How to get involved

The Curriculum Committee

provides a forum where all members, individual and institutional, are enabled to:

• discuss issues in curriculum development and change;
• disseminate information, critique policies and/or resources related to curriculum and assessment in secondary English;
• discuss VATE’s position on curriculum and assessment issues, formulating where appropriate VATE discussion papers for use by VATE Council in its advocacy role;
• engage with the membership through developing surveys on issues of curriculum and assessment;
• prepare discussion papers on issues of policy and practice for circulation to the membership;
• develop member forums on issues pertinent to curriculum and assessment;
• report to VATE Council, to assist with informing its decisions and to support its role as advocate for educators.

The Professional Learning and Research Committee

recognises that VATE is a collaborative professional learning community which brings educators together in a variety of local, state, national and international contexts. VATE seeks to:

• Provide effective professional learning opportunities for both beginning and experienced teachers, both virtual and face-to-face, to ensure continued development and implementation of exemplary practice in the learning and teaching of English at state and national levels;
• Promote opportunities through networks to foster critical, creative, collaborative, and reflective thinking about what we do and know as teachers of English;
• Initiate research, publishing and dissemination of quality publications based on exemplary teaching, learning and research;
• Initiate forums on issues which affect the professional identity of English educators;
• Develop policy around VATE professional learning which can provide guidelines about the kinds of professional development which are acceptable to the association and the criteria for feedback for presenters. 

The Publications and Communications Committee

recognises that VATE is a collaborative professional learning community which brings educators together in a variety of local, state, national and international contexts. VATE seeks to:

• Provide effective professional learning opportunities for both beginning and experienced teachers, both virtual and face-to-face, to ensure continued development and implementation of exemplary practice in the learning and teaching of English at state and national levels;
• Promote opportunities through networks to foster critical, creative, collaborative, and reflective thinking about what we do and know as teachers of English;
• Initiate research, publishing and dissemination of quality publications based on exemplary teaching, learning and research;
• Initiate forums on issues which affect the professional identity of English educators;
• Develop policy around VATE professional learning which can provide guidelines about the kinds of professional development which are acceptable to the association and the criteria for feedback for presenters.

Please contact the VATE office if you are interested in joining any of the VATE committees.

Present for VATE

Share your expertise by presenting a workshop at a VATE conference. We value the expertise of our members and are keen to share the work and experiences of our diverse membership. Opportunities to present for VATE include:

• Prepare and deliver a workshop for teachers at a VATE conference
• Prepare and deliver a lecture for students at our Student Revision Days
• Prepare and deliver a professional learning session via webinar
• You can use your presentation as PD hours for your VIT registration
• You will receive free registration to the conference and payment for your session (excluding the state and national conferences)
• Opportunities for networking
• The appreciation of your colleagues

Please complete our Expression of Interest form, or contact the VATE office if you are interested in presenting for VATE.

Volunteer at a VATE event

Pre-service teachers are encouraged to volunteer at the VATE Student Revision Days and the VATE State Conference.

What do you get out of it?

• Free registration for one day at the VATE State Conference.
• Opportunities for networking

Please contact the VATE office if you are interested in presenting for VATE