VATE’s annual Middle Years Conference has been developed to enrich, inspire and challenge middle years teachers and students through creative approaches to teaching and learning.

Join with us as we share ways to encourage student agency, promote student learning outcomes in reading and writing, develop critical thinking skills and engage with subject English in a creative and artistic way.

Find out more information here.

VATE’s ever-popular online student lectures are now available to order for VCE English, EAL, English Language and Literature exams. These recordings offer students the opportunity to learn from experienced VCE teachers and examiners who provide insights into key aspects of the exams for each of the VCE English Studies. These online lectures can be accessed on any computer and mobile device providing useful extra revision for students. Access to these lectures is unlimited and available until the commencement of exams for each VCE English study.

For more information please view the flyer for the Online Student Revision Lectures.

You can order lectures for your school here.

VATE's newest publication by Amanda McGraw and Mary Mason is now available in the VATE bookshop.

The foundation of Activating Reading Capabilities in English is students’ reading experiences gathered and examined during a seven-year research and professional learning program for secondary English teachers

Membership renewal for 2023 is now open. You can find step-by-step instructions on how to renew here.

We'd like to thank the strong and vibrant VATE community that continued to support our English teaching colleagues across the state in 2022. You can now renew your VATE Membership for 2023 through the 'My account' area of your account or if you aren't a current VATE member, you can join here!

VATE is an independent, not for profit organisation that aims to foster the highest quality teaching of English throughout Victoria. Since 1960 VATE has supported its members as they have navigated the various changes to the teaching and learning of English over the last sixty years.