NBC has two New Arrival Language Centres on its college grounds that are run by the Geelong English Language Centre (GELC) and caters for students from newly settled families.
The EAL Transition Program from Year 1 – Year 8 provides four weekly sessions to EAL students who are withdrawn for specialized English instruction.
The EAL Program supports and monitors exited EAL Transition students in mainstream classes. MEAs provide over 200 hours a week to support EAL students and teachers across many curriculum areas
The Yrs 9-12 EAL Programs have a language for both academic and employment pathways. EAL English classes run at the Year 9, 10 and VCE level. Senior students taking the Victorian Certificate Pathway take Literacy informed by differentiated teaching practices. Students achieve success to attain their chosen pathway in industry, TAFE and university and ensuring students are connected with their community and have employability skills to succeed post-secondary school.
The EAL Program provides considerable support with Bi-lingual Homework Clubs and a broad range of project tasks learning. Developing the digital literacy skills for all EAL students is built into the delivery of all EAL
