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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Joint ACTA ALAA and ALS response to the Senate Inquiry on the NAPLAN

Read ACTA's joint submission - with the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) and Australian Linguistic Society (ALS) - to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee Inquiry... more


Sunday, May 30, 2010

ACTA Response to the draft K-10 Australian Curriculum in English, mathematics, science and history

Read ACTA's submission to ACARA on the draft K-10 Australian Curriculum in English, mathematics, science and history. more


Friday, May 21, 2010

ACTA Response to the draft National Professional Standards for Teachers

Read ACTA's submission to MCEECDYA on the draft National Professional Standards for Teachers. more


Sunday, April 11, 2010

ACTA response to the draft Indigenous Education Action Plan (IEAP)

Read ACTA's joint submission (with ALAA and ALS) to MCEECDYA on the Stage 2 Consultation Draft of the Indigenous Education Action Plan (IEAP) 2010–2012. more


Sunday, April 11, 2010

Australian Curriculum

Discussions surrounding the current draft English, Maths, Science and History K-10 Australian Curriculum documents are under way. If you wish to participate in the consultation process, please contact one of your state or territory... more


Friday, October 9, 2009

VicTESOL

Formerly known as VATME, Victoria's state association is now known as VicTESOL. more


Tuesday, April 14, 2009

The Penny McKay Award

ACTA and ALAA (the Australian Linguistics Association of Australia) are proud to launch an appeal for dontations to support the Penny McKay Award for Promising Doctoral Research in School-Based Language Development, Curriculum and... more


Tuesday, December 16, 2008

TESOL International's 2009 Conference

Registration for the 2009 TESOL Convention and Exhibit in Denver, Colorado is now open.  Click on this link for more information:   http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/convention2009/ more


Friday, December 12, 2008

AusAID tender

REQUEST FOR TENDER AusAID, the Australian Agency for International Development, manages the Australian Government's official overseas aid program. AusAID assists developing countries to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable... more


Wednesday, July 23, 2008

National Curriculum

National Curriculum Discussions surrounding the development of a National Curriculum are underway.  If you wish to submit your views on this, please contact one of your state representatives by email (see 'Contact us'... more


Monday, July 14, 2008

ACTA's Conference

Pedagogies of Connection - ACTA's conference The ACTA 2008 'Pedagogies of Connection' conference was recently held in Alice Springs.  This was an opportune time for those around the country and our guests from overseas to meet,... more


Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Kate Mullin - a tragic loss

Kate Mullin ACTA mourns the tragic loss of a dynamic and visionary colleague and its sympathies are extended to Kate Mullin's family, friends and colleagues.  Kate was a person of great passion and dedication, who always had the... more


Sunday, June 8, 2008

The passing of Dr Marika

ACTA remembers Dr Marika ACTA regrets to announce that Australia has lost one of its leading indigenous lights with the passing of Dr Marika - a pre-eminent bilingual educator, researcher and leader. She was to have been a keynote... more