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href="https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/eal-provision/policy" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">EAL Regional Program Officers</a> – support schools in their region to develop and implement effective EAL programs.</li><li><a href="https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/eal-support/policy" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Multicultural education aides</a> – support EAL learners to participate in schooling and build communication between schools and families.</li><li><a href="https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/interpreting-and-translation-services/policy" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Interpreting and translating</a> – services are provided free, within guidelines, to government schools. </li><li><a href="https://edugate.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edrms/keyprocess/TEB/Panorama/Pages/panorama.aspx" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Panorama</a> – school principals and their delegates can access dashboards which identify EAL and Likely Refugee Background students and show teacher judgement data against the Victorian Curriculum F-10 EAL. Data is drawn from data uploaded to CASES21.</li></ul><h2 id="teachers">Teachers</h2><ul><li><a class="fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" href="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/support/EAL_ResourcesDirectory.pdf" target="_blank" title="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/documents/school/teachers/support/eal_resourcesdirectory.pdf" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">EAL Resources Directory diagram (PDF, 509KB)</span><span class="rpl-u-visually-hidden">(opens in a new window)</span></a><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr"> is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the resources provided by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and the Department of Education (DE) to support schools in implementing the Victorian Curriculum F-10 English as an Additional Language (EAL) Accessible version: </span><a class="fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" href="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/support/EAL_ResourcesDirectory_Acessibility_d1.docx" target="_blank" title="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/documents/school/teachers/support/eal_resourcesdirectory_acessibility_d1.docx" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">EAL Resources Directory diagram (DOCX,509KB)</span><span class="rpl-u-visually-hidden">(opens in a new window)</span></a><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">.</span></li><li><a href="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/Pages/ealresources.aspx" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Resources for EAL teachers</a> – resources to support EAL teachers and schools to plan and deliver effective programs. </li><li><a href="http://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/?GX5XHW" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">No English - Don't Panic</a> – a handbook for teachers of EAL in their first few weeks at school in Australia.</li><li><a href="http://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/?XH9ZCR" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">No English 2 questions and answers</a> – 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.</li><li><a href="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/Pages/ealprofdev.aspx" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Professional learning</a> – links to providers of professional learning for EAL teachers. </li><li><a href="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/teachingresources/diversity/EAL-interactive-resource-Sep-2019.pdf" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Interactive EAL Effective Practice Guide (PDF, 1.25MB)</a> – a series of videos and discussion prompts highlighting one Victorian secondary school's implementation of an explicit pedagogy for the teaching of disciplinary literacy.</li></ul><h2 id="curriculum-and-program-planning">Curriculum and program planning</h2><ul class="rpl-type-list-ul--disc"><li><a href="/eal-curriculum-program-planning" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="72a42f27-8af6-4a0e-aa82-1128792dc08c" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="EAL curriculum and program planning" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Curriculum and program planning</a> – documents for Prep to Year 10. Information about years 11 to 12, can be found at <a href="https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/HomePage.aspx" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/eal-support/guidance" target="_blank" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Guidance for planning and implementing EAL programs<span class="rpl-u-visually-hidden">(opens in a new window)</span></a> provides advice to schools about planning and implementing effective programs for students learning EAL.</li><li><a href="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/Pages/Plurilingual%20awareness.aspx" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Plurilingual awareness</a> – information and resources to support teaching and understanding of the Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness strand of the Victorian Curriculum F-10 EAL.</li><li><a href="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/Pages/Plurilingual-Strategies-For-Primary-Classrooms.aspx" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Learning through languages: plurilingual strategies for primary classrooms</a> – case studies showing how primary teachers in Victoria incorporated plurilingual strategies into their teaching practice.</li></ul><h2 id="assessment-and-reporting">Assessment and reporting</h2><ul class="rpl-type-list-ul--disc"><li><a href="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/Pages/languageproficiency.aspx" target="_blank" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline"><span lang="EN">Assessing English language proficiency</span><span class="rpl-u-visually-hidden">(opens in a new window)</span></a><span lang="EN"> – resources to support teachers to assess students' English language proficiency.</span></li><li><a href="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/Pages/ealreport.aspx" target="_blank" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline"><span lang="EN">Victorian Curriculum F-10 EAL Reporting resource</span><span class="rpl-u-visually-hidden">(opens in a new window)</span></a><span lang="EN"> – resources to support teachers understand and report on EAL students developing proficiency before they reach the achievement standards.</span></li><li><a href="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/companion/Pages/pathwaystransitions.aspx" target="_blank" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Pathways and transitions<span class="rpl-u-visually-hidden">(opens in a new window)</span></a> <span lang="EN">–</span> 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.</li><li>The <a href="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/continuum/Documents/EAL_Developmental_Continuum_Archive.docx" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">EAL Developmental Continuum P-10 (DOCX, 241KB)</a> is an archived version of the continuum that was in use to the end of 2020.</li><li><a href="https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/companion/Pages/default.aspx" class="rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline">Understanding, assessing and reporting on English language proficiency</a> <span lang="EN">–</span> 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.</li></ul><h2 id="eal-in-victorian-government-schools">EAL in Victorian government schools</h2><p><a href="/eal-annual-reports" data-entity-type="node" 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for mainstream schools with EAL learners.\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"/supporting-students-refugee-backgrounds\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"14348ea8-f851-4c3d-bec9-99c4bd8946ac\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Supporting students from refugee backgrounds\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Support for refugee students\u003C/a> – links to support for schools in meeting the needs of students from refugee backgrounds.\u003C/li>\u003C/ul>\u003Ch2 id=\"schools\">Schools\u003C/h2>\u003Cul class=\"rpl-type-list-ul--disc\">\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/eal-provision/policy\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">EAL Regional Program Officers\u003C/a> – support schools in their region to develop and implement effective EAL programs.\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/eal-support/policy\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Multicultural education aides\u003C/a> – support EAL learners to participate in schooling and build communication between schools and families.\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/interpreting-and-translation-services/policy\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Interpreting and translating\u003C/a> – services are provided free, within guidelines, to government schools. \u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://edugate.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edrms/keyprocess/TEB/Panorama/Pages/panorama.aspx\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Panorama\u003C/a> – school principals and their delegates can access dashboards which identify EAL and Likely Refugee Background students and show teacher judgement data against the Victorian Curriculum F-10 EAL. Data is drawn from data uploaded to CASES21.\u003C/li>\u003C/ul>\u003Ch2 id=\"teachers\">Teachers\u003C/h2>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\u003Ca class=\"fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/support/EAL_ResourcesDirectory.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/documents/school/teachers/support/eal_resourcesdirectory.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">EAL Resources Directory diagram (PDF, 509KB)\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"rpl-u-visually-hidden\">(opens in a new window)\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\"> is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the resources provided by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and the Department of Education (DE) to support schools in implementing the Victorian Curriculum F-10 English as an Additional Language (EAL) Accessible version: \u003C/span>\u003Ca class=\"fui-Link ___1rxvrpe f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/support/EAL_ResourcesDirectory_Acessibility_d1.docx\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/documents/school/teachers/support/eal_resourcesdirectory_acessibility_d1.docx\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">EAL Resources Directory diagram (DOCX,509KB)\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"rpl-u-visually-hidden\">(opens in a new window)\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/Pages/ealresources.aspx\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Resources for EAL teachers\u003C/a> – resources to support EAL teachers and schools to plan and deliver effective programs. \u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/?GX5XHW\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">No English - Don't Panic\u003C/a> – a handbook for teachers of EAL in their first few weeks at school in Australia.\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/?XH9ZCR\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">No English 2 questions and answers\u003C/a> – 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.\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/Pages/ealprofdev.aspx\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Professional learning\u003C/a> – links to providers of professional learning for EAL teachers. \u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/teachingresources/diversity/EAL-interactive-resource-Sep-2019.pdf\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Interactive EAL Effective Practice Guide (PDF, 1.25MB)\u003C/a> – a series of videos and discussion prompts highlighting one Victorian secondary school's implementation of an explicit pedagogy for the teaching of disciplinary literacy.\u003C/li>\u003C/ul>\u003Ch2 id=\"curriculum-and-program-planning\">Curriculum and program planning\u003C/h2>\u003Cul class=\"rpl-type-list-ul--disc\">\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"/eal-curriculum-program-planning\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"72a42f27-8af6-4a0e-aa82-1128792dc08c\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"EAL curriculum and program planning\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Curriculum and program planning\u003C/a> – documents for Prep to Year 10. Information about years 11 to 12, can be found at \u003Ca href=\"https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/HomePage.aspx\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority\u003C/a>.\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/eal-support/guidance\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Guidance for planning and implementing EAL programs\u003Cspan class=\"rpl-u-visually-hidden\">(opens in a new window)\u003C/span>\u003C/a> provides advice to schools about planning and implementing effective programs for students learning EAL.\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/Pages/Plurilingual%20awareness.aspx\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Plurilingual awareness\u003C/a> – information and resources to support teaching and understanding of the Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness strand of the Victorian Curriculum F-10 EAL.\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/Pages/Plurilingual-Strategies-For-Primary-Classrooms.aspx\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Learning through languages: plurilingual strategies for primary classrooms\u003C/a> – case studies showing how primary teachers in Victoria incorporated plurilingual strategies into their teaching practice.\u003C/li>\u003C/ul>\u003Ch2 id=\"assessment-and-reporting\">Assessment and reporting\u003C/h2>\u003Cul class=\"rpl-type-list-ul--disc\">\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/Pages/languageproficiency.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">\u003Cspan lang=\"EN\">Assessing English language proficiency\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"rpl-u-visually-hidden\">(opens in a new window)\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan lang=\"EN\"> – resources to support teachers to assess students' English language proficiency.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/Pages/ealreport.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">\u003Cspan lang=\"EN\">Victorian Curriculum F-10 EAL Reporting resource\u003C/span>\u003Cspan class=\"rpl-u-visually-hidden\">(opens in a new window)\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003Cspan lang=\"EN\"> – resources to support teachers understand and report on EAL students developing proficiency before they reach the achievement standards.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/companion/Pages/pathwaystransitions.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Pathways and transitions\u003Cspan class=\"rpl-u-visually-hidden\">(opens in a new window)\u003C/span>\u003C/a> \u003Cspan lang=\"EN\">–\u003C/span> 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.\u003C/li>\u003Cli>The \u003Ca href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/continuum/Documents/EAL_Developmental_Continuum_Archive.docx\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">EAL Developmental Continuum P-10 (DOCX, 241KB)\u003C/a> is an archived version of the continuum that was in use to the end of 2020.\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/support/diversity/eal/companion/Pages/default.aspx\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Understanding, assessing and reporting on English language proficiency\u003C/a> \u003Cspan lang=\"EN\">–\u003C/span> 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.\u003C/li>\u003C/ul>\u003Ch2 id=\"eal-in-victorian-government-schools\">EAL in Victorian government schools\u003C/h2>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"/eal-annual-reports\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"1fe435f5-e394-4cbe-ad24-f1e7f4157267\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"EAL Annual Reports\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">EAL annual reports\u003C/a> – annual reports on the provision of EAL programs in Victorian government schools.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>For a brief history of assistance to students from language backgrounds other than English in Victorian government schools (1960 to 2006) please read these resources:\u003C/p>\u003Cul class=\"rpl-type-list-ul--disc\">\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/teachingresources/diversity/eal/lessonslearned.pdf\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Lessons learned: A history of migrant education in Victorian government schools 1960-2006 (PDF, 6.98MB)\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/teachingresources/diversity/eal/lessonslearned.docx\" class=\"rpl-text-link rpl-u-focusable-inline\">Lessons learned: A history of migrant education in Victorian government schools 1960-2006 (DOCX, 4.04MB)\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\u003C/ul>",["Reactive",565],{},["Set"],["ShallowReactive",568],{"site-1285":6,"page-/eal":6}]</script> 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