Whakangungu
Professional Development
Browse our professional development opportunities for teachers and leaders below to cater to you and your school's needs.
Chinese Bridge New Zealand Students Spring/Autumn Camp
Embark on an enriching journey with the Chinese Bridge Spring/Autumn Camp, offering New Zealand students a captivating immersion into the vibrant culture and timeless traditions of China's iconic cities, Beijing and Xi'an.
GROW: Continuing to Thrive as Teachers of Multi-Level Language Classes
This course is designed as a follow on from GROW Thriving as Teachers of Multi-Level Language Classes, to continue to support educators to develop and implement strategies to improve outcomes for students in multi-level language classes.
GROW: Heritage Languages in my classroom
This course is designed to support teachers to grow and develop the heritage languages of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in their classroom and the wider school. Participants will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge, skills, resources and networks to support heritage language learners and their families in their schools.
GROW: Equipping Junior High School Students for their Senior Language Programmes
This course is designed for language teachers of junior programmes to explore different language teaching approaches that suit Years 9 and 10, equip themselves with practical strategies to build learners' confidence in all language skills, and implement newly learned approaches and strategies to provide a more solid foundation for senior language programmes for their learners.
GROW: Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) Years 1-10
This course is designed to provide participants with the support to successfully design and implement different types of communicative tasks. This will enable participants to make their languages lessons more interactive and engaging.
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