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Targeted Professional Learning Series

Semester 2, 2026

Dear Community Language School Leaders, Teachers and Educators,

We’re excited to officially launch the CLV Targeted Professional Learning Series – Semester 2, 2026!

Following our successful Teachers' Summit earlier this year, we have been developing a new series of focused professional learning opportunities designed around the needs being raised by community language schools across Victoria.

Throughout Semester 2, the series will bring practical, targeted professional learning directly to our teachers, school leaders and volunteers — with sessions focused on classroom practice, student engagement, inclusive education, behaviour support, curriculum, emerging technologies and school capability.

And we’re kicking things off with a workshop we know will resonate with many of our teachers:

Positive Behaviour Strategies That Maximise Learning 
with Sarah Pavy

Wednesday 2 September 2026
6:30 pm–8:00 pm AEST
Online via Zoom
FREE

Every community language teacher has faced it: the student who won’t engage, the constant calling out, or the class that loses focus halfway through a lesson.

This highly practical and interactive workshop will equip teachers with simple, effective strategies to create calm, focused and engaging classrooms.

Sarah will explore practical approaches to:

• establishing clear expectations and consistent routines;

• gaining and regaining student attention;

• responding calmly to common off-task behaviours;

• using effective teacher language;

• preventing minor behaviours from escalating; and

• maintaining student engagement and active participation.

Teachers will also have the opportunity to reflect on their own classroom challenges and leave with strategies they can apply immediately.

First Aid Training also forms part of our Semester 2 Targeted Professional Learning Series

We are also continuing our practical First Aid training program for community language school staff and volunteers, with the following sessions coming up:

Sunday 6 September 2026 (Spots are filling quickly!)

• HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) — 10:00 am–11:45 am

• HLTAID011 Provide First Aid (includes CPR) — 12:00 pm–3:00 pm

Sunday 25 October 2026

• HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an Education and Care Setting — 12:00 pm–3:30 pm

Sunday 29 November 2026

• Combined 22556VIC Asthma / 22578VIC Anaphylaxis Course — 12:00 pm–3:00 pm

These sessions are delivered in person and are designed to support schools in strengthening staff preparedness, confidence and capability.

And there’s much more to come…

Additional Semester 2 workshops are currently being finalised across areas including:

• explicit teaching and high-impact learning strategies;

• supporting students with additional and special needs;

• positive behaviour support and de-escalation;

• restorative practices;

• AI for curriculum planning and documentation;

• primary and early-years teaching strategies; and

• practical school systems and digital organisation.

We’ll be releasing each workshop as it is confirmed, so keep an eye on your inbox over the coming weeks.

We’re really looking forward to bringing this expanded professional learning program to our community language school sector and to seeing many of you online and in person throughout Semester 2.

Kind regards,

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Community Languages Victoria, Level 2, 189 Faraday Street, Carlton Victoria 3053, Australia