Professional Learning
Teaching - Professional Learning
Life-Long Learning
In this section you will find information and links to:
- Professional Learning Opportunities for Teachers of German
- Professional Standards for Teachers of Languages
- Pedagogy: General and specific for Languages Education
Victorian Institute of Teaching Standards
- VIT Website - standards
National Professional Standards for Teachers
- National Standards - apply from 2013
Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations Inc. (AFMLTA)
- Professional Standards - including aligning language teaching with national standards
See also Professional Learning: Policies & Curriculum for information about the Australian Curriculum for Languages and the Victorian Curriculum
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
The AGTV Committee organises professional learning opportunities through face to face meetings, seminars and conferences for teachers of German, and through electronic networks to share information, ideas and strategies with individual members, and the teachers' journal SZENE, which is complimentary with every membership. Events are listed on this website under 'What's on for German' for online registration. If you have a request, please contact the AGTV: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The annual conference is usually organised in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Australia and with a sponsored guest through Kultur und Sprache in Austria. Occasional workshops and presentations are organised with the assistance of AGTV Network Leaders and are open to all individual members of our Association. Distinctions are made between individual members and non-members on most occasions. The AGTV also organises the AGTV-BJR Exchange and other events for students.
- What's on for German - events listed as they are organised
- Register for AGTV events online
- Students: News and Competitions
- Current AGTV Networks
- Multimedia Training Videos - free online training
DaFWEBKON
This international online conference runs in March. Register for free.
- DaFWEBKON 2018 -1-2 March: Global venetzt - lokal aktiv!
- DaFWEBKON 2017 - register for 3-4 online conference
- DaFWEBKON 2016 - Listen to the recorded presentations
IDV - Internationaler Deutschlehrerverband
International German Teachers Association
The AGTV is an associate member of the IDV who host a biennial conference, seminars and German Olympics for students.
VCAA - New Victorian Curriculum
Online PD programs run in 2016
Victorian Department of Education and Training
Goethe-Institut Australia
The Goethe-Institut offers language courses for students and adults from beginners to advanced including internationally recognised certificates.
There are also scholarships and teacher assistant programs in Germany and an annual Summer School in Australia
- Scholarships for Teachers - eligibility every 5 years
- English Assistant in German schools - For graduates under 29 with a good knowledge of German
- Summer School - usually in January in Australia
The Goethe-Institut Australia supports teachers in various ways including a range of services and materials, the provision of GI Resource Centres across Victoria with free borrowing of materials (audio-visual, print, games etc), and support Professional Learning Facilitators (PLFs - Teachers' Trainers) to attend Network meeting to provide professional development. Networks are encouraged to invite the PLFs to a network meeting to run a workshop.
- Teaching German - Goethe-Institut Australia
- GI Resource Centres in Victoria
Online Goethe-Institut Professional Learning
- DEUTSCH LEHREN LERNEN - NEU - online resources on the Munich website
- Goethe-Institut courses in Germany including 'Fernunterricht' - Complete in Australia
- Goethe-Institut’s Multitmedia Führerschein - Complete in Australia
- Goethe-Institut BLOG: DaF - Many topics, this link to Web 2.0 im Deutschunterricht
Other In Country Language and Culture Professional Development Scholarships
- Independent Schools Victoria - ISV offers funding for attendance at international conferences or courses for teachers from member schools
Other In Country Professional Learning Opportunities
Pay your own way and claim as self-education on your tax.
- Goethe-Institut - Courses in Germany
- Kultur und Sprache - Courses in Austria
MLTAV
The annual conference of the Modern Language Teachers Association of Victoria is a time to share ideas across languages and hear about the current and future direction of languages education.
Some of the materials presented are made available on the MLTAV website.
Other Professional Development Opportunities
- Independent Schools Victoria: Languages Seminars - Generic PD
- Language and Culture Centre - Seminars and Events at Monash University
- Melbourne-Monash German Seminar Series - Lectures at University
- German Studies Association Australia - GSAA hold a conference
Focus on Language and Culture
Watch the Inaugural Professorial lecture from Professor Farzad Sharifian recorded in June 2011 at Language and Society Centre at Monash University in June 2011
- Cultural Linguistics: Lecture at Monash University - Watch the Inaugural Professorial lecture from Professor Farzad Sharifian recorded in June 2011 at Language and Society Centre lecture in June 2011
Articles online
- Europa und seine zwei Seiten - Kultur und Jugend - Article on Spiesser.de
See also Why German: Advocacy for Languages
Past Programs ifor Conferences in Victoria
In case you are wondering about the conferences, check out the programs and photos below.
- 2018 National Conference in Melbourne: Nachhaltig mit Deutsch
- 2017 Victorian Conference in Melbourne: Multimedial. Digital. Global.
- 2016 National Conference in Melbourne: Unsere Zukunft
- 2015 Victorian State Conference in Preston: Time to Share
- 2014 Victorian State Conference in Preston: Deutsch ist kein Land
- 2013 Victorian State Conference in Mt Eliza - MyDeutsch
- 2012 National (incl. Victorian) Conference in Melbourne CBD: Weltsprache Deutsch
- 2011 Victorian State Conference: Vorsprung mit Deutsch
- 2010 National (incl. Victorian) Conference in Melbourne: Grünes Licht für Deutsch
- 2009 Victorian State Conference in Geelong: Wandel ohne Grenzen
- 2008 Victorian State Conference in Kilmore : Log on: Passwort Deutsch
- 2007 Victorian State Conference in Geelong: Marktplatz Deutsch – DIE Ideenbörse
- 2006 National (incl. Vic) Conference in Melbourne: DaF in Oz: Landschaft der Ideen
- 2005 Victorian State Conference in Geelong: Intercultural learning - Von Ledershosen bis Hip Hop
- 2004 National Conference in Ballarat
- 2003 Victorian Conference in Merrijig
- 2002 Victorian Conference in Merrijig
- 2001 Victorian Conference in Lorne
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Professional Standards for Language Teachers
- Professional Standards for Teachers of Languages and Cultures - Project developed by the AFMLTA and MLTAs
- Profesional Standards Project Wiki - A project through the MLTAV and AFMLTA
- Professional Standards - Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)
- National Professional Standards for Teachers - Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
Pedagogy for Languages Education
Links related to the teaching of languages and cultures in Australia
- Education Services Australia (formerly the Curriculum Corporation)
Links to Brain Research and Language Learning and Teaching
- Language Study and the Brain - Dr. Teresa Kennedy
- Linking Theory and Practice - Improving Secondary Language Education
- Approaches to Learning Another Language - Dr. McPherson
- ABC Big Ideas - Lena Boroditsky: How Language Shapes Thought
- FORAtv: Lera Boroditsky - - extended explanation of how language shapes thought
- How language works - the cognitive science of linguistics
General Pedagogy for Teaching and Learning
Pedagogy and Practice
- Insight Assessment - Understanding Individuals - VCAA
- Principles of Teaching and Learning (PoLT)
- Innovation in Education
- E5 Instructional Model
- Innovation Showcase - DEECD
- Flipped Classroom - Russell Stannard
- Teacher Training Videos - multimedia - Russell Stannard
Ideas to Get You Thinking
- Teacher - ACER online magazine
- Independent Curriculum Group - Educating For Tomorrow
- Ted Talks - Link to Sir Ken Robinson's talk: Schools Kill Creativity
- Tom March - CEQALL Self-Assessment Rubric
- Educational Origami - WIKI about 21st Century Teaching and Learning
- How we learn - Mind Shift explores the transformation of classrooms with ICT
- The Science of Learning - Edutopia Video: Judy Willis
- Five Reasons Why YouTube Rocks the Classroom - Mind Shift
- Flip Your Classroom - Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
- Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classroom - Edutopia: Andrew Millar
- The Power of Games for Learning - Training in the 21st Century
- Inanimate Alice - The future of transmedia in education
- A New Model of Storytelling: Transmedia - Edutopia: Laura Fleming
