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24.01.2022 The Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network is holding a forum on Tuesday 21 July and welcomes participants to its round table event. This National Youth Panel is an important opportunity to hear directly from young people about the challenges and solutions to COVID-19 in a discussion focused on: Education | Employment | Mental Health This will be an interactive event with ample opportunity for Q&A with the panellists. If you work with humanitarian entrant (refugee) youth or ar...e interested in relevant issues, please RSVP directly via the link below. Further details relating to the time it is being broadcast and key speakers can be found in the link below, also. https://mailchi.mp//sneak-peak-launch-of-national-youth-se

24.01.2022 The 2020 Good Answers Guide is now available for downloadable purchase from our website. This year's GAG contains more samples and analysis than ever. It also has some unannotated samples that we would like you to annotate and bring along to a PD moderation session we will hold on it next term. Grab your GAG today by going to the link below: https://watesol.org.au/product/2020-good-answers-guide/

24.01.2022 The call for papers for the 2020 ACTA Conference is now open. We know you all do amazing work in your fields. Now is the time to share it with your colleagues.

23.01.2022 Have you registered for our AGM yet? Monday November 2nd at the Lake Monger Recreation Club. Take part in the AGM, hear Professor Rhonda Oliver speak on CLIL and then network with a game of lawn bowls! Free for members, PD and bowls $15 for non-members. Book at our website (members make sure you login to access free tickets):... https://watesol.org.au/events-3/2020-agm/ See more

22.01.2022 This year's ACTA Conference will be hosted in Brisbane from September 30th to October 2nd, with a pre-conference workshop on the 29th. The call for papers is now out, so put your thinking hats on about what you could present! https://actaconference.com/present/

20.01.2022 Kaja-warnu-jangka ‘From the bush’ -free film screening We would like to invite you to join us for the SLLL-CoEDL online film screening of Kaja-warnu-jangka ‘From the bush’ on Friday, June 12, 3pm, details below. The new film Kaja-warnu-jangka ‘From the bush’ is a unique biographical tribute to two senior Warlpiri men, Jerry Patrick Jangala OAM and Henry Cook Jakamarra, who tell their own narratives of their remarkable lives over 85+ years. Dynamically bringing together prev...iously unpublished footage, oral histories and photographs from over many years, it shows historical aspects of a remote desert community and the living endurance of traditional values of kinship and law. Friday June 12 (WST indicated below) 1pm: Introduction by Prof. Nicholas Evans, Director, CoEDL 1:05pm: Watch the film being streamed or each watch on their own devices 2:15pm: Reconvene for Q&A. Panel Chair Assoc. Prof. Brenda Croft (Gurindji artist, SOAD). Panel members film-makers Maxwell Walma Tasman Japanangka (Lajamanu) and Carmel O'Shannessy (SLLL), and Ngiyampaa linguist Lesley Woods (SLLL). Zoom link (from 3pm): https://anu.zoom.us/j/99512207779 Expounding the themes of courageous resilience and embrace of change, it is the product of a collaboration by PAW Media Warlpiri film-maker, Maxwell Walma Tasman Japanangka and ANU-CoEDL's Carmel O’Shannessy. It was inspired by people in the community suggesting the need to document the two senior men’s lives. The film is mostly in Warlpiri, with subtitles in English. It is 1hr 09 mins long. The film: https://vimeo.com/417511570 The trailer: https://vimeo.com/421795173 See more

20.01.2022 Unfortunately, ACTA has made the decision to postpone the 2020 Conference, scheduled for October in Brisbane. However, it will be running in 2021! We thanks QATESOL for all their hard work in preparing the conference and we are looking forward to attending next year.

19.01.2022 Year 12 ATAR Teachers - WATESOL is running a Term 3 PD on synthesis and extended answer moderation, using the unannotated samples in this year's Good Answer Guide. The event is September 15th at Aranmore Catholic College in Leederville. Registration is free for members or $20 for non-members. Not able to attend in person? We will also be running this session through Zoom for $20. Due to COVID please note, there will be no door sales.... Register on our website: https://watesol.org.au/events-3/term-3-pd-2020/ See more

16.01.2022 VicTESOL is hosting this great PD allowing teacher’s to share their best lesson. Click the link for sign up details, it’s free for WATESOL members.

15.01.2022 Some welcome news for high school teachers to start the term. WATESOL have produced a Year 11 Written and Practical Exam which can now be downloaded for free from our website. Please note: You MUST be logged in as a member to be able to access these. Visit www.watesol.org.au

11.01.2022 Don’t forget our virtual coffee and cake catch up tomorrow. A nice way to reconnect and have a chat with some colleagues before the term goes back. Details on how to register in the post below

10.01.2022 A lovely afternoon spent connecting with colleagues across the state in this time of isolation. Lots of good conversations had, with some ideas about how people have been working around certain challenges in teaching online. Looking forward to our next Coffee and Cake Catchup!

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03.01.2022 The 2020 AGM is on November 2 and will be held at the Lake Monger Recreation Club (bowls club). We will be joined by Professor Rhonda Oliver for a presentation on CLIL, Content and Language Integrated Learning. We would like to encourage members to consider nominating to be on the committee for 20201! Or, if you know anyone you think may be a fantastic rep for your sector, encourage them to apply!... AGENDA: 4.00pm: Registration and refreshments 4.15-4.45pm: AGM 4.45-5.00pm: Kate Mullin Award 5.00-5.30pm: Rhonda Oliver presentation CLIL Content and Language Integrated Learning 5.30-6.30pm: Bowls Light catering provided, cash bar available Registrations required for COVID and catering purposes. Book below: https://watesol.org.au/events-3/2020-agm/

02.01.2022 Our WATESOL AGM will be held on Thursday 19 November at Tarts Cafe, 212 Lake Street Northbridge. Afternoon tea will be served. Our guest presenter, Helen Adam will be discussing her recent research in the diversity of texts in classrooms. This presentation will be interesting for all teachers working in EALD and mainstream classrooms. We will also be presenting the Kate Mullin Teacher Award, which closes on 7 November. If you have an educator you would like to nominate please... complete a form katemullunassociation.org/teacher-award/ Please consider nominating for the WATESOL committee in 2020. We have some committee members stepping down at the end of the year and vacancies need to be filled. Please register at the link below: https://watesol.org.au/events-3/2019-watesol-agm/

01.01.2022 Coffee and cake catch-up! The WATESOL committee would like to invite you to connect with us and each other, virtually, on Wednesday 22 April at 2pm. As we are unable to meet face to face, we thought members could pause in their day, make a coffee and grab a sweet treat and join us online for an informal get together. If you are free and interested, simply send us a DM on Facebook with your email by Monday 20 April. You will then be emailed a link to join us. If you have anything you would particularly like to share or discuss, please let us know in your message and we will give you an opportunity to share with WATESOL members. We hope you can save the date and join us!