​Expressions of interest are invited from teachers/head teachers with expertise in Latin who would like to be part of a writing team to develop language-specific resources for the NSW Department of Education’s curriculum website, for example:
- programming guidelines and advice for classical languages, including Latin

• - Latin-specific support (sample scope and sequences, units of work and assessment tasks) for Stages 4, 5 and 6.    

Successful applicants will be required to attend 1 full-day of planning either via Zoom or at our offices at Parramatta, followed by the equivalent of up to 10 writing days, at a location and on dates to be negotiated. The project will commence in Term 1 to be completed by the end of Term 2 2021, with the planning day to be held on Monday 14 December 2020.

The Languages and Culture team will provide release for the planning day and subsequent writing days. Travel and accommodation costs may also be reimbursed, if required.

To apply, please complete the attached EOI form and email as a PDF to Marcela Ayas by 5pm Friday 27 November 2020.

For further information contact Marcela Ayas, Language Officer on 7814 3448.

Please note: The EOI is for teachers from NSW public schools.

NSW School of Languages is seeking expressions of interest from teachers for casual or temporary position in Stages 5 and 6 Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Modern Greek, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish or EAL/D from 27 January 2021.
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An expression of interest addressing the criteria, of no more than 2 pages in length should be submitted to Ms Tomoko Takahata, A/Deputy Principal by 4pm on Friday 4 December 2020.
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Statement of duties​​
- Designing and delivering quality teaching and learning programs appropriate to the needs of distance education students; following syllabuses in accordance with NESA and Department of Education rules, regulations and memoranda; following NSW School of Languages subject information, assessment policies and procedures
- Accurate record keeping on students’ record cards, register, mark book and reports in the online administrative system
- Other duties as determined by the Head Teacher or Deputy Principal.

Selection criteria
- Teaching qualifications for Stage 5 and 6 in one or more of the languages listed and demonstration of successful teaching experience and curriculum implementation for the additional skills listed above. Must have current NSW Department of Education approval to teach.
- Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare needs to design, create and deliver quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs to suit the needs of distance education students, including the incorporation of digital technologies.
- Skills and/or experience in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for teaching, communication and administration purposes.
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work as an effective and harmonious team member.
- Demonstrated commitment to the values of public education.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the Department’s Aboriginal Education policies.

The EOI should provide your qualifications and special aptitudes for this position whilst addressing the selection criteria. Please indicate which language/s you will teach and how many days per week you will be available. All teachers are expected to work on Wednesdays in order to attend staff and faculty meetings and are expected to participate in whole school activities.

For further information contact Tomoko Takahata. 

Expressions of interest are invited from teachers interested in teaching classes for Years 7 to 11 at the Saturday School of Community Languages (SSCL) for the 2021 school year. The positions are located across 14 high school centres across Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle.

The SSCL is a NSW Department of Education secondary school which operates on Saturdays. The SSCL gives students the opportunity to study their background community language when that language is not available at their own school or college. The school follows NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) syllabuses in a range of languages. Students include their language study as part of their Record of School Achievement (RoSA) and their Higher School Certificate (HSC). For further information regarding the school structure, curriculum, centre locations and languages offered, please see the school website https://saturdaycl-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

An expression of interest addressing the position criteria, of no more than 2 A4 pages in length, and the EOI proforma are to be emailed as a single PDF document to Sana Zreika, Principal, at saturdaycl-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au by 4pm on Saturday 7 November 2020.

One of the referees listed must be the applicant’s current principal or supervisor. Applicants currently working at an SSCL centre must include their Centre Supervisor as their first referee. The application should also indicate up to 3 preferred SSCL Centres. Please note, late applications will not be considered.

Position information
The EOI process will identify suitable candidates for the position of Years 7 to 11 teacher which is a casual teaching position at SSCL.
2021 hourly rate: $89.33
Hours: Saturdays - dependent on course taught
Only teachers with current departmental teaching approval (including teachers working in non school-based teaching positions) are eligible to apply.

Position criteria

• - NSW Department of Education approval to teach and demonstrated skills and/or experience teaching a community language.
• - Capacity to plan and deliver engaging lessons to maximise learning outcomes for students with diverse learning needs.
• - Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to work with students, parents, teachers and staff.


• For further information contact Sana Zreika on 7814 2115 or at Sana.Zreika@det.nsw.edu.au.

​The Languages and Culture team successfully established the Virtual Languages Mentoring Network (VLMN) in 2017 to support beginning and/or isolated language teachers 7-12. Early career and geographically remote teachers of languages often work as the only language teacher in the school and have specific needs which cannot always be met at the school level.

In the VLMN program, beginning and/or isolated language teachers, mentees, are matched with an experienced language teacher, mentor, for the duration of the program. The VLMN program begins with a centrally-located conference for both mentors and mentees. The Languages and Culture team provides release to facilitate mentoring support and attend targeted professional learning for the duration of the VLMN program.

Are you interested in joining the program as a mentor or mentee in 2021-2022? Do you think a teacher in your school would benefit from participating in the program? EOIs will advertised in SchoolBiz in Week 6.

An information session will be held on Thursday 26 November at 3:30pm for language teachers and school executive to find out more about the VLMN program. There will be time at the end to ask any questions you may have about the program.

Registration for the information session is via MyPL. The course identifier is NR28714.

​For more information please contact Shanelle Ingram on 0448 479 778 or Evia Kyriacou on 7814 2820.

The Riverina Language Teachers Network is holding its Term 4 meeting on 28 October. The meeting will focus on:
- teaching games for the classroom
- teacher input (participants can share their ideas and success stories)
- planning for implementation.

An RSVP is appreciated but not essential.
Date: Wednesday 28 October
Time: 4:00-4:30pm
Venue: Zoom

​Join Zoom Meeting
https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/61227987678?pwd=clovY0pOM3RURjZTaVFtNjQ4TVFTUT09
Meeting ID: 612 2798 7678
Passcode: 132435

For further information contact the network leader Marianna Valeri or on 0429 202 115.

This registered course builds teachers’ capacity to understand and apply mandatory Stage 6 school-based assessment. It unpacks NESA’s current school-based assessment requirements, gives guidance in developing interrelated and interdependent tasks and supports teachers in developing their own non-HSC style assessment tasks.

​This course enables participants to:
- understand the requirements of school-based assessment in Stage 6
- implement a range of assessment strategies in Stage 6
- design an effective assessment task for Stage 6.
 
The course can be completed at your own pace and support is available if needed.
The course is available in MyPL via code RG10281 – Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages.
 
For further support or information please contact Coreena Allen or Marcela Ayas.

In Term 4, the Languages and Culture team is delivering Assessment and reporting in 7-10 – new languages syllabuses workshops.
 
The workshops are for language teachers of Stages 4 and 5 from NSW public schools, and are NESA registered for 5 hours. They will be delivered through Microsoft Teams.
 
This course leads you through the changes you'll need to make to assessment and reporting in order to align with the new K-10 syllabuses.
 
There are 4 workshops planned for Term 4:

• Monday 26 October
• Friday 6 November
• Thursday 12 November
• Tuesday 24 November.

More events, both through Teams and face-to-face workshops, will be available in 2021.

The learning intentions of the course are:
- understand the difference between assessment as, for and of learning, and a task-based approach to assessment of learning
- understand the Common Grade Scale and the newly released Course Performance Descriptors for languages and understand their application in determining student achievement of course outcomes
- explore sample marking guidelines and draft marking guidelines differentiated across 5 grades (A-E) for one task
- write quality assessment tasks and design marking criteria that clearly describe student achievement
- understand how to report on student achievement in line with the new syllabus and tailored for the school context.
 
Enrol via MyPL, course code RG09900. Places are limited.

Welcome to Term 4. We hope everyone had a relaxing break – most likely the first genuine break many of you have had all year! We’ve been busy taking the holiday period to add more content to our website, and even though we’ve been updating the blog and our virtual statewide staffroom in Yammer, we’re actually hoping you weren’t reading anything because you were so busy relaxing! So here it is again – all in one place, just in case you missed it.

Class party unit – Stage 4
Just in time for Term 4, we have developed a generic 10-week Stage 4 party unit. The unit has been especially designed to support you in differentiating and adjusting teaching, learning and assessment activities to support a range of students. You can find the unit on the Stages 4 and 5 section of our website, or we also added it to each of the language-specific Stages 4 and 5 pages.

Stage 4 Indonesian – Dining with Indonesian friends!
We have just published a unit starter (unit of work) and matching assessment task on "Dining out with Indonesian friends!", and updated the Stage 4 scope and sequence to align with these new resources.
The unit starter is fully resourced with everything you need to pick up and teach!
Access our support via the Stages 4 and 5 Indonesian page.

Stage 5 – new sample scope and sequences
New Stage 5 sample scope and sequences for Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian, Modern Greek and Spanish are now live. The Arabic sample is for students with prior learning and/or experience, so is a good example to view if you have this learner group in Stage 5.

Online collaboration – professional learning module (TIPD)
This TIPD module has been developed by teachers, for teachers. Set aside approximately 45 minutes to read the content and complete the reflection questions.
The module supports you to:

• - select relevant online collaboration tools to support syllabus outcomes in the languages classroom
• - connect students to other language learners
• - connect with teaching colleagues to enhance language learning opportunities and outcomes through collaboration.

It can be accessed from our professional learning page.
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We're on YouTube!
Languages NSW has set up a new YouTube channel, with recordings of our past statewide staff meetings, including:

• - our top 10 favourite assessment tasks
• - language learning games
• - blended learning
• - assessment for learning.

Please subscribe – we will add more recordings each year.