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ATESOL ACT SUBMISSION TO THE INQUIRY INTO LITERACY & NUMERACY IN ACT GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
To read the submission, click here. Your comments and feedback are welcome. Write to president@atesolact.org.au Anything you send will be treated as confidential. If we use anything you send in our submission, identifying information will be removed. To read other...
Newsletter January 2024
The newest edition of the ATESOL ACT Newsletter is hot off the press! January 2024 newsletter
ACT Government announces an Inquiry into literacy and numeracy in ACT public schools
ACT Government announces an Inquiry into literacy and numeracy in ACT public schools. Fordetails, go to: Inquiry into literacy and numeracy in ACT public schools - Education
New TESOL in Context issue available now!
New TESOL in Context issue available now! Special Issue "Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum". Showcases the remarkable efforts that teachers and educators are making to cater for the needs of EAL/D learners in schools and mainstream environments....
“Culture cannot be disconnected from language” – Tony Burke
“Culture cannot be disconnected from language” says Arts Minister Tony Burke. Listen to his inspiring speech (5 mins) at the launch of Australia's Action Plan for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (23 August 2023)....
Check out the resources from our fabulous Jodie Whitehurst event on using drama to teach language
Resources: ATESOL ACT (sharing slides) Teaching Language through Drama ATESOL ACT handout Open scripts Scene planning sheet You can view the original event detials here.
Newsletter May 2023
The newest edition of the ATESOL ACT Newsletter is hot off the press! May 2023 newsletter
New TESOL in Context Journal volume available now!
Check out our latest issue: Collaboration, training and funding for the professional development of teachers of EAL/D students New TESOL in Context Journal volume available now! Check out our latest issue: Collaboration, training and funding for the professional...
Applications for this year’s Penny McKay Award now open
Applications for this year’s Penny McKay Award are now open and will close on 31 October, 2023. If you have written or supervised an outstanding doctoral thesis awarded in 2022, please consider making/supporting an application for this award. To be eligible for...
Newsletter February 2023
The newest edition of the ATESOL ACT Newsletter is hot off the press! February 2023 newsletter
NEWSLETTER – January 2023
The newest edition of the ATESOL ACT Newsletter is hot off the press! ATESOL-ACT-January-2023-newsletter
AMEP outcomes-based payment will not proceed
The Department of Home Affairs has announced that it will not be proceeding with the proposed outcomes-based payment system. The announcement was made in November 2022 in the context of a request for feedback on future settings for the AMEP. Click here for the link:...
AMEP launches new on-line resources
A suite of newly developed resources funded by the Department of Home Affairs and aligned to the EAL Framework. These are free and open to anyone. You can find links to the new resources here on our ESOL RESOURCES page.
NEWSLETTER – December 2022
The newest edition of the ATESOL ACT Newsletter is hot off the press! Click here to download, read, and share around!
NEWSLETTER – August 2022
The newest edition of the ATESOL ACT Newsletter is hot off the press! Click here to download, read, and share around!
Invitation for teachers of EAL/D in Australian schools to contribute to a survey study
You are invited to participate in a survey on privatisation practices (business-like activities) and commercial activities (buying/selling education goods) in the delivery of EAL/D in schools across Australia. This research project is being run by Dr Sue Creagh and...
ACTA National EAL/D Roadmap for Schools
ACTA representatives are holding meetings with Ministers, politicians and various organisations to promote the recently launched EAL/D Schools Roadmap. For an infographic you can download for notice boards and sending to colleagues (kindly prepared for us by our...
ATESOL ACT Life Membership
2021: Lesley Cioccarelli and Jennifer Mayers Jennifer has been a member of ATESOL ACT for over 25 years and served as president, treasurer and committee member during that time. She has been involved in the TESOL field from her first posting to a preschool in Post...
NEWSLETTER – July 2022
The newest edition of the ATESOL ACT Newsletter is hot off the press! Click here to download, read, and share around!
ACTA calls for EAL/D education to be included in the next National Schools Reform Agreement
ACTA forwarded a submission to the Productivity Commission’s review of the National School Reform Agreement arguing that EAL/D learners be recognised as a priority equity cohort in the 2024 National Schools Reform Agreement and be included in the National Measurement...