​The network for language teachers in the Sydney Inner West area will hold its first meeting for 2018 on Thursday 22 March from 1:30–3:30pm.

Venue: Holroyd High School in the school library.
Agenda: Accreditation, navigating NESA's website and keeping a record of Professional Learning in PD logbook.

Teachers can register to attend through MyPL under course code NR19050. 

All language teachers K–12, teaching or living in the area, are welcome to attend.
Networks are a great way to stay fresh, get new inspiration and be supported.

If you are interested in joining the network contact the network leader Suzanne Safi at Suzanne.safi@det.nsw.edu.au

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Stronger HSC Update released
The first edition of the Stronger HSC Update was released last week by NESA. This is a new fortnightly newsletter dedicated to the Stronger HSC Standards reforms, which includes a review of languages education in NSW. 

Supervisor of Marking vacancies for Modern Greek, Chinese & Italian
Applications for 2017 and 2018 HSC Supervisor of Marking positions in Modern Greek (2017), Chinese (2018) and Italian (2018) have opened. Coordinating senior markers and senior markers with HSC marking experience are encouraged to apply. Read more.

Teacher Accreditation Information Session dates released
NESA has announced dates for online and face to face information sessions on accreditation for casual teachers maintaining accreditation or working towards Proficient Teacher. Information session dates have also been announced for Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher Accreditation candidates. Read more.

Student work samples to be retained for Stage 5 and Stage 6 Preliminary courses
Schools are required to keep a small number of student work samples and the associated assessment activities for Language courses in 2017. Schools selected to provide samples will be contacted in Term 1 or 2 each year. Read more.

The AFMLTA has mapped the Professional Standards for Accomplished Teaching of Languages and Cultures to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, creating the Aligning Standards documents.
The links below may provide support for working with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers in developing Professional Development Plans.
Teachers of languages may wish to use these documents to evaluate professional practice. 
The following links direct teachers to a PDF document of the language-specific standards which have been developed:
Aligning Standards CHINESE
Aligning Standards FRENCH
Aligning Standards GERMAN
Aligning Standards INDONESIAN
Aligning Standards ITALIAN
Aligning Standards JAPANESE
Aligning Standards SPANISH

To see the alignment and illustrations of practice, visit the Language Learning Space’s Professional Standards for Language Teachers:

• - Teachers of Chinese: http://www.lls.edu.au/teacherspace/professionallearning/250
• - Teachers of Japanese: http://www.lls.edu.au/teacherspace/professionallearning/2073
• - Teachers of Indonesian: http://www.lls.edu.au/teacherspace/professionallearning/1136

Explore the professional teaching standards through the lens of language teaching practice and look at some video examples of the standards at work in language classrooms.