GROW: Open Collaborative Inquiry
This course is designed to support teachers to inquire into their practice and improve outcomes for students
Languages
GROW programme
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Teacher
9 months
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Blended
Nationwide
Ministry funded
Overview
This course is designed to support teachers to inquire into their practice and improve outcomes for students.
About the course
Who will benefit from this course:
All teachers of languages, by collaborating with others teaching the same language or working with teachers from the same school or clusters of schools
Course Structure:
This course is delivered through two full-day face-to-face workshops, four online workshops and practice analysis school visits.
Dates for workshops will be dependent on location and language groups to be agreed with course participants
Important note: Dates and workshop venue will be confirmed once the programme commences.
SPANISH
Workshop 1 (full-day face-to-face)
Introduction to the course, intangible cultural heritage and iCLT
Areas of focus for PGC
Monday 10th March, 2025, 9am-3pm
Workshop 2 (online)
Focus on pedagogy - what does the research say?
Thursday 8th May 2025, 3:30-4:30pm
Workshop 3(online)
Reporting back - what does your evidence tell you?
Tuesday 17th June 2025, 3:30-4:30pm
Workshop 4 (full-day face-to-face)
Bespoke content developed for the group's areas of interest
Friday 1st August 2025, 9am-3pm
Workshop 5 (online)
Planning for success
Wednesday 3rd September 2025, 3:30-4:30pm
Workshop 6 (online)
Professional Growth Cycle presentations - what happened?
Tuesday 11th November 2025, 3:30-5:00pm
GERMAN
Workshop 1 (online)
Whakawhanaungatanga; Professional Growth Cycles; Discussion on key language teaching approaches and resources.
Tuesday 4th March 2025, 3:45-5pm
Workshop 2 (full-day face-to-face)
Pedagogy content dependent on needs of the cluster
Friday 4 April 2025, 9:30am-3:30pm
Workshop 3 (online)
Reporting back - what does your evidence tell you?
Wednesday 7th May 2025, 3:45-4:45pm
Workshop 4 (full-day face-to-face)
Pedagogy content dependent on needs of the cluster; Sharing and developing resources
Friday 22nd August 2025, 9:30am-3:30pm
Workshop 5 (online)
Further sharing about Professional Growth Cycles; Professional readings and final steps regarding data collection
Thursday 9th October 2025, 3:45-4:45pm
Workshop 6 (online)
Professional Growth Cycle presentations - what happened?
Wednesday 19th November 2025, 3:30-5:30pm
JAPANESE
Workshop 1 (online)
Introduction to the course; Principles of language teaching and learning
Areas of focus for PGC
Thursday 13th March 2025, 4:00-5:00pm
Workshop 2 (full-day face-to-face)
Pedagogy content dependent on needs of the cluster
Tuesday 6th May 2025, 9am-3pm
Workshop 3(online)
Reporting back - what does your evidence tell you?
Thursday 12th June, 4:00-5:00pm
Workshop 4 (full-day face-to-face)
Bespoke content developed for the group's areas of interest; Sharing and developing resources
Thursday 31st July 2025, 9am-3pm
Workshop 5 (online)
Planning for success. Discussion on Professional Growth Cycles
Tuesday 9th September 2025, 4:00-5:00pm
Workshop 6 (online)
Professional Growth Cycle presentations - what happened?
Thursday 6th November 2025, 4:00-5:30pm
At no cost for NZ registered teachers.
Selected participants will be advised of the location once registrations have closed. Tui Tuia | Learning Circle - Languages will pay for associated travel for teachers who are outside of the city of delivery for face-to-face workshop(s) or provide delivery online where appropriate.
Upon completion of the programme, your school can claim back the cost of two Teacher Release Days.
Register here
Registrations for our 2024 GROW Workshops will open in early October, please check back then. Use the contact us button below if you have any questions.
