AMEP Virtual Roadshow – Showcasing 3 New Resources
Wednesday October 26th 3:00pm – 4:00pm (Virtual Event)
ATESOL ACT is delighted to host LWA in showcasing a suite of newly developed resources,
funded by the Department of Home Affairs and aligned to the EAL Framework.
The virtual session will feature a pre-launch look at:
- a new suite of multi-modal booklets for EAL learners with emerging literacies who have little or no prior educational experience
- the newly updated AMEPOnline website –
a publicly available, interactive website with eLearning content - new Digital Literacies Framework, Guide and companion Teaching Resources – a new framework, teacher guide, lesson ideas and materials to support the integration of digital literacies into real life learning experiences.
Useful Links
Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) – Background (homeaffairs.gov.au)
AMEPOnline (homeaffairs.gov.au)
EAL Framework “101”: A Beginner’s Guide to the Victorian EAL Framework Curriculum- VicTESOL
EAL Framework 101 (2): How to approach delivery and assessment of a group of units – VicTESOL
The event is free for ATESOL ACT members
and anyone interested in the AMEP
but please register no later than COB Tuesday 25th October
Click here to register
The zoom link will be shown in your ticket and a follow-up email
Please download a pdf of this notice
to place on your workplace noticeboard and to give to colleagues here
Three for One – ACTA Conference Tasters
Can’t make it to the ACTA conference?
Then come along to our Term 3 Professional Networking event
Three for One – ACTA Conference Tasters
and hear our talented ATESOL ACT presenters
Wednesday 31 August 2022, 5.00 pm – 7.00 pm
Jamison Southern Cross Club, Catchpoles Room
Cnr Catchpole & Bowman Street, Macquarie
Jamison | Canberra Southern Cross Club (cscc.com.au)
Presenters
lesley cioccarelli “Just Like Sitting with the Teacher”: Personalising Feedback to Students Using Screencasting Video
ugyen tshering Overcoming ESL Reading Teachers’ Dilemmas: A Case Study of Bhutanese Classrooms
mali wijesundara Identifying and Supporting Gifted and Talented EAL/D Learners
See below for details about the presentations.
6:30 pm onwards: Happy Hour – join us to chat with colleagues over a drink on the house!
You’re also warmly invited to stay afterwards for a friendly meal with us
(unfortunately not on the house).
Free for ATESOL ACT 2022 members and their colleagues
Although the event is free, it would greatly assist us if you’d book by Monday 29 August 2022 to help us estimate the venue space
To register click here
To download the event flyer click here
To join ATESOL ACT, go to:
https://www.atesolact.org.au/join/
Attendance at an ATESOL event may include photography for promotional purposes on our website, newsletter and/or social media
PRESENTATION DETAILS
lesley cioccarelli, canberra institute of technology
“Just Like Sitting with the Teacher”: Personalising Feedback to Students Using Screencasting Video
Lesley will demonstrate how video feedback can enhance and personalise the feedback you provide to students on any written work. She will explain the advantages of providing feedback using video, and some of the techniques for screencasting and other uses of screencasting in and out of the classroom. She says “Students have told me it is ‘just like sitting with the teacher’”.
ugyen tshering, university of canberra
Overcoming ESL Reading Teachers’ Dilemmas: A Case Study of Bhutanese Classrooms
Teaching literature is particularly challenging in contexts where English is spoken as a foreign language, yet is the medium of instruction. Ugyen will show how a critical reading framework can provide a useful pedagogical tool for teachers and make English classes more engaging for students.
mali wijesundara, uc senior secondary college lake ginninderra
Identifying and Supporting Gifted and Talented EAL/D Learners
Mali asks: are avenues to meet the stated policy priorities of excellence and equity are open to gifted or high potential EAL/D learners. Or they are lost in translation in mainstream education? Current educational programs for gifted and high achieving students do not reflect the increasing number of EAL/D learners in Australian schools. Are EAL/D learners underachieving in our classrooms?
Don’t miss the 2022 ACTA conference
26-28 SEPTEMBER 2022, BRISBANE | ACTA 2022
Click here for more details
ATESOL ACT 2022 Annual General Meeting
Including an inspiring talk by
Glenn Flanagan of Companion House
and a
Happy Hour Social Event
WHEN: 5pm, Thursday 24th March 2021.
WHERE: Catchpoles Room, Jamison Southern Cross Club, Cnr Catchpole & Bowman Street, Macquarie Jamison | Canberra Southern Cross Club (cscc.com.au)
COST: Free. We’d appreciate your booking but it’s not required.
BOOKINGS: Please visit this event’s TryBooking Page HERE.
| 5 – 5:45pm | Glenn Flanagan, Team Leader Community Development & Training, Companion House, will present: “Changing lives, building resilience, supporting families: Companion House, Canberra” Questions & discussion to follow. |
| 5:45 – 6pm | ATESOL ACT Annual General Meeting: Election of Office Bearers – all positions vacant! Our friendly Committee of committed professionals would LOVE to welcome you on board. Click here for a nomination form. Are you interested in the opportunity (including expert training) to serve as Website Editor? We need you! |
| 6pm onwards | Happy Hour – join us for a drink on the house! And please stay on for a friendly meal with us (but unfortunately not on the house). |
Download a copy of our AGM nomination form HERE.
Download a copy of the event flyer HERE.
Teaching, Learning and Belonging in the Multilingual Classroom — Exploring the Rich Resources of the National Museum of Australia in Canberra
WHEN: Thursday 24 February 2022, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time
WHERE: Via Zoom. You’ll be sent a link after you book.
COST: $20 for ATESOL ACT & interstate TESOL association members; non-members $45.
***Registration EXTENDED to Monday 21st February 2022***
This professional learning program has been especially designed for teachers of English as an additional language or dialect to Indigenous, migrant and refugee background students in school and adult classrooms.
Museum educators will explore a variety of resources including the Australia’s Defining Moments Digital Classroom, and present a range of pedagogies, objects, narratives, and images that can assist your EAL/D students to develop their linguistic and semiotic capacities. These pedagogies and resources will also enhance students’ understanding of Australian history and social life by engaging with the stories and contributions of First Nation’s peoples and Australia’s past and present migrant settlers.
CLICK HERE TO BOOK NOW!
Please consider joining ATESOL ACT or your State/Territory TESOL association as there will be many other PL opportunities throughout the year. To join CLICK HERE.
Download a copy of our flyer HERE
END-OF-YEAR SOCIAL EVENT
Due to the on-going inclement weather, the social event will be held after the 5pm ATESOL ACT AGM on 24th March at the Jamison/Macquarie Southern Cross Club – more details soon!
In the light of the weather forecast (showers) and the soggy ground, your Committee has regretfully decided to postpone our much anticipated social event to early in 2022.
(date TBC)
We are so sorry not to meet up with you before the end of the year. We sincerely hope next year will bring
better things!
WATCH THIS SPACE for more upcoming events in 2021 and beyond!
Please let us know if you have any suggestions or ideas for future professional development, or would like to offer to present for us – see CONTACT page.
In the meantime, check out summaries, resources, links and (some) recordings from previous events here:
- Recent ATESOL ACT events – summaries, reports, links and/or handouts from our 2020 and 2019 events
- Past ATESOL ACT events – all our events from 2006-2018
Please let us know if you have any suggestions or ideas for future professional development, or would like to offer to present for us – see CONTACT page.
ACTA International Conference 2022 – OUR national conference!
Due to COVID-19 uncertainty, the planned 2021 ACTA International Conference has been rescheduled to 2022.
QATESOL will host the next ACTA Conference in Brisbane from 26th – 28th Sept. 2022.
The Conference theme is: Pushing the Boundaries.
Conference website: actaconference.com/
And follow the Conference Facebook page to get updates leading up to the Conference: facebook.com/ACTAConference/
ATESOL ACT members register at the ‘Member Rate’. Contact the ATESOL ACT Secretary to register as a member (must be a current 2020 member) at secretary(AT)atesolact.org.au
Please let us know if you have any suggestions or ideas for future professional development, or would like to offer to present for us – see CONTACT page.