Year 1–10 students below reading and writing expectations

Funding available

Tertiary fees funding support

Support for leadership

• Tertiary fees funding support
• Learning and change network (LCN)

You may find these MoE resources useful              

• Literacy professional development (LPDP)
• Guidelines for integrating readymade commercial packages into teaching programmes
• School Leadership and Student Outcomes/He Kura Rangatira BES

You may find these other resources and organisations useful

Resources from the Ontario Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat – especially the What works: Research into Practice series 

You may find these conferences useful

Conferences found at:

• NZ Literacy Association
• International Reading Association 

Funding available

Tertiary fees funding support

Support for leadership

• Student Achievement Function (SAF)
• Literacy and English language learning year 1-8 PLD  
• Reading Together
• Leadership and assessment years 1-13 PLD
• Tertiary fees funding support

You may find these MoE resources useful

• Guidelines for integrating readymade commercial packages into teaching programmes
• School Leadership and Student Outcomes/He Kura Rangatira BES
• Teacher Professional Learning and Development BES

You may find these other resources and organisations useful

Resources from the Ontario Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat – especially the What works: Research into Practice series 

You may find these conferences useful

Conferences found at the New Zealand Literacy Association (NZLA)

Funding available

Tertiary fees funding support

Support for teachers

• Tertiary fees funding support

  You may find these MoE resources useful

• The Writing Hub
• Sounds and Words
• BES Exemplar 4 - Ngā Kete Raukura - He Tauira 4 Reciprocal Teaching

You may find these other resources and organisations useful

NZ Literacy Association

You may find these conferences useful

Conferences found at the New Zealand Literacy Association (NZRA)

Funding available

Tertiary fees funding support

Support for teachers

• Literacy and English language learning year 1-8 PLD
• Tertiary fees funding support
• Leadership and assessment years 1-13 PLD

You may find these MoE resources useful

• Effective Literacy Practice in Years 1 to 4; Effective Literacy Practice in Years 5 to 8 
• Learning Through Talk: Oral Language in Years 1–3; Learning Through Talk: Oral Language in Years 4–8
• Quality Teaching for Diverse Students in Schooling BES
• The instructional series
• The Writing Hub
• Sounds and Words 

Support for leadership

Reading Together Project

Support for teachers

Reading Together Project

You may find these MoE resources useful

School Leadership and Student Outcomes/He Kura Rangatira BES - chapter 7

You may find these other resources and organisations useful

The Biddulph Group: Reading Together

You may find these MoE resources useful

• English Online: Supporting Māori learners
• Te Māngaroa
• Te Tere Auraki
• School Leadership and Student Outcomes/He Kura Rangatira BES - chapter 7

Funding available

ESOL funding and Ministry support

Support for leadership

Pasifika Success PLD years 1-13

Support for teachers

Pasifika Success PLD years 1-13

You may find these MoE resources useful

Working with English language learners (WELLS): A handbook for teacher aides and bilingual tutors

English Online: Supporting Pasifika learners

Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017

• NZC Update: Tula‘i Mai! Making a Difference to Pasifika Student Achievement in Literacy  

Support for students

• Resource Teacher Vision
• Ko Taku Reo | Deaf Education New Zealand

You may find these MoE resources useful

• Literacy Online: Special needs learners
• Literacy Online: Dyslexia 

Funding available

ESOL funding and Ministry of Education support

Support for leadership

• Student Achievement Function (SAF)
• Literacy and English language learning year 1-8 PLD
• Secondary ESOL and Home School Partnership PLD
• TESSOL qualification

Support for teachers

• Literacy and English language learning year 1-8 PLD
• Secondary ESOL and Home School Partnership PLD
• TESSOL qualification 

Support for students

• ESOL teacher aides
• English language assistants

English Language Assistants professional development programme

The MRIE team has a contract with Auckland UniServices for project director Dr Jannie van Hees to deliver the English Language Assistant (ELA) professional development programme and train selected regional facilitators to deliver the programme throughout New Zealand.

The ELA initiative provides training and professional development workshops for teacher aides/bilingual assistants currently working in schools providing English language support to new learners of English. This highly regarded programme has been delivered to over 300 schools since 2003 throughout New Zealand, and in 2014 is being offered to a cluster of schools in Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin. It has been very positively received by the principals, teachers, and teacher aides who have participated in the programme, all of whom say it has had significant impact on school practices with individual and school wide benefits.

The training programme spans across three terms, consisting of an introductory meeting for principals and co-ordinating teachers, six full-day workshops, six in-school visits, six inter-workshop tasks for the trainee ELAs, and a final evaluation/graduation morning for participants, including a meeting of principals with the Ministry of Education programme manager.
Participant schools are targeted by the Ministry and invited to take part. Identification of potential participants are informed by:

• a check of the number of ESOL funded students in a specific area 
• consultation with Ministry ESOL verifiers, SAFs, ECP advisors, Pasifika advisors, and Regional Offices regarding the PLD needs of this targeted list of schools to confirm that they would benefit from English language focussed professional development.

If you have any questions about this professional development, please contact Susan Gamble (09 632 9354).

You may find these MoE resources useful

See all the resources and support for students with English language learning needs.

Support for students

• Language and Learning intervention (LLi)
• Resource Teacher Literacy (RTLit)