Photos of Refugee Day Concert

Stills of the concert will be found in Z:/Student Access/Refugee Day and are accessible to all students.

If students want copies of the pictures it is up to the teacher to organise (or not).

The cut down video is now in the same location. You can show it on the screen together in the lab or get the students to view it individually; it's just under 2o mins long and rather a rush job and if anything needs editing out please tell me.

Re: Addressing the Selection Criteria Workshop

Philip has advised me that the Workshop Time has been adjusted to
accomodate the finishing times of various classes.

The workshop will now be held:
TIME: 4.30 - 6.30pm
DATE: Tuesday19th June 2007
VENUE: Conference Room Level 6

Please advise anyone who does not have access to email and may be
considering attendning.

Thanks
Sophie

Addressing the Selection Criteria Workshop

To assist those lecturers who are applying for the Lecturers' Pool, there will be a 2 hour-workshop on addressing the selection criteria conducted by Lee Lenyk. This will be held on

Tuesday 19th June in the Level 6 Conference Room, Level 6 , 16 Victoria Avenue, Perth

from 4pm to 6pm.

 

In the meantime, you are advised to downlaod the appication form from the college website (http://www.westcoasttafe.wa.edu.au )and job details (http://www.jobs.wa.gov.au/ - enter West Coast TAFE) and prepare the application.

 

Ingrid has a few books on this theme in the Staff Library which have been put on closed reserve.

WATESOL workshops - June 23rd

If anybody is interested in attending the workshops below, please let Philip know.

We have 2 members' "tickets" so first in, first served.
Permanent lecturers may claim the Workshops as Accrued PD time (at PM's discretion).

WATESOL are pleased to present a day of workshops focusing on using
storytelling to improve ESL students' literacy and fluency. Numbers are limited, so please
get your registration in early.

STORIES IN THE CLASSROOM
Saturday 23 June
Central TAFE room N325, on the 3rd floor, North Wing
Aberdeen Street, Northbridge

Morning Session: 9.00-12.00
Andy Wright International Story-Teller

$5 for Members + $10 for optional lunch
$15 for non-members + $10 for optional lunch
My Stories, Your Stories, Our Stories: Story-Telling in Language and
Literacy.

Story-Telling is an important way of breaking down cultural and
language barriers, and building bridges to shared learning. It is
widely appreciated as an essential method for gaining information and
insight into the experiences of migrants of non-English speaking
backgrounds.

This workshop will examine the five languages of story-telling and
how these languages can lead to a greater understanding of the
teaching of written and spoken English.
The workshop will promote a holistic view of language learning
including tips to make learning playful and integrated. As well as
some basic tips to stimulate our own story-telling and the
story-telling of our students.

Andy Wright has been telling stories around the world over the last
two decades. He performs in theatres, schools, churches,
kindergartens, libraries and to numerous conferences, and festivals,
giving in excess of 4000 performances a year.
www.storyteller.net.au


Afternoon Session: 1.00-2.30
Celeste Blundell Camden Readers Theatre workshop
(Please note, this session is limited to the first 20 applicants.)
Readers Theatre is a fun and interactive reading and performing
process that gives students opportunities to improve literacy,
pronunciation and fluency as well as gain confidence using English.
Learn how Readers Theatre can be used in ESL classrooms by trying it
yourself. Celeste will take participants though different stages of
using scripts with students and give information about how any story
can be adapted for Readers Theatre.

Learnscope 2007 - ITube, YouTube

Learnscope started last Friday in Albany at Great Southern TAFE and instead of the expected 2 AMES lecturers, 6 turned up. (non-AMES). Now, I was thinking that many new teachers were not here when I sent out the info on the project and although I was trying to keep numbers manageable, there is no reason why anybody who is interested should not come along (with observer status).

The introductory session is this Friday from 4 - 8ish ( light refreshments willbe served) in LAb 2 in the Victoria when we will be going through some of the communication software we will be using and decide when to hold the fortnightly sessions.

For further details on what we are going to do in the project please see this project blog entry

You can find other information in the blog(amesls.blogspot.com) , but as it is in reverse chronological order, zoom down to the first entry first.

Please let me know if you intend coming along.