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Cross-sectoral Languages Education survey

30/8/2016

To support the NSW Government’s aim to boost the number of students studying languages, reliable baseline data about languages education is needed.

Principals of all primary and secondary schools across NSW have been asked to complete an online survey distributed by the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards (BOSTES) on Monday 22 August 2016.

The survey must be completed online via the link sent to the Principal by 9 September 2016. The survey asks for information on student participation, types of languages programs and languages teachers. School postcode and sector information is collected but information about individual schools will be de-identified.

The information received will make an important contribution to planning for languages education in NSW.
It is important that you actively advocate for the collection of languages data from your school so that the survey can be completed and reliable data can be obtained.

Further inquiries should be directed to Kelli Cato at kelli.cato@bostes.nsw.edu.au

Chinese and Japanese draft syllabus consultation

30/8/2016

BOSTES is currently seeking feedback on the Chinese and Japanese K-10 draft syllabuses.

Details of the consultation, including draft syllabus documents, consultation meeting dates and links to online surveys are on the BOSTES website.

The Languages and Culture team is holding an Adobe Connect session on Monday 5 September 2016 at 3:30pm. The session will review the key features of the draft syllabuses and highlight areas for teachers to consider when completing the relevant BOSTES survey.

All languages teachers are invited to join the Adobe Connect to be provided with an overview of how the
K-10 Languages Framework forms a basis for language-specific syllabus development.

You can log into the Adobe Connect meeting room is https://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/secondarylanguages
by using your DoE portal password.

After the Adobe Connect session, teachers are encouraged to complete the BOSTES online survey to provide feedback to BOSTES.

For more details, contact Janelle Byrne on 9266 8540 or janelle.byrne@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 Languages network meeting - Westfields Sports HS- 8 September 2016

22/8/2016

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Opportunity to relieve as Language Officer within our team

15/8/2016

Expressions of interest are invited from teachers of languages 7-12 to relieve as Language Officer from 29 August to 16 December 2016.

To accommodate the needs of senior students, the start date is negotiable.

If there is more than one suitable applicant, applicants may rotate through the role for a minimum period of five weeks. Your principal may indicate dates on the EOI form.

Applicants must have DoE teaching approval, and be qualified in at least one European language.

Please download the EOI form below and submit by Monday, 22 August 2016.

This is a great career opportunity for anyone thinking of moving into a state office position.

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Teacher of 100 hours languages course - an exciting opportunity!!

15/8/2016

Expressions of interest are invited from permanent teachers of languages to deliver a blended learning trial of the 100 hours mandatory language program to rural and remote schools.

The successful applicant would be released from their school for 0.6 FTE for the 2017 school year.

The position involves developing and delivering content of Stage 4 language in a virtual environment to participating schools.

A statement of claim (no more than two A4 pages, size 12 font) addressing the four selection criteria and the signed expression of interest form as a PDF should be submitted to elisabeth.robertson@det.nsw.edu.au by 5pm on Friday 2 December 2016.

Please see attached forms for full details and to apply.

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Enquiry Based Learning in Languages

11/8/2016

If any teachers have implemented Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) with your Languages classes could you please share your experiences with other Languages teachers by adding a comment on the Languages NSW site. If you are receiving this post via email, you will need to go to this blog post on the website and click Add Comment under the post to access the Comment Field.

Western Sydney University seeking practicum placements

9/8/2016

Western Sydney University is seeking secondary practicum placements for students completing the Master of Teaching Secondary course teaching Japanese, Chinese and Korean. Confirmations of placements are needed as soon as possible for the upcoming two practicums. Your support for these pre-service teachers would be most appreciated.

Practicum dates: 5 September - 23 September (15 days) and 10 October - 28 October (15 days) = 30 day practicum.

Please direct further enquiries to Sonia Bodnaruk, Professional Experience Administrative Officer (Secondary)& RAS Program, Phone: 47 360 068.

Languages Webinar via Adobe Connect

9/8/2016

All NSW language teachers are invited to participate in the Term 3 Adobe Connect webinar on Wednesday 10 August from 3.30-4.00pm.

This will include an update from State Office, information on consultation processes and resources to strengthen professional connections.

Participating in the webinar can contribute to 30 minutes of teacher-identified professional learning addressing Standard 7.4.2 of the APST.

Adobe Connect is very user-friendly. Simply, go to the Secondary Languages Adobe Connect meeting room, https://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/secondarylanguages/ and log in using your DoE username followed by @detnsw and your normal password.

You do not need to register to join the session, just log in a few minutes before the meeting begins. The sessions will be recorded if you are not available at the meeting time.

If you’re new to using Adobe Connect, a detailed how-to-guide is available below and we recommend that you complete the connection tests prior to the event as it may take a few minutes depending on the computer you are using.

We look forward to meeting with you in the Secondary Languages meeting room.

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BOSTES Consultation on Proposed Prescriptions for Extension and Background Speakers

1/8/2016

BOSTES invites teachers to provide feedback on the proposed prescribed texts for 2019-2023 and issues for the following courses:
Background Speakers: Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean
Extension: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish.

There is an online survey to complete via the BOSTES website until Sunday 11 September. BOSTES will hold screenings of two films which are more difficult for teachers to access at its 117 Clarence St, Sydney office. The screening dates and times are:

Thursday 18 August at 4pm - Auf das Leben! (To Life!)
Thursday 25 August at 4pm - Akadimia Platonos (Plato’s Academy)

In addition, the NSW Department of Education will be screening Monooki no Piano (The Piano in the Shed) for the Japanese Extension course on Friday 19 August at 4:30pm at Rydges World Square following their Japanese conference.

Further information about the survey and film screenings at BOSTES, contact Jill Longhust, Senior Project Officer, on 9367 8389 or via email jill.longhurst@bostes.nsw.edu.au