GROW: Open Collaborative Inquiry

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

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Course Structure:

This course is delivered through one full-day face-to-face workshop, one online full-day workshop, four online after school 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.

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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

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Workshop 2 (online)

Focus on pedagogy - what does the research say?

Thursday 8th May 2025, 3:30-4:30pm

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Workshop 3(online)

Reporting back - what does your evidence tell you?

Tuesday 17th June 2025, 3:30-4:30pm

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Workshop 4 (full-day online)

Bespoke content developed for the group's areas of interest

Friday 1st August 2025, 9am-3pm

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Workshop 5 (online)

Planning for success

Wednesday 3rd September 2025, 3:30-4:30pm

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Workshop 6 (online)

Professional Growth Cycle presentations - what happened?

Tuesday 11th November 2025, 3:30-5:00pm

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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

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Workshop 2 (full-day face-to-face)

Pedagogy content dependent on needs of the cluster

Tuesday 6th May 2025, 9am-3pm

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Workshop 3(online)

Reporting back - what does your evidence tell you?

Thursday 12th June, 4:00-5:00pm

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Workshop 4 (full-day online)

Bespoke content developed for the group's areas of interest; Sharing and developing resources

Thursday 31st July 2025, 9am-3pm

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Workshop 5 (online)

Planning for success. Discussion on Professional Growth Cycles

Tuesday 9th September 2025, 4:00-5:00pm

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Workshop 6 (online)

Professional Growth Cycle presentations - what happened?

Thursday 6th November 2025, 4:00-5:30pm

At no cost for NZ registered teachers.

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Tui Tuia | Learning Circle - Languages covers the following for selected participants:‍

• 1 full-day in-person workshop (Tui Tuia | Learning Circle - Languages to cover Teacher Release Day.)
• 1 full-day online workshop
• 4 after-school online workshops, including the final presentation session at the end of the year
• 1 in-school practice analysis visit by your facilitator with post-class discussion
• 1 digital practice analysis (a digital recording shared with your facilitator) with post-class discussion
• Access to a digital learning platform to support the workshops and course content

Regarding the full-day in-person workshop, Tui Tuia | Learning Circle will arrange travel to the venue. Please note that if flights are required, it will be your and your school’s responsibility to cover any costs to get to your local airport. TTLC will arrange flights and transport to and from the airport to the workshop venue. The workshop will include morning tea and lunch.

Schools/Teachers are responsible for:

• 1 Teacher Release Day to cover one of the full day workshops
• Transport costs to and from the airport in their home city
• Release time for an hour following the school visit (preferably directly after the visit).