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
National Professional Standards for Teachers
- National Standards - apply from 2013
See also Professional Learning: Policies & Curriculum for information about the Australian Curriculum for Languages and the Victorian AusVELS.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Professional Development (PD) for German and Languages
Monday 4 March: AGTV Primary PD - details tbc
Thursday 7 March 2,00pm to 4.00pm: AGTV Teachers new to the VCE - details tbc
Thursday 7 March 4.30pm to 7.00pm: AGTV PD Buffet
Apr-May: Student Films at the GI Audi Festival of German Films
Friday 10 May: MLTAV Conference
17-18 May: SAGTA Conference open to all teachers of German
Saturday 25 May: AGTV PD Buffet
Thursday 30 May: AGTV VCE PD
Thursday 30 May: AGTV Consultation on ACARA Draft Curriculum for German
Fri 5-Mon 8 July: AFMLTA Biennial Conference in Canberra
Sunday 11 August: AGTV Forum for Students of German in Year 12 - doubles as a PD for teachers
Fri 6 to Sat 7 September: AGTV/GI Victorian State Conference - register through the Goethe-Institut
IDV - International German Teachers Association
The AGTV is an associate member of the IDV.
- DaFWEBKON - online conference - 3-4 March, 2013 - see recorded presentations
The IDV biennial conference is in Southern Tyrol in Italy in 2013
- IDT 2013 BOZEN - 29 July to 3 August 2013
AGTV Teacher Networks
The Committee and Netrwork Leaders are reviewing how networks function in 2013 at the AGTV Leadership Conference in Feb 2013 in light of new DEECD regional structures and priorities.
Goethe-Institut PD in AGTV Networks
The Goethe-Institut Australia supports networks through the provision of GI Resource Centres in each of the 12 networks 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.
Goethe-Institut Professional Development Opportunities
- DEUTSCH LEHREN LERNEN - NEU - online resources
- Goethe-Institut Conversational Courses for Australians - Conducted online throughout the year
- Goethe-Institut Australia - Courses in Melbourne
- Summer School - Annual 7-day immersion program
- Goethe-Institut Programs in Germany - scholarships are available but you can pay your own scholarship.
- 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 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
In Country Language and Culture Professional Development Scholarships
- Goethe-Institut Scholarships for Teachers - Eligibility every 5 years, usually with federal travel grants
- English Assistant in German schools - For graduates under 29 with a good knowledge of German
- Endeavour Language Teacher Fellowships (ELTF) - Australian government scholarships
- Independent Schools Victoria - ISV offers funding for attendance at international conferences or courses for teachers from member schools
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
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 Why German: Advocacy for Languages
Past Victorian Conference Programs
In case you are wondering what we get up to on these weekend, check out the programs and photos below.
- 2012 National (incl. Victorian) Conference in Melbourne: 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 Photo Gallery
- 2007 Victorian State Conference in Geelong: Marktplatz Deutsch – DIE Ideenbörse Photo Gallery
- 2006 National (incl. Vic) Conference in Melbourne: DaF in Oz: Landschaft der Ideen Photo Gallery
- 2005 Victorian State Conference in Geelong: Intercultural learning - Von Ledershosen bis Hip Hop Photo Gallery
Photo Galleries on Germanlinx
- 2005 Primary PD - in Melbourne
- 2004 National Conference - in Ballarat
- 2003 Victorian Conference - in Merrijig
- 2002 Victorian Conference - in Merrijig
- 2001 Victorian Conference - in Lorne
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.
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
- Principles of Teaching and Learning (PoLT)
- Innovation in Education
- E5 Instructional Model
- Innovation Showcase - DEECD
Ideas to Get You Thinking
- 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
