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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!

Position available - Head Teacher Secondary Studies at NSL

5/11/2021

NSW School of Languages is seeking expressions of interest for the position of Head Teacher Secondary Studies for the 2022 school year. For more information, please visit Head Teacher Secondary Studies (nsw.gov.au).

Positions available – Secondary College of Languages

28/10/2021

Expressions of interest are invited from teachers interested in teaching language classes for Years 7 to 11 at the Secondary College of Languages (SCL) formerly known as Saturday School of Community Languages from Term 1 Week 1 2022 to Term 4 Week 10 2022. For further information please contact Martina Naso on 02 7814 3725.

Language Teacher Network – Sydney CBD/East and Sydney South

28/10/2021

The Language Teacher Networks Sydney CBD/East and Sydney South will jointly offer the Languages and literacy 7-12 professional learning course in 2 sessions:
- Thursday 11 November, 3:45-5:30 pm
- Thursday 25 November, 3:45-5:30 pm.

You will need to enrol via MyPL and select Languages and literacy 7-12 Sydney CBD/East, South - session 1.
Course code: NR32663
Enrolments close: 8 November, 5 pm
Venue: Online via Microsoft Teams

You will receive the link to the session when you enrol on MyPL.
For more information and details, contact the network leaders Ke Fan and Marina Azmy or Evia Kyriacou.

Language Teacher Network – Sydney Greater West

28/10/2021

The Sydney Greater West Language Teacher Network will hold its Term 4 meeting on Friday 12 November. The focus of the meeting will be Languages and literacy 7-12.

Enrol via MyPL and select the appropriate session:
Course code: NR32663
Session: Languages and literacy 7-12 - Greater West
Date: 12 November
Time: 1:30-4:45 pm
Venue: Online via Microsoft Teams

You will receive the link to the meeting with your enrolment confirmation email from MyPL.
For more information and details, contact the network leader Amanda Singh or Evia Kyriacou.