PETAA's ground-breaking new online PL Program: Supporting EAL/D Students in our Classroom, created by Jennifer Hammond and Maya Cranitch, provides a deep dive pedagogical approach towards the education of EAL/D students in Australia. The program, which is comprised of three online courses you can work through at your own pace, is designed to provide teachers with the tools, knowledge, and strategies they need to support EAL/D learners in mainstream primary classrooms. 

Learning outcomes: 

• Work with the principle of high challenge: what high challenge means; and what programs that are characterised by high challenge look like
• 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 processes of systematic and collaborative program planning that build on shared expertise of class and EAL/D teachers
• Organise content into coherent well-sequenced learning and teaching programs
•  Understand the importance for EAL/D students of explicit and systematic support to learn to talk (and read and write) academic English within the context of mainstream classes
• Plan and implement programs and lessons that support EAL/D students to talk to learn and learn to talk (and read and write) academic English

Program structure:

• Part 1: High Challenge, High Support Programs for EAL/D students
• Part 2: Program Planning to Support EAL/D Students
• Part 3: Talking to Learn and Learning to Talk for EAL/D Students

More program perks: 

• All participants receive a complimentary annual PETAA membership to meaningfully extend their learning
• Access to all course materials for 365 days, even after you have completed all online learning modules
• 12 NESA accredited PL hours for NSW educators
• Discounts available for group bookings (5+): enquire here to find out how much you can save!