Why join NAFT?
- NAFT is one of the most active language teachers’ associations in NSW, running many workshops each year for French teachers in NSW. NAFT is a NESA accredited professional learning provider, offering an average of at least 20 hours of NESA accreditation annually, through its various workshops. Considering that NESA requires 50 recognised accredited hours over 5 years, this is a remarkable opportunity to gain specialised accreditation in your teaching field in just one year if you wish.
Some of the major events that NAFT runs each year are as follows:
▪ Year 12 Skills days for students at Beginners, Continuers and Extension level
▪ HSC Practice speaking days for students at Beginners, Continuers and Extension level
▪ Bac Blanc examinations for Beginners, Continuers and Extension level
▪ Stage 6 Marking and Assessment workshop for teacher
▪ Various professional development teacher workshops throughout the year
▪ In collaboration with Alliance Française, accredited immersion language & culture courses
▪ Annual Conference
▪ Professional development teacher study trips to New Caledonia and Tahiti
- NAFT offers a travel subsidy of up to $300.00 per year to those members who live outside of Sydney to attend NAFT events, (payable upon receipt of travel costs and that the school has also offered to subsidise attendance)
- NAFT offers subsidies to members who have actively contributed to NAFT, to undertake studies to improve and enhance their French. This is available to non-native speakers only and upon consideration by the NAFT Executive of a submission made by the applicant.
- NAFT has previously subsidised members course costs and we are looking to expand the number of subsidies in the future.
- NAFT has already organised 4 subsidised language tours to New Caledonia and 1 to Tahiti with more than 20 hours of teacher-identified accreditation for our members.
- NAFT produces high quality Trial HSC examinations for all 3 levels as well as a Continuers Preliminary examination each year.
- NAFT has a private Facebook group as a forum for sharing of ideas, articles, events and teaching strategies.
Where does your membership money go?
- NAFT is one of the least expensive Professional Teachers’ Association in NSW and your membership fee is not enough to cover the costs for running of the above events. Therefore, there are charges for each event, but they are kept to a minimum to cover expenses.
- All our committee members do the work for NAFT in addition to their teaching load and other responsibilities.
- Each event has insurance costs, technical website costs, administration costs to follow up payments, receipts and certificates, accreditation costs for accredited events, Thank you vouchers & gifts for attendees at events, production of material costs, venue hire costs, catering costs, visiting guest speaker costs (e.g. flights, accommodation, meals, transport and other outgoings).