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- Subscribe by Email Two positions are available in our Board of Studies Liaison Officer (BOSLO) team.
The positions, based in our Newcastle and Tamworth offices, are currently being advertised on the Job Vacancies section of this website.
Applications close: 16 October, 2009.
Contact: Fran Trefry Head, Liaison Officer Unit (02) 9367 8102 fran.trefry@bos.nsw.edu.au
Official Notice - Call for Expressions of Interest for Members of Examination Committees and Assessors
BOS 25/09
Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified teachers and academics who wish to participate in the development of the 2010 Higher School Certificate examinations and School Certificate tests as a member of an examination committee or assessor. The development of the examinations will commence in Term 4 2009 and will continue to about July 2010. Assessing takes one day and occurs usually in Term 1.
Successful applicants receive an honorarium and travel expenses.
Applications for committee member must be submitted no later than Friday 4 September 2009 and for assessor no later than Friday 30 October.
Further information and application forms are available from the Board of Studies website or by contacting Beverley Gale by email at tdapplications@bos.nsw.edu.au or by phone on 9367 8371.
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To assist with the development of syllabuses in Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Indonesian and Korean for Heritage Language speakers at the senior secondary level, the Office of the Board of Studies is creating a register of curriculum writers for tasks at various stages of the syllabus development process. Depending on their current employment, selected writers will be contracted or deployed (subject to employer's approval) to undertake the writing tasks.
Expressions of interest for inclusion on the register are particularly sought from people with advanced proficiency, skills, experience and/or expertise in the writing of either Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Indonesian or Korean curriculum materials.
Times change, the way we communicate changes, and the Board Bulletin is changing too.
In schools this week is the first Board Bulletin Digest - a print index of all the articles, Official Notices and resources that have appeared online in Term 1.
On the front page is a reminder of just how important it now is to subscribe to the Board's email news alert service.
Email subscription to Board news is fast, it's easy and it won't overload your inbox. Thousands of teachers, students, parents and others are already subscribed to ensure they don't miss out on important news and resources.
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To assist with the management of syllabus development for Vocational Education and Training in 2009, the Office of the Board of Studies is updating its register of curriculum writers. This register will be used to select writers to undertake tasks at various stages of the year.
Projects for 2009 require writers with particular expertise in the following areas:
People with expertise in writing syllabuses, support materials, samples or units of work and/or in the conduct of educational research are invited to submit an expression of interest in being on the register.
More information and an expression of interest form are available online.
The expression of interest form should be completed and submitted, along with the required supporting statements and documentation to:
Senior Project Officer, VET
Curriculum Branch
Office of the Board of Studies
GPO Box 5300
SYDNEY NSW 2001
by Friday 20 March 2009.
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The Board of Studies website is one of the largest and busiest education sites in the world. For anyone in the education community - teachers, principals, parents, students and others - this site contains essential reading.
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The Board of Studies website is one of the largest and busiest education sites in the world. For anyone in the education community - teachers, principals, parents, students and others - this site contains essential reading.
So how do you keep track of what's new and what's important to you?
1. You can subscribe to the email notification service (see the box to the right of this article). When new items are published you will receive a message in your inbox the following morning containing links that you can follow if you're interested in the content. You will never get more than one email from us per day, sometimes less.
You can cut down your emails even more by only subscribing to Official Notice alerts (see the box at right). Official Notices are about important Board rules, procedures and syllabus changes. The last Board Bulletin for 2008 reminded schools that from 2009 Official Notices are only published online.
2. You can subscribe to an RSS feed in your favourite News Reader (see the RSS icons to the right of this article). Read more about the Board's RSS feed.
and now...
3. Do you like your news in quick, short bites? Want to see BOS news as it happens? Want the choice of updates to your web-enabled mobile phone? Get your updates on Twitter by following NewsAtBOS
POSITION NO: BOS/048
SALARY:Total remuneration package valued up to $116,596 per annum includes salary ($105,660 per annum), employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
LOCATION: Bathurst
JOB STATUS: Temporary Full time
RESPONSIBILITIES: Planning, organising, implementing and evaluation of local area liaison services. Provides advice on Board policies, procedures and programs and disseminates information on curriculum, assessment and credentialing. Conducts forums and workshops.
POSITION NO: BOS/519
SALARY: Remuneration package up to $63.84 per hour includes salary ($57.86 per hour), employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
LOCATION: Sydney
JOB STATUS: Temporary Part time
RESPONSIBILITIES: Provides support to the Inspector in all aspects of the development of Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Indonesian and Korean Language Courses for Heritage Speakers at the Senior Secondary Level and their implementation in the Languages Key Learning Area.
Position No: BOS/036
Salary: Total remuneration package valued up to $146,951 per annum includes salary ($119,872- $133,168), employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
Location: Sydney
Job status: Temporary Full time
Responsibilities: Providing statewide leadership in curriculum development in the Primary learning area and in the wider educational context.
