What are you doing for PD this month?
MOOCs, webinars, conferences, article discussion groups, Twitter chats…anything related to ELT PD in Australia and New Zealand or online at a realistic time for ELTs in our region.
NB: This calendar is crowd-sourced by the #AusELT community, and all events either take place online at a realistic time, or within Australia and New Zealand. If you know of other PD events in Australasia, please post details on the #AusELT Facebook group and/or Twitter using the #AusELT hashtag, and we will add them here. If there is not yet a link at the time of preparing this, you’ll be able to find the info by searching for the name of the event.
See also:
- TESOLANZ (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Aotearoa New Zealand) for teachers of ESOL in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- events organised by your state/territory TESOL association in Australia. Find your local TESOL association here on the Australian Council of TESOL Associations website
- other regular PD opportunities such as those through English Australia PD with links to webinars, live PD events, action research and the CPDF (Continuing Professional Development Framework) as well as a range of NEAS events
2020 Calendar
January 2020
11 Jan – 16 Feb Electronic Village Online EVO 2020
Five weeks of free PD for English language teachers. This is a global event, but since most of it is conducted online asynchronously, it is easy for teachers from our region to participate.
February 2020
17 Feb Taste of English Australia Conference 5.15-7.15pm
You are invited to hear ‘a taste of the 2019 English Australia Conference’ at this PD event brought to you by the VIC branch of English Australia and featuring speakers from Victoria who presented at the 2019 English Australia Conference.
- RMIT English Worldwide, Level 9, 235-251 Bourke Street Melbourne
March 2020
14 Mar PD West
PD West is an annual Perth event that attracts English language teachers from WA. The event aims to provide professional development for local teachers by local teachers.
- Curtin University, Biomedical Sciences Building (Building 410), Bentley
21 Mar Qld PD FEST
- ICTE -Sir Llew Edwards Bldg, The University of Queensland, St Luci, Brisbane
28 Mar UECA PD Fest Sydney
‘By Teachers, For Teachers’: Assessment Practices, Academic Literacy, Well-being, Innovation
- The Abercrombie Building (enter off Codrington St near Abercrombie St), The University of Sydney
April 2020
May 2020
6-8 May 2020 NEAS Management Conference
Theme: Transformative Journeys in Education
- Doltone House, Sydney
June 2020
July 2020
18 July UECA ASSESSMENT SYMPOSIUM
- Southern Cross University, The Gold Coast
August 2020
1 Aug NSW PD Fest
- UNSW Global, 223 Anzac Parade Kensington NSW
22 Aug PD Fest Melbourne
September 2020
4-5 Sep ACAL Conference, http://www.acal.edu.au/conference/
- Multi-literacies for Critical Times, Canberra
15 Sep UECA Director’s Forum, Perth
16-18 Sept English Australia Conference
- Pan Pacific, Adelaide Terrace, Perth
29 (pre) 30 Sept-2 Oct Australian Council of TESOL Associations Conference;
Conference Website https://www.actaconference.com/
Theme: Pushing the boundaries
- Brisbane Hilton, Brisbane
October 2020
1 -4 Oct CLESOL Conference, Community Languages and English for Speakers of Other Languages, St Cuthberts, Epsom, Auckland
13-16 Oct Australian International Education Conference, Gold Coast Conference centre, Qld, https://aiec.idp.com/
November 2020
Nov 7 PD Fest Adelaide
December 2020
For past events, see below
2019
January 2019
13 January – 27 February
Electronic Village Online EVO 2019: Five weeks of free PD for English language teachers. This is a global event, but since most of it is conducted online asynchronously, it is easy for teachers from our region to participate.
February 2019
3 Feb
AusELT Twitter Chat Feb 3 Learning from our students
March 2019
9 March
PD West – UWA CELT Crawley Campus, Claremont, WA
Building Creativity, Building Skills, Building Academic English Skills, Building Community
https://www.englishaustralia.com.au/documents/item/590
April 2019
7 April
AusELT Twitter chat Empowerment and Teachers
https://auselt.com/2019/04/06/what-would-you-like-to-talk-about-on-april-7th/
13 April
UECA PD Fest Sydney – UNSW Global, Sydney
Theme: Innovate! Delivery, Assessment, Support and Services in EAP and Pathway programs
May 2019
7 May
UECA Benchmarking workshop – WSU, Sydney link TBA
8-10 May
2019 NEAS Management Conference
Doltone House, Sydney
Theme: Leadership in ASEAN and Australia: Influencers in ELT
June 2019
June 2
AusELT Twitter chat Transferability of Skills
https://auselt.com/2019/06/02/transferability-of-skills-auselt-twitter-chat-2-june-2019-8-30pm-aest/
AusELT article discussion
From feedback to backfeed: Increasing student engagement with feedback: Bianka Malecka UNSW Global
https://www.englishaustralia.com.au/documents/item/624
July 2019
13 July
UECA Assessment Symposium – UQ-ICTE, Brisbane
August 2019
Aug 14
MeetELT Melbourne IDEA: Innovate, Digitalise, Engage, Activate
Aug 28
MeetELT Sydney pruh-nun-see-ey-shun
Link to MeetELT website for slides etc
September 2019
18-20 September
English Australia Conference 2019 links
Pullman Albert Park, Melbourne ‘Engage, Include, Adapt’
October 2019
3-5 October
ACAL Conference 2019 – Australian Council for Adult Literacy
Sydney
Theme: Critical re-imagining: adult literacy and numeracy practices for sustainable development
November 2019
02 November
UECA PD Fest Melbourne 2019 – Swinburne, Melbourne: Shape: Tech, Academic, Social and Cultural Engagement
25-27 November
ALAA & ALANZ Joint Conference 2019 – Applied Linguistics Association of Australia & Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand
Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
Theme: Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching: Making Connections
2020
October 2020
ACTA International Conference
Brisbane
Theme: Pushing the Boundaries
PAST EVENTS
NOTE: The links below may not still work given that they are to events already held, and we don’t always check up on these after the event. We wanted to include them as many have links to presentations, handouts and video recordings.
2018
November 2018
3 November 2018
UECA PD Fest, Adelaide
Adelaide, SA
Theme: Inspiring Engagement of Learners & Teachers
25 November 2018
Pronunciation Symposium (in conjunction with ALAA Conference)
University of Wollongong, NSW
Theme: Making Pronunciation Accessible
26-28 November 2018
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) Conference
University of Wollongong, NSW
Theme: Engaging diversity: creating connections and building knowledge
October 2018
2-5 October 2018
ACTA International Conference 2018 – Australian Council of TESOL Associations
Adelaide, SA
Theme: English Language Learning in a Mobile World
5-7 October 2018
CLESOL 2018 – National CLESOL Conference for Community Languages (CL) and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
Christchurch, NZ
Theme: Transforming our Landscape
September 2018
8 September 2018
University of Sydney TESOL Research Network Colloquium
Sydney, NSW
17-18 September 2018
How Languages are Learned: A special forum on second language acquisition
Canberra, ACT
19-21 September 2018
English Australia Conference 2018
Sydney, NSW
Theme: Thriving in changing times
August 2018
4 August 2018
UECA PD Fest, Melbourne
Melbourne, Vic
Theme: Survival of the Fittest
11 August 2018
Pathways PD²: By teachers,for teachers – SYDNEY (English Australia & IEAA)
Macquarie University International College
July 2018
14 July 2018
UECA English Language Assessment Symposium
Brisbane
University English Language Centres of Australia (UECA) in conjunction with The Association of Language Testers Australia & New Zealand (ALTAANZ) and The University of Queensland’s English Language Centre (UQ-ICTE)
14 July 2018
Pathways PD²: By teachers,for teachers – MELBOURNE (IEAA & English Australia)
Trinity College, The University of Melbourne
June 2018
9 June 2018
QATESOL Gold Coast PD
Southern Cross University, Gold Coast campus
Theme: Syllabus, Strategies and Sanity Savers
28 June 2018
An overview: English Australia Guide to Best Practice in International Student Mental Health – EA Webinar
Presented by Sophie O’Keefe, PD Manager English Australia
Slides | Recording
May 2018
9-11 May 2018
2018 NEAS Management Conference
Sydney, NSW
Theme: Beyond the Digital Revolution
12 May 2018
UECA PD Fest, Sydney
Sydney, NSW
University English Language Centres of Australia (UECA) and UTS Insearch,
Theme: Metamorphosis: The Student Journey
17 May 2018
Gamifying the international student experience through CET’s Student Engagement Program – EA Webinar
Presented by Robert Chasse, Education Manager Services, Sydney University’s Centre for English Teaching (CET)
Webinar Recording on YouTube | Slides
April 2018
7 April 2018
PD West (UECA & EA)
WA (hosted by Curtin University)
REGISTER | PD West Facebook group
March 2018
8 March 2018
Building with words: Engaging through vocabulary – EA Webinar
Presented by Vanessa Beal, Macquarie University English Language Centre
Recording of webinar | Slides
10 March 2018
QATESOL PD Morning and 2018 AGM
AGM Guest Speaker: The Honourable Grace Grace, Minister for Education
PD Presentation : How Language Works Lynette Lingard
14 March 2018
Innovation Conversation – EA Webinar
Presented by Katherine Olston, Centre for English Teaching, the University of Sydney and Catherine Moore, ETS TOEFL
Recording of webinar | Slides
17 March 2018
EA Queensland PD Fest
University of Queensland St Lucia campus
More information
February 2018
21 February 2018
English, communication skills and employability
English Australia Professional development webinar presented by Catherine Moore
Recording of Webinar | Presentation Slides
January 2018
14 January – 18 February 2018
Electronic Village Online EVO 2018: Five weeks of free PD for English language teachers. This is a global event, but since most of it is conducted online asynchronously, it is easy for teachers from our region to participate.
2017
November 2017
1-3 November 2017
AALL Conference – Association for Academic Language and Learning
Geelong, Vic
Theme: 21st Century Language and Learning
5 November 2017
#AusELT Twitter chat – “What if…”
27-29 November 2017
ALAA-ALANZ-ALTAANZ Conference 2017 – Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, Applied Linguistics Association of Australia and Association of Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Theme: Applied Linguistics in the New Millennium: Multiple Theories, Pathways, and Practices
October 2017
16-22 October 2017
#AusELT/English Australia Journal Article Discussion Group
Discussion of an article from Volume 33 No. 1, September 2017
September 2017
1 October 2017
#AusELT Twitter chat – Conference/PD Swap Shop
September 2017
6 September 2017
MacGyver! meetELT Melbourne
Melbourne
8-9 September 2017
The University of Sydney TESOL Research Network Colloquium 2017
Sydney
13-14 September 2017
ACAL National Conference: Australian Council for Adult Literacy
Darwin, NT
Theme: Traders, Neighbours and Intruders: Points of Contact
20-22 September 2017
English Australia Conference
Adelaide
Theme: Empowering Global Citizens
July 2017
10-14 July 2017
International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress
Theme: Transforming Contexts
Wollongong, NSW
29 July 2017
UECA PD Fest Melbourne: University English Language Centres of Australia,
Melbourne, hosted by Monash College English Language Centre
May 2017
11-12 May 2017
NEAS 2017 Conference
Sydney
Theme: The Q Factor – What is your quality factor?
13 May 2017
UECA PD Fest Sydney: University English Language Centres of Australia, NEAS, English Australia
Sydney, hosted by Centre for English Teaching, University of Sydney
Theme: Leadership, Engagement and Diversity in an Academic context
April 2017
1 April 2017
Qld PD Fest – English Australia Qld Branch
UQ, St Lucia
5 April 2017
MeetELT #6 – Poster and Registrations
Sydney
Theme: Writing: stranger than fiction!
21 April 2017
PD West – English Australia WA Branch
North Metropolitan TAFE in Northbridge
PD West Facebook group
January 2017
8 January – 12 February 2017
Electronic Village Online EVO 2017: Five weeks of free PD for English language teachers. This is a global event, but since most of it is conducted online asynchronously, it is easy for teachers from our region to participate.
2016
December 2016
5-9 December 2016
ALAA/ALS 2016
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) annual conference -5-7 Dec
Australian Linguistic Society (ALS) annual conference – 7-9 Dec
Monash University, Melbourne
October 2016
6 November 2016
#AusELT Twitter chat –Teacher Motivation & Recharging your Batteries (#AusELT Twitter chat summary, 6/11/16)
17-19 November 2016
ALTAANZ Conference 2016 – Association for Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ)
University of Auckland
In the classroom and beyond: Assessing language ability in different contexts
23 November 2016
meetELT #5 : Apps for action, interaction, learning and teaching!
Sydney
October 2016
2 October 2016
#AusELT Twitter chat – 2016 Conference/PD wrap up and swapshop
15 October 2016
UECA PD Fest Adelaide: A Celebration of Learning, Teaching and Assessment
University English Centres Australia
University of Adelaide
September 2016
3-4 September 2016
#AusELT Twitter chat on Conferences & Presenting (slowburn chat over two days)
21-23 September 2016
English Australia Conference
Create, Connect, Collaborate
Hobart, Tas
Conference slides and handouts
August 2016
7 August 2016
#AusELT Twitter chat on Reflective practice: benefits, tips and feedback
July 2016
3 July 2016
#AusELT Twitter chat on Strategies, tools and resources for pre-literate learners: Addressing literacy issues in very low / pre-literate learners:
14 – 17 July 2016
CLESOL 2016 – 15th National Conference for Community Languages and ESOL
TESOLANZ (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Aotearoa New Zealand) and CLANZ (Community Languages Association New Zealand).
Learners in Context: Bridging the Gaps
The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
June 2016
5 June 2016
#AusELT Twitter chat on Materials-light teaching (why and how)
May 2016
12-13 May 2016
2016 NEAS Management Conference
Open Source Thinking – out of the box
Sydney, NSW
14 May 2016
UECA PD Fest Sydney – University English Centres Australia
The Force Awakens – Empowering Students and Teachers
UNSWIL, Sydney
April 2016
7 April 2016
meetELT #4
Where real-life meets the classroom: To infinitive and beyond!
Sydney, NSW
7-10 April 2016
ACAL-ACTA Conference 2016 (Australian Council of Adult Literacy and Australian Council of TESOL Associations)
Diversity: Exchanging ways of being
Perth, Western Australia
9 April 2016
English Australia Queensland Branch PD Fest 2016
ICTE-UQ, University of Queensland St Lucia campus
January 2016
10 January – 14 February 2016
Electronic Village Online EVO 2016: Five weeks of free PD for English language teachers. Courses on: Young learners, Moodle, Copyright, Pronunciation, Minecraft, and lots more.
2015
December 2015
[No #AusELT Twitter chat in December]
3–5 December 2015
Excellence in Language Instruction: Supporting Classroom Teaching & Learning: a TESOL International Association Regional Conference
National Institute of Education, Singapore
9–11 December 2015
ALS 2015 Conference – the 46th annual conference of the Australian Linguistic Society
Western Sydney University, Parramatta NSW
November 2015
3 November 2015
#AusELT Twitter chat
Voted topic
9-15 November 2015
AusELT/English Australia Journal Article Discussion Group
2-8 November (Reading time) and 9-15 November (Discussion time)
https://auselt.com/2015/10/21/auseltenglish-australia-journal-article-discussion-group-voting-page/
17-18 November 2015
Prof Fred Dervin Leading academic on intercultural competence at Macquarie University, Sydney
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/81f8d038-fbcb-4b15-b401-2cf9a7df7ce0/1facec85c1079674
19-21 November 2015
14th Symposium on Second Language Writing: Learning to Write for Academic Purposes
‘Learning to write for academic purposes: Advancing theory, research and practice’
Auckland, New Zealand
http://sslw.asu.edu/2015/
20 November 2015
Transforming through Praxis: Students from Refugee Backgrounds in Higher Education
University of Newcastle
http://createsend.com/t/j-2F89DE063C5AA147
21 November 2015
UECA PD Fest 2015 – University English Centres Australia
Victoria University, Melbourne
http://www.ueca.edu.au/pdfest2015-melbourne/
23-26 November 2015
4th International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity (LED 2015)
University of Auckland, New Zealand
https://led.education.auckland.ac.nz/
25-27 November, 2015
12th Biennial Conference of the Association for Academic Language and Learning (AALL)
‘Critical Intersections’
Wollongong, NSW
http://www.aall2015uow.com/
30 November – 2nd December 2015
Combined conference of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) and the Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand (ALANZ) and Association for Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ)
‘Learning in a multilingual world’
Adelaide
https://www.conveneit.com/secure/onsite/linguistics_dec_15/
October 2015
8 October 2015
#AusELT Twitter chat
Conference/PD wrap up (swapshop)
September 2015
3 September 2015
#AusELT Twitter chat
LGBTQIA issues in course-books and classrooms
23-25 September 2015
English Australia Conference 2015 – ‘Looking ahead: change challenge and opportunity’
Brisbane
http://www.eaconference.com.au/
24-25 September 2015
ACAL Conference 2015 – ‘Resilience, Risk, Preservation’ (Australian Council for Adult Literacy)
24th and 25th September 2015 at the Adelaide Zoo
http://www.acal.edu.au/
August 2015
6 August 2015
#AusELT Twitter chat
Mobile language learning: Moving from ‘why’ to ‘how’, with guest moderator Mark Pegrum
July 2015
2 July 2015
#AusELT Twitter chat
3-6 July 2015
AATE/ALEA National Conference 2015 – Canberra, ACT
Australian Association for the Teaching of English and the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association
‘CAPiTALiSiNG ON CURiOSiTY: ‘ninggi warrguu’- look and ask why – Nurturing Inquiring Minds’
http://www.englishliteracyconference.com.au/
June 2015
4 June 2015
#AusELT Twitter chat
“Getting Away from Grammar” with Daniel Midgley
May 2015
2 May 2015
UECA PD Fest 2015 – University English Centres Australia
Sydney
http://www.ueca.edu.au/pdfest2015/
7-8 May 2015
NEAS Management Conference 2015
Darling Island, Sydney
http://www.neas.org.au/media-centre/conferenceevents/
14-15 May 2015
National Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy and Assessment Conference 2015
Adelaide
http://www.acer.edu.au/nallnac
April 2015
29 April 2015
#AusELT Twitter chat
Group work
Transcript: https://storify.com/SophiaK/transcript-of-auselt-twitter-chat-30-4-2015-group-
2 April 2015
#AusELT Twitter chat
App smashing (slowburn)
Intro & set-up: https://auselt.com/2015/03/23/april-2015/
Summary: https://storify.com/sujava/app-sharing
March 2015
21 March 2015
English Australia PD Fest 2015
Brisbane
5 March 2015
#AusELT Twitter chat
New to Twitter? (& practical swapshop)
Summary: https://auselt.com/2015/03/04/mixed-feelings-about-twitter/
February 2015
5 February 2015
#AusELT Twitter chat
voted topic – see Facebook group
January 2015
29-30 January 2015
Teaching and Learning Forum 2015
The University of Western Australia, The University Club
Theme: Teaching and Learning Uncapped
http://wand.edu.au/course/view.php?id=21
12 January – 15 February
Electronic Village Online EVO 2015: Five weeks of free PD for English language teachers
Mostly asynchronous, so time zone differences don’t have much of an impact.
Courses on: Young learners, Moodle, Copyright, Pronunciation, and lots more.
2014
December 2014
NB: No #AusELT Twitter chat in December
8th-9th December 2014
Workshop at Macquarie University: “The Role of Prosody in Language Learning: Stress, Tone and Intonation”
http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_human_sciences/linguistics/linguistics_research/research_events/workshop_on_the_role_of_prosody/
5th December 2014
Pronunciation Symposium: New directions in pronunciation theory and practice
University of NSW, Canberra, 8:30-4:30, Friday 5 December
http://media.unsw.adfa.edu.au/events/pronunciation-symposium/
Handouts available for download by AALL members: http://aall.org.au/forum/handouts-2nd-pronunciation-symposium
November 2014
5 November 2014
#AusELT Twitter chat
October 2014
2 October 2014
#AusELT Twitter chat
September 2014
30th September – 3rd October 2014
Australian Council of TESOL Associations – ACTA International Conference, Melbourne
http://tesol.org.au/ACTA-Conference/ACTA-International-Conference-2014
17-19 September 2014
English Australia Conference, Melbourne
http://www.englishaustralia.com.au/english_australia_conference.html
4 September 2014
#AusELT Twitter chat
August 2014
22-23 August 2014
TESOL Research Network Colloquium 2014 – University of Sydney
http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/news_events/events/2014/Semester-Two/TESOL-research-colloquium.shtml
12 August 2014
Jack Richards lecture at Macquarie University
“What Does It Take To Be An English Language Teacher? Exploring Teacher Knowledge, Skill And Cognition”
1-2 pm E6A102 Macquarie University North Ryde
7 August 2014
#AusELT Twitter chat (Huw Jarvis / MALU)
July 2014
July-August 2014 (8 weeks)
MOOC: Learning to Teach Online, offered by UNSW and taught by Simon McIntyre & Negin Mirriahi
https://www.coursera.org/course/ltto
3 July 2014
#AusELT Twitter chat 8.30pm on ‘Professional Development – that’s what I want!’
> Pre-chat information and suggested reading
> Chat Summary
10 – 13 July 2014
CLESOL Conference, Wellington, NZ
http://www.clesol.org.nz/
June 2014
5 June 2014
#AusELT Twitter chat 8.30pm on management issues, with Andy Hockley
> Pre-chat information and suggested reading
> Chat summary
May 2014
31 May 2014
10pm Perth – midnight for Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane: IATEFL webinar with Jill Hadley on ‘Motivation, imagination and L2 identity’
http://www.iatefl.org/webinars
11 May 2014
9pm Sydney time: #KELTchat on Twitter on topic of critical pedagogy, guest moderated by Divya Madhavan: http://keltchat.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/sun-may-11th-keltchat-on-critical-pedagogy-with-special-guest-moderator-divya-madhavan/
Michael Griffin BELTA webinar on ‘All about feedback from students’
http://www.beltabelgium.com/webinars/
Until 9 May 2014
IATEFL Research SIG article discussion on ‘Engaging learners: conversation- or dialogic-driven pedagogy?’
http://resig.weebly.com/1/post/2014/04/28-april-9-may-article-discussion-engaging-learners-conversation-or-dialogic-driven-pedagogyelt-journal-681-1-11.html
based on Phil Chappell’s recent article in the ELTJ, free to download from above link.
1 May 2014
#AusELT Twitter chat: Slowburn on Russ Mayne’s IATEFL 2014 talk on neuro-myths & pseudo-science in ELT. See here for details & a link to the original talk: https://auselt.com/2014/04/29/pseudoscience-and-neuromyths-in-elt/
April 2014
30 April 2014
at 7pm Perth & 9pm Sydney/Brisbane
Andy Hockley British Council webinar on ‘Peer observation – how can we make it work?’
http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/continuing-professional-development/webinars
PS Andy wrote about this on the #AusELT blog here:https://auselt.com/2013/09/22/setting-up-a-peer-observation-scheme/.
See also our chat summary on this topic here: https://auselt.com/2013/04/18/auselt-chat-summary-setting-up-and-running-effective-peer-observation-programs-4-april-2013/
28 April – 9 May 2014
IATEFL Research SIG article discussion on ‘Engaging learners: conversation- or dialogic-driven pedagogy?’http://resig.weebly.com/1/post/2014/04/28-april-9-may-article-discussion-engaging-learners-conversation-or-dialogic-driven-pedagogyelt-journal-681-1-11.html
based on Phil Chappell’s recent article in the ELTJ, free to download from above link.
26 April – 28 April 2014
7th Virtual Round Table Web Conference on language learning technologies
Recordings: http://www.virtual-round-table.com/page/program-overview
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