Caitlin Espinoza

@Sojournaleditor @johnqgoh @aliceleung @ATESOLNSW Thanks 🙏🏼 Paul! And that’s a wrap: “Leaders as Learners” Day 3 session 🤩 @ealdcaitlin makes the best ‘partner in crime’ 😆#ACTAconf2022 #tesoloz

@aliceleung YES! Designing learning is best done collaboratively. The resources are there as just that: they’re resources. There’s an art to differentiating, scaffolding & sequencing the learning to address the social, well/being & academic needs of ALL Ss. Plan hard, teach easy! #aussieEd

Teachers need MORE TIME to collaboratively design resources and learning experiences, which may be adapted from existing, published resources. However, just simply having a repository of resources is not enough. The planning time needs to come with it. smh.com.au/national/nsw/t…

Having a great day working on all things data for EAL/D school planning. Especially love being able to get together to focus on the process and ‘brain dump’ on paper with my incredible colleagues @ealdcaitlin @TESOLoz @michael_cleary3 @SDurney

@CathyBelmeTeach @ealdcaitlin @michael_cleary3 @SDurney 👏🏼 EALD Strategy: Let’s look in, outward and forward! What IMPACT do we want to achieve as EALD Leads in the ‘data’ space?No way we could’ve achieved this on a TEAMS or a ZOOM meet 👏🏼 Henry Parkes Equity Centre a great venue 4 collab meets such as this one 😇 #tesoloz #aussieEd

Teachers from the Illawarra are heading to Macquarie St to send the government a messages on workload. #MoreThanThanks

Members from across NSW are getting ready to make their voices heard. Let’s get loud! Teachers deserve #MoreThanThanks

It’s time to negotiate. Illawarra teachers are bringing the negotiating table to Sydney #morethanthanks ⁦@TeachersFed⁩ ⁦@AGavrielatos⁩

“I don’t think you can get excellence unless you’ve got equity in place.” - Misty Adoniou #PETAA2021

Such an absolute privilege to hear @TESOLoz share her story. I have met countless teachers (including myself) inspired by her passion. Leading from the head and heart. #PETAA2021

The primary concern is 2 rebuild relationships.Don't concern yourself too much w/ 'the lost learning' bec EVERYONE learnt an enormous amount during the l/down...about each other, ourselves.All you need is 'a teaspoon of light'. How r u going 2 'spread' this in ur c/rm? #PETAA2021

Check out this incredible resource: teritotoi.org Art-based and research-informed lessons for returning to school after a crisis. #PETAA2021

Diversifying books ensures all children can have their Matilda moment #PETAA2021

Children’s sense of identity starts very young & race and culture plays a large part in shaping that identity. If the books they are exposed to shows their background and experience, it improves social & emotional outcomes #PETAA2021

Margart Turnbull "It actually takes 5-7 years, or their full school career, for EAL/D learners to be on par with their peers in learning English." #PETAA2021

EAL/D effective school practices might be reliant on individual teachers. We need distributed leadership to make this sustainable. We have a shared responsible for EAL/D education. #PETAA2021

And high expectations for every single student. Teacher beliefs are SO important. #PETAA2021

Karen Yager: We should be “driven by a profound respect for who students are what they can be.” (Mehta & Fine) #PETAA2021

@Faiza_Matthz @PETAAConnect 'great educators know, value and care for every learner in their classroom/s...bec when you do, they see not only the hurdles but the endless possibilities in which they could overcome them #PETAA2021

If just one teacher can make such a difference by truly seeing and valuing a student… imagine the difference EVERY teacher could make by doing the same #PETAA2021

Incredibly moving keynote from Stan Grant. Raising the issue of invisibility that Aboriginal students still face in education. Do we as teachers know enough about history to really know our students? #PETAA2021