Expressions of interest (EOI) are invited from teachers interested in teaching Years 7-11 at the Saturday School of Community Languages (SSCL). The successful candidate/s will be required to teach the language class from the beginning of Term 1 2020.
 
The SSCL is a NSW Department of Education (DoE) secondary school which operates on Saturdays in 15 high school centres across Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle. It has been offering excellence in languages teaching and learning since 1978. 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).
 
The position/s will be located at one of the SSCL centres. The school website details the school’s structure and curriculum. Please refer to the website for centre locations and languages offered.
 
Position criteria

• - Department of Education approval to teach and demonstrated capacity and skills and/or experience teaching a community language.
• - Capacity to plan and deliver engaging lessons and 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.

 
Only teachers with current NSW DoE teaching approval (including teachers working in Educational Services teams and state office directorates) are eligible to apply for these positions.
 
To apply, submit your application addressing the position criteria in no more than 2 A4 pages. This application should indicate up to 3 preferred SSCL centres.

Applicants must also complete the EOI proforma. This must be signed by your current Principal or Supervisor. Applicants currently working at a SSCL centre must include their Centre Supervisor as their first referee.
 
Both the completed application and EOI proforma are to be emailed as a single PDF document to the Principal at saturdaycl-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au by 4:00pm on Saturday 2 November 2019. Subject field in the email should state: EOI – [Year/ Language] Teacher.
 
Please note, late applications will not be considered.
 
For further information, contact Sana Zreika on 02 9244 5748.

iExpressions of Interest (EOI) are invited for the role of Information Technology (IT) Coordinator at the Saturday School of Community Languages (SSCL).

The SSCL is a Department of Education (DoE) secondary school which operates on Saturdays in 15 high school centres across Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle. It has been offering excellence in languages teaching and learning since 1978. 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).

The position/s will be located at one of the SSCL centres. Successful applicants will be placed in 1 of their 3 preferred centres. The school website details the school’s structure and curriculum. Please refer to the website for centre locations and languages offered.

Position information
The EOI process will identify suitable candidates for the position of IT Coordinator which is a casual teaching position at SSCL.

Successful applicants will hold teaching qualification and have strong knowledge of IT networks, cloud-based environments and ability to troubleshoot IT issues in schools. Successful applicants will be available to work on Saturdays during school terms to support teachers in the delivery of quality teaching, learning, assessing and reporting practices that maximise language outcomes for all students.

Only teachers with current NSW DoE teaching approval (including teachers working in Educational Services teams and state office directorates) are eligible to apply for these positions. Please refer to the job description for more information.

Position criteria

• - Department of Education approval to teach and demonstrated capacity to integrate a variety of technologies into effective classroom practice to maximise student learning.
• - Demonstrated highly developed interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.
• - Demonstrated capacity to engage and enhance teaching and learning through learning management systems.

To apply, submit your application addressing the position criteria in no more than 2 A4 pages. This application should indicate your 3 preferred SSCL centres.

Applicants must also complete the EOI proforma. This must be signed by their current Principal or Supervisor. Applicants currently working at a SSCL centre must include their Centre Supervisor as their first referee.

Both the completed application and EOI proforma are to be emailed as a single PDF document to the Principal at saturdaycl-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au by 4pm on Saturday 9 November 2019. Subject field in the email should state: EOI – IT Coordinator.

Please note, late applications will not be considered.

For further information, contact Sana Zreika on 02 7814 2531.

Are you interested in developing the HSC exams?
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Each year NESA accepts applications from teachers and academics with appropriate experience and qualifications.

The 2020 HSC exam development application information is now available. Please visit the NESA website to access the application and more information.

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In 2017, the Languages and Culture team successfully established in the Virtual Language Mentoring Network (VLMN) to support beginning and/or isolated language teachers 7-12, especially those without the support of a head teacher with languages background. A beginning teacher is one in their first 2 years of teaching in metro areas and in their first 5 years in rural and remote areas.
 
These teachers often work as the only language teacher in the school and may have specific needs which cannot always be met at school level.
 
The 2019-2020 cohort of the VLMN includes a Language Officer, Evia Kyriacou, from the Languages and Culture team, 2 lead mentors, 1 beginning mentor and up to 10 school-based language teacher mentors (selected via expressions of interest) working to support the mentee teachers.
 
Expressions of interest are invited from experienced language teachers of:

• - Chinese (1 mentor required)
• - French (1 mentor required)
• - German (1 mentor required)
• - Italian (1 mentor required)
• - Japanese (5 mentors required)
• - Spanish (1 mentor required).

 
Mentors will be providing support from Term 3 2019 until the end of Term 4 2020 and relevant professional learning will be provided for all successful applicants.

The VLMN will:

• - identify professional learning needs for mentees and mentors
• - implement evidence-based mentoring practices to develop the capacity of mentees
• - support teachers of languages in working towards and maintaining accreditation at a range of career stages
• build the capacity of virtual and face-to-face language teacher networks.

 
The VLMN will begin with a centrally-located 3-day conference for both mentors and mentees. The Languages and Culture team will provide release and related expenses to participants to facilitate mentoring support and to attend targeted professional learning.
 
Please complete the Google survey, and download and complete the attached EOI form and submit by 5pm on Friday 14 June 2019 to evia.kyriacou@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 languages teachers 7-12. A beginning teacher is one in their first 2 years of teaching in metro areas and up to 5 years in rural and remote.
 
Beginning 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 school level.
 
The VLMN includes a Language Officer, Evia Kyriacou, from the Languages and Culture team, 2 lead mentors, 2 beginning mentors and up to 15 school-based language teacher mentors (selected via expressions of interest) working to support the mentee teachers.
 
Expressions of interest are invited from early career/geographically remote teachers of languages 7-12 (mentees) who would like to join the second cohort of VLMN for 2019-2021.

The VLMN will:
- identify professional learning needs for mentees and mentors
- implement evidence-based mentoring practices to develop the capacity of mentees over an 18-month period
- support teachers of languages in working towards and maintaining accreditation at a range of career stages
- build the capacity of virtual and face-to-face language teacher networks.

​The VLMN will begin with a centrally-located 2.5 day conference for both mentors and mentees. The Languages and Culture team will provide release to participants to facilitate mentoring support and to attend targeted professional learning.
 
Please complete the Google survey https://forms.gle/mQpQMMwZKdvb17Z48 and download the attached EOI form and submit by 5pm on Friday 10 May 2019 to Evia Kyriacou.

Expressions of interest (EOI) are invited from interested applicants to participate in Quality Teaching Rounds.

Interested applicants should prepare a written application of no more than one A4 page to address the following criteria:
​·  approval to teach K-6
·  approval to teach language
·  demonstrated capacity to design and deliver high quality community language programs to students K-6
·  highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to work collaboratively in teams.

Applications should be forwarded to Konstantia.Zagrimanis2@det.nsw.edu.au by no later than 4pm Friday 24 May 2019.

Enquires should be directed to:

Konnie Zagrimanis
Languages Adviser, K-6
9244 5261

or

Stephen Nogher
Languages Officer, K-6
9244 5284

The Languages and Culture team successfully established the Virtual Languages Mentoring Network (VLMN) in 2017 to support beginning and/or isolated languages teachers 7-12. A beginning teacher is one in their first 2 years of teaching in metro areas and up to 5 years in rural and remote.
 
Beginning 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 school level.
 
The VLMN includes a Language Officer, Evia Kyriacou, from the Languages and Culture team, 2 lead mentors, 2 beginning mentors and up to 15 school-based language teacher mentors (selected via expressions of interest) working to support the mentee teachers.
 
Expressions of interest are invited from early career/geographically remote teachers of languages 7-12 (mentees) who would like to join the second cohort of VLMN for 2019-2021.

The VLMN will:
- identify professional learning needs for mentees and mentors
- implement evidence-based mentoring practices to develop the capacity of mentees over an 18-month period
- support teachers of languages in working towards and maintaining accreditation at a range of career stages
- build the capacity of virtual and face-to-face language teacher networks.

​The VLMN will begin with a centrally-located 2.5 day conference for both mentors and mentees. The Languages and Culture team will provide release to participants to facilitate mentoring support and to attend targeted professional learning.
 
Please complete the Google survey https://forms.gle/mQpQMMwZKdvb17Z48 and download the attached EOI form and submit by 5pm on Friday 10 May 2019 to Evia Kyriacou.

The 2019 Chinese Language Teachers’ Conference will be held on Friday 14 June 2019. NSW Department of Education is seeking Chinese language teachers to present at this conference.

Workshop for which we are seeking presenters are:
- developing engaging resources for Chinese language classrooms
- innovative and effective teaching and learning strategies
- integrating KLA in Chinese language teaching and learning
- team teaching and collaboration
- incorporating games in Chinese language teaching and learning
- raising the profile of Chinese language teachers
- others.
 
Session brief:
- workshop sessions are 45 minutes
- teachers may submit a joint EOI to present together.
 
All applications require the signature of the applicant’s current principal. Please complete the EOI form below, and email as a PDF to elizabeth.wang1@det.nsw.edu.au by 5pm on Monday 25 March 2019.
 
Successful applicants will be notified by email by Friday 29 March 2019.
 
For further information, please contact Elizabeth Wang – Acting Confucius Institute Officer on 92668941 or via email, elizabeth.wang1@det.nsw.edu.au.

The Languages and Culture team is seeking teachers to present at the German Teachers’ Conference, to be held on Friday 22 March 2019 at the Goethe-Institut, Sydney.

The theme of the conference is Blick in die Zukunft – Looking to the future.

Workshop themes for which we are seeking presenters are:

• - new K-10 German syllabus programming, assessment and reporting
• - Stage 6 assessment strategies [German Beginners and Continuers]
• - new Stage 6 HSC Extension course prescribed texts and/or themes
• - innovative and effective classroom teaching and learning strategies
• - other.

All applications require the signature of the applicant’s current principal. Please complete the EOI form below, and email as a PDF to maxine.acosta4@det.nsw.edu.au by 5pm on Friday 15 February 2019.

For further information, see attached form or contact Maxine Acosta – Language Officer on 9266 8540 or at maxine.acosta4@det.nsw.edu.au.

This EOI form is for NSW Department of Education teachers only.

For independent school teachers wishing to present, please contact MWahlin@aisnsw.edu.au.