Implementing the Australian Curriculum in German
Friday, 1st April
8:30 - 16:00 Open Access College Hall
1-37 Marden Road, Marden S.A. 5070
A whole day workshop run by Andrew Ferguson. Andrew is president of the MLTAV, a longstanding member of the AGTV and network manager of NATG. Andrew is well known in
South Australia for providing professional learning for teachers of German at our annual
state conferences, for his expertise in curriculum development and his knowledge of the
Australian Curriculum.
The workshop will set the ground rules and establish the groups to collaborate together on
units of work – using the unit planner provided by AFMLTA or their own version. As part of
this they will review existing units of work to see how content may be adapted and resequenced to fulfil the objectives and content-coverage of the AC. they will also create new
units where required.
The scope of this project: The workshop will bring together teachers with particular
experience and interest in developing resources for the primary/middle school levels 7, 8, 9
and 10.
Alongside plenary sessions (morning and afternoon) led by our guest presenter, we plan to
provide focus group sessions for the 4 year levels. For the Workshop we would aim to form
small groups (no bigger than 4 people) based on the particular year level they wanted to
focus on, and perhaps taking into account textbooks in use.
Participants will receive a program for the day, and are asked to bring sample materials
drawn from existing programs (phase/year plans, unit outlines and assessment examples) to
discuss and re-work. Post the workshop, these focus-based ‘hubs’ (rather than geographic
hub groups) would also collaborate informally (outside of structured meetings) on an
ongoing basis, and would be encouraged to share materials developed with their school
colleagues.
While the first workshop would focus on planning and sequencing units of work, we plan to
offer a follow-up AC session with parallel sub-groups for the 4 year levels as part of the 2016
SAGTA conference, with an emphasis on assessment tasks. Here delegates would report back
on developments in their work, share resources, and particularly ideas for assessments.
Car parks 1-3 are for staff and
students of OAC and Marden and
usually crowded. Please use the
car park that is accessed from
Port Rush Road.
Pay
Payneham Road – Portrush Road intersection
Marden Shopping Centre on the corner
Drive down Portrush Road, turn second right into
Mars/ Marden Senior College car park. Park on the
left, then enter school through gate 7. Follow the
path around OAC teaching Area 3. Go past the library
to the hall.