Unpacking the K-10 Modern Language syllabus for teachers of subcontinent languages

Provider: Sydney Institute for Community Language Education (SICLE)

Description:

The interactive session will step teachers through essential information about the new K-10 Modern Languages syllabus. Teachers will have a chance to understand how the principles of the new syllabus can be applied at the classroom level followed by Q&A. It is an inclusive session for teachers from subcontinent language background, we welcome all. To be held online on the 5th October from 10am -12pm.

Start date: 22-09-2023

End date: 06-10-2023

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2023 Community Languages Teaching Program (Advanced)

Provider: Sydney Institute for Community Languages Education

Description:

The Community Languages Teaching – Advanced Program is a 60-contact-hour program for community languages teachers in NSW who have completed the Community Languages Teaching Program – Foundation or equivalent.

Program dates for SEMESTER 2, 2023

• Sunday Intensive, 10 am – 4 pm, 27 August – 19 November
  (9 weeks not including school holidays).
• Location: Room 459, Education Building (A35), University of Sydney,

The program will help you to:

• plan units of work
• develop advanced teaching skills
• develop classroom management skills
• use technology in the classroom
• mentor other teachers

For the assessment, your will create and teach a unit of work, together with its resources, and then present to other teachers in the program.

Start date: 27-08-2023

End date: 19-11-2023

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2023 Community Languages Leadership and Management Program

Provider: Sydney Institute for Community Languages Education

Description:

The Community Languages School Leadership and Management Program is a 60 contact-hour program for school principals, leaders, and members of management committees.

PROGRAM DATES FOR 2023

• Sunday August 27 – Sunday November 12, 2023 (10 am – 4 pm, nine consecutive Sundays)

Please note Teaching Sessions are all face to face in Room 452, Education Building, A35, Sydney University.

You will learn up-to-date ways to teach students and design school programs, as well as develop skills in leading and supporting teachers. There is a focus on learning how to manage schools, organise finances and meet government requirements.

For the assessment task, you will need to evaluate aspects of your school and develop a plan of action. To assist in this, experienced principals of community languages schools will mentor groups of participants.

Enquiries email: karen.garlan@sydney.edu.au

Applications close 11.30 pm Sunday 20 August 2023

Start date: 27-08-2023

End date: 12-11-2023

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Community Languages Teaching Program (Foundation) Semester 2 2023

Provider: Sydney Institute for Community Languages Education

Description:

The Community Languages Teaching – Foundation Program is a 60-contact-hour professional-learning program for teachers working in NSW Government-funded Community Languages Schools.

Thursday program: 5- 8pm, Thursday 20 July – Thursday 23 November 2023 (not including school holidays). Face to face teaching and 10 Zoom sessions.
Sunday program: Sunday 27 August – Sunday 12 November 2023 (not including school holidays). Face to face teaching.
Distance Online: 17 weeks commencing Sunday 16 July – 26 November (not including school holidays). Includes three compulsory face-to-face workshops.

The program will help you to:

• understand how children learn and develop languages and how to teach them
• engage and interest students in maintaining and extending their language and cultural abilities
• plan lessons and assess student learning
• develop resources and teaching activities that work with a range of students

The Foundation Program includes a visit to a mainstream school to observe teaching. This classroom learning is interactive and practical, giving you confidence and new ideas in working with young children, teenagers, and adults. A New South Wales Working with Children Check is a mandatory requirement for this component of the program. Assessment is practical and involves getting to know your students, creating teaching resources, developing behaviour management strategies, and preparing classroom activities. To pass the program, you must attend at least 80% of the teaching sessions, engage in regular online discussion (Distance), submit and pass four assignments, attend language specific sessions if you are assigned, and complete a half day observation at a day school.

Enquiries email: karen.garlan@sydney.edu.au

Click below to submit an expression of interest.

Start date: 16-07-2023

End date: 26-11-2023

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Global Citizenship and Multilingual Competences teacher modules

Provider: The Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union

Description:

This comprehensive free self-paced online professional learning resource consists of five units to empower teachers of all subjects to integrate Global Citizenship Education (GCE) goals with a plurilingual approach into their regular teaching in a sustainable and context-sensitve way. Unit 4 - " Recognising diversity - towards inclusive, multilingual practices in secondary classrooms " may be of particular interest to languages educators. This course includes many useful resources, tips for teachers and self-reflection tasks.

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Small HL (Heritage Language) Teaching

Provider: The Heritage Language Exchange

Description: A series of short instructional videos demonstrating "small but powerful" modifications to teaching practices that can greatly improve learning. This video series features bite-sized strategies for improving the teaching of Heritage Languages (Community Languages).

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