You can get involved with VATE
Join a committee
VATE Council is assisted by a number of committees
The Curriculum Committee
provides a forum where all members, individual and institutional, are enabled to:
- discuss issues in curriculum development and change;
- disseminate information, critique policies and/or resources related to curriculum and assessment in secondary English;
- discuss VATE’s position on curriculum and assessment issues, formulating where appropriate VATE discussion papers for use by VATE Council in its advocacy role;
- engage with the membership through developing surveys on issues of curriculum and assessment;
- prepare discussion papers on issues of policy and practice for circulation to the membership;
- develop member forums on issues pertinent to curriculum and assessment;
- report to VATE Council, to assist with informing its decisions and to support its role as advocate for educators.
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The Professional Learning and Research Committee
recognises that VATE is a collaborative professional learning community which brings educators together in a variety of local, state, national and international contexts. VATE seeks to:
- Provide effective professional learning opportunities for both beginning and experienced teachers, both virtual and face-to-face, to ensure continued development and implementation of exemplary practice in the learning and teaching of English at state and national levels;
- Promote opportunities through networks to foster critical, creative, collaborative, and reflective thinking about what we do and know as teachers of English;
- Initiate research, publishing and dissemination of quality publications based on exemplary teaching, learning and research;
- Initiate forums on issues which affect the professional identity of English educators;
- Develop policy around VATE professional learning which can provide guidelines about the kinds of professional development which are acceptable to the association and the criteria for feedback for presenters.
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The Publications and Communications Committee
recognises that VATE is a collaborative professional learning community which brings educators together in a variety of local, state, national and international contexts. VATE seeks to:
- Provide effective professional learning opportunities for both beginning and experienced teachers, both virtual and face-to-face, to ensure continued development and implementation of exemplary practice in the learning and teaching of English at state and national levels;
- Promote opportunities through networks to foster critical, creative, collaborative, and reflective thinking about what we do and know as teachers of English;
- Initiate research, publishing and dissemination of quality publications based on exemplary teaching, learning and research;
- Initiate forums on issues which affect the professional identity of English educators;
- Develop policy around VATE professional learning which can provide guidelines about the kinds of professional development which are acceptable to the association and the criteria for feedback for presenters.
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Please contact the VATE office if you are interested in joining any of the VATE committees.
Present for VATE
Share your expertise by presenting a workshop at a VATE conference.
We value the expertise of our members and are keen to share the work and experiences of our diverse membership. Opportunities to present for VATE include:
- Prepare and deliver a workshop for teachers at a VATE conference
- Prepare and deliver a lecture for students at our Student Revision Days
- Prepare and deliver a professional learning session via webinar
- You can use your presentation as PD hours for your VIT registration
- You will receive free registration to the conference and payment for your session (excluding the state and national conferences)
- Opportunities for networking
- The appreciation of your colleagues
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Please complete our Expression of Interest form, or contact the VATE office if you are interested in presenting for VATE.
Volunteer at a VATE event
Pre-service teachers are encouraged to volunteer at the VATE Student Revision Days and the VATE State Conference.
What do you get out of it?
- Free registration for one day at the VATE State Conference.
- Opportunities for networking
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Please contact the VATE office if you are interested in presenting for VATE