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Secondary College of Languages is seeking Modern Greek, Italian and Spanish teachers for 2022

9/12/2021

The Secondary College of Languages (formerly Saturday School of Community Languages) is seeking language teachers to join their team in 2022 for:
Modern Greek (Stage 5) – Kogarah HS Campus
Spanish (Year 11) – The Hills HS Campus
Italian (Year 11) – Strathfield Campus.
For further information or to express interest please contact the Secondary College of Languages.

Hornsby Girls High School is seeking a Japanese/French teacher for 2022

9/12/2021

Hornsby Girls High School will have a temporary part-time position in 2022 for a teacher of senior French and senior Japanese.

Applicants should be able to teach French Extension and Continuers, and Japanese Continuers.

If you would like more information, please email Trent Wilson.

Arthur Phillip High School is seeking a language teacher

8/12/2021

Arthur Phillip High School is looking for a language teacher to teach Stage 4. Arthur Phillip High School has traditionally offered French, however, the school is prepared to accept all applications for the year of 2022. Ideal candidates would be proficient in the use of the language and must have approval to teach the language as per the Department of Education's policies.
Role criteria

- Approval to teach and experience in teaching a language (French preferred but not required) in Stage 4.
- Demonstrated capacity to use and integrate communication technologies into effective classroom practice.
- Ability to deliver engaging and innovative lessons
- Capacity to plan and deliver engaging lessons and maximise learning outcomes for students with diverse needs.
How to apply
The expression of interest addressing the criteria, of no more than 2 A4 pages in length plus the coversheet should be submitted to George Retsos by email to george.retsos@det.nsw.edu.auExternal link by 4 pm on Thursday 16 December 2021.
Your application must include the names and contact details of two referees. One of the referees listed must be the applicant’s current principal. Expressions of interest must not exceed 3 A4 pages including the application form and require the signature of the applicant’s current principal or supervisor. Please also indicate that you have discussed this application with your principal and have her/his approval for deployment, should your application be successful.
Contact: George Retsos
Email: george.retsos1@det.nsw.edu.au
Call: 02 8855 8100

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Languages professional learning survey 2022

7/12/2021

The Languages and Culture team would like to thank everyone who participated in our statewide staff meetings and professional learning sessions in 2021. We have enjoyed working and collaborating with you.

As we are planning ahead for 2022, we would like to find out more about your professional learning needs. We are asking public school teachers to help us by completing this short survey and sharing with us your preferences for next year.

Stage 6 languages – developing a notice of assessment

30/11/2021

The Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education has just published a guide for teachers of Stage 6 languages which provides information on the thinking, intentions and design that go into a notice of assessment.

A notice of assessment is the formal written advice you provide to your students about the assessment requirements of each assessment of learning task for their language course.

The guide highlights the importance of backward mapping and outlines suggested considerations which can impact planning, programming and assessment. It includes 3 sample notices of assessment, which meet NESA’s school-based requirements.

You can find the guide on our Stage 6 page.

Looking for a leadership opportunity? We're seeking network leaders for 2022 for a range of areas across NSW...

24/11/2021

The Languages and Culture team invites expressions of interest from language teachers in NSW public secondary schools to lead a languages network for 2022 in the areas of:

Far North Coast
Lower North Coast
Macarthur
Queanbeyan
Riverina
Sydney South
Sydney South West.

Networks are a vital component of teacher professional learning and support, and strengthen links between our team and schools, and across schools in local areas.

Network leaders are provided with comprehensive support in order to fulfil the requirements of the role, including professional learning, a network leader's handbook and relief to organise events.

Network leadership is an excellent opportunity if you're working towards or thinking about working towards higher levels of accreditation.

If you are interested, please consider the information regarding the role of a network leader on the attached EOI form, complete and email the form, including your principal's endorsement and the selection criteria.

Applications close Friday 10 December 2021.

For further information please contact Evia Kyriacou or Coreena Allen.

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Statewide staff meeting – recording and slide deck

17/11/2021

Thank you to the teachers who joined us for the live session on Tuesday afternoon when we explored 'using short videos in the language classroom'. For those who weren't able to make it, the recording is now live on our YouTube channel and the slide deck is attached.

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Positions available – NSW School of Languages

12/11/2021

NSW School of Languages is seeking expressions of interest for 2 head teacher positions and for Italian teacher for 2022:
- Head Teacher Enrolments
- Head Teacher Wellbeing
- Italian Teacher

For more information, contact the Relieving Principal Teresa Naso or call 02 9381 4800.

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University of Sydney seeks internship placements for preservice language teachers

10/11/2021

Sydney University is seeking internship placements from 15 November to 3 December (15 days) for the Master of Teaching, year 1 preservice teachers in the following languages:

- French/Spanish x 1
- French/Arabic x 1
- Modern Hebrew x 1
- Chinese x 3
- Japanese 3
- Korean x 1

Remuneration for this placement is $510 per preservice teacher.
Please contact the Office Secondary Professional Experience Coordinator at Sydney University if you are interested.

Statewide staff meeting – using short film in the language classroom

9/11/2021

The languages statewide staff meeting in Week 7 will explore using short film in the language classroom. Join us on Tuesday 16 November, 4-5:00 pm. The session will be presented via Microsoft Teams.

In this session we will explore ways to inspire your students to learn and use language authentically.

You must enrol in the session on MyPL to receive the link to the online meeting. Search for course code NR29242, and select the session for Tuesday 16 November.
If you have enrolled in a previous statewide staff meeting on MyPL, you will get a notice on the top of the MyPL page that says, “completed”. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select the Week 7, Term 4, 2021 session, then select 'Enrol' (at the top).

The link for each statewide staff meeting is different, so you need to enrol in each session we offer.

We look forward to seeing you there!