Learning and Leadership Directorate

NSW Community Languages Schools

Program

Overview

• Overview of support for community languages schools

• Questions

NSW Community Languages Schools Program

The NSW Community Languages Schools Program is managed by the Department’s Learning and Leadership Portfolio based at

Oxford Street, Darlinghurst

Purpose of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program

• Support the maintenance, development and acquisition of community languages

• Assist communities to improve the learning outcomes of students enrolled in a regular school from Kindergarten to Year 12 who are learning languages other than English

• Provide opportunities for professional development of community languages school teachers

• Provide administrative support and advice to community languages schools

2013 Statistics

• 256 organisations

• 458 locations

• 31 517 students

• 56 languages

• 2 456 teachers

Community Languages Schools ProgramNumber of Students by Language in 2013

Arabic 6,394 Sinhala 199 Marathi 47 Mandarin 6,128 Portuguese 195 Ukrainian 46Vietnamese 3,339 Croatian 189 Hungarian 45Greek 2,505 Polish 185 Bosnian 42 Cantonese 2,096 Khmer 173 Kurdish 39 Korean 1,967 Macedonian 171 Finnish 37 Tamil 1,025 Sanskrit 170 Maltese 37 Japanese 832 Swedish 144 Pukapuka 36 Dari 578 Hebrew 141 Czech/Slovak 34 Turkish 522 Thai 134 Bulgarian 28 Bangla 476 Spanish 128 Nepali 20 Serbian 432 Persian 103 Latvian 15 Assyrian 422 Samoan 100 Uighur 14 Italian 390 German 90 Telugu 13 Russian 360 Lao 73 Filipino 12Punjabi 346 Pulaar 52 Malay 10Armenian 313 Maori 51 Malayalam N/AIndonesian 280 Somali 49 Tibetan N/AHindi 241 Urdu 49 Tongan N/A

Funding by Region - 2013

Hunter and Central Coast

Illawarra and South East

Northern Sydney

Riverina South Western Sydney

Sydney Western Sydney

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Support for community languages schools in NSW

1. Grants Program2. Free use of government school facilities3. Professional development for teachers

and resources4. The Minister’s Award in Excellence in

Student Achievement5. NSW Community Languages Schools

Board

1. Grants Program

• Establishment Grant

• Per Capita Grant

• Specific Purpose Grant

1. Grants Program – Establishment Grant

• Management committee• Constitution with language teaching as an

objective• Certificate of Incorporation• Australian Business Number (ABN)• Syllabus• Teacher Profile Forms – downloaded from

website• Certificate of Currency of Public Liability

Insurance

1. Grants Program – Per Capita Grant

To be eligible, students must:

• be enrolled in a mainstream school and that enrolment is verified by the Program

• attend at least 70 per cent of classes during Term 1

• not be enrolled in another community languages school teaching the same language.

1. Grants Program – Specific Purpose Grant

• Educational merit• Evidence of community consultation,

research and identified needs• Effective project planning including budget

and timeline• Capacity and skills of project team

members to achieve project outcomes• Benefit to communities that use the same

language and/or teaching practice

2. Free use of government school facilities

• Available to community languages schools at no cost

• Mainstream school principals are responsible for approving community languages schools for usage of their facilities

3. Professional development

• Program Support Officers

• Certificate of Language Teaching

• Teaching resources (including access to Henry Parkes Equity Resource Centre)

4. Minister’s Award for Excellence in Student Achievement

2013 Awards Ceremony

• 318 nominations• 43 languages• 10 Minister’s Award recipients• 48 highly commended• 76 commended• http://

www.dec.nsw.gov.au/about-us/news-at-det/news/student-achievement-awards-languages

4. The 2013 Minister’s Award for Excellence in Student Achievement

5. NSW Community Languages Schools Board

Jozefa Sobski - Chair REPRESENTATVES OF COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENTORGANISATIONS AND AGENCIES AGENCIES Dr Lakshmi Satyanarayana Adelia Fuller

NSW Federation of Community Languages Schools Principal, Saturday School of Community Languages

Amanda Austin NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre

Hunter Parents’ and Teachers ‘ Association of Nicholas Perkins

Community Languages Schools Leader, Early Learning and Primary Education

Michael Christodoulou AM Learning and Leadership Portfolio

Community Relations Commission Howard Jacobs

Associate Professor Ken Cruickshank Inspector, Languages, Office Of the NSW Board of

The University of Sydney Studies

Mary Karras Hanya Stefaniuk OAM

Catholic Education Commission Former Manager, Multicultural Programs Unit

Jon Soemarjono Department of Education and Communities

Ethnic Communities Council of NSW Dr David Cullen

David Hope Director, Early Learning and Primary Education

Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations of NSW Learning and Leadership Portfolio

Albert Vella

Australian Federation of Ethnic Schools Association

Milica Zimonjic

Association of Illawarra Community Languages Schools

NSW Community Languages Schools ProgramContact information

Website: www.dec.nsw.gov.au/what-we-offer/community-programs

Email: commlang@det.nsw.edu.au

Nina Conomos, CoordinatorTelephone: (02) 9244 5677

Vera Szyjan, Support Officer Telephone: (02) 9244 5730