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The New Zealand Curriculum , p 24

The New Zealand Curriculum , p 24.

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The New Zealand Curriculum , p 24

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  1. The New Zealand Curriculum, p 24 “Learning a new language extends students’ linguistic and cultural understanding and their ability to interact appropriately with other speakers ... Through such interaction, students acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes that equip them for living in a world of diverse peoples, languages, and cultures.” (2007)

  2. Concerns? • How do we fit it in the school programme? • How do we get started? • How much time do we give languages? • We don’t have the expertise.. • Our students need to know English first… X

  3. supports schools with planning for LL programmes and provides teacher professional development in LL

  4. Professional Learning Pathway

  5. Teacher Professional Development Languages • Year-long programme • Throughout New Zealand • Chinese, Japanese and 8 other languages • Capacity of 75 teachers per year

  6. 388 teachers have completed TPDL • Schools have had several teachers complete • 75 teachers are on the programme this year www.tpdl.ac.nz

  7. The purpose of TPDL To improve student language learning by: • focusing on student use of the language • developing teachers’ language proficiency and knowledge • improving teachers’ language teaching capabilities

  8. TPDL professional development model In-School Support • SLA Pedagogy Effective Pedagogy in LL Language Study

  9. In-school Support – pedagogy – language • System of 4 sequential observations • Focus on student meaningful use of language • Research-based • Evidence-based inquiry

  10. In-school support – pedagogy – language • University 300-level course • Customised for teachers • Cross-sector groups • Inquiry task • Outside expertise

  11. In-school support – pedagogy – language • According to need • Local, distance or customised • Directed to international language proficiency qualification (e.g. HSK, JLPT) • Teacher as language learner

  12. TPDL caters for all teacher types…. • Native speakers • Headsof languages departments • Experienced • Less experienced • New to teaching languages • Primary and secondary • Generalists and specialists

  13. Costs reimbursed to schools • Course fees • Travel assistance if not in a main centre • Language examination fees, & • Two TRDs www.tpdl.ac.nz

  14. Professional Learning Pathway

  15. Professional Learning Pathway

  16. 2014 Initiation Stage Initiative For schools that: • want to start a sustainable language programme • want to train staff to deliver a sustainable programme For teachers • new to teaching languages • new to learning languages • recently introduced Learning Languages programmes • using Ministry language kits • native speakers with limited pedagogical background

  17. What is offered? • One-day pedagogy workshop at the start • School visits with feedback • Half-day workshop following school visits • Half-day workshop - presentation of portfolio • Networking opportunities (cluster based)

  18. What is required by school/teacher? • Develop portfolio • Teaching-as-inquiry project • Reflections • Language lesson planning • Learning of target language • Presentation of portfolio to cluster • OneTRD

  19. When? • As soon as clusters have been developed • Terms 2 to 4 2014 • Dates for workshops set for each cluster www.ilep.ac.nz

  20. Professional Learning Pathway

  21. The ILEP National Advisers

  22. Language Assistants

  23. Professional Learning Pathway

  24. ILEP Scholarships – to China

  25. - to Japan

  26. Meaningful tasks

  27. Ministry of Education Language Immersion Awards For teachers • For one month • For three months • For six months • For one year

  28. Suhasini Thakur • Speaks 6 Indian languages • 2001: Came to NZ • 2005: Started teaching in NZ • 2012: Completed TPDL (Chinese) • 2013: China Scholarship • 2013: Awarded MoE LIA • 2014: Continues own learning of Chinese

  29. Robin Hartley • Learned French at school • Taught ESOL in Korea • 2009: Started teaching • 2013: Completed TPDL (Chinese) • 2014: Continues own learning of Chinese, and • 2014: Has MoE MLA • …2015: Considering applying for one-year MoE LIA to China

  30. Melody McCombe • Learned Japanese and French at school • Teaching Japanese to her class for 10 years • 2013: Completed TPDL – one of 4 teachers at Christchurch South Intermediate • 2014: MoE LIA in Japan for 3 months

  31. 2014 Initiation Stage Initiative National Advisers China & Kansai Scholarships The LL PLD pathway for schools & teachers MoE LIAs MLAs TPDL

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