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We urge all Victorian LOTE teachers to become involved in the development of Australia's National Curriculum. Visit the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) website www.acara.edu.au to subscribe to the email alert list and remain fully informed, also to contribute your views. Important Updates - Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) Prof Barry McGaw at the 2008 MLTAV AGM MLTAV Online Survey Background Reading Media Reports National Professional Teaching Associations At our 2008 AGM the MLTAV was most fortunate to have as special guest Professor Barry McGaw AO, Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute (MERI), University of Melbourne and Chairman, National Curriculum Board (now ACARA) who spoke on The National Curriculum Initiative and the Re-evaluation of Languages Education in Australia.To download Prof McGaw's PowerPoint CLICK HERE. Prof McGaw also spoke at the recent 2008 Curriculum Corporation conference. His and other vodcasts are now available for viewing at: www.curriculum.edu.au/conference/2008/default.asp?id=26098. Important Updates from ACARA
The National Curriculum Board (NCB) held its final meeting on 28 April 2009 and remained active until responsibility was passed to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) www.acara.edu.au in early June 2009. With its final meeting, the NCB reached a major milestone by completing the key foundational documents that will shape the national curriculum.
To view the full ACARA PowerPoint presentation CLICK HEREOnline Survey - possible features of the new Australian National Curriculum for LanguagesOn behalf of our members, the MLTAV is looking forward to being involved in consultations around the development of the Australian National Curriculum for Languages.To ensure MLTAV views are informed by teachers of Languages, the MLTAV is conducting an online survey, gauging the level of support for various possible features of the new curriculum. This survey is being conducted nation-wide, with results broken down by State/Territory. The survey is in the form of a series of statements describing various possible features, asking you to answer this question: How highly would you rate the importance of the following possible feature of a new Australian National Curriculum for Languages? Highly Important Not at all Important 1 ------ 2 ------ 3 ------ 4 ------ 5 It is important that all survey questions are answered, however, given timeframe limitations and the inclusion of thought provoking questions, the MLTAV has divided the survey into five sections. Each section can be completed and saved independently. If you choose to save at the end of a section, you simply click the 'Save Responses' button and a page will be displayed requesting a username; password and email. Upon completing this information, an email is automatically sent to you. By following the link from the email, you will be taken back to where you left off, all your previous answers have been saved. CLICK HERE to be taken to the survey. The features/statements have been collected and edited by Andrew Ferguson (MLTAV President) through three focus group meetings: AISV Heads of LOTE (29 April); MLTAV Conference 2009 (15 May); SA German Teachers’ Conference (29 May), with further consultation through the committees of the MLTAV and AFMLTA. The MLTAV thanks all those who contributed to the development of this survey. Background ReadingThe MLTAV recommends the following documents:
Media Reports
National Professional Teaching AssociationsAustralian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations Inc. (AFMLTA)
The Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA) |
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