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Thank you to the 82 teachers who joined us for the live session on Tuesday afternoon, when we explored 'Differentiation in the languages classroom'. For those who weren't able to make it, the recording is now live on our YouTube channel and the slide deck is attached. 
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There is a new teacher resource that has just been developed and published by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. It is a series of 5 self-paced online modules for teachers of all subject areas on how to integrate inclusive, multilingual practices into their teaching. In particular, Unit 4 – “Recognising diversity – towards inclusive, multilingual practices in secondary classrooms” might be useful for language teachers.
For more information, visit the Open Language Portal or you can visit the programme directly. This resource would also be very useful for teachers of all subjects and ITE students. NESA advises of:
‘Students do not use the language for sustained communication outside the classroom with someone with a background in using the language.’ For more information, contact: languages@nesa.nsw.edu.au (02) 9367 8822 Important! NESA is running 2 sessions information sessions for teachers (you only need to attend one). Click on the relevant link to join the session you choose – there is no enrolment for this event: Catullus poems 1, 3, 5, 11, 13, 50 and 51
We have just published a sample unit of work for Stage 6 Latin (Preliminary course). Designed for 10 weeks of learning, it includes a range of activities and strategies to support students to read, understand, analyse literary features and translate the above poems of the first century BCE poet Gaius Valerius Catullus. The unit accompanies the sample assessment task (with marking guidelines) published last year, which assesses outcomes 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.5. The sample unit and task are available on our Latin Continuers page. We have just published a resource on the Stage 6 section of our website under the heading 'Assessment in Stage 6', that explores question keywords used in Stage 6 Continuers courses, question types that address outcomes 3.1-3.6 and a range of sample answers to demonstrate ways to effectively answer these questions. This resource is also available on the department's HSC hub.
Seeking experienced teachers of Chinese, German, Japanese, French and/or Latin to be mentors in the Virtual Languages Mentoring Network (VLMN) program. Are you an experienced teacher of Chinese, German, Japanese, French and/or Latin? We are currently finalising the new 2022-2023 cohort of the VLMN program and are looking for experienced teachers of these languages who are interested in mentoring the 2022-2023 cohort of beginning language teachers. 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 and/or isolated language teachers (mentees) are matched with an experienced language teacher (mentor) 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 your EOI to Shanelle Ingram by 5 pm on Wednesday 9 February 2022. 
Our head teacher support document assists non-languages trained head teachers and executive who supervise teachers of languages. We've just completed an update for 2022, and the document now includes advice for both classical and modern languages.
We think the document is also essential reading for all language teachers 7-12 in NSW public schools. The document provides comprehensive advice on:
We have also advertised the support document in Staff Noticeboard, if you would prefer to let your supervising head teacher know through that channel. You can find the document on our Support for head teachers page. Happy new year and welcome back to all NSW language teachers. We hope you all had a relaxing, well-deserved break, and managed some time with your favourite people and/or doing your favourite things. We are excited to kick off 2022 by welcoming 3 new team members to the Languages and Culture team: - Nada Gemayel and Renetta Wolfe join us as Languages Curriculum Implementation Officers 7-12 for the next 3 years. - Ben Gibb joins us as Language Officer for Term 1, while the position is recruited. We look forward to supporting you in 2022.  Secondary College of Languages is seeking Modern Greek, Italian and Spanish teachers for 20229/12/2021 The Secondary College of Languages (formerly Saturday School of Community Languages) is seeking language teachers to join their team in 2022 for:
Modern Greek (Stage 5) – Kogarah HS Campus Spanish (Year 11) – The Hills HS Campus Italian (Year 11) – Strathfield Campus. For further information or to express interest please contact the Secondary College of Languages. Hornsby Girls High School will have a temporary part-time position in 2022 for a teacher of senior French and senior Japanese.
Applicants should be able to teach French Extension and Continuers, and Japanese Continuers. If you would like more information, please email Trent Wilson. |
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