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 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.

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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 face-to-face)

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 face-to-face)

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

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At no cost for NZ registered teachers.

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

• 2 face-to-face workshops (1 Teacher Release Day to cover one of the face-to-face workshops)
• 1 school visit
• For teachers flying to the workshop location:

Airfares to and from the workshop location, including shuttle services between the airport and the workshop venue

• For teachers driving to the workshop location:

Mileage reimbursement (Capped at 200km per day and must exceed 80km each way to qualify)

• Accommodation, if required:

Teachers flying between islands may be offered "night before" accommodation

Teachers driving more than two hours each way may also be offered "night before" accommodation

• Catering during workshops

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Schools/Teachers are responsible for:

• 1 Teacher Release Day to cover one of the face-to-face 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).

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