Due to COVID-19 uncertainty, the ACTA International Conference that was planned for September-October 2020 has been rescheduled to 2021 QATESOL will host the 2020 ACTA Conference in Brisbane from 28 – 30 September 2021.The Conference theme is: Pushing the Boundaries. For more information, go to https://actaconference.com/ To register go to: https://actaconference.com/registration/ ATESOL ACT membership entitles … Read more ACTA Conference rescheduled to 2021
In the ATESOL ACT April 2020 Newsletter you can read about… upcoming Professional Learning events planned for April and May resources for remote teaching more professional learning opportunities further afield and get to know your fabulous new 2020 office bearers and Committee Read it here: ATESOL ACT Newsletter – 9 April 2020
Nominations for the 2020 executive and committee of ATESOL ACT are open. ATESOL ACT supports EAL professionals in endeavours of advocacy, professional learning and networking. Get involved to represent schools and adult learning, and/or help out with other activities such as event management, IT/communication and membership. Nominate here: ATESOL ACT 2020 Committee Nominations Elections for … Read more Nominations for ATESOL ACT 2020 executive and committee
ATESOL ACT invites you to a special tour of the National Portrait Gallery followed by the 2020 Annual General Meeting DATE: Thursday 19th March 2020 _______4:00pm start to view the collection on ‘Identity’ _______4:45pm ATESOL ACT AGM LOCATION: The National Portrait Gallery, King Edward Terrace, Parkes REGISTER here: trybooking.com/BINFU (before 12 March) See EVENTS page … Read more Themed tour of the National Portrait Gallery and ATESOL ACT AGM
The Call for Presentations and Registrations are now open for the ACTA International Conference 2020! This is OUR national conference, hosted by our colleagues in Queensland, QATESOL. It will be held in Brisbane, from 30 September to 2 October, with pre-conference workshops on 29 September. The Conference theme for 2020 is: Pushing the Boundaries. ATESOL … Read more ACTA International Conference 2020 – Call for Presentations
Join your English language teacher colleagues from across the ACT at this FREE social Friday afternoon drink and nibble. Celebrate the end of another amazing year supporting English language learners and chat with others who do the same as you! Full details and booking on the ATESOL ACT Events page
Are you looking for something new about EAL/D pedagogy? Do you love using stories for language and literacy development? Then come along to explore the use of multilingual Storyboxes in the classroom with Dr Gill Pennington, EAL/D Consultant in NSW (and former President of ATESOL ACT). Storyboxes promote the diversity of languages in the community, … Read more Multilingual Storyboxes – professional learning event on 2nd November
Are you teaching the new Certificates in Spoken & Written English (CSWE)? Do you have questions you’d like answered? Would you like to work with colleagues to improve your skills in teaching the new CSWE? Then these special interactive workshops are for YOU!! ATESOL ACT hosted a sequence of two workshops Using the Certificates of … Read more Using the CSWE – two interactive workshops in October-November
ATESOL ACT invites you to a Professional Learning Event in September… Comparing the ACARA EAL/D Learning Progression and the Literacy Learning Progression Presented by Margaret Turnbull, Principal Policy Analyst, Statistics and Analysis Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation, NSW Government. Saturday 14th September 2019 Find all details and link for bookings on the EVENTS page.
New Beginnings explores the personal stories of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Canberra and Australia. New Beginnings is the result of over fifty interviews, including the shared stories of migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and the professional insights of educators, academics, community leaders and stakeholders. One of the main aims of the documentary series is … Read more New Beginnings 12-part documentary podcast series