Goethe-Institute's Language Maintenance Courses are back this summer! Study German in the morning and take a dip at Bondi Beach in the afternoon – or participate in one of the workshops offered in the afternoon. 

The Languages and Culture team is offering partial scholarships to support teachers of German 7-12 from NSW public schools to attend the Language Maintenance Courses at Woollahra. The scholarships will cover $300 towards the event registration fee and up to $300 towards travel and/or accommodation expenses. 

If you are a teacher of German 7-12 in a NSW public school, and are interested in receiving support to attend this valuable professional learning event, please read the information on the attached EOI, and send your completed form to Evia Kyriacou by 5pm on Monday 6 January 2020.

To learn more about the courses, contact the Goethe-Institut's language department in Sydney, visit their website or call 02 8356 8343.

The August 2019 Goethe Institut newsletter has arrived, with lots to offer NSW German teachers.

​Scholarships for German language courses in 2020
Apply for a scholarship to participate in a 4-week German language course at a Goethe-Institut in Germany. The scholarship provides the opportunity to update German language skills in a German-speaking environment, while the accompanying cultural and leisure program enables you to learn more about Germany.
Application deadline: 20 September 2019

Scholarships for online DLL courses
Deutsh Lehren Lernen is an innovative professional learning and further training program of the Goethe-Institut. It consists of a 10-week long set of online courses on different subjects designed for German teachers looking for professional learning utilising the latest training methods and newest materials.

Schools for sustainability – think, research act!
A competition for Year 7-12 students. In teams students explore the ecological situation in their place of residence, their street or at their school.
Registration deadline: 21 October 2019

Goethe im Garten school visits
Would you like to give your students a stimulating break from the classroom? Take your students to visit the community garden at the Goethe-Institut in Sydney to observe the garden and meet the hive of native stingless bees. Students will also learn about healthy food while expanding and deepening their German language skills.

Merit awards
Place an order for free book prizes for school students who have show superior achievement in their studies of the German language.
Deadline: 13 September 2019

Applications for travel and accommodation subsidies for rural and remote teachers from NSW public schools are now open for teachers 7-12 wishing to attend the German Teachers' Conference in Sydney. The details and requirements are outlined below.

Authority to travel
Your travel must be approved in advance by the principal, and the appropriate form or online application must be completed.

What costs are covered?
Rural and remote participants should make all travel arrangements for flights, hire car or long-distance train or bus travel through their school’s office/P-card.

Participants should select the most time- and cost-effective method of travel to the German Conference at the Goethe-Institut, 90 Ocean Street Woollahra. Expenses related to private vehicles such as petrol will not be reimbursed and meals are also not reimbursed.

To apply for travel and accommodation subsidies, please contact Maxine Acosta. Applications close on Tuesday 26 February.  

The 2019 NSW cross-sectoral German Teachers’ Conference Blick in die Zukunft will be held on 22 March 2019 at the Goethe Institut, 90 Ocean Street Woollahra.

The event focuses on:
- programming the new K-10 German syllabus
- task design in Stage 6
- discussions on the Stage 6 German Extension course prescriptions.

Teachers are also invited to present in the conference. For further details, please contact Maxine Acosta.

The Goethe Institut, in collaboration with AIS, will hold a workshop for Stage 6 German teachers on the new school-based assessment tasks.

The workshop day will be a hands-on process of contributing ideas and sharing resources.

Date: Monday 6 August 2018
Time: 9.00 – 1.00pm
Venue: Goethe Institut, 90 Ocean Street, Woollhara

Registration deadline: 30 July 2018

​To register, click on this link.

The Goethe-Institut offers a range of professional learning opportunities, including scholarships, to teachers of German in NSW and around the country.

The monthly newsletter give details of opportunities available for both teachers and students, you can follow this link to see what's happening this month in the August edition of the Goethe-Institut newsletter.

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, and stay informed of all the opportunities offered by the Goethe-Institut, please contact Claudia Steiner-Taylor by email or on (02) 8356 8315.

Current scholarship opportunities are outlined below.

ONLINE LANGUAGE COURSE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TEACHERS OF GERMAN

The Goethe-Institute Australia is offering two new online scholarships for teachers of German. 

Deutsch Online Lehrkräfte

For non-native teachers of German who want to improve their German language skills, the "Deutsch Online Lehrkräfte" course is available with two start dates this semester, 4 September and 9 October 2017. The course requires a time commitment of approximately 35 hours over ten weeks and is delivered exclusively online. To take part in the course you need to have at least B1 level German language competence. 

DaF Basiskompetenzen - DLL 8: DaF für Kinder: Primary

This course is for primary teachers wanting to refresh their language teaching skills and make lessons more effective. There are two start dates this semester, 18 September and 20 November 2017.  The course requires a time commitment of approximately 50 hours over ten weeks and is delivered exclusively online.

Both of these courses are available at no cost for successful scholarship applicants and can contribute to teacher identified professional learning hours.

You will find more information about these courses in the flyers below, or you can contact Inken Steeb for more details.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GERMAN LANGUAGE, TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND SOCIO-CULTURAL STUDIES COURSES IN GERMANY IN 2018

Language Proficiency Scholarships offer four week German language courses at Goethe-Institutes across Germany. The scholarships provide the opportunity to update German language skills in an immersion setting, while the included cultural and leisure program gives you the chance to learn more about Germany. Please follow the link for more information  www.goethe.de/ins/au/en/spr/unt/for/deu/sps.html#i3641116

Teaching Methods and Socio-Cultural Studies Scholarships and the Professional Development Facilitators Scholarship update teachers' socio-cultural knowledge of German and review methodological and didactic issues in the teaching of German as a foreign language. The seminars aim to foster the exchange of ideas and the development of teaching models in a group setting. Please follow the link for more information www.goethe.de/ins/au/en/spr/unt/for/deu/flm.html#i3641114

This cross-sectoral professional learning event is a great opportunity to meet other German teachers, to network, share ideas and concerns, and practise your German! Most importantly, the event will remind you that you're not alone in your commitment to teaching and supporting the growth of German in NSW schools. 

​For more information about the conference, please download the attached flyer.

Wir freuen uns auf den 12. Mai.

If you have any queries, please contact:

• - Alison Dean 
• - Michelle Walls 
• - Gillian Cordy 

 
Subsidised by the NSW Association of Independent Schools and the Goethe Institut Sydney and supported by the NSW Department of Education and the Catholic Education Commission NSW.
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​The NSW Department of Education is seeking NSW public school teachers to present at the upcoming German conference: Wohin geht die Reise?
 
Your contribution can take various forms, for example presenting:

• - go-to teaching and learning activities that are consistently engaging and effective
• - a task-based unit of work that has worked well
• - a unit of work you have programmed and delivered with another KLA
• - expertise you have gained as an HSC marker (you might wish to collaborate with others in providing an overview of different sections of the exams)
• - an initiative you have undertaken at school that raised the profile of German
• - how you’re collaborating with your partner/feeder schools to create and/or sustain continuity in learning.

 
The NSW Department of Education will either pay one day’s relief for presenters to prepare their presentation or reimburse conference participation costs to presenters’ schools.
 
If you are interested, please email a one paragraph presentation proposal to Michelle Walls by Friday, 10 March 2017.