Contacts and Links

• The ESL unit
• Education authorities and professional associations
• Government agencies
• Non government agencies and services providers

The ESL unit

The ESL Unit provides assistance to schools in the implementation of policies and programs to support ESL learners. For enquiries please contact:

ESL Manager
Ruth Crilly
Tel: (03) 9637 2039
crilly.ruth.k@edumail.vic.gov.au

ESL curriculum, professional learning
Daina Coles
Telephone: (03) 9637 2132
coles.daina.d@edumail.vic.gov.au

New Arrivals Programs, ESL Index funding, interpreting and translating
Carmel Sandiford
Tel: (03) 9637 3800
sandiford.carmel.m@edumail.vic.gov.au

New Arrivals Programs, Support for refugees in schools, ESL Index funding
Kelly Juriansz
Tel: (03) 9637 2135
juriansz.kelly.k@edumail.vic.gov.au

New arrivals data collection
Sally Roberts
Tel: (03) 9637 2023
roberts.sally.a@edumail.vic.gov.au

Isolated ESL Student Support Program, New Arrivals Kit, ESL curriculum
Kelly Juriansz
Tel: (03) 9637 2135
juriansz.kelly.k@edumail.vic.gov.au

Post Compulsory Education
Out of school hours Learning Support and Bilingual Program
Anita Calore
Tel: (03) 9637 2131
calore.anita.a@edumail.vic.gov.au

ESL Unit fax: (03) 9637 2040

Education authorities and professional associations

Australian Literacy Educators Association (ALEA)
(http://www.alea.edu.au)

Primary English Teaching Association (PETA)
(http://www.peta.edu.au)

Victorian Association for the Teaching of English (VATE)
(http://www.vate.org.au)

Victorian Association of TESOL and Multicultural Education, Inc (VATME)
(http://www.vatme.vic.edu.au)

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
(http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au)

 

Government agencies

Department of Immigration and Citizenship
(http://www.immi.gov.au)

Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC)
(http://www.multicultural.vic.gov.au)

Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs (VOMA)
(http://www.voma.vic.gov.au)

 

Non government agencies and services providers

Adult Multicultural Education Service (AMES)
(http://www.ames.vic.edu.au)

Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (CMYI)
(http://www.cmyi.net.au)

FKA Multicultural Resource Centre (formerly Free Kindergarten Association of Victoria Inc.)
(http://www.fka.com.au)

Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (VFST)
(http://www.survivorsvic.org.au)