EAL Support and Funding

Guidance for planning and implementing EAL programs

This guidance provides schools with advice for planning and implementing effective programs for a school’s English as an Additional Language (EAL) student cohort. It contains the following chapters:

• Introduction
• A whole-school approach to EAL programming and provision
• Framework for Improving Student Outcomes (FISO 2.0) – EAL Students
• EAL program documentation
• Student information required to support EAL learners in school
• Student learning needs
• Program decisions
• Collaborative planning and teaching
• The mainstream classroom program
• EAL electives in secondary schools
• The professional learning needs of staff