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English for Adult Migrants: Future Directions – recording now available
In a collaboration with the Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA), and VicTESOL, ATESOL ACT presented a Webinar on 11th November 2020: English for Adult Migrants – Future Directions. Alison Larkins, Commonwealth Coordinator-General for Migrant Services,...
ATESOL ACT contributes to the BSSS English Framework
In late April this year, ATESOL ACT asked the Board of Senior Secondary Studies to consider issues raised by ATESOL ACT members regarding the draft English Framework. Although the closing date for comments had passed, the BSSS CEO, Mr Martin Watson, generously agreed...
ACTA Survey on the Effects of COVID-19 on Post-School EAL Educators
Have you taught or managed in programs for international students and/or adult migrant and refugee English language learners, for example in the AMEP, SEE Program, TAFE, university, ELICOS and community and State-funded programs?Then you’ll know that the closure of...
Notes re EALD concerns BSSS Meeting 4 May 2020
On Monday 4th May, 2020, the ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies (BSSS) Executive Officer for Curriculum, Mr Kristofer Feodoroff, met (remotely) with a group of concerned EALD educators to discuss the EAL component of the draft English Framework for Years 11 &...
ATESOL ACT contribution to the revision of the Board of Senior Secondary Studies (BSSS) English Framework
In late April this year, ATESOL ACT asked the Board of Senior Secondary Studies to consider issues raised by ATESOL ACT members regarding the draft English Framework. Although the closing date for comments had passed, the BSSS CEO, Mr Martin Watson, generously agreed...
BSSS EALD Framework – Meeting Monday 4 May
Senior Secondary English/EALD Framework – Monday 4 May meeting with BSSS representatives ATESOL ACT invites Year 11 and 12 Senior Secondary teachers in the ACT to a meeting with representatives from the Board of Senior Secondary Studies (BSSS) to brief us and take...
ACTA Advocacy in the Adult sector on the Adult Migrant English Program
Following a nationwide survey of managers, teachers and volunteers in the AMEP in late 2018 and early 2019, and three forums held over March and April, the Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA) has now made a submission to the Evaluation of the Adult Migrant...
ACTA Submission to AMEP & SEE Evaluation
ATESOL ACT members contributed to the Australian Council of TESOL Association’s submission to the federal Department of Industry in December 2014 ACTA Submission to the adult programs SEE and AMEP review 2014 The AMEP Evaluation Report was released by the...
ACTA Adult Working Party submission for the National Foundation Skills Workforce Development Project
A small group of ATESOL ACT Committee members contributed to the ACTA submission for the National Foundation Skills Professional Standards Framework Project. Please see below for a link to details of the project and the final ACTA submission. Dearest councillors,I am...
ACTA NAPLAN Submission & GONSKI
In 2013, ATESOL ACT has also provided opportunities for our members to contribute to the ACTA NAPLAN submission. The ACTA NAPLAN Submission is now on ACTA’s website: http://www.tesol.org.au/Advocacy/EALD-ISSUES-SCHOOLS/NAPLAN; please take time to read it. Members were...
Other Advocacy and Policy Development
On the local ACT level and nationally through the Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA), ATESOL ACT continued to contribute to policy development in 2012, most notably the ACT Languages Policy, targeted EAL/D funding (see below), the Language, Literacy and...
ATESOL supports the review into funding for EAL/D (English as an Additional Language or Dialect) students
Currently 40 per cent of eligible EAL/D students are not receiving targeted English language support in ACT Public Schools. Early in 2012 ATESOL members attended a meeting held at HBCTL and provided input into the review of funding. Committee members from ATESOL ACT...
Support for English Language Learning in ACT public schools
The Honourable Andrew BarrMinister for Education and TrainingLegislative Assembly for the ACTGPO Box 1020CANBERRA ACT 260124th October 2011Dear Minister Barr,On behalf of the Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages ACT (ATESOL ACT), I write...
ACT Languages Policy Feedback
The ATESOL ACT fully supports the initiative of developing a comprehensive languages policy for the ACT. The ACT government can truly be applauded for developing such a first of its kind comprehensive Languages Policy.It is significant that the ACT Languages Policy...
AMEP Research Centre closure
The AMEP Research Centre has provided research and Professional Development, publications and information services to the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) nationally since 1989. Recently, the Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Citizenship announced that...
Submission into the ACT Legislative Assembly Inquiry into “The Educational Achievement Gap in the ACT”
On Thursday 25 June 2009, the Legislative Assembly for the ACT referred to the Standing Committee on Education, Training and Youth Affairs for inquiry and report the extent of existing socio-economic differences in educational engagement and achievement in all ACT...
Bilingual teaching programs in Northern Territory
One of the main concerns on our political agenda has been the bilingual teaching environment in Northern Territory, where Aboriginal languages has been reduced to a bare minimum. Last week a delegation from Alice Springs took more than 50 letters of concern to three...
AMEP Review
On 23 July 2008 the Department of Immigration & Citizenship released a Discussion paper on the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) as part of their review of this program. The discussion paper can be accessed on:...
Increase in quality and funding of ESL teaching
In late 2008 we did some intensive lobbying at the door of the ACT Minister for Education, Andrew Barr, for a much needed increase in quality and funding of ESL teaching. We expressed ATESOL ACT’s serious concern over present trends which we feel have reduced ESL...
School Autonomy press release
ATESOL ACT put out the following press release on School Autonomy: ESL teacher association gravely concerned about increased school autonomy in government schools The Executive Committee of the Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other...