Dante Alighieri Society Sydney is once again  offering HSC workshops for  students studying Beginners or Continuers Italian during the school holidays.

Corsi HSC & IB che saranno organizzati durante le prossime vacanze scolastiche.
Per ulteriori informazioni le persone interessate possono contattare l"Istituto via e-mail all'indirizzo studenti.iicsydney@esteri.it o telefonare al numero 02 9261 1780.

Mamma Lena & Dino Gustin Foundation Scholarship
                                                       offered through the 
                                                  Public Education Foundation
 
is a prestigious and highly competitive Scholarship which aims to encourage and support students to pursue the study of Italian language.This wonderful scholarship provides Year 10 or 11 students with a passion for Italian language an opportunity to undertake a five week language program in Rome and covers tuition costs, accommodation and flights. 

Applications for the Mamma Lena and Dino Gustin Foundation Scholarship for 2016 are now open until Monday 4 April, 2016. 

Further information and application forms can be downloaded at
http://www.publiceducationfoundation.org.au/scholarship-archive/mamma-lena-dino-gustin-foundation/

To be eligible for the Mamma Lena & Dino Gustin Foundation Scholarship applicants must:

• -attend a NSW Public School
• -be in Year 10 or Year 11 as at 1 February 2016
• -be currently studying Italian as part of a Board of Studies approved course;
• -have a strong and ongoing interest in Italian language and culture; and
• -hold Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency

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Full time block at Blaxland High School from 27 June (week 10 - term 2) until end of Term 1 2017 - 3 terms in total. 
It would involve teaching junior Italian (Years7-9) this year and a similar load with the possibility of some English classes next year.
Ability to English would be beneficial but not essential.

For further information please contact Danielle Vaiotu
danielle.vaiotu@det.nsw.edu.au

Registration is now open for the 2016 cross-sectoral Italian teachers' conference
12 August 2016
8.30am-4pm
Pullman Hotel
College st Sydney
$150

Registration process:
 
Click the link in the flyer.
If you do not have an AIS profile (i.e have not been to an AIS course before) you will first need to create a profile by clicking the Sign up button. Then you will be able to log in to register.
 

Engadine HS is seeking a casual teacher of Italian for a block between week 6 Term 3 and end of week 1 Term 4.
For further information please contact Simona Mastroianni at smastroianni@engadine-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Anche quest’anno il M.A.E.C.I. (Ministero Affari Esteri e Cooperazione Internazionale) mette in palio Contributi e Premi per la traduzione del libro italiano.
In allegato  le informazioni e i termini per la partecipazione.
Si fa cortesemente notare che il termine ultimo per l’eventuale presentazione dei lavori è 15 aprile 2016.

The NSW Languages K-10 Draft Framework has been released by BOSTES this week. Feedback is sought on the proposed framework, which will, in turn, be used to develop the draft K-10 syllabuses for the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.
The Department of Education is conducting state-wide consultation for DoE teachers on this K-10 Framework. This is your opportunity to give feedback to ensure that the new K-10 Languages Framework is a suitable basis for individual Languages syllabuses to be developed.  

This is what you need to do to have your say on the K-10 Languages Framework :
1. Download the NSW Languages K-10 Draft Framework from the BOSTES website:
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabuses/syllabus-development/languages-development.html

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  2. Read through the draft framework carefully.
  
  3. Attend one of our online information sessions:
• 8 March 2016 (3:30-5pm), Video Conference VMR # 600082916
• 9 March 2016 (3:30-4:30pm), Adobe Connect connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/connectedlanguages
• 10 March 2016 (3:30-4:30pm), Adobe Connect connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/connectedlanguages
• 14 March 2016 (3:30-5pm), Video Conference VMR # 600082916
• If you haven't participated in an Adobe Connect session before, please download the 'how-to' guide attached and follow the instructions.
  
  4. Complete the online survey by 14th March 
  ​https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/k10langframeworkconsult 
  
  Teachers are encouraged to participate in BOSTES-led consultation opportunities in addition to the Departmental consultation. Full details are available on the BOSTES website. Completing the BOSTES consultation meetings will contribute 2 hours of QTC Registered PD (addressing 6.2.2 and 7.4.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers) towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.