About our Services
About Us - Membership & Services
Professional Learning Community
The AGTV promotes personal professional relationships between teachers across all sectors of education – primary and secondary, country and metropolitan, government and independent and Catholic systems, schools and universities. Together we collaborate to promote learning and life opportunities for students through the study of German.
Technology is providing new ways for members to collaborate online.
The AGTV provides a range of services for teachers and students of German. We make distinctions between members and non-member on most occasions.
We often work in cooperation with partners, including the Melbourne office of Goethe-Institut Australia (See Partners and Affiliations).
We are grateful to successive Victorian governments for grants from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to support our work. The AGTV is also a registered exchange organisation with the VRQA to coordinate the AGTV-BJR Student Exchange.
Online Membership Management
NEW: From 2013, the AGTV will use a secure online membership management software.
This will also provide increased benefits for individual members through an online Professional Learning Network (PLN).
It will streamline communication with members through eNewsletters and notifications and enable online payments and registration for events.
How to Become an Individual Member
- CLICK HERE to apply for Individual Membership - a companion website, click on 'Membership & SZENE Subscriptions'
- AGTV Privacy Statement and Online Professional Learning Network Guidelines
Applications for School Membership or Renewal in 2013
Complete an online form and an invoice will be forwarded to school by the AGTV for payment.
Invoices will be processed weekly. Enquiries: Contact the AGTV
- AGTV School Membership Application/Renewal 2013 - via Survey Monkey
Purposes of the AGTV
The purposes for which our association is established are:
a) to promote the teaching and learning of German in Victoria;
b) to offer support to all teachers and students of German on matters of concern;
c) to foster contact by teachers and students with speakers of German in the community and abroad;
d) to encourage and facilitate travel abroad by teachers of German and their students;
e) to cooperate with similar bodies interstate or overseas;
f) to cooperate with other monolingual language Associations in Victoria;
g) to cooperate with an umbrella organisation designed to further the cause of German.
Summary of Services of the Committee Tabled at AGMs
Summary of Activities Within and/or Across Networks
Key PD Services Provided by the AGTV
- German-specific PD for teachers of German centrally and online (from 2013)
- Annual Victorian State Conference
- Collaboration within nominated AGTV Member Networks
- PD opportunities offered through networks.
- Publication of SZENE, a national journal for teachers of German
- Development of curriculum and promotional materials
- Electronic networks and websites
Key Services for Students Learning German
- AGTV-BJR Student Exchange open to all students in Victoria since 1988
- Funding a SAGSE Scholarship for a Year 11 or 12 student since 1979
- Financial support of the GI/AGTV Year 10 Award
- Funding the Victorian prizes for the GI School Film Festival
- Joint-funding of the German Day Out
- AGTV Years 5 to 9 Poetry Competition with Regional and State Finals
- Promoting opportunities for students of German while at school and beyond
- Provision of a dedicated section for Students on the AGTV website
- Competitions
Other Responsibilities of the Committee
- Administration of the association within government guidelines for an incorporated association
- Overseeing the financial and legal obligations of the AGTV
- Application for and reporting on grants to support our work
- Representing teachers' interests in response to issues related to German
- Nominating an AGTV Representative to the MLTAV Committee and others
- Representing Victoria at the Annual Meeting of the Network of Australian Teachers of German (NATG)
- Participation at forums to promote cooperation between individuals and groups
- Liaison with other organisations and groups in Australia and beyond to facilitate opportunities for teachers and students
AGTV Submissions in Support of Languages Education
- Submission to the Victorian Government - AGTV presentation to the the Victorian Languages Strategy Discussion Paper in February 2010
- Submission to ACARA - Executive response to the Shaping Paper for the Australian Curriculum: Languages in 2011
Website Disclaimer
The AGTV website includes links to other sites that may be useful for the teaching and learning of German. The AGTV cannot take responsibility for the content of the websites and any further links beyond that are recommended, nor the inappropriate use of the content sourced from this or recommended websites.
