Resources
The following resources are available to support schools with EAL learners.
MEA handbook
For guidelines on the employment and roles of multicultural education aides (MEA) in Victorian government schools, refer to:
Interpreters
Government schools can access free interpreters (within guidelines) for activities such as learning more about a student’s educational background.
Refer to: Interpreting and Translation Services
Identifying EAL students
Government schools may wish to use the A closer look at the Language and Learning interview(opens in a new window) guide to gather key information about a student’s educational background and identify EAL students for assessment purposes. This guide includes information about how to ensure students are identified for funding purposes on CASES21.
CASES21 reports for individual students
CASES21 reports that show background information on EAL students to assist schools with program planning and delivery include:
- Languages Background Other Than English (ST21034)
- New Arrivals Data Collection (ST21031)
- EAL Student Achievement (ST21905) which displays up to 7 years of student assessment data.
Panorama dashboards
Many Panorama dashboards enable schools to identify the performance of students by their EAL status. This supports schools to better monitor and compare the performance of EAL students.
For more information about using the Panorama dashboards, please refer to the Panorama learning page (staff login required)(opens in a new window).
Department resources
The following resources have been developed to support EAL teachers and schools to plan and implement the Victorian Curriculum F–10 English as an Additional Language:
- EAL Resources Directory diagram(opens in a new window) can be used by teachers for guidance on the resources available and where to access them
- Victorian Curriculum F–10 EAL – getting to know the curriculum(opens in a new window) contains materials to support teachers and schools to become familiar with the EAL curriculum.
Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre
A range of factual and fictional materials in students’ home languages can be found at the Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre (LMERC)(opens in a new window).
Resources accessed through careers practitioners
- National Career Institute(opens in a new window) and Your Career(opens in a new window) website – provides information and support on career development and study options in Australia
- myfuture(opens in a new window) website – provides resources for students to explore career pathways and tools to develop self-knowledge for help with career decision-making
- Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre(opens in a new window) – for information on tertiary course prerequisites in Victoria
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