The Armidale Language Teacher Network will present the Languages and literacy 7-12 professional learning course in 2 sessions:
- Monday 25 October, 3:30-5:15 pm
- Monday 8 November, 3:30-5:15 pm. 

You will need to enrol via MyPL and select Languages and literacy 7-12 – Armidale - session 1. 
Course code: NR32663
Enrolments close: 22 October, 5 pm
Venue: Online via Microsoft Teams

You will receive the link to the meeting when you enrol on MyPL. 
For more information and details, contact the network leader Deborah Moore or Evia Kyriacou.

The Sydney South West Language Teacher Network will hold its Term 4 meeting on Monday 18 October. The focus of the meeting will be Languages and literacy 7-12.

Enrol via MyPL and select the appropriate session:
Course code: NR32663
Session: Languages and literacy 7-12 - Sydney South West
Enrolments close: 15 October, 5 pm
Date: Monday 18 October 2021
Time: 1:30-4:45 pm
Venue: Online via Microsoft Teams

You will receive the link to the meeting when you enrol on MyPL. 
For more information and details, contact the network leader Adele Walker or Evia Kyriacou.

The Languages and Culture team is organising professional learning for conducting and marking HSC-style oral examinations on Wednesday 1 September 2021, at 4 pm.

This professional learning will consist of:
a. general information session – where are we now and why?
b. general session on conducting/marking an HSC-style oral exam, addressing your concerns
c. language-specific collaborative marking groups, with experienced markers.

The session will run for approximately 1.5 hours.

Please register using this form by 5 pm Sunday 29 August. We will forward you the Zoom link on Wednesday morning, the day of the session.

The session is open to teachers of all sectors – please complete the form to receive the meeting link.

The session will not be recorded due to the use of breakout rooms.

SICLE is organising a number of language specific PL events, focusing on strategies for online language learning. All events will be advertised on the Open Language Portal under the Resources for All Languages button and all teachers are welcome. Currently on the Portal there is information about free online workshops, for Greek, Arabic, Chinese and Hindi. More will be added in the coming weeks. 
You can also explore sample programming resources, as well as generic resources that may be useful for the teaching and learning of all languages.

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.