Events

TasTESOL is Tasmania’s professional association for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.

TasTESOL provides professional development and networking opportunities throughout the year, including:

  • A annual state-wide conference
  • Forums and workshops with guest speakers (currently held online once a term)
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Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

Term 3 Forum, Monday 26th August 5pm – 6pm via Zoom

TasTESOL invites you to our term 3 forum with Matt Hines who is the Teaching and Learning Manager at Learning for Employment, a network of 6 adult community education centres providing SEE and AMEP across Melbourne’s West and North West, Ballarat and Geelong.

Mat will be talking about two recent innovative projects that involved low-level students co-designing courses to better support their learning.  The SEE program ‘Learning Bridge’ was an extended orientation course, while the AMEP ‘Empowering Afghan Women’ project was a community-employer-provider collaboration, focusing on the education, settlement, social participation and employment needs of Afghan women studying in Melbourne’s West. Both projects also highlighted the value of funded bilingual classroom support and aimed to explore new ways of delivering SEE and AMEP.

Mat has been working in education for 20 years, primarily in EAL. He has worked in the public, private and community sectors in Australia, Italy and the UK. Mat’s current role focuses on project management, resource development, internal quality assurance and professional development.

When: Monday 26th August 5pm.

Cost: Free for TasTESOL and other Australian TESOL association members, $10 for students, $15 for non-members (please email TasTESOL for bank account details).

RSVP: By Friday 23rd August to contact.tastesol@gmail.com

Please note, all members and paid non-members will receive the zoom link to this forum on Monday 26th August.

To read Learning for Employment, please see the link below:

https://learningforemployment.org.au/

 

TasTESOL 2024 State Conference
Shaping the Future: English Language Teaching in Tomorrow’s World

Date: Saturday 23rd of November
Location: Launceston, Tasmania
Venue: Alanvale TasTAFE
Focusing on the future of EAL/D teaching, sessions will cover all sectors of the industry i.e. K-12, adult, and academic. TasTESOL encourages those working in the field e.g. teachers, classroom support workers, volunteers, tutors, managers, curriculum writers and others to attend our first conference since 2018. Speakers and workshop presenters, both interstate and Tasmanian, will offer new ideas, tangible tools and resources, research and more as we shape the Future of English Language.

Session outlines can be located on the conference page:https://tastesol.org.au/2024-state-confrence/

Morning tea and lunch (gluten free, vegetarian and vegan) are included in the ticket price. We ask local attendees to bring their own mug for hot drinks.

There is plenty of parking onsite.

PAST EVENTS

Browse our past events for information on previous TasTESOL conferences and forums. Access PowerPoint presentations, programs, worksheets and other resources shared during the events.