NEAS appeciates UECA's kind words and support in the May UECA Newsletter. 

"UECA would like to thank the principal sponsor of the UECA PD Fest, NEAS, for helping us to expand our reach to teachers with two annual PDF Fests.  Mark Raven, Chief Executive of NEAS, was interviewed by us to discuss his ideas on the collaboration."   (click to read full interview)

NEAS loves suporting the UECA and English Australia "PD Fests". We'll see you in Adelaide and Melbourne laster this year!

Quality Area "F" is a new aspect of NEAS Quality Endorsement.  

It is predominantly concerned with the welfare of students aged under 18 years in English language Teaching centres.

NEAS will be presenting Quality Area "F" at a series of workshops in the second half of 2016.  We look forward to seeing you there and in the meantime, check out the new principle; and let us know what we can add to this critical area. 

Validity is the cornerstone of quality assessment.  It is a standard requirement for mainstream educators to ensure that their assessment tools have been validated effectively to underpin recommendations for an assessment outcome determination. 

Reliable assessment that supports the achievement of learning outcomes can be confirmed only through an effective validation process.  

The NEAS Validation Template is available to "Keep Calm and Validate", so why not download the tool (here) and get cracking!  

... it is really really good ;-)