In this issue:

• LTV Mentoring Network

• Support for implementing VC2.0: webinar and workshops

• Graduate and Returnee Teachers of Languages workshop

• Building Languages Leaders: free webinar

• Explicit teaching and CLIL: webinars and workshop

• Exploring ELLA in F-2 Languages classes: workshop

• Reminder: is your membership current?

• News from VCAA

• News from our Commercial Members: LMERC

Visit the Events List on our website to view all our upcoming professional learning events by calendar date.

LTV Mentoring Network

In 2025 the LTV Mentoring Network celebrated 20 years of bringing beginning and accomplished teachers together to share knowledge, support and ideas.

Funded through the Department of Education’s Strategic Partnerships Program, participation in the Mentoring Network provides:

• partnership between a beginning and accomplished teacher of the same language across 2026

• a zoom session with your mentoring partner and the LTV Project Manager to launch the project

• a Collegiate Classroom Visit (to be organised at a mutually convenient time with your mentoring partner and supported by a $400 contribution to CRT release)

• free registration for the LTV Annual Conference (Friday 4 December)

This program is FREE for LTV members.

There are a limited number of places available so APPLY NOW. Registration will close on 30 April or earlier if fully subscribed.

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 Implementation Support

To support Languages teachers with the implementation of VC2.0, LTV has a number of resources and professional learning opportunities available:

Units of Learning - a unit planning template and a number of sample units have been developed by experienced teachers of Languages. These units align with VC2.0 and the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0 (VTLM 2.0) and are available on the LTV website.

Webinar and workshops - see below for more details.

Coaching - following the Creating Languages Units with VC2.0 and VTLM2.0 workshop, attendees can access support from an experienced LTV Languages Coach to assist you with developing a mini-unit based on VC2.0, tailored to your context

Webinar: Exploring Sample VC2.0 Languages Units

Thursday 12 February 3:45 - 4:45pm. Online via Zoom

Join this FREE webinar to:

• Understand key changes in the Victorian Curriculum 2.0 for Languages (to be implemented in 2026)

• Explore NEW primary and secondary Languages units based on VC2.0 and VTLM 2.0

• Access NEW unit planning templates

• Find out about a full day Professional Learning workshop and opportunities to access coaching to assist you in getting started on designing a mini unit of work to support your students to confidently engage in Languages learning.

Workshop: Creating Languages Units using VC2.0 and VTLM2.0

Friday 13 March 9:00am - 3:15pm

Price: $245 LTV members/ $295 LTV non-members

Morning tea, lunch and all workshop resources provided

Venue: Catholic Leadership Centre, East Melbourne

Are you keen to be supported to develop a mini-unit of learning based on the Victorian Curriculum 2.0: Languages and the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model (VTLM) 2.0 to effectively engage your learners?

Join this full day workshop to:

• explore the VC:Languages 2.0 and VTLM2.0 and apply these to design engaging Languages units using new templates and resources

• unpack explicit teaching strategies and cognitive load theory and identify how these can inform quality design of Languages units

• network with colleagues and be supported by a team of Languages coaches to assist you in getting started on designing a mini-unit of work to support your students to confidently engage in Languages learning

• hear about the opportunity to be supported by an experienced LTV Languages coach to further develop your mini-unit.

Workshop: Gianfranco Conti - Connecting EPI & VC2.0

Friday 22 May 9:00am - 3:15pm

Price: $275 LTV members/ $350 LTV non-members

Morning tea, lunch and all workshop resources provided

Venue: Novotel on Collins, 270 Collins St, Melbourne

We are excited to announce that Dr Gianfranco Conti will be joining us for a full day workshop for Victorian Languages teachers on Friday 22 May.

Gianfranco Conti’s mission is to make current cognitive science and applied linguistics research available to the busy classroom practitioner and to translate them into implementable and impactful instructional strategies which make Languages accessible for all.

Attend this full day workshop to:

• explore an evidence-based deep dive into teaching speaking: from hesitation to spontaneity

• unpack the principles of the Extensive Processing Instruction (EPI) approach and how to apply them in your Languages program

• be supported to design a mini-unit based on the Victorian Curriculum 2.0 for Languages and embed Conti’s strategies for engaging and effective Languages learning

Register by Friday 8 May - limited places available

Regional and Rural VC2.0 Workshops

LTV is keen to facilitate VC2.0 workshops in regional Victoria. Please contact us if your school would be interested in hosting an event for Languages teachers in your area. Email: [email protected]

Graduate and Returnee Teachers of Languages Workshop

Languages teachers currently teaching in government schools who have recently graduated or returned to the Languages classroom after a period of absence are invited to participate in a FREE full-day professional learning workshop.

Friday 20 March 9am - 3pm  
Venue: Graduate House, 220 Leicester St Carlton

This workshop is designed to support graduate and returning teachers to provide quality Languages programs in schools by:

• introducing participants to key people, networks and organisations supporting Languages teachers

• sharing practical strategies and information about evidence-based pedagogies, current resources and professional learning opportunities 

• facilitating language-specific workshops and opportunities for networking with other teachers of Languages.

The event is facilitated by Languages Teachers Victoria (LTV) on behalf of the Department of Education.

There is no cost to participate. The Department of Education will provide CRT release costs to your school for successful applicants, where applicable. 

Take advantage of this opportunity to connect with the profession and be supported in your role as a teacher of Languages!

Register online to express interest in attending this event by Monday 2 March.

You will receive an email from LTV by Friday 6 March to indicate if your application has been successful. For any queries, please email [email protected]

Building Languages Leaders

Free Webinar

Wednesday 18 February 

3:45 - 4:45pm Online via Zoom

Facilitators: Linton Roe & Kylie Farmer (LTV Languages Coaches)

Audience: Languages teachers in Victorian government primary schools

Participate in this FREE webinar to find out more about hosting a Building Languages Leaders event - a free 2-hour in-school incursion which provides opportunities for:

• 20 selected Year 3-6 students to be trained as Languages Leaders to build their leadership capacity and extend their skills in the Language they are learning at school.

• 40 selected Foundation - Year 2 students to participate in engaging language learning experiences, co-facilitated by their school’s trained Year 3-6 Language Leaders.

In 2026 a limited number of events will be held in government schools teaching Chinese, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. These will be facilitated by experienced Languages teachers who are trained members of the Languages Teachers Victoria (LTV) Project Team.

There is no cost to host an event - all costs are covered by the Department of Education's Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series (VCES) initiative and all resources are provided by the LTV Project Team.

Click here to register your interest in hosting a Building Languages Leaders event in your school.

This program is supported by the Victorian government’s Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series.

Due to the expansion of this program in 2026, we are also looking to expand the LTV Project team involved in facilitating these events. If you are a teacher of Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese or Spanish and would be interested in finding out more about being a casual co-facilitator of this program, please email Kylie Farmer [email protected]

This is a paid role.

Explicit Teaching & CLIL

Free Webinars