Tutor Resources

Bulletin Board
Promoting good work
Beginner Tutor Lesson Plans
Smooth SAILing Literacy Activities
Reading levels of SAILor students explained
Worksheets
Web resources
Outside of SAIL hours contact
SAIL Junior Resources
Tutor Talks

Can't Come Forms
Altona
Dandenong Robinson
Footscray
Braybrook
Glengala
Seven Hills
Prospect
Dandenong Langhorne



Tutoring at SAIL is a challenge. This page is designed for current SAIL volunteers. It offers a wealth of resources that can help tutors help themselves to help their students!
Please post requests, queries, suggestions and other feedback about this Resource section to the SAIL Co-ordinators.

SAIL Panel of Experts

SAIL also has a Panel of Experts who are available to advise SAILors on problems specific to their students and their experiences teaching at SAIL. The Panel have generously provided some general advice that is available immediately and online.


Tim Burch is a former SAIL tutor. Tim is currently teaching at Wesley College Prahran Campus as a Grade 6 teacher. Tim is a graduate of Melbourne and Monash Universities and is able to provide advice on behavioural issues and relationship building advice.

Read Tim's advice about how to structure a SAIL session, what makes a good SAIL tutor, some Literacy and Spelling Activities suggestions and working with boys and difficult behaviour

NEED SPECIFIC ADVICE ? –goto the BULLETIN BOARD

Davina Lippmann is an ESL teacher with Adult Multicultural Education Services. She currently coordinates the federally funded Distance Learning program for AMES in Victoria. Previously, she taught in a primary school of predominantly newly-arrived ESL students. Davina is the co-author of the publication "English is Their Right" which has sections on pre-school to adult ESL learning as well as background for teaching pre-literate adults.

Read Davina's advice about on issues specifically relating to teaching ESL and teaching adults generally

NEED SPECIFIC ADVICE ? –goto the BULLETIN BOARD

Professor John Munro is from the Education Department at the University of Melbourne. John travels the world addressing educators on the importance of literacy and advising on strategies to foster its development .He has kindly made himself available to respond to SAILors request for information on this issue.

Read John's advice about literacy and how to teach it

NEED SPECIFIC ADVICE ? – goto the BULLETIN BOARD

Promoting good work at SAIL

'The Good Work Chart is an incentive-based behaviour modification system. It is a very effective way of getting students who are unmotivated, unenthusiastic, a bit cheeky, a bit distracted or have behavioural problems to participate in a successful tutoring session. more

Beginner Tutor Lesson Plans

Here are some suggested lesson plans for new SAIL tutors or old SAIL tutors working with new students. These provide a tailored guide as to where to start SAILing on your own. more

Outside of SAIL Hours Contact

Contact, in person or on the phone, with under-aged Sudanese SAILors outside of SAIL hours is only allowed in a very limited number of circumstances. The consent form that is attached outlines what must be done before contact can occur. In short, no SAIL volunteer is to see a Sudanese SAILor under the age of eighteen unless they do so with another volunteer and with the express written consent of the minor's parent and the SAIL Co-ordinators. The Out of SAIL Hours request form is available here in Word format.

Please print both the English(.doc 48kB) and Arabic(.jpg 345kB) versions and bring then on the Saturday before you wish to have contact. Only when this form has been approved and lodged with the SAIL Co-ordinators may contact go ahead. If you have any queries about this procedure please email the SAIL Co-ordinators.

SAIL Junior Resources

Preschool Learner
Preschool Education
Preschool - Prekindergarten activities
Preschool Activities
Enchanted Learning
Colouring-in Pages
Preschool Activitiy Ideas
Printable Worksheets and Activities
Sesame Street



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Tutor Talks

Tutors are reminded that every fifth week there is a Tutor Talk which provides an ideal opportunity to learn some teaching strategies and share some of the issues that come up in your SAIL sessions.