Brett Healey is a Literacy Coach at Victoria Shanghai Academy, Hong Kong, and Tutor for the Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms course. Here is what he has to say about delivering the Teacher Course to his colleagues. Did you find the tutor training to be valuable? Yes. The course …
Yeronga State High School
The Teaching ESL students in mainstream classrooms (TESMC) course is a widely-acclaimed professional development program for all teachers seeking to implement an explicit, language-based pedagogy across all learning contexts. A key focus of the course is developing teachers’ knowledge about language …
Literacy for Learning – Copperfield College, May 2018
A strong group of 16 people joined us at Copperfield College for a 4-day Literacy for Learning Tutor Training. Rigorous but accessible. Fascinating, enlightening yet practical. Pip Griffiths, Campus Principal, Copperfield College Enjoyed this course immensely. The practical steps and skills …
Being a TESMC tutor: Caroline’s feedback
Caroline is an EAL teacher at Bali Island School. She completed the TESMC Tutor Training last year. Did you find the tutor training to be valuable? Yes, very. Not only did it enable our teachers and I to receive up-to-date training on accommodating for EAL learners in our school, it …
Being a TESMC Tutor: Courtney’s feedback
Courtney Malone did Tutor Training course in 2016. She is a Curriculum and Teacher Development Supervisor at Yew Wah Educational School System. Did you find the Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms (TESMC) tutor training to be valuable? Yes – after the tutor training I was confident in …
2018 New Arrivals Program Professional Learning Conference
Our Director, Brian Dare, presented a series of workshops at the 2018 New Arrivals Program Professional Learning Conference on 1 June 2018 in Melbourne. Topic: A language-based approach to building a New Arrival student’s capacity to comprehend the complex texts of the secondary …