NSW School of Languages is seeking a Japanese teacher for a casual position (3 days/week). The teacher will be required to teach Japanese to students in Years 9-12 this term, with possibility of extension into Term 2.

NSW School of Languages is a distance education school, providing secondary students an opportunity to enrol into single language subjects. The school has over 100 teachers delivering 12 languages to 2300 students from across the state.
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If you are interested in this position, please send a CV and cover letter addressing the selection criteria and with your qualifications for this position of no more than 2 pages in length to Tomoko Takahata at tomoko.takahata@det.nsw.edu.au

​For more details on the selection criteria and statement of duties, please see the attached flyer.

Please note that the correct price for the Tanken Centre's April holiday workshop for Stage 6 Japanese Continuers is $110.00 per student. We have corrected the form in yesterday's post.

The Saturday School of Community Languages – Chatswood Centre is seeking a Japanese teacher for Stage 6 Japanese in Context.

Applicants must have departmental approval and NESA Institute Number. The position is to commence immediately.

Interested applicants should contact Catherine Chapple via email at catherine.chapple@det.nsw.edu.au

Excursion bookings: 
Terms 2 and 3 are filling up quickly. If you are interested in bringing your students or have any queries, please contact us with your preferred dates. 

Kindly note that the minimum number of students per excursion is 20 and the maximum number is 32 (high school) or 36 (primary school) for safety reasons.

If your group is smaller than 20 students, we will aim to find a similar group of students to join with your group. We are better able to find another school if you give us sufficient notice when submitting your preferred date.
 
April holiday workshop for Stage 6 Continuers: 17 and 18 April 2019
We are facilitating a Year 12 Continuers HSC holiday workshop on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 April 2019. 

Further details and the registration forms are attached. Please send us the application form at your earliest continence.

Beginners, Continuers and Extension workshops are also planned for the July holidays. The details of July holiday workshop will be advertised at the beginning of Term 2.

Kindly note that we are not able to accept pre-bookings for July workshop.
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For more information contact:
Nihongo Tanken Centre
Email: nihongo.tanken@det.nsw.edu.au
T: 02 9542 5745

​Please note, the beginning Japanese teachers' workshop to be held at the Nihongo Tanken Centre on Friday 8 March is now full. The centre will not be accepting any further enrolments.

Castle Hill High School is urgently seeking a Japanese teacher to fill a full-time vacancy until 26 March 2019. The teaching load consists of Years 7 to 12, including Japanese Continuers and Extension.

The successful applicant would be able to start immediately.

For further information and to submit an expression of interest please contact Lara Palma on 9634 4199 or email.

Birrong Girls High School is seeking a Japanese/Italian teacher to fill a long service leave position for 3 weeks. The position begins in the last week of Term 1 and continues for the first 2 weeks of Term 2. The teaching load consists of Year 7 Italian, Year 8 Italian and Japanese, as well as a combined Year 11 Japanese Beginners and Continuers class. The successful applicant will have departmental approval.

The closing date for applications is 15 March 2019. Please contact Joanne Zoras for further information or to submit your application.

The Tanken Centre will host a workshop for beginning Japanese teachers on Friday 8 March 2019.

This workshop is to support new secondary Japanese teachers in:

• - building their skills in using Japanese in the classroom
• - learning more about the Tanken Centre
• - networking.

 
Date: Friday 8 March 2019
Time: 9:30am-2:30pm
Venue: Tanken Centre, Kirrawee HS
Target audience: Beginning (in their first 3 years) teachers of Japanese
Cost: $55 (including lunch)
 
This workshop is designed for you to experience the activities run by Tanken Centre, with the aim of using the ideas and strategies in your own classroom. You will also have the opportunity to network with other Japanese teachers.
 
Please refer to the attached program for full details.
 
Travel and accommodation subsidies are available for temporary/permanent rural and remote teachers, through the department’s Rural and Remote strategy. To apply for a subsidy, please email aris.cao1@det.nsw.edu.au with your details.
 
This workshop has 20 places, allocated on a first-come first-served basis. If you are interested, please resister:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1C6Br0C49yWnbOHzGl-SQeCkv6_zxkX78Ed313Ba4tQ0/edit
When your place is confirmed, we will contact you via email.
 
For more information contact:
Nihongo Tanken Centre
Email: nihongo.tanken@det.nsw.edu.au
T: 02 9542 5745
 
Standards
Attending this meeting will contribute 5 hours of Teacher Identified professional development towards maintaining Proficient Teacher accreditation in NSW, meeting standards 6.2, 6.3 and 7.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

The Japanese Language Teachers' Association of Victoria (JLTAV) will be hosting their annual conference at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 March 2019. The conference will feature presenters from Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. The JLTAV Annual General Meeting will also be held at the conference on Friday 29 March from 4:30-5:30pm.

Information regarding the conference program is available here. Registration for the event will close on Thursday 21 March. To register for the event, please visit the website.

Accommodation subsidies for JLTAV members from regional areas are also available. To check whether you are eligible for the subsidy, please visit the website.