The WA TVET Consortium wins Saudi Arabia Contract

The Western Australian TVET Consortium was created as a

result of an opportunity advertised in mid-2018 to prepare

College Improvement Plans for 25 Saudi Arabian Colleges of

Excellence. Phoenix Academy was instrumental in gathering

an expert consortium of quality West Australian institutions

and Vocational Education Consultants. The WA TVET

Consortium (comprises Phoenix Academy/ITE, North Metro

TAFE, South Metro TAFE and Miles Morgan) and is one of the

first public/private consortia in Australia. TVET was successful

in winning the contract for writing Improvement Plans for 3

Colleges in Saudi Arabia. Only seven contracts were awarded

worldwide (two from Australia, one from South Korea, one

from Germany, two from UK and one from the USA). The TVET

team is currently in the College Improvement Plan writing

phase. Two representatives from the team have just returned

from information gathering trips to the colleges in Jazan,

Jeddah and Al-Baha. The Implementation Phase which will

be tendered for soon will result in ongoing training for staff,

curriculum development, policy development and managerial

consulting work for the members of the consortium. This is a

great win for Western Australia’s Technical Training providers

and Vocational Consultants. Watch this space.

Teacher Training in Hangzhou, China.

Phoenix Academy’s Institute for Teaching Excellence (ITE)

Trainers Sandra Houghton and Lindsay Kropp recently

celebrated the graduation of 40 primary and secondary English

teachers who participated in a Phoenix developed International

Teaching Certificate for English Teachers Course in Hangzhou,

China. This project was supported by the Xiacheng Education

Bureau. The course, which commenced in November 2018 and

concluded in April 2019 was a blend of face-to-face delivery,

online observations through webinar, tasks and assignments,

and assessed teaching practice. The ITE trainers observed the

Chinese teachers in action in their schools, visiting a total of

40 teachers in their classrooms in Hangzhou, and assessed

comprehensive portfolios including lesson plans, observation

tasks and a resource compendium. The graduation ceremony

was led by the Directors from the Xiacheng Education Bureau.

Sandra and Lindsay remained in Hangzhou after the conclusion

of the course and conducted a short course on the Student-

Centred Classroom for primary and secondary teachers in

collaboration with the Hangzhou Gurui Culture and Art Co.

The course consisted of four active workshops, demonstration

lessons and a reflection session and was very well received by

the teachers who have had limited opportunities previously

for intensive, workshop style professional development.

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Young Learner Curriculum Development Partner

Phoenix is proud to be supporting educational partners working to

achieve the Vietnamese Ministry of Education’s vision for the renovation

of language teaching curriculum and upskilling of English language

teachers. Our Young Learner specialist Sharmine Lopez is the lead editor

on a project to edit a series of Young Learner Coursebooks designed to

be implemented in Vietnamese English Language classrooms.

Phoenix Trainer wins runner up best presenter at PD West Mini-Conference

Phoenix Academy was well represented at the English Australia PD West

Conference, held at UWA in March. Academic English teachers Jacqueline

Sim and Sally Steedman’s presentation on Academic Misconduct was

warmly received by participants. Lindsay Kropp won runner up Best

Presenter for her workshop on Using Podcasts for Extensive Listening

Practice. Lindsay won a prize of $1000 to spend on Professional

Development.

April Delegation Visits to Phoenix Academy – Hailiang Education Group and South China University

Phoenix Academy and partners are pleased to have signed

memorandums of ongoing co-operation with the Hailiang Education

Group to continue to work together to promote Perth as a study

destination, and for Phoenix Academy and partners to continue to

engage in study tour and teacher training collaboration projects. The

group took the opportunity to meet with the City of Perth’s Deputy

Chair Commissioner and Acting Manager of Economic Development

to discuss opportunities as well as meetings with the WA Education

Dept senior personnel. The Hailiang Group visited Rossmoyne Senior

High School, Murdoch University, Curtin University and the University

of Western Australia. MOU’s were signed during their visit with

Rossmoyne and Curtin University.

Phoenix Academy hosted a delegation of Senior Managers from South

China Normal University in Guangzhou who took the opportunity to

experience Perth as a tourist destination, visit the University of Western

Australia and to sign a memorandum of ongoing cooperation around

teacher training with Phoenix Academy.

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Putting English into Practice

Phoenix Academy teachers are active in seeking opportunities for students

to use their language knowledge and skills in real life contexts. General

English and Academic English students experienced the Yr 12 Perspectives

Exhibition at the WA Art Gallery in the Cultural Precinct last week and put

their communicatiion skills into practice by participating in an information

hunt around the gallery.

Phoenix TESOL Certificate CourseA modernised and reinvigorated Phoenix TESOL Certificate Course has

commenced this week. In response to the growing demand for quality

English language teachers abroad, The Phoenix TESOL Certificate Course

is designed to prepare teachers for overseas placements. This course is

delivered is a blended format with face-to-face input two evenings per

week for three weeks, the opportunity to study TESOL methodology online

for up to 75 hours , live teaching observations of expert Phoenix teachers

and the opportunity to deliver a 45 minute Teaching Practice lesson to real

students with verbal and written feedback from the ITE Teacher Training

Team. Along with the Phoenix Certification, trainees have the option to

take the Cambridge University Teaching Knowledge Exam (TKT) upon

completion of the course. The next Phoenix TESOL Certificate Courses will

run in June and July in time for the northern hemisphere new academic

years in September.

Cambridge ESOL Delta and CELTA 2019Phoenix Academy will again be offering the Cambridge ESOL Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages course

(Delta) in October 2019. The course is aimed at experienced TESOL teachers who wish to advance their career by developing their

knowledge and strategies, becoming Teacher Trainers or assuming leadership roles.

Phoenix ITE is the only school in Australia and the region offering the Delta course and we see it as a cornerstone of our cutting-

edge approach to teacher training. CELTA and DELTA training dates can be found on the Phoenix Website. www.phoenix.wa.edu.au

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