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Internationalising Education A Priority for
Education in Victoria
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• The National context
• The Melbourne Declaration on the Educational
  Goals for Young Australians
• The Australian Curriculum
• Intercultural understanding
• Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

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Victoria as a Learning Community

• The context for our work the international
  environment.
• For this reason, supporting students to excel in
  a globalised world is a key focus of this
  Government.

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The Victorian Governments Vision for Languages
Education
The Victorian Government wants all students to be
given the opportunity to learn a language and to
achieve proficiency in that language.
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Education for Global and Multicultural
Citizenship 2009-2013
An inter-culturally literate person possesses
the skills, knowledge, understanding and
attitudes required to form relationships and
collaborate with others across cultures.
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• School Education Group
• The School Education Group (SEG) is a new group
  within the department.
• It will support the policy development and
  implementation of
• Teacher and Principal professional development
• Education leadership
• Curriculum and assessment
• Student disabilities, wellbeing and health
  support
• Education partnerships
• International education

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Strategies for internationalising education

• Whole school commitment to internationalising
  education
• Integrating global perspectives and Asian studies
  in the curriculum
• Teacher and principal exchange to benchmark
  practice against high performing education
  systems
• Student exchange and immersion experiences
• Strong commitment to language learning
• Promoting sustainable and meaningful sister
  school relationships
• Using ICT to connect across cultures

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Towards Coherence and Sustainability
Internationalising education strategic, coherent
and sustainable
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• Why participate in an in-country program?
• Workforce and leadership development
• Benchmarking teaching practice to enhance student
  learning outcomes and achievement
• Leading to meaningful and sustained partnerships
  with sister schools
• Deepening understanding of other cultures and
  build greater intercultural understanding

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How do we maximise the experience?

• School leadership development
• Teacher professional learning
• Curriculum
• Monitoring and reporting
• Use of ICT
• Engaging with parents, communities and business

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