VicTESOL Symposium 2022
VicTESOL Symposium 2022
How much do language educators working in schools, Further Education (FE), not-for-profit organisations and universities really have in common? Can we really talk about the professional identity of teachers and their freedom for manoeuvre without addressing the kinds of organisation they work for? Is it enough to talk of curriculum-pedagogy-&-assessment, or does this mask systematic institutional differences that have a more profound influence on learning and teaching?
These questions are asked in the abstract of Ben Rampton and Mel Cooke et al.’s 2022 article Sectors and the workplace in language teaching: Differences, links and alliances?
The 2022 VicTESOL Symposium aims to examine the common ground between EAL teachers of all sectors, and explore what we can learn from one another.
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11 November 2022
8:00am – 4:30pm
The Academy of Teaching and Leadership (Formerly the Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership (Bastow))
603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne,3051
Ticket Prices
$130 – VicTESOL Member
$170 – Non-member
Non-member Ticket Purchases
From 1 October, the cost of a VicTESOL member ticket and 2022 VicTESOL membership is only $178! Purchase your membership and symposium ticket in the same transaction to receive member rates to the symposium and other upcoming events.
Event Running Order
| pre-symposium | View provided video |
| 8:00am | Registration opens |
| 8:30am – 8:50am | Opportunity to rewatch video |
| 9:15am – 10:30am | Session 1: Panel of Experts: Finding the Common Ground |
| 10:30am – 11:00am | Morning Tea |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Session 2: Unpacking of Keynote and panel sessions |
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Session 3: Parallel sessions |
| 1:00pm – 2:20pm | Lunch |
| 2:20pm – 3:30pm | Session 4: Panel of Experts: The ACTA EAL/D Roadmap |
| 3:30pm – 4:30pm | Afternoon Tea & Networking |
Event Running Order
Session 1 – Panel of Experts: Finding the Common Ground
Role | Presenters |
| Chair | Assoc. Prof. Russell Cross (Melbourne Graduate School of Education) |
| Panelists | Mollie Daphne (Catholic Education Commission Victoria), Angela DiSciascio (Gordon Institute of TAFE), Mairead Hannan (Collingwood English Language School), Peter James (Richmond West Primary) |
| Discussants | Prof. Ben Rampton (Kings College London), Dr Mel Cooke (Kings College London) |
Session 2 – Unpacking of Keynote and panel sessions
| Randomised rooms to enable cross sector discussions |
Session 3 – Parallel Sessions
| Stream 1 | Dr Yvette Slaughter (Melbourne Graduate School of Education), Dr Gary Bonar (Monash University), Dr Anne Keary (Monash University) |
| Stream 2 | Skye Playsted (University of Queensland) |
| Stream 3 | Allison Green and Matt Roger (Foundation House) |
| Stream 4 | Michelle Andrews (Preston North East Primary school), Hien Webb (Collingwood English Language School), and Assoc. Prof. Marianne Turner (Monash University) |
Session 4 – Panel of Experts: The ACTA EAL/D Roadmap
| Facilitator | Dr Anne Keary (Australian Council of TESOL Associations) |
| Panelists | Dr Michael Michell (University of New South Wales), Mark Melican (Blackburn English Language School), Assoc. Prof. Rod Neilsen (Deakin University) |
Keynote Speakers
Professor Ben Rampton
Kings College, London
Deans Distinguished Scholar
Faculty of Education, Monash University
Biography
Ben’s work involves ethnographic and interactional discourse analysis, cross-referring to work in anthropology, sociology, cultural and security studies. His publications focus on language in relation to urban multilingualism, youth, popular culture, ethnicities, class, (in)securitisation, education, second language learning, and research methodology.
Professor Ben Rampton
Kings College, London
Biography
Melanie’s research is concerned with teaching and learning in adult ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classrooms in the UK, in particular, the social and political contexts of migrant language education.
She is convenor of the Hub for Education and Language Diversity (HELD), a collaboration between the Centre for LDC and English for Action. Most recently she worked on an edited collection, Brokering Britain, Educating Citizens (2019, with Rob Peutrell) about the role of citizenship in ESOL. She has also collaborated on several projects exploring the application of participatory pedagogy in ESOL classrooms. The most recent of these is Our Languages which aimed to raise awareness about sociolinguistic issues with teachers and learners of ESOL.
Melanie was the co-organiser of Queering ESOL, an ESRC funded seminar series on the cultural politics of LGBT issues in adult ESOL.
Abstract – Sectors and the workplace in language teaching: Differences, links and alliances?
Ben Rampton, Dermot Bryers, Mike Chick, Mel Cooke, Tina Griffiths, Katy Highet, Constant Leung, Rob Peutrell, Chris Richardson, Anthony Tomei, Zoe Solomon & Becky Winstanley
2022
How much do language educators working in schools, Further Education (FE), not-for-profit organisations and universities really have in common? Can we really talk about the professional identity of teachers and their freedom for manoeuvre without addressing the kinds of organisation they work for? Is it enough to talk of curriculum-pedagogy-&-assessment, or does this mask systematic institutional differences that have a more profound influence on learning and teaching? Following a sociolinguistic rationale for asking questions like these, this paper describes the response of c.40 teachers who met to discuss them. They generally agreed that the institutions and sectors where they worked often had a major impact on their capacity for thoughtful, responsive and effective practice, productively engaging their professional agency and judgement. Counter to this, excessive regulation, precarious funding and low visibility were experienced to different degrees across their sectors, but the cross-sectoral comparison stimulated pointed towards creative alternatives, added more clarity to the kind of development support needed, and underlined the potential value of practical strategies for active policy engagement.
Pre-Viewing
Recording – Ben Rampton, Mel Cooke
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