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Language Teacher Network – Illawarra – targeted languages professional learning

6/11/2019

The Language Teacher Network – Illawarra will hold a professional learning day for languages on Wednesday 4 December.

The professional learning will take the form of a programming day targeting the languages taught in the schools of our area. Teachers will revisit sample templates of units of work, scope and sequences and assessment tasks available on the department's website. They will work in language-specific groups – Chinese, French, German, Italian and Japanese – and will program for Stages 4 and 5 for 2020, according to the new K-10 language syllabuses. Participants will have the opportunity to peer-review the resources created and provide feedback. The plan is that each language group will create the following resources:
- scope and sequence
- assessment schedule
- units of work
- assessment task.

Please bring along your syllabuses, assessment schedules for 2020, devices and any resources you are planning to use on the day.

Date: Wednesday 4 December 2019
Time: 8:30am-3:30pm
Venue: Smiths High School
Enrol: MyPL – course code NR25838

Please enrol via MyPL course code NR25838 and select session Term 4 targeted languages professional learning.

All teachers living or working in the area are welcome to attend.

For further information please contact Kristen Smith or Evia Kyriacou or call 78142820.

Language teachers' network meeting – Queanbeyan

6/11/2019

The Language Teacher Network – Queanbeyan will hold its Term 4 meeting on Wednesday 27 November. The meeting will take the form of a 2-hour meeting, and will include 1.5 hours of registered professional learning on "Shifting thinking – new K-10 language syllabuses".
Date: Wednesday 27 November 2019
Time: 3:30pm-5:30pm
Venue: Finigan School of Distance Education, 77 Agnes Avenue, Queanbeyan
Enrol: MyPL – course code RG04794

Please enrol via MyPL course code RG04974 and select session "Shifting thinking – Finigan School of Distance Education".

All teachers living or working in the area are welcome to attend.

For further information please contact Amanda Rowe or call 02 6210 5286.

OUR TOP 10 ASSESSMENT TASKS 7-10 – Term 4 statewide Adobe Connect – Wednesday 6 November

23/10/2019

As promised and as part of our new direction of our statewide Adobe Connects, we will be running short professional sessions to better support teachers in the classroom.

On this term’s agenda, we will be unpacking our top 10 favourite tasks which teachers across the state developed via our programming workshops and eCourse.

All language teachers 7-12 in NSW public schools are invited to participate. The webinar contributes towards 30 minutes of teacher-identified professional learning addressing Standards 6.2.2 and 6.4.2 of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Join us online via the Secondary Languages Adobe Connect room on Wednesday 6 November from 3:30-4:00pm.

As the webinar runs as a one-direction session, you will not need a microphone or be required to speak.

For participants new to using Adobe Connect, please see the attached how-to-guide below.

We look forward to meeting you in the secondary languages meeting room.

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SICLE seminar series – Michael Clyne Lecture 2019

21/10/2019

Professor Tognolini, the director of the Educational Measurement and Assessment Centre at the University of Sydney. is presenting the core elements of Modern Assessment Theory. The talk is entitled “Assessing languages: Accounting for language in and outside the classroom.”

Date: Thursday 21 November
Time: 5-6pm
Venue: University of Sydney, Level 3 Room 351, Education Building A35 Manning Road

Registration is free. For further information, please contact Emily Bai.

Language Teacher Network – Sydney North, Term 4 meeting

15/10/2019

The Language Teacher Network – Sydney North is holding its Term 4 meeting on Monday 28 October.

The meeting will have 2 parts:
1. The network meeting will run for 2 hours and will focus on the new Extension support materials.
2. For teachers who would like to stay on, the network meeting will be followed by the Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages course which will contribute to 2.5 hours of registered professional learning.

All languages teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend.

For detailed information please visit the original post on this page or contact Margaret Wajs or Evia Kyriacou.

Sydney South Language Teacher Network – Dr Conti

10/10/2019

The Language teacher network - Sydney South will hold its Term 4 meeting on Wednesday 30 October. Guest speaker and presenter at the meeting will be Dr Gianfranco Conti, author and founder of the Language Gym. Dr Conti will present and demonstrate his L.A.M. (listening as modelling) approach, a methodology which promotes extensive practice in the bottom-up micro-skills essential for effective listening comprehension. The meeting will contribute towards 2 hours of registered professional learning.

Date: Wednesday 30 October 2019
Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Venue: Hurstville Club Central
Enrol: via MyPL course code RG05055

All language teachers working and/or living in the area are welcome to attend.

For further information please contact Gaelle Homma.

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Sydney North Language Teacher Network – Term 4 meeting

23/9/2019

The Language Teacher Network – Sydney North will hold its Term 4 meeting on Monday 28 October. The meeting will have 2 parts:
1. The network meeting will run for 2 hours and will focus on the new Extension support materials.
2. For teachers who would like to stay on, the network meeting will be followed by the Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages course which will contribute to 2.5 hours of registered professional learning.

Date: Monday 28 October 2019
Times:
1:30-3:30pm network meeting (Extension materials)
4:00-6:00pm Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages
Venue: Willoughby Girls High School
Session names and codes:
Language Teachers' Network Sydney North Term 4 (NR25534) and
Sydney North – Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages (RG04979)

Participants will be required to enrol for both courses if they wish to attend both sessions.

For the Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages course, there are 4 components that will need to be completed in order to receive the registered hours of professional learning:
- pre-task – identifying and demonstrating the mandatory weightings and components of assessment tasks, which will be emailed to you one week prior to the workshop
- 2 hour workshop – developing an understanding of the legislative and syllabus requirements
- post-task – designing an effective assessment task to be used with their Stage 6 language class(es) which will be assessed using the post-task marking criteria
- the post-event evaluation.

All languages teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend. For Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages, DoE teachers are eligible to receive the registered hours if they complete all components; non-DoE teachers can include this session as Teacher Identified hours.

For further details please contact Margaret Wajs or Evia Kyriacou.

Lower North Coast Language Teacher Network – Term 4 meeting

17/9/2019

The Language Teacher Network - Lower North Coast will hold its Term 4 meeting on Thursday 24 October. The meeting will run for 2 hours and contribute to 2.5 hours of registered professional learning on Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages. To receive the registered hours, participants will need to:
- complete a short pre-task
- attend the meeting
- complete a post-task.

All languages teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend. DoE teachers are eligible to receive the registered hours; non-DoE teachers can include their meeting as Teacher Identified hours.

Date: Thursday 24 October 2019
Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Venue: Camden Haven High School
Session name: Lower North Coast – Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages

For further details please contact James Rourke or Evia Kyriacou.

Registrations open for the Hunter Head Teacher network meeting – 24 October 2019

16/9/2019

Registrations are open for substantive and relieving Head Teachers subscribed to the Hunter Head Teacher learning network to attend the Hunter Head Teacher Professional Learning network meeting. One language teacher from each school may also attend.

Date: Thursday 24 October
Time: 9am-3pm
Venue: Kurri Kurri TAFE – Hunter Valley Hotel Academy McLeod Road, Kurri Kurri NSW 2327

To register, please refer to the attached agenda.

Registrations close at 5pm, 26 September 2019.

For further information, please contact Rebeca Tamas.

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Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages – professional learning

9/9/2019

The Languages and Culture team is offering Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages professional learning, NESA accredited for 2.5 hours.

This course builds teachers’ capacity to understand and apply mandatory Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages. It unpacks NESA’s current school-based assessment requirements including examples of best practices. Provision of sample tasks based on syllabus outcomes, combined with collaborative discussions, support teachers in developing their own non-exam based assessment tasks.

This course will enable participants to:
- understand the requirements of school-based assessment in Stage 6 Beginners, Continuers and Extension language courses
- implement a range of assessment strategies in Stage 6 Beginners, Continuers and Extension language courses
- design an effective assessment task for Stage 6 Beginners, Continuers and Extension language courses.

There are 4 components that will need to be completed in order to receive the registered hours of professional learning:
- pre-task – identifying and demonstrating the mandatory weightings and components of assessment tasks, which will be emailed to you one week prior to the workshop participation in
- webinar/workshop – developing an understanding of the legislative and syllabus requirements
- post-task – designing an effective assessment task to be used with their Stage 6 language class(es) which will be assessed using the post-task marking criteria
-the post-event evaluation.

You may select to attend any of the following sessions:
- Thursday 17 October – 4:00-6:00pm - Sydney CBD
- Saturday 30 November – 2:00-4:00pm - Parramatta
- Tuesday 3 December – 3:30-5:30pm – Adobe session

To enrol, browse for course code RG04979 and select the session you wish to attend.

The course is for NSW public school teachers only.

For further information, please email Evia Kyriacou or call on 9244 5573.