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About ESAV: |
Ethnic Schools Association of Victoria
(ESAV) represents over 200 community languages schools in Victoria
Community Languages Schools provide quality languages educational and cultural maintenance programs to over – 34,000 students -(100,000 students nationally) a in a range of 55 languages in Victoria
They are complementary providers of language education in mainstream schools.
Mainstream schools, community languages school and the Saturday School of Languages provide Victoria with a very important asset. This asset is transferred into all walks of life and benefits all Australians.
THE ESAV
- Strives to promote languages education through community languages program
- Represents community languages schools on Government Boards and committees such as MACLEM Advocates on behalf of community languages schools in Victoria
- Coordinates their activity and works closely with the MACLEM – DE&T to ensure schools provide quality programs which are aligned with curriculum and standards frameworks
The ESAV is currently working in cooperation with Community Languages Australia to enhance national coordination of community languages schools and develop national quality control frameworks
Why should my school become a member of the ESAV
- Support for your activity
- Opportunities to improve quality educational programs
- Increased educational opportunities
- Representation before Government
- Improved prospects for increased funding campaigns
- Opportunity to have a say on Government policy
- Enhances community building capacity
- Coordination of language specific groups
- Coordinated Professional development
- Opportunity to meet a wide a range community groups
The profile of community languages schools in Victoria is enhanced a through a strong, focused and active Association .
The ESAV provides you, your school, your teachers, parents and students and opportunity to participate in many activities that enhance linguistic and cultural maintenance. |
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