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2020-2022 DOBCEL Languages Strategy

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AS PARTNERS IN CATHOLIC EDUCATION AND OPEN TO AS PARTNERS IN CATHOLIC EDUCATION AND OPEN TO GOD’S PRESENCE, WE PURSUE FULLNESS OF LIFE FOR ALLGOD’S PRESENCE, WE PURSUE FULLNESS OF LIFE FOR ALLNOW WE'RE TALKING!NOW WE'RE TALKING!DIOCESE OF BALLARAT CATHOLIC EDUCATION LIMITEDDIOCESE OF BALLARAT CATHOLIC EDUCATION LIMITED2020-2022 LANGUAGES STRATEGYofBALLARAT CATHOLICDIOCESEDOBCELDIOCESE OF BALLARAT CATHOLIC EDUCATION LIMITED...a ministry of Catholic education ...a ministry of Catholic education serving the Diocesan education communityserving the Diocesan education community

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DOBCEL Languages Strategy – Now We’re Talking!I am pleased to introduce the 2020-2022 DOBCEL Languages Strategy – Now We’re Talking! This strategy builds on our previous Finding Your Voice and Speak Up! strategies which have guided the progress and improvement in provision of quality Languages programs in Victorian Catholic schools over the past six years. We take pride in connuing to deliver Languages educaon across the Diocese that is built on best pracce, creavity and innovaon.Our globalised world is currently facing complex challenges which link and connect all of us. DOBCEL is strongly commied to quality learning across our Diocese which allows our students to achieve “fullness of life” through developing their language communicaon skills and intercultural understanding. More than ever, we are presented with opportunies for our Languages curriculum to allow students a space to reect and appreciate the atudes, values and beliefs of others.The 2020-2022 DOBCEL Languages Strategy – Now We’re Talking! focuses on four key strategic drivers which centre on building students’ skills across the curriculum, strengthening powerful language teaching, supporng deep language learning and ensuring that schools in the Ballarat Diocese have sustainable and quality Language programs in place. Goals aached to each strategic driver will inform overall targets for language frequency, provision, student growth and achievement.I encourage all school communies to ulise the DOBCEL support outlined in the new Languages Strategy to connue building high quality Languages educaon across the Ballarat Diocese.Tom Sexton Director of Catholic EducaonPREAMBLE• Increase the value and status of Languages • Recognise and value the contribuon that Languages has to learning in general, parcularly to enhancing students' literacy skills • Build teacher capacity to make the metalinguisc understandings that underpin literacy development explicit for students • Understand the broader educaonal context of Languages policy and pracceDOBCEL aims to support schools to: 2

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STRATEGIC DRIVERS FOR QUALITY LANGUAGES EDUCATION KSD 1 Realising the potenal of language learning to build students’ skills across the curriculum KSD 2 Developing powerful language teaching KSD 3 Supporng deep language learning KSD 4 Ensuring language program quality, rigour and sustainability Loreto College, BallaratCatholic Education Commission Victoria (CECV) Four Key Strategic Drivers for Quality Languages Education This document outlines four key strategic drivers (KSD), determined by CECV, to help schools strategically plan for quality Languages educaon from 2020 - 2022. The focus of this new strategy is to build sustainable improvement and innovaon in Languages learning across the Ballarat Diocese. Each KSD is aached to a set of goals that have been specically developed for schools in the Ballarat Diocese and will inform overall targets for language frequency, provision, student growth and achievement. The goals focus on:• the contribuon of Languages to whole school priories;• making explicit links between literacy and language learning;• improving the quality of Languages provision by strengthening collaborave pracce;• providing professional learning opportunies based on best pracce;• embedding intercultural knowledge, skills and understandings in Languages curriculum;• developing rigorous and transparent approaches to assessment and reporng;• facilitang greater learner autonomy by supporng student goal seng and reecon;• improving the transion process between primary and secondary; and • embedding rich and authenc language learner experiences in Languages curriculum. 32020-2022 Languages Strategy – Now We’re Talking!

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KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 1KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 1Realising the potenal of language Realising the potenal of language learning to build students’ skills learning to build students’ skills across the curriculumacross the curriculumEnsure Languages reect and contribute to whole school priories.Develop an understanding of student learner proles and use any exisng languages to inform teaching and learning.Ensure the Victorian Curriculum intercultural capability is embedded in Languages curriculum to enable students to respect and value cultural pracces and diversity. Make explicit links between literacy and language learning pracces to enable students to make connecons across curriculum areas. Develop a focus on oral literacy instrucon for F - 2 students to enhance language development across the curriculum. KEY STRATEGIC DRIVERSKEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 2KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 2Developing powerful Developing powerful language teachinglanguage teachingBuild language teacher capacity in CLIL by developing a deep understanding of CLIL principles and pracce. Engage with schools to discuss opportunies for CLIL implementaon.Develop common essenal learnings from the Victorian Curriculum for each language taught in the Ballarat Diocese. Strengthen teacher knowledge to idenfy and gather quality evidence of student learning to enhance language learning and teaching. Incorporate student voice in the Languages classroom to inform teaching design and pracce.Promote collaborave approaches to plan, deliver and reect on teaching pracce through language network clusters/PLCs led by Language Leaders. Provide best pracce professional development opportunies and resources for language teachers (including maintenance of language skills).KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 3KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 3Supporng deep Supporng deep language learning language learningEmbed rich, authenc language experiences in the curriculum to provide incenve and movaon for language learning.Establish and clearly communicate language specic learning intenons and success criteria.Set individual language learning goals with students to encourage student autonomy and self reecon. Support students to improve their language learning through provision of scaolding, evidence-informed learning strategies and resources.KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 4KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 4 Ensuring program quality, Ensuring program quality, rigour and sustainability rigour and sustainability Support Languages provision through collaboraon between school leadership and language teachers, including allocaon of trained sta and necessary resources.Plan for long term stang and resourcing within schools. Opmise language program condions including metabling, stang and organisaonal structures to idenfy opportunies to enhance language learning.Provide ongoing monitoring and support for implementaon of Language Improvement Plans (LIP) for new and past Leading Languages Professional Learning Program (LLPLP) parcipants. Promote a system based, cohesive and consistent approach to improve Languages transion between primary and secondary schools.Develop relaonships and partnerships with language focused industries and in-country educaon providers.Garner support for Languages by inving parents and wider school community to parcipate in language program iniaves.42020-2022 Languages Strategy – Now We’re Talking!

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KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 1KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 1Realised the potenal of language Realised the potenal of language learning to build students’ skills learning to build students’ skills across the curriculumacross the curriculumLanguage teachers will design lessons with an oral language literacy focus for F - 2 students.The Victorian Curriculum intercultural capability will be embedded in Languages curriculum to enable students to respect and value cultural pracces and diversity.BY THE END OF 2022, SCHOOLS IN THE BALLARAT DIOCESE WILL HAVE ACHIEVED THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES... KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 2KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 2Developed powerful Developed powerful language teaching language teaching Language teachers will use essenal learnings to gather evidence of student growth.Language teachers will strengthen collaborave pracces through language networks/PLCs.KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 3KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 3Supported deep Supported deep language learning language learningLanguage teachers will set clear learning intenons and success criteria, based on the Victorian Curriculum.Students will set personal language learning goals and reect on these to improve their learning. KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 4KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 4 Ensured program quality, Ensured program quality, rigour and sustainability rigour and sustainability Catholic Educaon Ballarat will create and drive systemic cohesion and consistency to improve Languages transion processes between primary and secondary schools.All schools will fully meet legislave requirements.COMPONENT 1COMPONENT 1Targets for frequency and provisionTargets for frequency and provisionPRIMARY All students from F - 6 engage in a quality* Languages program for a minimum of 60 minutes across the week, connuously for 40 weeks across the year.*Quality: As outlined in the CECV Guidelines for Quality Languages EducaonSECONDARY All students in Year 7 - 8 engage in a quality Languages program for a minimum of 100 minutes per week, connuously for 40 weeks across the year. Beyond 2022, the aim for schools will be to move towards a weekly target of 150 minutes and sustain a quality Languages program. COMPONENT 2COMPONENT 2Targets for student growth and achievement Targets for student growth and achievement Essenal learnings are developed and used for each language taught in the Ballarat Diocese.Student growth in Languages is assessed using informed evidence and essenal learnings and is reported against the Victorian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Gathered evidence is used to inform future planning of Languages teaching and learning. BALLARAT DIOCESE SYSTEM TARGETS 2020 – 202252020-2022 Languages Strategy – Now We’re Talking!

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KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 1KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 1Ensure the sustainable provision of quality Languages programs and strengthen connecons across curriculum areas.Realising the potenal of language Realising the potenal of language learning to build students’ skills learning to build students’ skills across the curriculumacross the curriculumKEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 2KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 2Encourage collaborave pracce, best pracce Languages instrucon and strengthen assessment and data gathering pracces.Developing powerful Developing powerful language teachinglanguage teachingKEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 3KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 3Build clear learning expectaons and success criteria to encourage student autonomy and enhance language learning outcomes.Supporng deep Supporng deep language learning language learningKEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 4KEY STRATEGIC DRIVER 4 Improve the condions and organisaonal structures required to enable eecve teaching and learning of Languages. Ensuring program quality, Ensuring program quality, rigour and sustainability rigour and sustainability Using commied funding provided through the CECV targeted Languages program, DOBCEL will:1) Provide professional development opportunies for:• developing student oral literacy• introducing Content Language and Integrated Learning (CLIL) • linking literacy and Languages• incorporang student voice in the Languages classroom• establishing clear expectaons and measures of success• using a variety of assessment pracces and collecng quality student evidence • scaolding for the development of language skills • parcipaon in the Leading Languages Professional Learning Program (LLPLP)• embedding intercultural capability in Languages curriculum 2) Support teachers to develop and/or maintain appropriate levels of language skills and content experse.3) Create a digital system to record F - 6 student Languages learning journeys, based on essenal learnings and quality work samples, to strengthen the transion process to secondary school.4) Support schools to create rich and authenc language learning experiences for students.5) Connue to support collaborave teacher pracce through networks/PLCs across the Diocese.6) Support school leadership to consider innovave, long term soluons for Languages program stang and resourcing.7) Create a hub of Languages resources, advocacy tools and program informaon housed on The HIVE digital plaorm.BALLARAT DIOCESE SYSTEM TARGETS 2020 – 2022FOCUSING ON THESE KEY AREAS OF PROVISION AND PRACTICE WILL:HOW WILL DOBCEL SUPPORT SCHOOLS TO IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGY?62020-2022 Languages Strategy – Now We’re Talking!

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