[mrsboomsma]

At our school the staff have been having a lot of trouble with feeling confident that EAL students progress is being assessed appropriately.

My understanding is that EAL students who have English that is proficient enough to be that of their English speaking peers, should be moved from being assessed against the EAL Continuum to the Vic Curric.
However, we are trying to drive home to our Junior Teachers not to rush EAL students through the A stages as the competencies that they show in the junior years are likely to plateau once they are in Year 3 as the gap between EAL Continuum and Vic Curric. widens significantly.

As someone was saying on Friday last week, having a meeting to discuss the decision to move a student from EAL Continuum to Vic Curric would be very beneficial. I believe this meeting should involving the classroom teacher, EAL specialist and AP as this gives time to explore the students progress, moderate and assess the students abilities in comparison to that of their English speaking peers. It also allows the decision to becomes a team decision rather than an individual teachers judgement.

-Lexie

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