Course Length: 4 hours (access is 365 days from date of enrolment)

Course Creator: Dr Jennifer Hammond and Maya Cranitch AM

High Challenge, High Support Programs for EAL/D Students, created by Dr Jennifer Hammond and Maya Cranitch AM, unpacks the importance of providing high challenge programs for EAL/D students in mainstream programs, while also providing high levels of support in response to students’ specific needs. It provides insights into classrooms that are characterised by high challenge and high support and what such programs look like in practice.

Learning outcomes:

• Identify how programs that are characterised by high challenge and high expectations provide all students with access to a full curriculum
• Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning
• Identify what high support means, implement strategies that offer high support for EAL/D students in mainstream classes and design programs that are characterised by high support
• Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities
  

Who should participate?

• Teachers F-8 with EAL/D students in their classes, including new arrivals
• Literacy Leaders
• EAL/D Coordinators
• Principals, Deputy Principals and Assistant Principals with EAL/D students in their schools
• Heads of Curriculum, Instructional Leadership and Teaching and Learning

About your course creators:

Dr Jennifer Hammond has a PhD in Applied Linguistics and has worked at various Australian universities over the past 40 years as lecturer, senior lecturer and Associate Professor in the fields of language and literacy education and research design. Her research has addressed the educational needs of students for whom English is an Additional Language (EAL students) and the nature programs that are designed to meet the their needs. Jennifer's research has also addressed programs that support newly arrived EAL and refugee students in Australian schools.

Maya Cranitch (AM) has had many years of experience at Australian Catholic University (ACU) and now at the University of Sydney, lecturing in TESOL, literacy and Community Languages education. She has worked with the NSW Department of Education on developing the Teaching Refugees in My Classroom course. 

What else do I need to know?

• This PL course is self-paced and unmoderated. All participants have access to materials for 365 days from the date they register.
• This course addresses standards 1.3.2 and 1.5.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. 

*all tickets must be booked at the same time for the discount to apply