Working with English language learners
Working with English language learners - a handbook for teacher aides and bilingual tutors
This handbook is to be used by teachers in charge of ESOL programmes to provide professional development for teacher aides and bilingual tutors working with English Language Learners. It is designed to be completed as a professional development programme over two terms, taking approximately two hours per fortnight. It consists of ten modules for teacher aides to work through, in conjunction, with the teacher in charge of ESOL at their school.
- Module 1: Strengthening the role of the bilingual teacher aide
- Module 2: Contexts and ways of working
- Module 3: Understanding additional language acquisition
- Module 4: Effective teaching and learning, self-access learning and vocabulary development
- Module 5: Supporting oral language development
- Module 6: Supporting questioning
- Module 7: Supporting reading
- Module 8: Supporting writing
- Module 9: Supporting learning to learn
- Module 10: Supporitng learning in the curriculum areas
This document is available for download below.
Teacher Aide and Bilingual Tutor Certificate in Working with English Language Learners
A completion certificate for schools to present to their teacher aides who have completed the Working with English Language Learners, A Handbook for Teacher Aides and Bilingual Tutors professional development programme is now available.
Remember that the school should have selected a coordinating teacher to guide teacher aides and bilingual tutors through the modules in this handbook. The coordinating teacher will sign off each module and the principal endorses this process when all the modules have been completed.
A copy of the certificate for completion is available for download below.