2nd Migrant English Tutors’ Meeting in 2024

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Category: Migrant English

Agenda

1:30 PMPresentation of Certificates of Participation to New Tutors
1:40 PMMigrant English Program News and Announcements
1:50 PMSharing our Tutoring Experiences
2:15 PMPhoto Shoot
2:30 PMEnd of Meeting

For those who were not at the meeting, you can view the proceedings here

27 tutors attended the 2nd meeting of Migrant English Tutors on 22 August 2024. It was an opportunity for the new tutors to meet some of the current tutors.

Two tutors, Carmel Ritchie and Marg McCrohan, shared their tutoring experiences and showed the resources they used with their learners.

New Tutors 2024

16 new tutors received their Certificate of Participation from Robyn Buttling, the U3A Manningham Office Manager.

Standing (L to R): Mei Kuen Wong, Lynn Fang, Diana Bell, Jennie Halcomb, Zoe Chen, May Ng, Gabrielle Jang, Sheila Ong

Seated (L to R): Susan Vong, Sharon Leibowitz, Foong Sim Chin (Tutor), Ken Coleman (Tutor), Mei Ho, Lorraine Reynolds

Not in photo: Anthony Cull, Christine Chong, Felicity Cronan, Nekane Kandina

Current Tutors

Standing (L to R): Janice Han, Karen Ng, Vizma Rasa, Marg McCrohan, Jennifer Madeley

Seated (L to R): Kong Yep, Ken Coleman (Assistant Coordinator), Foong Sim Chin (Coordinator), Carmel Ritchie, Catherine Bullard

Present but not in photo: Lee O’Keefe, Nina Sethna

Coffee Meetups

  1st Coffee Meetup: Tuesday 30 April at 10:30AM    ADVANCE NOTIFICATION 2nd Coffee Meetup: Thursday 17 October at 1.30PM Tutors who wish to attend are requested to send an SMS message (stating your name) to Catherine Bullard on 0429 140 181  

Volunteers Needed for 2025

  • Jul (3 hr): Need 8 volunteers to assemble the Resource Manual on the 1st Wednesday morning during Term 2 holidays
  • Aug (3 hr): Need 2-3 volunteers to share tutoring experiences on 6th Thursday afternoon in Term 3

Reduced WORK HOURS for Priority Levels

The COM has approved our proposal to to reduce the number of hours required to be awarded a Priority Level.

Previous and New Hours for Migrant English Tutors

PriorityPreviousNew (starting 2024)
Level 1 40+ hours per year 30+ hours per year
Level 2 20-39 hours per year 15-29 hours per year
Level 3 10-19 hours per year  4-14 hours per year
Level 4  1-9 hours per year  1-3 hours per year