPositive relationships with peer teachers in a collaborative and engaging adult learning environment.\nUp to 50 hours of PD recognised by tertiary institutions and education departments. A certificate will be awarded upon completion of the course.\n\nWhat will I learn? \n\nThe language-related needs of students learning through a language that is not their primary language.\nTeaching practices that will build up students’ language and visual resources so that they can be successful learners across all learning areas.\nTeaching practices that address students’ language and learning needs in an explicit manner.\nPositive strategies for self-reflection and self-appraisal.\n\nCourse Content \n\nModule 1: Working with multilingual students\nModule 2: Language and literacy in teaching and learning\nModule 3: The role of language in learning and scaffolding\nModule 4: Learning about language: supporting students to comprehend texts (part 1)\nModule 5: Learning about language: supporting students to comprehend texts (part 2)\nModule 6: Developing students’ vocabulary\nModule 7: Supporting writing\nModule 8: Supporting listening and assessing language development\nModule 9: Programming and assessing: setting up successful frameworks\n\nWhat is the time commitment? \nParticipants will be split into two cohorts\, with the course spread out over 4 months with a fortnightly rhythm and accounting for the holiday period. This timeline is deliberate to ensure the course is not too demanding for teachers. Note that the two cohorts will have different trainers. \nCohort 1 (12 participants)\n9 modules for a total of 23 contact hours and an additional 2–3 hours per module to complete the activities and readings. \n\n31 Jan\n14 Feb\n28 Feb\n13 Mar\n27 Mar\nHOLIDAY BREAK\n17 Apr\n1 May\n15 May\n29 May\n\nTrainer: Chris Newton\nChris is a highly experienced teacher\, Education Advisor and Regional Literacy Manager who has worked in both the primary and secondary sectors. Her passion lies in the explicit teaching of language across all curriculum areas to improve outcomes for all students\, both English speaking and second language learners. She has been extensively involved in designing and delivering professional development programs to empower teachers with the knowledge and tools required to deliver quality learning experiences for their students. \nCohort 2 (12 participants)\n9 modules for a total of 23 contact hours and an additional 2–3 hours per module to complete the activities and readings. \n\nFeb 28\nMarch 13\nMarch 27\nHOLIDAY BREAK\n17 April\n1 May\n15 May\n29 May\n12 June\n26 June\n\nTrainer: Lynette Lingard\nLynette currently works as an independent EAL/D and literacy consultant and is based in Queensland. Her career spans over 24 years as an EAL teacher\, advisor and consultant\, having worked in primary and secondary schools as well as specialist EAL centres in the public education system. Most of her work centres on devising\, planning\, and implementing quality literacy professional development programs for educators\, with a special focus on the language needs of second language learners and the development of whole school approaches to the support of EAL learners. Her interest lies in the important role of the explicit teaching of language across all curriculum areas for all students\, both English speaking and second language learners. \nFor further information including videos and a detailed breakdown of the course modules\, please view the Lexis Education TEMC Website here. \nIf you have any questions\, please email our Professional Learning Coordinator at plcoordinator@victesol.vic.org.au \n*To be eligible for the subsidy you must have been a VicTESOL member for a minimum of one year.  VicTESOL will subsidise up to two participants per school on a first come\, first served basis. 
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/teaching-in-english-in-multilingual-classrooms/
LOCATION:Online Webinar
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SUMMARY:Multilingual authors 'standing taller' in arts-rich translanguaging spaces
DESCRIPTION:Multilingual authors ‘standing taller’ in arts-rich translanguaging spaces\n15 February 2024\, 4:30pm – 5:30pm\, Online\nIn this presentation\, we will begin by sharing a case study of an arts-rich book making experience facilitated by community organisation\, Kids’ Own Publishing\, to examine how children’s semiotic\, knowledge and identity resources interact to support them to create and sustain meaning making flow and to express unique authorial voices. From this starting point\, we worked collaboratively with Kids’ Own to design a 6 week arts-rich bookmaking experience for Year 4 EAL students to foster students’ identities as resourceful multilingual writers. The second part of this session will explore the elements that supported the development of students’ multilingual writers’ identities: the creation of a translanguaging space\, the use of arts experiences to lead language interactions\, the explicit introduction of translanguaging in a multimodal arts-rich space\, and opportunities to apply translanguaging as multilingual writers. We will demonstrate how the playful multimodal opportunities for meaning making facilitated by arts-rich experiences can support students to build identities as multilingual writers by providing a variety of multimodal entry points to that identity. \nSpeakers\nDr Julie Choi  \nDr Julie Choi is Senior Lecturer in Education (Additional Languages) and leads the Master of TESOL and Master of Modern Languages Education courses in the Faculty of Education\, University \nof Melbourne. She is co-editor and author of multiple books on language\, culture\, identity\, autoethnography\, plurilingualism\, and academic writing. \nDr Rafaela Cleeve Gerkens  \nDr Rafaela Cleeve Gerkens is a primary teacher and lecturer in Language and Literacy and Arts Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne. Her research areas include \ndrama-rich pedagogy for learning across the curriculum and arts-rich experiences to support development of children’s critical language awareness. \nCost\n$10 – VicTESOL members (including members of other state TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA)\n$30 – Non-members\nBecome a member today\, for member prices!
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/multilingual-authors-standing-taller-in-arts-rich-translanguaging-spaces/
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SUMMARY:Meet the Assessors Online
DESCRIPTION:Meet the Assessors Online\n29 February 2023\, 4:30pm – 6:00pm – Online\nThis session will provide feedback on student performance in the 2023 VCE EAL exam. In addition\, the main focus of the evening will be on the features of the new Study Design\, particularly in terms of preparing students for the 2024 exam. There will be opportunities for you to ask questions and gain valuable insight into how the exam is assessed. \nPlease note that the content of this session will be similar to that presented through VATE. \nPresenters\nGlynis Rose is a retired VCE EAL teacher with many years experience in teaching\, curriculum design and assessment. \nJenna Gomes is currently teaching in the public sector. She and Glynis were Co-Chief Assessors in 2023. \nMichael E Daniel has been an EAL assessor since 2004\, and was an Assistant Chief Assessor of EAL in 2022. He is the Head of EAL at Camberwell Grammar School\, and has taught Years 11 & 12 EAL since 2003. \nCost\n$10 – VicTESOL members (including members of other state TESOL associations affiliated with ACTA)\n$30 – Non-members\nBecome a member today\, for member prices!
URL:https://victesol.vic.edu.au/event/meet-the-assessors-online-2/
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