Media Release
GLOBAL EXPERIENCE FOR AUSTRALIA’S LANGUAGE TEACHERS
6 November, 2003 MIN 512 /03
Some 125 primary and secondary teachers of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Vietnamese will be travelling overseas to improve their language skills under a new $4 million Australian Government initiative.
Announced in the 2003 Budget, the Endeavour Language Teacher Fellowships will strengthen languages teaching in our schools.
These Fellowship recipients will have an opportunity to improve their language and cultural skills through an intensive, in-country study programme. Based on the six languages most commonly studied in Australian schools, the countries in which the teachers will study are China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Vietnam. The study programmes will take place over a three week period in January 2004.
Primary and secondary school language teachers were invited to apply for the inaugural Fellowships with over 300 applications received indicating the significant interest in this important new initiative.
The Howard Government continues to play a strategic leadership role in the delivery of strong languages education in our schools.
In the 2003 Budget I announced $108 million over the next four years to continue the School Languages Programme and to introduce the Fellowship Programme.
In addition, I have approved $1.2 million, through the Australian Government Quality Teacher Programme, for the professional development of Asian language teachers in Australia over the next two years.
The next round of Endeavour Language Teacher Fellowships will be advertised in June 2004.
I warmly congratulate the Fellowship recipients and wish them well in their overseas study programmes.
A list of recipients is attached.
An overview of the 2004 Fellowships is at: http://www.dest.gov.au/schools/programmes/endeavour.htm
Media Contact:
Dr Nelson’s Office: Ross Hampton 0419 484 095
Dept of Education, Science & Training: Laila Lacis 0412 040 034
Attachment A
The 2004 recipients are:
Australian Capital Territory
France: Peta Shepherd (Telopea Park School)
Germany: Heli Davis (Merici College), Franziska Morrison (Canberra Grammar School)
Italy: Meri Dragicevic (Narrabundah College)
Japan: Kristina Collins (Macquarie Primary School)
New South Wales
China: Cheng Peng (School of Community Languages Merewether Centre), Christine Pech (Burrumbuttock Primary School), Kang Ning Wang (Ashfield Boys High School)), Louise Purss-Semple (Springdale Heights Public School), Marianna Valeri (Murray High School), Sheng-Lien Wu (School of Community Languages Ryde), Stephen Hwa Ting Hui (School of Community Languages Chatswood Centre)
France: Rosemary Cureton (Catherine McAuley College Grafton), Deborah Roberts (St Ives North Public School), Megan Badger (Tamworth High School), Helen Jackson (SCEGGS Darlinghurst), Stephen Collis (Northern Beaches Christian School), Tracy Stevens (Santa Sabina College Strathfield)
Germany: Jan Francuz (Marsden High School), Jennifer Liessmann (Tempe Public School), Patricia Dive (Figtree High School), Veronika Williamson (GRC Penshurst Girls High School), Stephen Laurence (William Cowper Anglican Secondary Boys School Tamworth)
Italy: Anne Maree Eisenhuth (St Andrews College, Marayong), Beatrice Iacono (Open High School, Randwick), Diana Dugina (Maclean High School), Pamela Burns (Hunter School of the Performing Arts), Penelope Johnstone (Oatley Public School)
Japan: James Hart (Terra Sancta College Schofields), Kelly Randell (Mater Maria Catholic College Warriewood), Donna Rostron (Murrwillumbah High School), Nicole Schafer (Glen Innes High School), Helen Sarantopoulos ( Elizabeth Macarthur High School)
Vietnam: Duc Thanh Nguyen (Canley Vale Public School), Tang Vo Ly (Fairfield High School), Thanh Chau Ta (Harrington Street Public School, Cabramatta), Thi Khanh Nguyen (Bonnyrigg Public School), Vien Vien Tang (Canley Vale Public School), Thai Binh Huynh (Bankstown Senior College), Dieu-Huong Ly (Bonnyrigg High School)
Northern Territory
Germany: Patricia Doyle (NT Open Education Centre)
Japan: Yumiko Shaw (Darwin High School)
Queensland
China: Maureen Noates (St Columban’s College, Caboolture), Maylan Kuan-Yates (Eight Mile Plains State School), Nicole Christensen (Hervey Bay State High School)
France: Dianne Natt (Cannon Hill Anglican College), Janet Searle (St Peters Lutheran School, Indooroopilly), Jillian McKeown (The Southport School), Leanne Malone (St John Fisher College Bracken Ridge), Monica Popa (Blackwater State High School)
Germany: Grace Jamieson (Brookfield State School), Lynne Moody (St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School), Rochelle Morgan (St Peter’s Catholic Primary School Caboolture), Ruth Krause (Clayfield College)
Italy: Josephine Tuttobene (St Andrews Primary School Ferny Grove), Raphaela Wynne (Bli Bli State School)
Japan: Brendan Merrotsy (San Sisto College Carina), Catherine Hannan (St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School), Janet Meibush (St Ursula’s College, Toowoomba), Julie Miller (Ironside State School), Karen Nishimura (Cavendish Road State High School), Rhonda Neill (St Josephs College Nudgee)
South Australia
China: Simone Breaker (Murray Bridge South Primary School)
France: Catherine Clark (Wallaroo Mines Primary School), Marlene Jarema (Walford Anglican School for Girls, Hyde Park)
Germany: Jantina De Weerd (Macclesfield Primary School), Catherine Jamieson (Endeavour College, Enfield)
Italy: Margharita Pardoe (St Francis of Assisi School Newton), Teresa Antoniadis (Stradbroke Schools Rostrevor)
Japan: Virginia Saul (Belair Schools)
Vietnam: Minh Van Pham (Our Lady of Sacred Heart College, Enfield), Diep Van Le (Ridley Grove Primary School), Thu Thuy Huynh (Virginia Primary School), Quoc Hung Tran (Ross Smith Secondary School)
Victoria
China: Wai-Han Got (Mater Christi College Belgrave), Jane Walker (Wantirna College), Jing Cheng (Collingwood College), Ivan Sze Chan (Mowbray College Caroline Springs)
France: Eamon Galligan (Xavier College Kew), Margaret Bray (Ringwood Secondary College), Glen Robins ( Scotch College), Mary Ellen Morton (Kardinia International College Geelong)
Germany: Ingeborg Cairns (Berwick Secondary College), Carolyn Walker (Essex Heights Primary School), Hani Joan Vodstrcil (Noble Park Secondary College), Tibor Endrody ( Victorian School of Languages), Angela Fletcher (Bimbadeen Heights Primary School)
Italy: Genevieve Mallia (Mater Christi College Belgrave), Katherine Metcalfe (St Joseph’s College, Echuca), Margaret Yates (St Joseph’s College), Josephine Papaluca-White (Donvale Primary School), Angela Francavilla (Mill Park Heights Primary School), Angela Khan (Debney Park Secondary College)
Japan: Ann Adams (Warrandyte High School), Charles Addison (Emerald Primary School), Pamela Spiegel (Malvern Central School), Shungo Sawaki (MacRobertson Girls High School)
Vietnam: Kieu-Thu Tran (St Albans Secondary College), Thu-Huong Nguyen (Debney Park Secondary School), Uyen Phuong Hoai (Heatherhill Secondary College), Chu Huu Nguyen (Westall Secondary College)
Tasmania
France: Caroline Jackson (Hobart College)
Germany: Mary Koolhof (Claremont College), Maree Conrad (Brent Street Primary Glenorchy)
Japan: Helen Unwin (Scotch Oakburn College)
Italy: Cynthia Brock( Sacred Heart School, Launceston)
Western Australia
France: Christine Lovering (Applecross Primary School), Janet Carrick (School of Isolated and Distance Education), Gael Cameron (Helena College Glen Forrest)
Germany: Hendrik De Jong (Rossmoyne Senior High School)
Italy: Rose Miller (Servite College Tuart Hill), Tracey Freestone (Aranmore Catholic College, Leederville), Carmelina Lagalia (Ballajurra Community College), Frances Gordon (Hillcrest Primary School), Lynne Rockliff (Mukinbudin District High School)
Japan: Giselle Fabling (Halls Head Community School), Jemma Spicer (Collie Senior High School), Nathan Harvey (Harvey Senior High School)
Group Leaders
Andrew Scrimgeour (South Australia)
Lesley Micheletti (Queensland)
Susi Steigler- Peters (New South Wales)
Matthew Absalom (South Australia)
Janelle Byrne (New South Wales)
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