VicTESOL Symposium 2023

Event Running Order

Time
Activity
Session details
8:00amRegistration opens

8:45am – 9:00Welcome to Country and Introduction

9:00am – 9:45amSession 1
Sustaining EAL expertise: voices from research (Keynote Presentation)
Keynote Presentation

Responsive Mediation and Shifting Novice L2 Teacher Instructional Stance

Prof. Karen E. Johnson

9:45am – 10:30amSession 2
Sustaining EAL expertise: voices from leadership (Panel)
Panel

Chaired by:  Assoc. Prof. Russell Cross
Panelists: Evangelia Kontos, Assoc. Prof. Janet Scull, Amelia Gedye, Michelle Andrews
Discussant: Prof. Karen E. Johnson

10:30am – 11:00amMorning Tea
11:00am – 12:00pmSession 3
Sustaining EAL expertise: voices from the classroom (Unpacking of Keynote and Panel)
12:00pm – 1:00pmSession 4
Sustaining EAL expertise: giving voice to everyone (Parallel sessions)
EAL Teachers: Growing Together and Sustaining Practice
Simone Cassidy, Merrilyn Gaulke, Belinda Gillie Kemmer, and Stephanie Dole
The new EAL Framework Curriculum – Adult sector

Nadia Casarotto, Margaret Corrigan, Angela DiSciascio, and Mandy Penton

Meeting the needs of EAL learners in the VCE Vocational Major and Victorian Pathways Certificate

Sarah Douglas

Digital Literacies in EAL SIG:
Teaching and learning EAL in the age of generative AI

Dr Katrina Tour, Associate Professor Melissa Barnes  Dr Alexia Maddox, Dr Shem Macdonald, Associate Professor Mark Pegrum

Unlocking the Power of Early Language Learning: A Closer Look at Finnish Early Childhood Education and Care

Prof. Heidi Harju-Luukkainen

1:00pm – 2:15pmLunch
Session 5
Sustaining EAL expertise: giving voice to everyone (Parallel sessions repeated)
EAL Teachers: Growing Together and Sustaining Practice
Simone Cassidy, Merrilyn Gaulke, Belinda Gillie Kemmer, and Stephanie Dole

The new EAL Framework Curriculum – Adult sector

Nadia Casarotto, Margaret Corrigan, Angela DiSciascio, and Mandy Penton

Meeting the needs of EAL learners in the VCE Vocational Major and Victorian Pathways Certificate

Sarah Douglas

Digital Literacies in EAL SIG: Teaching and learning EAL in the age of generative AI

Dr Katrina Tour, Associate Professor Melissa Barnes  Dr Alexia Maddox, Dr Shem Macdonald, Associate Professor Mark Pegrum

Unlocking the Power of Early Language Learning: A Closer Look at Finnish Early Childhood Education and Care

Prof. Heidi Harju-Luukkainen

3:20pm – 3:40pmSustaining EAL expertise: voices singing together (Conclusion)
3:40pm – 4:30pmAfternoon Tea & Networking