Teacher Education
ACTA is the national profession body representing teachers of English to speakers of other langauges in Australia. ACTA has initiated and supported the development of a set of STANDARDS FOR TESOL PRACTIONERS in Australia.
Click here to see ACTA's standards for TESOL practitioners
Each State organisation can advise of upcoming, local teacher education and professional development. Contact your state organisation regarding their professional development program and education programmes offered within your state.
ACTA is happy to endorse TESOL teaching programmes offered by Government funded institutions around Australia (through universities which meet accrediation and national standards). ACTA cannot offer comment on other, privately run, institutions. For information concerning particular courses it is best to contact the associations directly.
For links related to the TESOL field click here. Should you wish to recommend a link please contact us through eo.acta@y7mail.com
For information about the Inaugrual Summer Institute on Language Teaching run at UNSW click 'flyer' or 'booklet'