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• EALD Lead Teacher Orientation

  • Start
    07 Feb 2024
  •  
  • End
    21 Aug 2024
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Catholic Education Office, Conference Centre Rooms 6 & 7. 116 George Street, Thebarton

  Registration is closed

  Intended Audience
  Teachers who are NEW* to the role of EALD Lead Teacher 

  Description

  This course assists teachers recently* appointed to EALD positions to gain awareness about their roles and responsibilities in schools, identify EALD learners, organise effective EALD support and become familiar with EALD pedagogy.

  * Suitable for teachers who have taken on the EALD lead teacher responsibility within the last 1-2 years and those who are new in 2024.

  Participation in (Learning English: Achievement and Proficiency) LEAP Levels workshops and data collection related sessions will be in addition to this course and require separate registration.

  Dates/Venue
  Wednesday 7 February: CEO Conference Centre Room 6
  Wednesday 21 August: CEO Conference Centre Room 7

  This workshop will take place over 2 days and participation at both days is required.

  AITSL National Professional Standards for Teachers
  Standard 1: Know students and how they learn
  Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
  Standard 4: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
  Standard 5: Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
  Standard 6: Engage in professional learning

  Facilitator / Workshop Enquiries
  Chris Payne - Education Advisor, EALD and International Education
  chris.payne@cesa.catholic.edu.au / T: 8301 6613

  Registration Enquiries: adeline.mcloughlin@cesa.catholic.edu.au

  Deadline for Registration: COB Wednesday 31 January 2024

  ** A light lunch will be provided on arrival **
  

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  For general EALD information, resources and self-paced online professional learning modules, please visit https://cesacatholic.sharepoint.com/sites/EALLearner

  CESA Registration Centre Membership is required, to register for this workshop. If you have changed schools since your last event registration, please update your membership details.

  If you are not a member, please CLICK HERE to sign up for membership.

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• EALD Lead Teacher Network 2024

  • Start
    20 Mar 2024
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  • End
    06 Nov 2024
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Catholic Education Office, Conference Centre Rooms 7 & 8. 116 George Street, Thebarton
  • Spaces left
    6

  Registration is closed

  Intended Audience

  Educators with a key responsibility for co-facilitating
  the implementation of a school improvement priority in EALD

  Description

  The network for EALD Lead Teachers will provide participants with the opportunity to form learning partnerships that aspire for EALD learners to be thriving and capable learners, with a specific focus on the key capabilities in the Living Learning Leading framework and the Living Learning Leading Standard.

  Current and new teachers who have a specific responsibility for EALD learners in their schools are strongly encouraged to register to be part of this professional learning network in 2024.

  Network Focus:

  • CESA EALD Strategy
  • Lead teacher development for quality school improvement
  • Sharing of practice – differentiation for primary and secondary settings where appropriate

  This workshop will take place over 3 days and registering for this event signifies your commitment to attend all 3 sessions.

  AITSL National Professional Standards for Teachers
  

  Standard 1: Know students and how they learn

  Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it

  Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

  Standard 4: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments

  Standard 5: Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning

  Standard 6: Engage in professional learning

  Standard 7: Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community

  
  

  Facilitator / Workshop Enquiries
  Chris Payne - Education Advisor, EALD and International Education
  chris.payne@cesa.catholic.edu.au / T: 8301 6613
  

  Registration Enquiries: adeline.mcloughlin@cesa.catholic.edu.au

  Deadline for Registration: COB Wednesday 13 March 2024

  ** BYO Morning Tea  /  Lunch will be provided **
  

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  For general EALD information, resources and self-paced online professional learning modules, please visit https://cesacatholic.sharepoint.com/sites/EALLearner

  CESA Registration Centre Membership is required, to register for this workshop. If you have changed schools since your last event registration, please update your membership details.

  If you are not a member, please CLICK HERE to sign up for membership.

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• LEAP Levels Writing Assessment for Learning (Years 2-12) – Term 2

  • Start
    07 May 2024
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  • End
    08 May 2024
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Catholic Education Office, Conference Centre Rooms 7 & 8. 116 George Street, Thebarton
  • Spaces left
    7

  Register

  For non CESA schools, there will be a registration fee of $75, which will be invoiced after the event.

  
  

  Intended Audience

  Teachers of EALD Learners in Years 2 to 12.

  The focus will be on written language from all curriculum areas.

  Description

  The Learning English: Achievement and Proficiency (LEAP) Levels is the tool used by teachers to formatively assess the Standard Australian English (SAE) proficiency of EALD students using written (and oral) language evidence from all curriculum areas. It is aligned with the Australian Curriculum Literacy progressions and allows teachers to identify what the learners know and what they need to learn next, and to monitor progress.

  Also, all schools that intend submitting EALD data for CESA funding allocations need to ensure that teachers who conduct EALD assessments have participated in relevant professional learning about how to use the LEAP Levels.

  2-Day Workshop Focus on written language:

  • Preparatory work for the first session will be communicated to participants prior to Day 1
  • Build knowledge about the language/grammar of the LEAP Levels 6-12
  • Apply this knowledge through guided, collaborative, and independent use of the LEAP Levels to assess writing samples and identify learning goals

  This workshop will take place over 2 days and participation at both days is required.

  * NB - If you need to learn about assessing oral language of students in Reception and Year 1, please register for the LEAP Levels Oral Language Assessment for Learning (Years R-2) session (15 May 2024).

  AITSL National Professional Standards for Teachers
  Standard 5: Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning

  Standard 6: Engage in professional learning

  Facilitators: Chris Payne - Education Advisor, EALD and International Education

  Workshop Enquiries: chris.payne@cesa.catholic.edu.au / T: 8301 6613

  Registration Enquiries: adeline.mcloughlin@cesa.catholic.edu.au

  Deadline for Registration: COB Tuesday 30 April 2024

  ** BYO Morning Tea  /  Lunch will be provided **

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  For general EALD information, resources and self-paced online professional learning modules, please visit https://cesacatholic.sharepoint.com/sites/EALLearner

  CESA Registration Centre Membership is required, to register for this workshop. If you have changed schools since your last event registration, please update your membership details.

  If you are not a member, please CLICK HERE to sign up for membership.

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• LEAP Levels Oral Language Assessment for Learning (Years R-1)

  • When
    15 May 2024
  •  
    9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Catholic Education Office, Conference Centre Rooms 7 & 8. 116 George Street, Thebarton
  • Spaces left
    1

  Register

  For non CESA schools, there will be a registration fee of $40, which will be invoiced after the event.

  Intended Audience
  Teachers of EALD Learners in Years R-1 or 2

  Description

  The Learning English: Achievement and Proficiency (LEAP) Levels is the tool used by teachers of EALD learners to formatively assess the Standard Australian English (SAE) proficiency of EALD students. It is aligned with the Australian Curriculum Literacy progressions and is used to assess oral and written language from all curriculum areas. It allows teachers to identify what the learner knows and what they need to learn next, and to monitor progress.

  Also, all schools that intend submitting EALD data for CESA funding allocations need to ensure that teachers who conduct EALD assessments have participated in relevant professional learning about how to use the LEAP Levels.

  This one-day workshop will focus on:

  • building knowledge about the language/grammar of the LEAP Levels 1-6 language [oral and early writing],
  • applying this knowledge through guided, collaborative and independent use of the LEAP Levels to assess samples of language and identify learning goals and
  • oral language and early/emergent writing.

  Preparatory work for the first session will be communicated to participants prior to Day 1
  

  AITSL National Professional Standards for Teachers
  Standard 5: Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
  Standard 6: Engage in professional learning

  Facilitator / Workshop Enquiries
  Chris Payne - Education Advisor, EALD and International Education
  chris.payne@cesa.catholic.edu.au / T: 8301 6613

  Registration Enquiries: adeline.mcloughlin@cesa.catholic.edu.au

  Deadline for Registration: COB Wednesday 8 May 2024

  ** BYO Morning Tea / Lunch will be provided **

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  For general EALD information, resources and self-paced online professional learning modules, please visit https://cesacatholic.sharepoint.com/sites/EALLearner

  CESA Registration Centre Membership is required, to register for this workshop. If you have changed schools since your last event registration, please update your membership details.

  If you are not a member, please CLICK HERE to sign up for membership.

  Show details
• EALD Assessment Moderation - Term 2

  • Start
    29 May 2024
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  • End
    30 May 2024
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Catholic Education Office, Conference Centre Rooms 7 & 8. 116 George Street, Thebarton

  Register

  Intended Audience

  Primary and Secondary Teachers
  who will be making assessment judgements about EALD learners' achievement
  and proficiency levels for the CESA EALD data collection

  Description

  MANDATORY Component

  Each and every school that will be submitting EALD data must have at least ONE representative who participates in the Assessment Moderation process.

  The purposes of the Moderation Activities are:

  • to provide assurance of consistency and reliability of teacher judgement of EALD achievement and proficiency levels, and
  • to provide dedicated time and space for collaborative or focused assessment.

  How the Moderation Process Will Work:

  • Collaborative clarifying assessment task for teachers with less than 2 year’s experience.
  • Inter-assessor reliability check - all participants, both onsite and remote participants.
  • Detailed procedural information will be provided to participants closer to the time.

  Mode of Participation Options (The Moderation requirements will extend over the course of the 2 days, Wednesday to Thursday)

  You can participate onsite at the CEO (encouraged) or remotely (if you are unable to participate onsite), but teachers are only required to register for one option.

  • ONSITE physical attendance at the CEO
    Face to face physical attendance at the Catholic Education Office on Wednesday and/or Thursday, 8.45 am – 3.30 pm.
    
    This provides a flexible collaborative or silent working space to focus on assessing your writing (or oral language) samples, but you still upload your evidence to the EAL Network teams. This is the preferred option.

  • REMOTE (from school)
    You can participate flexibly, as long as you meet each point in the timeline. The remote option allows for you to participate in the Moderation activities (comparing assessments with your paired assessor) whilst remaining at your school. You are encouraged to facilitate assessment moderation sessions with your school-based colleagues. You will utilise the EAL Network Teams platform over the course of the moderation week to upload and compare samples.

  AITSL National Professional Standards for Teachers
  Standard 5: Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning

  Standard 6: Engage in professional learning

  Facilitator / Workshop Enquiries
  Chris Payne - Education Advisor, EALD and International Education
  chris.payne@cesa.catholic.edu.au / T: 8301 6613
  

  Registration Enquiries: adeline.mcloughlin@cesa.catholic.edu.au

  Deadline for Registration: COB Wednesday 22 May 2024

  ** BYO Morning Tea  /  Lunch will be provided **
  

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  For general EALD information, resources and self-paced online professional learning modules, please visit https://cesacatholic.sharepoint.com/sites/EALLearner

  CESA Registration Centre Membership is required, to register for this workshop. If you have changed schools since your last event registration, please update your membership details.

  If you are not a member, please CLICK HERE to sign up for membership.

  Show details