Students
- – new arrivals programs provide intensive EAL tuition in a range of settings.
- – provides remote support for rural schools using virtual conferencing and digital tools.
- – information about funding, data, support and advice for mainstream schools with EAL learners.
- Support for refugee students – links to support for schools in meeting the needs of students from refugee backgrounds.
Schools
- – support schools in their region to develop and implement effective EAL programs.
- – support EAL learners to participate in schooling and build communication between schools and families.
- – services are provided free, within guidelines, to Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ schools.
- – school principals and their delegates can access dashboards which identify EAL and Likely Refugee Background students and show teacher judgement data against the Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ Curriculum F-10 EAL. Data is drawn from data uploaded to CASES21.
Teachers
- is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the resources provided by the Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and the Department of Education (DE) to support schools in implementing the Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ Curriculum F-10 English as an Additional Language (EAL) Accessible version: .
- – resources to support EAL teachers and schools to plan and deliver effective programs.
- – a handbook for teachers of EAL in their first few weeks at school in Australia.
- – provides answers to some of the concerns primary classroom teachers may have about the English language development of newly arrived EAL learners, and about providing appropriate programs for them.
- – links to providers of professional learning for EAL teachers.
- – a series of videos and discussion prompts highlighting one Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ secondary school's implementation of an explicit pedagogy for the teaching of disciplinary literacy.
Curriculum and program planning
- Curriculum and program planning – documents for Prep to Year 10. Information about years 11 to 12, can be found at .
- provides advice to schools about planning and implementing effective programs for students learning EAL.
- – information and resources to support teaching and understanding of the Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness strand of the Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ Curriculum F-10 EAL.
- – case studies showing how primary teachers in Victoria incorporated plurilingual strategies into their teaching practice.
Assessment and reporting
- – resources to support teachers to assess students' English language proficiency.
- – resources to support teachers understand and report on EAL students developing proficiency before they reach the achievement standards.
- – resources to support teachers understand and make judgements about EAL student transition across the EAL levels and pathways, or on the transition from the EAL curriculum to the English curriculum.
- The is an archived version of the continuum that was in use to the end of 2020.
- – resources to support understanding the likely pathways students take to develop English language proficiency assessment and making judgements about students’ transition between pathways on the curriculum, and from the EAL curriculum to the English curriculum.
EAL in Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ schools
EAL annual reports – annual reports on the provision of EAL programs in Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ schools.
For a brief history of assistance to students from language backgrounds other than English in Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ schools (1960 to 2006) please read these resources:
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