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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...