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Join our team - two Language Officer positions available from 29 January 2018 to 28 January 2019

30/11/2017

Expressions of interest are invited from secondary teachers of languages interested in acting in the position of Language Officer.

This is an internal expression of interest - only departmental teachers are eligible to apply.

There are two positions available for 2018 - these are Senior Education Officer Level 1 (SEO1) positions, with a salary similar to head teacher. Language Officers lead curriculum initiatives and programs to support the teaching and learning of languages in Years 7-12.

The positions are based at Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, within the Secondary Education team.

Applications must be received by 5pm on Friday 15 December 2017. For full details, please refer to the EOI attached.

For further information, contact Elisabeth Robertson.

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Languages at Sydney: Go Global 2018 - registrations close 30 November

28/11/2017

Registrations for Languages at Sydney: Go Global 2018 close this Thursday 30 November 2017.

This event is an initiative by the University of Sydney's School of Languages and Cultures (SLC) and is catered towards students continuing with a language, as well as students who want to learn a language from scratch, as the event will give them a taste of the programs and languages that the University of Sydney has to offer. Events on the day will include language-specific immersion, career opportunities for languages students, introduction to languages at SLC and a campus tour.

Languages at Sydney: Go Global is for:
- Year 12 languages students (HSC, IB, NSW School of Languages)
- Year 12 students interested in languages at university
- Year 11 and 12 languages teachers and careers counsellors.

Event details
Date: Friday 2 March 2018, 1:30-4:30pm
Venue: University of Sydney

To register, follow the registration link. Every student and teacher will need to submit an individual registration via the registration link.
For further enquiries, contact languages.admin@sydney.edu.au

Year 10 languages study day at University of Wollongong

27/11/2017

Year 10 language students are invited to see what university life is like at the University of Wollongong's one day interactive workshop. The workshop is designed to provide an experience that inspires students to achieve greater results at school so that they may successfully study languages in Years 11 and 12.

The Year 10 languages study day is a free event, presented by the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts at UOW. Students are advised to bring all food, drinks and equipment (for note-taking). The event will be held on 13 February and registrations will close on 6 February. Please refer to the flyer for further information. For school registrations, please contact lha-marketing@uow.edu.au or phone (02) 4221 4747

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HSC Languages Extension Course Prescriptions

23/11/2017

Official notice

Effective: Immediately
The current HSC Course Prescriptions 2014–2018 for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish Extension courses have been extended to include the 2019 HSC examinations.

New course prescriptions for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish Extension courses for HSC examinations from 2020 will be published on the NESA website in 2018.

The 2014-2019 HSC Course Prescriptions for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek, and Spanish Extension courses are available to download in the syllabus section of the NESA website.

For more information, contact:
Lyn Sully
Inspector, Languages
(02) 9367 8152
@LanguagesNESA

Reminder: Brekkie with a Tekkie - next session on 6 December 2017

16/11/2017

A reminder that the next Brekkie with a Tekkie session is running on 6 December at 7.45 am. These sessions are a great opportunity for languages teachers to take advantage of the benefits that Adobe offers for both their teaching and professional learning. There is no need to register for the session, to join the session, simply go to http://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/t4linnovations.

International cooking incursions

15/11/2017

Piatto perfetto can host Italian, German, French, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish cooking incursions.
Bookings for 2018 are now being taken.
Further details can be accessed in the flyer and on the Piatto Perfetto website.

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Seeking teachers for 2018/2019 - Dubbo School of Distance Education

14/11/2017

Dubbo School of Distance Education is seeking a qualified German teacher for 2018 and Term 1 2019.

We are also seeking qualified teachers of Italian, Spanish and French for a few days a week in 2018.

These are temporary positions with a possibility of extension into 2019.

Please send applications to Dubbo School of Distance Education or email Anna Brain, Head Teacher, Languages.

Do you use Twitter?

14/11/2017

Twitter is becoming an aspirational and effective way to stay-up-to-date professionally, engage with like-minded educators and grow your Professional Learning Network (PLN).

With many changes taking place within curriculum, assessment and accreditation at the moment, Twitter makes it quick and easy to share information and ideas and discuss subjects of interest.

It doesn’t take long to set up a Twitter account and you can “follow” people and organisations to stay up-to-date professionally.

Language Advisory Network Group (LANG) leaders and participants from the Digital Engagement module have been sharing their ideas on Twitter - it could be like a virtual staffroom!

Follow @LanguagesNSW – we look forward to seeing you in the Twittersphere.

Have you seen the updated curriculum website?

14/11/2017

New resources have been uploaded, including sample units of works and assessment tasks for French, Italian and Indonesian for Stages 4 and 5.

Sample numeracy tasks developed by teachers can also be accessed on the Stages 4 and 5 page.

The Stage 6 page has some new sample units of work for French Beginners and Indonesian Beginners.

NESA seeks teacher feedback on syllabus development process

13/11/2017

NESA is conducting a survey to gather stakeholder feedback regarding its current syllabus development process.

The sectors play an important role in the delivery of key messages about NESA’s syllabus development processes, and NESA values your input. You may wish to provide an individual or group response.

This survey focuses on:
- previous engagement with syllabus development processes
- methods of feedback and consultation
- stakeholder expectations of NESA when responding to feedback.

The results will be used to inform future decision making about the processes NESA uses to develop syllabuses.

The survey closes Sunday 10 December.