My Two Blankets author, Irena Kobald, addressing the 50th celebrations for ATESOL. One of my favourite texts for teaching values, connection and inclusivity. People become refugees by circumstance, not choice. We all, however, can choose to include refugees in our communities. 👏

Art + lunch = a great catch-up with beautiful people 😇 I miss them so much!

Cindy Valdez Ann-Maree Ager They truly are amazing!!!!

Cindy Valdez So much fun, we should make this a regular event.

Cindy Valdez ATESOLnsw Teachers Federation Paul Dufficy Joanne Rossbridge Sorry I couldn’t make it!

CREATE Centre at the University of Sydney Cindy Valdez Okay, awesome. Thank you! :)

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Cindy Valdez Teachers Federation Paul Dufficy Joanne Rossbridge Authors Oliver Phommavanh & Irena Kobald didn’t disappoint. Great messages of valuing being multilingual & ensuring e/one ‘belongs’ and included. Music 🎶 to our ears! TY Oli & Irena!

Cindy Valdez ATESOLnsw Teachers Federation Paul Dufficy Joanne Rossbridge Congrats all

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Happy 🥳50th .ATESOLnsw 🎉Thank you to all those who came along (inc those who sent ❤️ felt apologies) & celebrated w/ us yesterday .Teachers Federation House. We had a roomful of EAL/D rockstars, our partners, ambassadors, my mentors AND friends Paul Dufficy Joanne Rossbridge…

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Looking forward to hearing news of EAL/D positions also being made permanent. It’s a specialised career role that needs to be valued for the sake of our EAL/D learners. Watching this space with anticipation 🙏 EALDNSW Gabrielle Weiss Cindy Valdez Prue Car MP Murat Dizdar SoniaD

Mandy Wells Cindy Valdez Teachers Federation Great job, Cindy!

“Write what you love & write what you live”, says Oliver Phonmavanh, children’s author. Each person’s story matters. The experiences of CALD st’s should be given voice. Continue learning first language, as well as English!⁦⁦ ⁦Teachers Federation⁩ ⁦Cindy Valdez⁩ ⁦⁩

Mandy Wells Cindy Valdez Teachers Federation Outstanding educator, our Cindy 🌟🌟🌟🌟
ATESOL President extraordinaire!

Wonderful background to her story - a worthy resource for teachers and schools Cindy Valdez Amber Flohm Teachers Federation

.Aminata Conteh-Biger TY for sharing your story. A privilege. Each of us have a story to share. The Q is how well we listen to better understand ‘What happened’ to others: sbs.com.au/voices/article… #RefugeeWeek 2023 #RefugeeWeek

Cindy Valdez CREATE Centre at the University of Sydney Hi!
This may sound odd, but we are a new PLC school. Is there an overall group to follow for this?

Dr. Richard Amy Williams 100% it’s possible! The best learning, ie transformative practice I have witnessed in the past, is through action research/learning. The ‘transfer’ from theory 2 practice is authentic. Why? Bec lessons are co-designed, co-planned & co-taught! Feedback is timely, too #aussieEd

Since April, nearly 5,500 temporary teachers & support staff across NSW have accepted offers of permanent employment. The reaction has been extraordinary. I heard from Anthony & Chandani, Merrylands High School staff, who are thrilled with being offered permanency. education.nsw.gov.au/news/latest-ne…

Chris Kesler Dr. Richard Agree. Always comes down to purpose. Ts need to be clear with their resource choices. Why TPT? Why collaborate w/ your colleagues & create resources yourselves? It never should be this ‘vs’ this. #aussieEd

Thanks DoE Multicultural Ed for providing a fantastic day of PL for us today! I particularly enjoyed our Keynote from Aminata Conteh-Biger. So much to reflect on 🌟 aminatamaternalfoundation.org/about/our-peop… Cindy Valdez Gabrielle Weiss Murat Dizdar Tammy Anderson Clayton Reedie DoE Regional South SPD

Prue Car MP Excellent! Hoping this includes EAL/D specialist permanency as well. Lots to do in this space. Murat Dizdar EALDNSW Cindy Valdez Gabrielle Weiss Raylene Park Karen Brown Donna Cathy Belme Emma Roncari Mrs. E SoniaD Mark Goudkamp