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Languages and Culture – our commitment to you

30/9/2019

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Over the last few weeks, the Languages and Culture team has been redeveloping our commitment statement.

This statement underpins all our work, supporting us to best support you, the teachers 7-12 in NSW public schools.

​Sometimes it can seem like we're being a little slow to get our support out to you, but that's because we ensure it's of the highest quality, seeking feedback from teachers across a range of contexts and trialling all our professional learning before we roll it out statewide.
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The statement also includes how to stay informed online. We hope it provides a clear summary of how we operate.

Wishing you all a very relaxing, well-deserved break!!
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Sydney North Language Teacher Network – Term 4 meeting

23/9/2019

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The Language Teacher Network – Sydney North will hold its Term 4 meeting on Monday 28 October. The meeting will have 2 parts:
1. The network meeting will run for 2 hours and will focus on the new Extension support materials.
2. For teachers who would like to stay on, the network meeting will be followed by the Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages course which will contribute to 2.5 hours of registered professional learning.


Date: Monday 28 October 2019
Times:
1:30-3:30pm network meeting (Extension materials)
4:00-6:00pm 
Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages
Venue: Willoughby Girls High School
Session names and codes:
Language Teachers' Network Sydney North Term 4 (NR25534) and 
Sydney North 
– Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages (RG04979)

Participants will be required to enrol for both courses if they wish to attend both sessions.  

​For the Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages course, there are 4 components that will need to be completed in order to receive the registered hours of professional learning:
- pre-task – identifying and demonstrating the mandatory weightings and components of assessment tasks, which will be emailed to you one week prior to the workshop
- 2 hour workshop – developing an understanding of the legislative and syllabus requirements
- post-task – designing an effective assessment task to be used with their Stage 6 language class(es) which will be assessed using the post-task marking criteria
- the post-event evaluation.

All languages teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend. For Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages, DoE teachers are eligible to receive the registered hours if they complete all components; non-DoE teachers can include this session as Teacher Identified hours. 

For further details please contact Margaret Wajs or Evia Kyriacou.
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Blog subscriber issues – please be patient

19/9/2019

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We are currently having issues with emails delivered from our blog. Usually Weebly (the platform which hosts our Languages NSW blog) just sends out one email every 24 hours with anything NEW which has been added in those 24 hours to our pages, but at the moment it’s sending out an email with the last 10 posts for each page, regardless of how old they are!!

We have emailed Weebly in the hope they can fix this glitch soon. Until it's resolved, thank you for your patience.
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Lower North Coast Language Teacher Network – Term 4 meeting

17/9/2019

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The Language Teacher Network - Lower North Coast will hold its Term 4 meeting on Thursday 24 October. The meeting will run for 2 hours and contribute to 2.5 hours of registered professional learning on Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages. To receive the registered hours, participants will need to:
- complete a short pre-task
- attend the meeting
- complete a post-task.

All languages teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend. DoE teachers are eligible to receive the registered hours; non-DoE teachers can include their meeting as Teacher Identified hours. 

Date: Thursday 24 October 2019
Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Venue: Camden Haven High School
Session name: Lower North Coast – Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages

For further details please contact James Rourke or Evia Kyriacou.
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New K-10 syllabuses for Hindi, Macedonian, Persian, Punjabi and Tamil

16/9/2019

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The new Hindi, Macedonian, Persian, Punjabi and Tamil K–10 syllabuses and Course Performance Descriptors are now available on the NESA website. The syllabuses are available to download as PDF and Word documents.
Schools will begin implementing the new syllabuses from Term 1 2020. Additional advice about implementation is available on the syllabus pages.
For more information, contact:
Melissa Gould-Drakeley
Inspector, Languages
Melissa.Gould-Drakeley@nesa.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8152
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Registrations open for the Hunter Head Teacher network meeting – 24 October 2019

16/9/2019

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Registrations are open for substantive and relieving Head Teachers subscribed to the Hunter Head Teacher learning network to attend the Hunter Head Teacher Professional Learning network meeting. One language teacher from each school may also attend.
 
Date: Thursday 24 October
Time: 9am-3pm
Venue: Kurri Kurri TAFE – Hunter Valley Hotel Academy McLeod Road, Kurri Kurri NSW 2327
 
To register, please refer to the attached agenda.
 
Registrations close at 5pm, 26 September 2019.
 
For further information, please contact Rebeca Tamas.
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Amanda Singh recognised as one of our state's best teachers

12/9/2019

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One of our LANG Professional Learning Leaders and network leaders has been recognised as one of the state’s best teachers.
 
23 teachers across the state were awarded with the highest levels of accreditation at a prestigious ceremony in Sydney earlier this week, including Amanda Singh from The Ponds High School.
 
Member for Riverstone Kevin Conolly said the awards recognise highly effective, innovative and exemplary teaching practice.
 
Amanda has been recognised as a Highly Accomplished Teacher. She is one of 15 teachers to have achieved this level of accreditation in NSW this year.
 
“Mrs Singh really represents the cream of the crop; she has gone above and beyond the daily demands of the job to achieve excellence in her profession,” Mr Conolly said.
 
“Mrs Singh is using her expertise to lift the prospects of the children in our community, and I am proud and thankful for the work she is doing for our school system.”
 
“I want to congratulate Mrs Singh on her achievements and thank her for the work she does in our school system”.
 
Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said that teachers who achieve this level of accreditation are invaluable assets for their school communities as teaching experts, mentors and leaders.
 
We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Amanda!

(Adapted from the department's media release, 11.09.19)
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Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages – professional learning

9/9/2019

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The Languages and Culture team is offering Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages professional learning, NESA accredited for 2.5 hours.
 
This course builds teachers’ capacity to understand and apply mandatory Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages. It unpacks NESA’s current school-based assessment requirements including examples of best practices. Provision of sample tasks based on syllabus outcomes, combined with collaborative discussions, support teachers in developing their own non-exam based assessment tasks.

​This course will enable participants to:
- understand the requirements of school-based assessment in Stage 6 Beginners, Continuers and Extension language courses
- implement a range of assessment strategies in Stage 6 Beginners, Continuers and Extension language courses
- design an effective assessment task for Stage 6 Beginners, Continuers and Extension language courses.  

There are 4 components that will need to be completed in order to receive the registered hours of professional learning:
- pre-task – identifying and demonstrating the mandatory weightings and components of assessment tasks, which will be emailed to you one week prior to the workshop participation in
- webinar/workshop – developing an understanding of the legislative and syllabus requirements
- post-task – designing an effective assessment task to be used with their Stage 6 language class(es) which will be assessed using the post-task marking criteria
-the post-event evaluation.  

You may select to attend any of the following sessions:
- Thursday 17 October – 4:00-6:00pm - Sydney CBD
- Saturday 30 November – 2:00-4:00pm - Parramatta
- Tuesday 3 December – 3:30-5:30pm – Adobe session  

To enrol, browse for course code RG04979 and select the session you wish to attend.

​The course is for NSW public school teachers only.
 
For further information, please email Evia Kyriacou or call on 9244 5573. 

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Newcastle and Hunter Language Teacher Network – Term 3 meeting

9/9/2019

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The Language Teacher Network – Newcastle and Hunter will hold its Term 3 meeting on Thursday 12 September. The meeting will contribute 1 hour of Teacher Identified hours towards maintaining proficient accreditation.

The focus of the meeting will be on:
- assessment with the new syllabus
- multimodal tasks and assessment rubric
- Last Word film competition
- Hunter Network update and connecting schools
- Hunter HT day update
- teach swap.

All language teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend.

​Date: Thursday 12 September 2019
Time: 4:30-5:30pm
Venue: Maitland Grossman High School
Enrol: Course code NR18042
Session name: 
Hunter Network Meeting Maitland Grossman High

For further information please contact Coreena Allen.

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New resources to support syllabus implementation in Stage 4

4/9/2019

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The Languages and Culture team has published new resources to support teachers of Stage 4 in implementing the new syllabuses.

All our resources are housed on our website: education.nsw.gov.au/languages 

We have published the following resources.

French
  • - Stage 4 scope and sequence
  • - Stage 4 sample assessment task
  • - Sample assessment schedule
  • - Stage 4 unit starter

Japanese
  • - Stage 4 scope and sequence
  • - Stage 4 sample assessment task
  • - Sample assessment schedule
  • - Stage 4 unit starter

Korean
  • - Stage 4 scope and sequence
  • - Sample assessment schedule

Spanish
  • - Stage 4 scope and sequence
  • - Sample assessment schedule

Remember, all K-10 language syllabuses (2017 and later) are underpinned by the Languages K-10 Framework so it's worth looking at materials for all languages, not just the one/s you teach.

We also have sample unit of work templates, programming guidelines and a planning tool available on our Stages 4 and 5 landing page, under the heading 'Programming'.

Our support continues and we will add more materials as they become available.
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