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EAL/D Student Assessment

English as an Additional Language/Dialect student assessment and language proficiency record.

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5 sections

Template structure

The eal/d student assessment template captures these sections automatically from your recording when your school has added AI. With AI off, staff fill in the sections themselves.

  1. 1 Student Details
  2. 2 Language Background
  3. 3 Proficiency Assessment
  4. 4 Learning Needs
  5. 5 Support Plan

The EAL/D Student Assessment template

EAL/D STUDENT ASSESSMENT

STUDENT DETAILS:

Name:

Year/Grade:

Date of Birth:

Country of Origin:

Date of Arrival in Australia:

Date of Enrolment:

Assessed By:

Date:

LANGUAGE BACKGROUND:

First Language(s):

Language(s) Spoken at Home:

Previous Schooling:

Country:

Years of Schooling:

Language of Instruction:

Literacy in First Language: ( ) Strong ( ) Developing ( ) Limited ( ) Unknown

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:

Listening:

Level/Phase:

Observations:

Speaking:

Level/Phase:

Observations:

Reading:

Level/Phase:

Observations:

Writing:

Level/Phase:

Observations:

Overall Phase: ( ) Beginning ( ) Emerging ( ) Developing ( ) Consolidating

LEARNING NEEDS:

Priority Areas:

The opening of the template: its headings and fields.

How it works

  1. 1

    Record or dictate the meeting

    In the room or over a video call. Audio is deleted once transcribed. If a recording can't upload or be transcribed, it stays on your device so you can try again.

  2. 2

    Pick the EAL/D Student Assessment template

    When you record, dictate or upload, press the Note template button, search by name or section, and open Sections to preview it. Make it your default at this school so it is ready next time. You can switch templates until you submit the recording.

  3. 3

    Review and finalise

    Your note is generated in the structure above. Edit anything you want — in your school’s words — then save to the student’s record.

Quick guide

Which template should I use?

Start from what just happened. You can switch templates until you submit the recording.

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Guides for this kind of note

What Counts as NCCD Evidence: The Four Evidence Areas Read → Documenting Attention & Executive Function Needs for the NCCD Read → Quality Differentiated Teaching Practice (QDTP): A Documentation Guide Read →
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