Professional Learning Opportunities
TasTESOL State Conference May 2019
VicTESOL Presentation May 2019
Addressing the needs of EAL students is a complex area of teaching. With the growing number of New Arrival families in Australia, Julia can assist school's in understanding the specific educational needs of EAL students. She has a unique set of skills and a deep understanding of EAL pedagogy. She is skilled in delivering professional learning workshops (both face-to-face and online) through VATE, VicTESOL, TasTESOL, ACTA, BooBook Education and the Teacher Learning Network to teachers in understanding EAL learners, including their varying backgrounds and needs; and providing teachers with strategies for working with EAL learners in their classrooms.
Some of the sessions Julia has delivered (and forthcoming) include:
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VATE: 2025 EAL Mini Methods: Preparing for the end of year exam (2025)
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VATE: VCE English & EAL Day VCE EAL: teaching EAL students in mainstream VCE English (2024)
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VATE: VCE English & EAL Day Reaching your potential in the new VCE English/EAL Study Design (2024)
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VCAA: Implementation videos on new VCE English/EAL Study Design for 2023
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VATE: VCE English & EAL Day EAL: New Teachers Units 1 to 4 (Deakin University: 18 February 2022)
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ACTA: National Conference Practical Plurilingual Strategies for the Middle Years EAL Classroom (September 2021 – postponed to 2022)
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VicTESOL: Not just surviving, thriving! Preparing for your first year of teaching in an EAL Classroom (28 October 2020) Panel Discussion and Q&A
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VicTESOL: Teaching Grammar: A Deductive Approach (30 July 2020)
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VATE: VCE English & EAL Day EAL: Units 1 and 2: New teachers, and EAL in mainstream classes (February 2020)
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VicTESOL: New to VCE EAL Presentation/Discussion Forum (February 2020 )
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VATE: Essential Grammar Skills (October and November 2019)
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Zealous English: Blogging and Vlogging about Middle Years EAL (VicTESOL Symposium August 2019)
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BooBook Education:Top Ten Tips for Working with EAL Students ( June 2019)
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VicTESOL: Measuring EAL Students’ Growth Using Visible Learning and Data – Secondary (May 2019)
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Grassroots EAL Program Development https://tastesol.org.au/upcoming-events/tastesol-2019-state-conference/ (TasTESOL State Conference May 2019)
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EAL Program Development Professional Learning Seminar (VicTESOL Symposium August 2018)
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Cultural Inclusion in the EAL Classroom (Lauriston Girls' School)
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Chinese EAL Students and their Prior Educational Experiences (Lauriston Girls' School)
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Bilingualism and EAL Learners (Lauriston Girls' School)
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EAL: Ideas for all Domains (Teacher Learning Network)
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EAL: Ideas to Get you Started with your Students (Teacher Learning Network)
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Working with EAL Students in General (Teacher Learning Network)
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Other Services Offered Include:
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VCE EAL practice exam marking (schools serviced include Mentone Girls' Grammar, Peninsula Grammar School, Brighton Grammar School, St Leonard's College, Methodist Ladies' College, Mordialloc College and Essendon Keilor Secondary College)
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Cross marking for VCE EAL SACs
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Creation of teaching materials and curriculum
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Modification of practice test papers/exams
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Testimonials:
VicTESOL Teaching Grammar: A Deductive Approach (30 July 2020)
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“Such a knowledgeable and experienced presenter today. So relevant to both EAL and mainstream English - I just loved it!”
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"Very positive, upbeat, 'can do' attitude of Julia, the presenter. Very inspiring."
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"The presenter was knowledgeable, and delivered the material in a comprehensible manner and was generous in making her resources available to participants. Very understanding of the time constraints on staff and difficulties they face at this time."
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"Julia's presentation was well structured and her energy and enthusiasm was great to watch!"
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Zealous English: Blogging and Vlogging about Middle Years EAL (VicTESOL Symposium 2019)
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Lots of ideas presented. A valuable presentation.
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Interesting ideas. Great project.
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This was very well presented.
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Julia thanks for you presentation. I think you've nailed it in a very innovative way to keep middle years students engaged.
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An example of a passionate teacher striving to explore opportunities of EAL teaching outside classrooms.
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Measuring EAL Students’ Growth Using Visible Learning and Data – Secondary (VicTESOL May 2019)
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Exceptionally clear, well prepared and engaging. The fact people hung around for 30 minutes afterwards is testament to your work. (David Kezilas, VicTESOL Professional Learning Coordinator)
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Grassroots EAL Program Development (TasTESOL State Conference May 2019)
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Thank you very much for giving up your weekend and coming to Tasmania for the conference - it was much appreciated. Also, I'm sure we had more people from High-schools this year because of your presentation. (Bill McCann, Secretary TasTESOL)
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EAL Program Development Professional Learning Seminar (VicTESOL Symposium 2018)
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Great…very relevant and suited my needs.
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Excellent, practical resources and strategies that can be used straight away.
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Great presentation with additional support offered by speaker.
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I have taken strategies to use in my classroom.
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Great handout – informative.