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• EALD Lead Teacher Orientation

  • Start
    06 Feb 2025
  •  
  • End
    18 Aug 2025
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Catholic Education Office, Conference Centre Room 6 @ 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 2025.

  NB: 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.

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

  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 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 Thursday 30 January 2025

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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 2025

  • Start
    27 Feb 2025
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  • End
    05 Nov 2025
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Catholic Education Office, Conference Centre Rooms 7 & 8 @ 116 George Street, Thebarton
  • Spaces left
    0

  Registration is closed

  Intended Audience

  Key EALD teachers with responsibility for co-facilitating the EALD data collection and the implementation of a EALD improvement in their school

  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 commitments and actions in the CESA EALD Strategy.

  Current and new teachers who have a specific responsibility for EALD learners in their schools are warmly welcomed and strongly encouraged to register to be part of this professional learning network in 2025.

  Network Focus:

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

  Registering for the EALD Lead Teacher Network indicates your commitment to attend ALL three of the Network meetings that will occur in Term 1, 3 and 4.

  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 Tuesday 18 February 2025

  ** 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
    20 May 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Catholic Education Office, Conference Centre Room 6 @ 116 George Street, Thebarton
  • Spaces left
    0

  Registration is closed

  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 Tuesday 13 May 2025

  ** 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

  • Start
    29 May 2025
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  • End
    30 May 2025
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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 school that will be submitting EALD data must have a 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; it also provides descriptive feedback for participants, 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.

  Options for Participation Mode

  You may 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 - the preferred and recommended option.

  • Face to face physical attendance at the Catholic Education Office on Thursday and/or Friday, 8.45 am – 3.30 pm.
  • This provides a collaborative or silent working space to focus on assessing your writing (or oral language) samples. 

  REMOTE (from school)

  • The remote option allows for you to be involved in 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.
  • Your participation time is flexible, as long as you meet each point in the timeline. 

  You will utilise the EAL Network Teams platform over the course of the moderation week to upload and compare language evidence.

  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 Tuesday 21 May 2025

  ** 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 3

  • Start
    11 Sep 2025
  •  
  • End
    17 Sep 2025
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Catholic Education Office, Conference Centre Room 6 @ 116 George Street, Thebarton
  • Spaces left
    28

  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)

  A minimum number of 15 registrations is required, for this workshop to proceed

  
  

  Description

  The Learning English: Achievement and Proficiency (LEAP) Levels is the tool used by teachers to formatively assess the English 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.

  This 2-Day Workshop will focus on written language and support teachers to:

  • know the structure and elements of the LEAP Levels 6-12
  • understand how language patterns make meaning in texts
  • identify language features in texts
  • confidently assign a LEAP Level and identify language goals.

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

  This workshop will take place over 2 full days and the knowledge building is cumulative so participation at both days is required.

  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 Thursday 4 September 2025

  ** 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