The languages statewide staff meeting in Week 4 this term will explore using texts in languages. Join us on Tuesday 26 October, 4-4:45 pm. The session will be presented via Microsoft Teams.

In this session you will:
- enhance your understanding of texts and their use in our context
​- build your understanding of the varying features of texts and the importance of assisting students when creating texts, through scaffolding and modelling, to support student learning and achievement.

• You must enrol in the session on MyPL to receive the link to the online meeting. Search for course code NR29242, and select the session for Tuesday 26 October.
• If you have enrolled in a previous statewide staff meeting on MyPL, you will get a notice on the top of the MyPL page that says, “completed”. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select the Week 4, Term 4 session, then select 'Enrol' (at the top).

The link for each statewide staff meeting is different, so you need to enrol in each session we offer.
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We look forward to seeing you there! 

The languages statewide staff meeting in Week 7 will explore the process of the HSC examination setting. Join us on Monday 23 August, 4-5 pm, to hear from Adele Burke, Senior Assessment Officer at NESA.

We will explore:
- setting examination questions
- writing stimulus passages
- writing marking guidelines.

You must enrol in the session on MyPL to receive the link to the online meeting. Search for course code NR29242, and select the session for Monday 23 August. 

The link for each statewide staff meeting is different, so you need to enrol in each session we offer.

We look forward to seeing you there! This session will not be recorded, so please make sure to join us live. 

If you haven't joined our statewide staffroom yet, please complete our short entry survey to join. Log in using your department email.

On Tuesday 3 August, 2021 we delivered our statewide staff meeting with guest presenter Kate Thompson, Stage 6 Advisor. Thank you to the teachers who joined us for the live session. For those who weren’t able to make it, the recording is now live on our YouTube channel and the slide deck is attached.
We will continue with our Stage 6 focus in our Week 7 meeting with guest presenter Adele Burke, Senior Assessment Officer, Examining and Testing, NESA.

Our statewide staff meeting in Week 4 will explore the requirements for developing Stage 6 monitoring procedures. Join us on Tuesday 3 August, 4-5 pm, to hear from the Stage 6 Advisor, Kate Thompson, from the Department of Education. 

We will explore: 
- NESA requirements and legislation
- the department's HSC monitoring advice
- what schools must do 
- what records to maintain 
- staff responsibilities.

You must enrol in the session on MyPL to receive the link to the online meeting. Search for course code NR29242, and select the session for Tuesday 3 August. 

The link for each statewide staff meeting is different, so you do need to enrol in each session we offer.

We look forward to seeing you there! The session will be recorded for those unable to join us. 

If you haven't joined our statewide staffroom yet, please complete our short entry survey to join. Log in using your department email.

​Thank you to our colleagues who joined us live for our session on Cultures of thinking in the language classroom. We hoped you enjoyed the session and learning more about how you can use thinking routines and tools to deepen understanding and increase engagement in your classroom.

You can now access the recording on our YouTube channel.

In coming weeks we will share ideas and tips along with a thinking routine booklet in our statewide staffroom.

Have you enrolled in this week's meeting yet?

Cultures of thinking in the language classroom explores thinking routines and tools with a focus on the language classroom. We will look at ways to make thinking visible and how to advance the thinking of students to deepen understanding and engagement.

We will explore:
- the culture of a thinking language classroom
- thinking routines and activities that align with language resources available on our website
- templates and scaffolds to use with language classes.

Please enrol in the session on MyPL to receive the link to the online meeting. Search for course code NR29242, and select the session for Thursday 3 June, then select enrol. 

The link for each statewide staff meeting is different, so you do need to enrol in each session.

We look forward to seeing you there! The session will be recorded for those unable to join us. 

If you haven't joined our statewide staffroom yet, please complete our short entry survey to join. Log in using your department email.

Thank you to the 63 colleagues who joined us live for yesterday's session on High potential and gifted education in languages 7-12. We hoped you enjoyed meeting Ella and learning more about how you can use the differentiation adjustment tool to meet the needs of individual HPGE students in your classroom.

You can now access the recording on our YouTube channel.

If you'd like to help us plan our next steps in support, please reply to the post in our statewide staffroom.

Happening this Thursday!

​The new High potential and gifted education policy is for implementation in schools P-12 from 2021, replacing the 2004 Gifted and talented policy.

There are some major shifts in the new policy, including:
- a strong focus on students with high potential, and on recognising underachievement and potential
- 4 domains of potential – creative, intellectual, physical and social-emotional
- understanding the diversity of high potential students
- a focus on developing talent, to move students from high potential to high performance.

​This session will provide an introduction to the new policy, the characteristics of high potential and gifted students and ways to implement the policy within the languages context. We will also explore the differentiation adjustment tool, which will support you to adjust your existing activities to meet the needs of individual students.

You must enrol in the session on MyPL to receive the link to the online meeting. Search for course code NR29242, and select the session for Thursday 13 May.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The session will be recorded for those unable to join us.

In Week 4, Term 2, we will be running a statewide staff meeting on the High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) policy – do you have questions about its implementation within the Languages KLA?

To help us to tailor the session to best meet your needs, please send us you questions in advance by completing this short survey. Please respond by Friday 26 March 2021.

On Wednesday 10 March 2021, we delivered our second statewide staff meeting for 2021. Thank you to the teachers who joined us live for the session on "Assessment schedules 7-10". For those who weren't able to make it, the recording is now live on our YouTube channel and the slide deck is attached.