From 1976 onwards ISSV had the responsibility of maintaining Slovenian language classes in the Victorian secondary state school system. This involved a range of interrelated activities which included maintenance of classes, curriculum and course development, examinations, promotion and enrollment drives.
STAV and ISSV undertook a range of educational and promotional activities to establish, maintain and develop the teaching of Slovenian language in Victoria:
Developing language and cultural resources and materials for learning Slovenian language and about Slovenian culture for all levels
Slovenian course writing and examination procedures for the Education Department of Victoria and Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
Producing teaching, informative and promotional materials about Slovenian language, language teaching and cultural resources
Promoting Slovenian language classes within the Slovenian community, by advertising in the print, sound and electronic media – in Australia, Slovenia and Italy, and through the Internet projects
Promoting exchange by attending the Seminars for Teachers of Slovenian Abroad, organized by the Office for Slovenes Abroad of Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry for Education, Science and Sport of Republic of Slovenia and the Institute for Education of Republic of Slovenia
Coordinating, organizing events and Slovenian resources distribution in association with Slovenian, Australian and other organizations
Providing ISSV publications and archival material to the National and University Library of Ljubljana for library archives
Instructing Slovenian students on the use of the Internet for research and use in the classroom
Research of: Internet technology, educational technology and multimedia instructional design
Introducing the innovative program Webclassroom, a thematic approach to language teaching, using the web resources
ISSV initiated student exchange with Škofijska klasična gimnazija and Škofijska gimnazija v Vipavi for four Australian secondary students of Slovenian in 2002 – 2003. Funding for travel and boarding expenses was negotiated with the Office for Slovenes Abroad. Subsequently three Slovenian students came to Melbourne and spent two months in an Australian secondary college in late 2003.
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