Dr Jennifer Hammond and Maya Cranitch

NESA accredited

4 Hours

Supporting EAL/D students in our classrooms is a three-part course designed to address the contributions and educational needs of diverse EAL/D students in Australian schools, including those who have recently arrived and who may be from refugee backgrounds. Drawing upon principles and practices of EAL/D pedagogy to support mainstream and EAL/D teachers in planning and implementing programs that meet the needs of EAL/D students in mainstream classes, teachers will learn how to identify specific teaching and learning practices that can best support the educational development of their EAL/D students.

Why participate?

Part 3 - addresses the value for students of opportunities to Talk to Learn and to engage in sustained and in-depth conversations about key curriculum concepts. 

• Module 1 —Talking to learn

• Module 2 —Learning to talk

Who should participate?

• Teachers - Years F-6
• Teachers of EAL/D students, including New Arrivals 

What else do I need to know?

Participation in these courses can be one off or done as a series of three separate sessions. It is recommended all three be done in sequence. 

See also Part 1 and Part 2 in this series.

Completing this course contributes to 4 hours of online Professional Learning addressing 1.3.2 and 1.5.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

This course is NESA Approved For NSW teachers: Completing Supporting EAL/D students in our classrooms Part 3: Building substantive communication to support EAL/D students will contribute 4 hours of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and assessment of NSW Curriculum/Early Years Learning Framework addressing standard descriptors 1.3.2 and 1.5.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.