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Lifelong learning for
a fairer Australia

Lifelong learning for
a fairer Australia

Position vacant: SEE teacher

Yarraville Community Centre is looking for a SEE (Skills for Education and Employment ) teacher with experience in teaching Language, Literacy and Numeracy,  and in completing  assessments. •             Vibrant community centre with innovative programs •             Collegial workforce •             Flexible and supportive work environment •             Located walking distance to trains, buses and Yarraville Village •             Professional […]

Position Vacant: ALA Chief Executive Officer

Adult Learning Australia (ALA) is the national peak body for the adult and community education, with individual and organisational members in all states and territories. ALA is committed to ensuring that all Australians have access to the benefits of lifelong and life-wide learning. Our objectives are to: advocate and promote accessible and quality learning for […]

Healthy cooking class serves up fun

Food rescue charity OzHarvest is running an education program for people on low incomes to learn about cooking healthy food on a budget. At Adelaide’s Hackham West Community Centre agroup of 15 people peel carrots, chop onions and boil water for pasta. The air is filled with the smellof frying garlic and onions. There’s laughter and chatter as people pass bowls […]

Adult Learning Principles in Practice

Adult Learning Principles in Practice Adults learn in significantly different ways to children and adolescents, yet many of the approaches that are commonly taken by educators are based on principles of child development. The challenge for teachers of adult learners is to develop curriculum and pedagogy that meets their distinct learning needs. One of the […]

Rediscovering the joy of two wheels

Bike rider training for adults is flourishing in the municipality of Leichhardt in Sydney’s inner west. The Rusty Rider course for those aged 25 and over turns those who are wobbly on two wheels into confident cyclists. A group of eight people stand in a straggly line with their bicycles on a tennis court, listening to their instructor. Some of them fidget and […]

Election 2016 policy statements

Adult Learning Australia has asked the major parties for a statement outlining their position in relation to ALA’s policy platform. All parties were contacted and responses received to date are below. We will add all other Party statements as they become available. Australia Labor Party Policy statement 2016 Turnbull Coalition Policy statement 2016   Save […]

Stand for adult literacy

Adult Learning Australia believes that a strong adult and community education sector can deliver great benefits for all Australians, particularly in the areas of adult literacy and numeracy. In the lead up to the 2016 federal election, we are asking everyone to support this important issue.

The Business Case for Social Media – why to dip your toe in, and how

Have you delved into the world of social media? Are you seeing the benefits? In this webinar we will cover the psychology of social media; what really makes it work for organisations like yours? Then we will review all the major social media platforms available and evaluate the benefits and risks. You will leave the […]

Bootcamp: Unlocking literacy

Rosalie ‘Rosie’ Martin is a clinical speech pathologist of more than 30 years experience, the past 18 of which have been in her Hobart-based private practice, Speech Pathology Tasmania. She has generalist speech pathology skills as well as special interest and skills in assessment and intervention for people with literacy acquisition disorders, autism and social […]

Vacancy for Networker – Network West

ALA News

Network West Inc. represents all Neighbourhood Houses in the Western Metropolitan Region which covers the municipalities of Brimbank, Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong, Melbourne, Melton, Moonee Valley and Wyndham. Network West Inc receives funding from the State Government Neighbourhood House Coordination Program to employ a Networker. The Position is directly responsible to a Committee of Management, which […]

ALA LLN Webinar: Validation of ACSF assessment resources

This webinar is for language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together as a group to validate your assessment tasks and strategies to the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). This session is all about collaboration and peer appraisal. The structure for this webinar involves participants sharing one small assessment task or strategy for the group […]

Teachers – Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN)

ALA News

Djerriwarrh Community & Education Services is seeking TESOL qualified teachers to join our Language Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) Foundation Skills team, delivery training in Certificates in EAL (Access). Experience teaching CaLD student groups reflecting best practice, will be highly regarded.  Positions are sessional fixed-term, based in Sunshine and Melton; 17 hours per week over 3 […]

ALA Annual Reports

ALA Policies

Diving with a disability

A scuba diving training program is changing lives for people with disabilities who are swapping wheelchairs for water. Mark Slingo had just qualified as a diving instructor in Thailand when he had a fall from a balcony that left him a paraplegic. ‘My boss said “Why don’t you come back to work to see if […]