Learner Centred Assessment: Portfolio Assessment of the EAL Framework

This session was a practical explanation of the new Victorian curriculum from the perspective of a primary teacher and a secondary teacher. The session provided a clear and comprehensive overview of how a teacher might approach using the curriculum if they have EAL learners in their classes. The presentation commenced with an overview of the curriculum and its levels, pathways, strands and sub-strands, then both speakers addressed the pathways relevant to their sector. Not only did the session provide advice and guidance on how to read the curriculum and where students might be placed within the curriculum, the presenters also gave practical, real life examples of how the elaborations might be used to guide a teacher’s planning and offered sample lesson activities that could be used.