Association news
MLTA Dinner, posted 27 October 2011
The MLTA Dinner will be held at Harem Turkish Restaurant, Kingston, on Thursday 10 November 2011 from 6 pm.
Language Perfect World Championships, posted 28 August 2011
Have you registered your students? Less than two weeks till launch! - Language Perfect World Championships 9th-16th September 2011.Guide for teachers:
Members of MLTA ACT can submit up to 50 entries without a fee.Canberra Languages Mini Conference, posted 21 August 2011
A Canberra Languages Mini Conference has been organised by the ANU, UC, ATESOL and MLTA ACT for Saturday 3 December 2011. This will follow on from the ALAA-ALANZ Conference, which is to be held from 30 November to 2 December, and will benefit from the contributions of some high profile speakers who are staying over to be at the mini conference. There will be a very reasonable fee. Watch our News and Events pages for more details.MLTA Conference, posted 9 August 2011
The 2011 MLTA ACT Conference will take place at ACU (Signadou), Watson, on Saturday 20 August 2011 from 8.15 am to 12.30.Constitution update, posted 30 June 2011
The new MLTA ACT Constitution has been approved for publication.AFMLTA Conference 2013, posted 30 May 2011
The AFMLTA Conference in 2013 will be held at Rydges Lakeside Hotel, Canberra, from 5-8 July. See the Events page.Constitution and Executive News, posted 27 May 2011
Constitution changes were approved at the MLTA General Meeting and dinner on 26 May 2011. The updated constitution will be posted on MLTA website in the near future. Congratulations to new Executive and Council members elected at the meeting. See the list on the home page.Term 2 Event for 2011, updated 9 May 2011
The Venue has been confirmed for the dinner and a short AGM on Thursday, 26 May, to be held at L'Unico Ristorante, 27 Kennedy Street, Kingston.Constitution update and Executive positions open, posted 1 May 2011
We now have a common seal of the MLTA ACT and the last changes of the Constitution will be completed over school holidays and ready for the AGM in May. Consider nominating yourself or a colleague for the positions vacant - Treasurer and Secretary. All the work involving these two positions for this year so far has been done.New arrival, posted 1 May 2011
Our former Vice-President Natalie gave birth in April to a beautiful girl Brianna. Congratulations and best wishes from MLTA.Goethe-Institut Language Proficiency Scholarships, posted 27 March 2011
The Goethe-Institut is again offering scholarships to current and future teachers of German, principals and persons in key positions in education with a good basic knowledge of German to attend a language course in Germany. The 4 week courses are offered on all levels and across Germany between September 2011 and January 2012. The scholarship includes seminar fees, accommodation and breakfast, some meals, basic health and accident insurance for the duration of the seminar, and a travel grant of $ 1 400 to be paid at the end of the seminar. Applications close 28 April 2011, details can be found on:http://www.goethe.de/ins/au/lp/lhr/sem/en3385795.htm.
Meet and Greet, AGM for 2011, updated 5 February 2011
The date has been set for the first MLTA event in 2011. There will be a "Meet and Greet" event on Thursday 24 February 2011, at Pavilion on Northbourne, immediately followed by the AGM which, under the new constitutional provision passed in 2010, is now be held annually in Term 1.Local MLTA Conference for 2010 successful event, posted 7 November 2010
The MLTA Conference, held at ACU in Watson on the morning of Saturday 6 November, was highly successful. See the MLTA conference page for details.Local MLTA Conference for 2010 update, posted 20 October 2010
Additional program details have been decided for the MLTA Conference, which will be held at ACU on Saturday 6 November, with the theme "De-stressing Assessment". Follow the link for more information.ACT Bilingual Education Alliance launches its website, posted 20 October 2010
Visit http://actbilingual.weebly.com/ to see- general information about bilingualism and its benefits,
- useful links for families raising children in more than one language as well as for teachers and other professionals working with multilingual families
- information about language programs for children in the Canberra area
- local events and news related to bilingualism
Local MLTA Conference for 2010, posted 8 September 2010
At the MLTA Executive meeting on Wednesday 8 September, plans were confirmed for this year's MLTA Conference, which will be held at ACU on Saturday 6 November, with the theme "De-stressing Assessment".National Conference in Canberra, posted 6 September 2010
Taking the opportunity to capitalise (pun intended) on the centenary celebrations, it has been decided that the AFMLTA Conference will be held in Canberra in 2013.Constitution change, posted/updated 31 May 2010
At the MLTA ACT General Meeting on Thursday 20 May 2010, members unanimously endorsed a change to the constitution to state that "The Annual General Meeting (AGM) shall be held each year in March and the members elected to the Council shall be deemed to take office immediately."Prior to this, the AGM has been held in November and the new council members took office at the start of the following school year. This was problematical in that members who were not re-elected continuted to represent the association until the start of the next year.
The timing of the AGM in November also presented difficulties for members whose ability to renew their memberships and to serve on council is dependent on their appointments for the following year, which in some cases is not known by November of the preceding year.
These issues were resolved by the resolution of the meeting on 20 May.
Related news
Practice of the National Professional Standards, posted 14 October 2011
We have had a request (from the President of APTA, Sue Gazis) for two ACT teachers who can illustrate Practice of the National Professional Standards.Provide an illustration of practice for annotation at the Proficient level for one of the following descriptors from the Professional Engagement Domain - 6.1; 6.2; 6.3; 6.4; 7.4.
If you would like to contribute to this AITSL project, please reply to Sue Wilson whose email address appears below:
Sue Wilson [Sue.Wilson@acu.edu.au]
Lecturer, Science Education and Mathematics Education
Science Coordinator & Deputy Hub Cap SiMERR ACT, Project leader, ACT EfS Project
Australian Catholic University Limited Signadou Campus - Canberra 223 Antill St, WATSON ACT 2602
Phone: 02 6209 1141
Fax: 02 6209 1185
Mobile: 0402 205 333
Australia-Indonesia BRIDGE Project, posted 14 October 2011
Applications for the 2012 Australia-Indonesia BRIDGE Project close Friday 21 October. <Established in 2008, the Australia-Indonesia BRIDGE Project has established 65 school partnerships between Australia and Indonesia providing unique professional learning opportunities for teachers and enabling teachers and students to connect across cultures.
The objectives of the Australia-Indonesia BRIDGE Project are to:
- create and support school-to-school partnerships.
- improve the intercultural knowledge and skills of all participants.
- enhance the ICT knowledge and skills of all participants.
- build professional knowledge and skills, including strategies of effective teaching practice, among participant teaching staff
APPLY for participation in BRIDGE for 2012
http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/for_teachers/school_linkages/bridgenews/bridge_applications_open.html
LISTEN to teachers discussing their participation in BRIDGE
http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/video/show_embedded_video.asp?videoid=7786&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=570&width=640
EXPLORE the May 2011 program and consider how BRIDGE can support your professional learning
http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/for_teachers/school_linkages/bridgenews/indonesia_visit_may_2011.html
READ about the merits of BRIDGE
http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/for_teachers/school_linkages/bridgenews/bridge_deecd_showcase.html
Aaron O’Shannessy | Manager, International Programs | Asia Education Foundation
4th Floor, Sidney Myer Asia Centre (Cnr Swanston St & Monash Rd)
The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Telephone +61 3 8344 4800 | Direct +61 3 8344 3584 | Facsimile +61 3 9347 1768
a.oshannessy@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au
Endeavour Language Teaching Fellowships (ELTF) 2012, posted 1 May 2011
Following is an abbreviated version of the information from Matthew Absalom (editor of Babel) about the ELTF next year:- Due to the lower numbers in the 2011 Spanish and Korean fellowship, programs will alternate with Greek and Vietnamese which will in 2012 be included alongside Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, and Japanese.
- There was discussion around the Japan disaster and how to manage that program in 2012, and the issue of Indonesian unrest and the effects on the 2012 program.
- The application process is being streamlined and likely to be online from now on.
- There was a suggestion that all potential applicants need to demonstrate membership of either their MLTA or SLA.
- There are moves to create an ELTF alumni and a clear desire to find a way to collect and share resources developed by ELTF awardees.
The National professional standards for teachers, posted 7 November 2010
The national consultation on professional standards for teachers closed on Friday 5 November 2010. For more information, visit the AITSL website.
AFMLTA Facebook page, posted 13 September 2010
The AFMLTA now has a Facebook page. Members are advised, however, that it is not possible to view the AFMLTA Facebook page (or indeed any facebook page) from workstations in government schools or ACT DET Central Office.AITSL consultation on National Professional Standards for Teachers, posted 12 September 2010
The CEO (Margery Evans) of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) has issued an invitation for teachers outside the schools previously targeted for online surveys to take part in "Study Two", which will go online on 8 October. The survey will be open from 8 October to 29 October. Information on the standards is available on the AITSL website.Development of national languages curriculum, posted 6 September 2010
A presentation from the 2009 AFMLTA Assembly by ACARA representatives on the development of the new national languages curriculum is now available on the MLTA NSW website.New edition of Contact, posted 6 September 2010
The latest Contact, August 2010 edition, is now online.