Save the date for this exciting new initiative of The University of Sydney's School of Languages and Cultures.

Whether students are continuing or want to learn a language from scratch, this event will give them a taste of the programs and languages that The University of Sydney has to offer. Students in Year 12 (and, subject to availability, Year 11) will be given a taste of university language studies. Event activities will include language-specific immersion (with a range of languages included); introduction to languages at The University of Sydney's School of Languages and Cultures; discussions around career opportunities for languages students and discussions with The University of Sydney languages students.

The event will be held at The University of Sydney on Thursday 2 March 2017 and the deadline for registration is Friday 16 December 2016. Don't miss out on what will be a great and informative afternoon.

Further information and details on how to register can be found in the flyer attached below. Please contact The University of Sydney's School of Languages and Culture with any queries.

Yanco Agricultural High School is seeking a French teacher (or other language) with accreditation to teach Music or Geography for 2017. The language component is Year 7 mandatory 100-hour course with potential for expanding into elective classes. 
​Yanco Agricultural High School is a fully residential, selective, agricultural high school. 
http://www.yancoag-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ 
As a boarding school there are extra supervision requirements. 
Accommodation, utilities and additional allowances are provided. 
For further details please email the Deputy Principal, Paul Laing PAUL.LAING@det.nsw.edu.au​

Languages NSW posts articles on Yammer for Department of Education teachers. We use the features on Yammer to collaborate on the learning and teaching of languages in the 21st Century. Yammer is available to all NSW public school teachers through the portal and is a staff-only social media platform. Once you’re in Yammer, make sure you join the Languages NSW group.

We encourage all language teachers in NSW public schools to join and contribute to the Languages NSW Yammer group to share and stay-up-to-date with current languages education resources and curriculum development. 

The MLTA Linguafest Film Screening at Event Cinemas George Street Sydney was a wonderful celebration of students' language learning. This short film competition is now in its 10th year, and the finalists' films were creative and entertaining, with technology expertise embedded. They all looked very professional on the big screen!

The two minute films were in the target language studied by students and were based on the theme "A dream". Somewhere in the film, students needed to have a balloon. Languages represented in the films were Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and Macedonian.  

Well done to all of the competition entrants and finalists and congratulations to the following Department of Education school winners: 
Asquith Girls High School - Best drama
Manly Selective College - Best animation 
Rose Bay Public School - Stage 3 winner 
Holroyd High School - Stage 4 winner

Carlton Public School, Open High School and Sydney Secondary College, Balmain campus all received Judge's High Commendation awards. 

The MLTA Linguafest Competition is a wonderful event to incorporate project-based learning and technology skills into languages. Stay up-to-date with the MLTA website for more information and be sure to factor it into your planning for next year. 

Do you want to host an international cooking incursion at your school in 2017?

Book your school event by 16 December 2016 to take advantage of the special offer outlined in the attached flyer.

For further details, please contact Luca (ph: 0414 301 999 / 0404 334 231).

Expressions of interest are invited from permanent NSW teachers to teach Italian Beginners (0.2 FTE).

The position is available from 27 January 2017 until 21 December 2018, with the possibility of an extension.

Please access the Expression of Interest form below and submit by 5pm on Friday 2 December 2016.

For further details, please contact the Principal, Chris Robertson (ph: (02) 9886 7560).

​I’m writing to remind you that applications for the 2017 ASEAN and Indonesia BRIDGE School Partnerships Program are closing November 20!

It only takes 30 seconds to register your interest in this generously funded program:

Register ASEAN
Register Indonesia

The BRIDGE School Partnerships Program focuses on building teacher capability in the following areas:

• - strengthening intercultural understanding and values
• - building new technology skills for teaching and learning
• - developing sustainable school partnerships

- establishing and supporting a community of learners.

Sydney Secondary College, Leichhardt (7-10) campus is seeking a temporary part time (0.5) teacher with approval to teach French and Italian. The position is from 27 January 2017 to 17 December 2017 and the possible teaching load is Years 7 – 10.
Contact: Sally Bury ph 9560 2355

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. 

Open High School will be establishing an eligibility list for casual and temporary positions for each language taught at the school.
All teachers who wish to be considered for casual and temporary employment in 2017 will need to complete the expression of interest form below.
This includes teachers who have been teaching at Open High School in 2016.
Please note that Open High School delivers language courses via distance education.
Applications should be sent to CATHERINE.Chapple@det.nsw.edu.au by 3.30 pm Monday 21 November 2016.