Victorian German Teacher Networks
Goethe-Institut Resource Centres in Victoria


There are twelve AGTV German Teacher Networks throughout country and metropolitan regions of Victoria endorsed by the Victoria Government Joint-Standing Committee for German. Each Network has at least one Network Leader. Network Leaders form a sub-committee of the AGTV and must be individual members. A Vice-President is usually the convenor of this sub-committee. The AGTV Network Handbook provides advice to Network Leaders and the AGTV Treasurer manages the Networks Account.

Each official AGTV Network receives funding from partial allocation of the individual and school AGTV membership fees. When paying an AGTV membership, teachers and schools nominate with which Network they and/or school is associated.
See AGTV Membership forms

Each Network coordinates their own programs to meet local needs within the financial and human resources available. Typical activities include sharing ideas and resources at meetings, running professional learning, organizing Regional Finals for the AGTV Poetry Competition and other activities for students such as Partner-School Exchanges, Camps, Primary Days and Oral exam practice for VCE students.

Network activities are self-funding. Networks are encouraged to apply for grants to support their activities including accessing funding from DE&T Regional LOTE budgets and the AiSV where appropriate.

The Goethe-Institut Melbourne (GI) initiated Resource Centres in each AGTV Network to provide teachers with materials for use in classrooms.
See list of Goethe-Institut Resource Centres in Victoria

The Network Leaders work cooperatively with the GI Resource Centre Managers in managing the centers and occasional network meetings should be held at the Resource Centres. Each year there is a joint conference for Network Leaders and the GI Resource Centre Managers.

The GI Melbourne also works cooperatively with Networks through occasional visits from the German Language Advisor to deliver professional learning programs. The current Advisor for Victoria is Torsten Schulz: torsten.schulz@melbourne.goethe.org.

For further information about Networks in Victoria contact:

Network Sub-Committee Convener: Liz Ray
Oberon High School
12 Pickett Crescent, Belmont 3216
Tel: 5243 4444 Fax: 5244 2005
email: ray.liz.f@edumail.vic.gov.au


AGTV Networks in Victoria:

COUNTRY METRO  
Ballarat Central Inner Eastern Knox Area
Geelong Gippsland Metro North West Metro Outer East
Hume Wimmera Metro South Monash-Whitehorse


Ballarat
Bill Ferguson (Sebastopol College)
Tel: 5329 3293 Fax: 5335 7582
Email: bill.ferguson@sebas.vic.edu.au

Sarah Gaskin (Ballarat High School & Redan Primary School)
Tel: 5338 9000 Fax: 5334 2623
Email: gaskin.sarah.s@edumail.vic.gov.au


Central
Ros Coffey
Email: roscof@vic.chariot.net.au

Richelle Hollis (Bendigo Senior SC)
Tel: 5443 1222 Fax: 5441 4548
Email: hollis.richelle@bssc.edu.au

Knox Area
Doris Frank (Bayswater Primary School)
Tel: 9721 3755 Fax: 9720 8986
Email: frank.doris.d@edumail.vic.gov.au

Geelong

Brig Beynon (North Geelong Secondary College)
Tel: 5278 9399 Fax: 5272 1756
Email: beynon@iprimus.com.au

Susanne Haring (North Geelong Secondary College)
Tel: 5278 9399 Fax: 5272 1756
Email: susanne_haring@yahoo.com.au

Gippsland
Ann Verlaan (Grey Street PS, Traralgon)
Tel: 5174 2055 Fax: 5176 1650
Email: verlaan.ann.a@edumail.vic.gov.au

Birgit Eriksson (Marist Sion College, Warragul)
Tel: 5622 6221 Fax: 5623 4856
Email: beriksson@mscw.vic.edu.au

Hume
Katrina Ciolli (Bright P-12 College)
Tel: 5755 1166 Fax: 5755 1770
Email: ciolli.katrina.m@edumail.vic.gov.au

Frank Kusch (Bright P-12 College)
Tel: 5755 1166 Fax: 5755 1770
Email: kusch.frank.k@edumail.vic.gov.au

Inner Eastern
Sarah Buckman (Presbyterian Ladies College)
Tel: 9808 5811 Fax: 9808 5998
Email: sbuckman@plc.vic.edu.au

Cornelia Koehne-Drube (Scotch College Junior School)
Tel: 9810 4236 Fax: 9810 4391
Email: cornelia.koehne-drube@scotch.vic.edu.au

Monash-Whitehorse
Ursula Fisher (Brentwood Secondary College)
Tel: 8545 0300 Fax: 8545 0355
Email: fis@brentwood.vic.edu.au

Veronika Wood (Orchard Grove Primary School)
Tel: 9894 3400 Fax: 9894 3252
Email: woodr@netspace.net.au

North West Metropolitan

Jaclyn Curnow (Mill Park Secondary College)
Tel: 9407 9700 Fax: 9436 8016
Email: curnow.jaclyn.c@edumail.vic.gov.au

Warren Pratt (Westbourne Grammar School)
Tel: 9731 9428 Fax: 9731 9544
Email: prattw@westbourne.vic.edu.au

Outer Eastern Metropolitan
Angela Fletcher (Bimbadeen Heights Primary School)
Tel: 9726 9989 Fax: 9726 5510
Email: fletcher.angela.g@edumail.vic.gov.au

Elsa Viertmann (Billanook College)
Tel: 9725 5388 Fax: 9725 8556
Email: ElsaViertmann@billanook.vic.edu.au


Southern Metropolitan
Jane Grenfell (Mossgiel Park Primary School)
Tel: 9709 7777 Fax: 9709 7799
Email: grenfell.jane.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

Wimmera
Rudi Schrama (Stawell Secondary College)
Tel: 5358 1700 Fax: 5358 3096
Email: rschrama@hotmail.com

Adrienne Smith (Stawell Secondary College)
Tel: 5358 1700 Fax: 5358 3096
Email: smith.adrienne.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

Details of Networks are also published in SZENE - SUBSCRIPTION
for general enquiries: agtv@germanlinx.vic.edu.au


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