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Inaugural SW Professional Learning Day

Committee member Simona Carniello reports: Last weekend, nearly 30 language educators gathered for the inaugural LTWA South West Languages Professional Learning Day at St Mary MacKillop in Busselton. The event was held on Saturday, featuring eight dynamic workshops, led by experienced language educators, showcasing innovative teaching approaches across diverse areas. The sessions emphasised creative engagement […]

Janet Wilderspin

Janet Wilderspin could not be at the TOFA Stage to receive our congratulations on her long and distinguished career. In 1977 Janet  (Clark) was appointed as the first primary school trained French teacher in WA. At the time, and up until 1995, high school language teachers would travel to their local primary schools for 2 […]

MLTAWA’s Nathan Harvey Memorial Event

On Thursday 15 February, the Modern Language Teachers’ Association of Western Australia Inc. (MLTAWA) held a Memorial Event at The Left Bank in Fremantle for the late Nathan Harvey – long-term teacher, leader, and advocate of Languages Education.  Known to all members of the MLTAWA and wider Languages Education community, both at a local, national […]