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.

Membership for  the Japanese Teachers' Association of NSW (JTAN) is now open online (under the 'Join Us' tab).

Membership for 2019 is $65.00 for teachers and $30.00 for preservice teachers. Membership is open to all individuals or members of organisations who are teaching Japanese in a NSW primary or secondary school, or preservice teachers of Japanese.

For further information and details on how to apply for membership, please see JTAN's February newsletter, which has been attached.

Please download the Japanese teacher information pack which contains details of important dates in 2019 for upcoming professional learning, grants and contests, as well as contact details for the Japan Foundation. For further information, please contact the Japan Foundation.

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.

A Year 12 student at Manly Selective Campus is seeking a tutor for Japanese Continuers. The student is located in Chatswood. If you are interested in the position, please contact Kay at keiko.imai1@det.nsw.edu.au.

A Year 6 student located in Beecroft is seeking a Japanese tutor from January 2019. If you are interested in the position, please contact Irene Chan.

The Monbukagakusho, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has opened scholarship applications in the Teacher Training category, which entitles eligible teachers to study at Japanese universities.

Further details and application forms for the scholarship are available on the Embassy of Japan's website. Applications close at 5pm on 28 February 2019. For further enquiries, please contact the Embassy on (02) 6273 3244 or email cultural-application@cb.mofa.go.jp.

Kincumber High School is seeking a full-time Japanese teacher for 2019 to teach Years 7 and 8. Expressions of interest are invited from teachers who are interested in being considered for the role. 

For further information contact the principal Janine Debenham on 02 4369 1555.