Professional learning opportunity for beginning and/or isolated language teachers 7-12.

Are you a secondary teacher in a government school in your first 5 years of language teaching? The Virtual Language Mentoring Network (VLMN) is a wonderful professional learning opportunity for beginning teachers, including those in rural/remote schools. We are currently finalising our new 2021-2022 cohort and we still have a few mentee positions available.

The VLMN was established in 2017 to support beginning language teachers 7-12.  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 the school level.
 
Beginning language teachers (mentees) are matched with an experienced language teacher (mentors) for the duration of the VLMN program. The VLMN program will begin with a 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 for the duration of the VLMN program.

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
• provide significant professional development opportunities for all mentors and mentees.

The VLMN includes the program leaders from the Languages and Culture team, and school-based language teacher mentors working to support the mentee teachers.

If you are interested in joining this program, please send email shanelle.ingram@det.nsw.edu.au

Seeking experienced teachers of Korean, German and Italian to be mentors in the VLMN program.
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Are you an experienced teacher of Korean, German or Italian? We are currently finalising the new 2021-2022 cohort of the VLMN program and are looking for experienced teachers of these languages who are interested in mentoring beginning language teachers.
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The Virtual Language Mentoring Network (VLMN) was established in 2017 to support beginning language teachers 7-12.  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 the school level.
 
Beginning and/or isolated language teachers (mentees) are matched with an experienced language teacher (mentors) for the duration of the VLMN program. The VLMN program will begin with a centrally-located 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 for the duration of the VLMN program.

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
• provide significant professional development opportunities for all mentors and mentees.

The VLMN includes the program leaders from the Languages and Culture team, and school-based language teacher mentors working to support the mentee teachers.

If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please email shanelle.ingram@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 language teachers 7-12.
Beginning language teachers (in their first 5 years of teaching), mentees, are matched with experienced language teachers, mentors, for the duration of the VLMN program.
The 2-year VLMN program will begin with a centrally-located conference for both mentors and mentees. The Languages and Culture team will provide funding for the release of participants to facilitate mentoring support and to participate in the VLMN program.

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
• provide significant professional development opportunities for all mentors and mentees.

Expressions of interest are invited from language teachers who would like to join the 2021-2022 cohort of the VLMN as mentors or mentees.

You will find further information about the criteria for becoming a mentor or mentee in the VLMN on the expression of interest forms attached.

An information session will be held on Thursday 26 November at 3:30pm for language teachers and school executive to find out more about the VLMN program. There will be time at the end to ask any questions you may have about the program. Registration for the information session is via MyPL. The course identifier is NR28714.

Contact Shanelle Ingram, Language Officer on 0448 479 778 or at shanelle.ingram@det.nsw.edu.au for more information.

Expressions of interest should be submitted by 5pm on Friday 11 December 2020.

​The Languages and Culture team successfully established the Virtual Languages Mentoring Network (VLMN) in 2017 to support beginning and/or isolated language teachers 7-12. Early career 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 the school level.

In the VLMN program, beginning and/or isolated language teachers, mentees, are matched with an experienced language teacher, mentor, for the duration of the program. The VLMN program begins with a centrally-located conference for both mentors and mentees. The Languages and Culture team provides release to facilitate mentoring support and attend targeted professional learning for the duration of the VLMN program.

Are you interested in joining the program as a mentor or mentee in 2021-2022? Do you think a teacher in your school would benefit from participating in the program? EOIs will advertised in SchoolBiz in Week 6.

An information session will be held on Thursday 26 November at 3:30pm for language teachers and school executive to find out more about the VLMN program. There will be time at the end to ask any questions you may have about the program.

Registration for the information session is via MyPL. The course identifier is NR28714.

​For more information please contact Shanelle Ingram on 0448 479 778 or Evia Kyriacou on 7814 2820.