This term, the Languages and Culture team is delivering Assessment and reporting in 7-10 – new languages syllabuses workshops online, via Microsoft Teams.
 
The workshops are for language teachers of Stages 4 and 5 from NSW public schools. This course is Interim Accredited PD until 31 July 2021. Course completions for this course will be transferred to teachers' NESA eTAMS accounts as Accredited PD. 
 
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 5 workshops planned for Term 1:
Tuesday 16 February 
Thursday 25 February 
Monday 15 March
Tuesday 23 March
Monday 29 March 

More events, both through Teams and face-to-face workshops, will be available later 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, by searching for the course or following this link. Places are limited.

The Sydney CBD/East Language Teachers' Network will hold its Term 4 meeting on Thursday 3 December.  By attending and participating in this meeting you will receive 1.5 NESA registered hours. 
 
Event: Term 4 2020 Language Teachers' Network Meeting (Sydney CBD/East)
Topic: Differentiating in Language Learning by Stella Papanakos​
Date and time: Week 8 Thursday 3 December 4:00pm-5:30 pm
Venue/ Platform:  Zoom
Course code on MyPL: RG14869
Enrolment link: https://myplsso.education.nsw.gov.au/mylearning/catalogue/details/53867ec4-981c-eb11-891d-0003ff1508dc
 
To self enrol in this meeting, click the enrolment link and then select the session. 
​You are more than welcome to share this information with any other language teachers/educators who might also be interested.

For further details, contact the network leader Ke Fan.

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.
​
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.

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.

New TIPD module

• We have just released a new TIPD module on Languages and online collaboration, developed by teachers, for teachers, as part of our Languages Advisory Network Group (LANG). 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.

You can access the module from our professional learning page.

We hope you're enjoying a relaxing break – we promise to re-post all this information at the start of Term 4, because even though we're posting in the holidays, it doesn't mean we expect you do to any work in the holidays!

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 in NSW public schools, and are NESA registered for 5 hours. 
 
This workshop leads language teachers through the changes they will 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.

Full details, including enrolment details will be published Week 1, Term 4.​

Please enrol for our upcoming statewide staff meeting which will take place on Wednesday Week 7, 2 September at 3:30pm. The focus of the session will be on blended learning and will contribute 30 minutes of registered professional learning towards accreditation at Proficient.

Enrol via MyPL. The link to the session will be sent to you with your MyPL enrolment confirmation email.

Course code: RG12390
Agenda: Blended learning
Date: Wednesday 2 September 2020
Time: 3:30-4:00pm
Platform: Zoom
 
Can’t make the live session? The link to the recording will be shared after the meeting, to be logged as TIPD.

For further information, please contact Coreena Allen via email or call 0436 851 211. ​