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EOI – call for presenters for the 2019 Chinese Language Teachers' Conference

22/2/2019

The 2019 Chinese Language Teachers’ Conference will be held on Friday 14 June 2019. NSW Department of Education is seeking Chinese language teachers to present at this conference.

Workshop for which we are seeking presenters are:
- developing engaging resources for Chinese language classrooms
- innovative and effective teaching and learning strategies
- integrating KLA in Chinese language teaching and learning
- team teaching and collaboration
- incorporating games in Chinese language teaching and learning
- raising the profile of Chinese language teachers
- others.

Session brief:
- workshop sessions are 45 minutes
- teachers may submit a joint EOI to present together.

All applications require the signature of the applicant’s current principal. Please complete the EOI form below, and email as a PDF to elizabeth.wang1@det.nsw.edu.au by 5pm on Monday 25 March 2019.

Successful applicants will be notified by email by Friday 29 March 2019.

For further information, please contact Elizabeth Wang – Acting Confucius Institute Officer on 92668941 or via email, elizabeth.wang1@det.nsw.edu.au.

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URGENT – seeking experienced teachers for lesson observations by preservice language teachers

21/2/2019

Western Sydney University is seeking schools/language teachers to participate in a 6-week observation period as part of the curriculum development of preservice language teachers.

Sessions would begin in Week 6, for a 2-hour block, once a week until the end of term.

Experienced teachers will provide 2 hours of support to preservice language teachers in the Master of Teaching course. The 2-hour block will be negotiated between the classroom teacher and the preservice teacher.
This is a curriculum immersion and not a practicum experience. However, there will be a practicum payment to compensate the classroom teacher for their time.

The preservice teachers:
- will visit the school and observe language classes in action
- will observe lessons (not teach), identify skills, and resources which they can use in their own career development
- have completed the Professional Experience 1
- have a Working With Children Check.

Number of placements needed:
- 2 Spanish
- 5 Japanese
- 2 Chinese
- 1 Greek
- 1 Italian
- 1 Arabic.

Interested teachers should contact:
Kay Carroll
Director of Academic Program, Secondary, School of Education
Western Sydney University
P: 4736 0048
E: k.carroll@westernsydney.edu.au

Community Languages Induction Program K-6

21/2/2019

If you are a new Community Language teacher or supervisor, please register through MyPL for the Community Languages Induction Program.

Wednesday, March 27 – principals and/or supervisors: RG02916 – The orientation day for principals and supervisors of the K-6 Community Languages Program (CLP)
March 27-28, June 12-13 – newly appointed community languages teachers: RG00381 – The Community Languages Induction Program (CLIP)

You can find more information on the Languages/Professional Learning page of the Department's website.

Term 1 statewide Adobe Connect – 27 February

15/2/2019

All secondary language teachers are invited to participate in the Term 1 Adobe Connect webinar. As the webinar runs as a one-direction session, you will not need a microphone or be required to speak.

The webinar can contribute to 30 minutes of teacher-identified professional learning addressing Standards 6.2.2 and 7.4.2 of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Agenda:
- update from Languages and Culture team
- 2019 projects.

Join us online via the Secondary Languages Adobe Connect room on Wednesday 27 February from 3:30-4:00pm.

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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NSW Premier Teacher’s Scholarships – now open!

13/2/2019

Applications are now open for the NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarships. The annual scholarships are a great opportunity for permanent teachers to undertake a 5 week study tour in Australia or overseas to broaden professional knowledge and bring it back to the classroom.

Scholarships are offered across a broad range of curriculum areas and are valued at $10,000 - $15,000 each.

There is the Language Teacher Scholarship and the Kingold Chinese Language Teacher Scholarship.

Check out the full range of scholarships on offer!

Applying is easy and there is online support, which includes guides to applying and the selection process to assist you with your application.

Applications close on 28 April 2019 for study tours commencing in 2020.

The NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarships program is an initiative of the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet and administered by the NSW Department of Education.

For more information, contact the project team.

Calendar for Cultural Diversity

4/2/2019

The 2019 Calendar for Cultural Diversity is online. Learning and teaching resources are available to improve intercultural understanding and help planning for Lunar New Year, Harmony Day, NAIDOC and Refugee week.

Welcome to the 2019 school year!

29/1/2019

Dear colleagues,
Welcome back from the summer holidays – we hope you all enjoyed a restful break and are feeling refreshed as we start the 2019 school year.

For those teaching K-6, Year 7 and Year 9, you will be implementing the new K-10 language syllabuses (Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish) this year so it’s a busy and exciting time for us all!

Make sure you bookmark and check out the curriculum support website to access our professional learning events and resources.

Primary – staffing update
- Konnie Zagrimanis joins us as Languages Adviser, K-6. Konnie joins us from NESA and brings a wealth of experience with her for the next 3 years in the role.
- We’d also like to welcome Stephen Nogher as Acting Languages Officer, K-6. Stephen will be with us for Term 1 2019, and teaches Italian at Waverley PS.
- Thank you to Ashley Nouris and Melinda Wiecek, who job-shared the Languages Officer position in 2018. Ashley and Melinda have both returned to their school-based positions.
- Finally, congratulations to Sana Zreika who has taken up her new role as Principal, Saturday School of Community Languages.

Secondary – staffing update
- The Languages and Culture team has a new Languages Adviser position to support teachers 7-12 in NSW public school, and we’d like to congratulate Maxine Acosta on her appointment to this role. Maxine’s substantive position is as Language Officer.
- We also welcome back Evia Kyriacou from Bulli HS, who is relieving in Michelle Walls’ position for Term 1 2019.

Frequently asked questions relating to the new K-10 language syllabuses – secondary teachers

19/12/2018

At our 7-10 workshops and online learning events, there have been some consistent questions coming through about the new K-10 language syllabus within the secondary context.

Explore the questions and answers in our FAQs document to gain a better understanding of the key issues as you prepare for implementation.

Career development opportunity – Languages Adviser

16/12/2018

Expressions of interest are invited from experienced language teachers 7-12, languages-trained executive staff and/or Educational Services personnel interested in a career opportunity as Languages Adviser (SEO2) from 29 January to 13 October 2019.

The position is with the Languages and Culture team within Secondary Education. The position will initially be located at Oxford Street, moving to Parramatta in May 2019.

This is an internal EOI, available to departmental staff only. For full details and to apply, please refer to SchoolBiz: https://beta.dec.nsw.gov.au/schoolbiz/issues/year-2018-issue50/eoi-languages-adviser-seo2

Applications close 11:59pm on Sunday 6 January 2019.

ACARA publishes work samples for Languages

14/12/2018

ACARA has published work sample portfolios for Languages for Foundation-Year 10. Each portfolio contains annotated student work samples in relation to three achievement standards: satisfactory, above satisfactory and below satisfactory. The samples have been drawn from a range of assessment tasks and are authentic samples of student work.

To access the work samples click here.