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Kia ora! We hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable break.  All the best for Term 3!  Please keep in touch

Juliet Kennedy
Annabelle Sinclair

Focus for this Newsletter:

In this newsletter you will find information about:

• Cluster dates for this term
• Auckland LangSem, 5th August
• NZALT Video competition winners
• NCEA change support
• NZALT Life Membership, Excellence in Teaching and Leadership awards 2024
• 2024 Conference updates

Upcoming Cluster Dates

NZALT clusters are regional networks of support for language teachers where you can meet with other language teachers in your area to share experience, ideas, resources, and moderation. Afternoon tea is provided, and petrol costs are able to be covered if you need to travel further afield to attend the cluster.  

If you would like to facilitate a cluster group in your area in 2024, please contact Juliet Kennedy to find out more. For further information on existing NZALT clusters, please visit our website.

Upcoming clusters:

Hutt Valley

• Thursday 3rd August, 3.30pm, Annelies Mead from the MoE Languages team will be at this meeting to support with NCEA change in Learning Languages
• Heretaunga College
• Facilitator: Philippa Watson

Waikato

• Wednesday 9th August, 3.30pm
• Hamilton Girls' High School
• Facilitator: Chitose Izuno

Manawatu-Whanganui

• Thursday 10th August, 3.30pm,
• Cullinane College, Whanganui
• Facilitator: Andrea Cerón

Dunedin

• Tuesday 15th August, 4-5pm, Annelies Mead from the MoE Languages team will be at this meeting to support with NCEA change in Learning Languages
• Logan Park High School
• Facilitator: Heike Cebulla-Elder

Southland-Invercargill

• Wednesday 16th August, 3:45pm
• James Hargest College
• Facilitator: Karen Thomson

South Canterbury

• Wednesday 16th August, 2-5pm, an NCEA workshop with Annelies Mead from the MoE Languages team
• Opihi College
• Facilitator: Hiromi Horsley

Christchurch

• Thursday 17th August, 3.30pm, Annelies Mead from the MoE Languages team will be at this meeting to support with NCEA change in Learning Languages
• Papanui High School
• Facilitator: Michelle Dalley

Kapiti Coast

• Monday 21st August, 4pm
• Via zoom link to be sent out
• Facilitator: Naomi Connolly

Hawkes Bay

• Thursday 24th August, 4pm
• Havelock North High School
• Facilitator: Anita Vennell 

Wellington Central

• Thursday 31st August, 3.30pm
• Wellington High School
• Facilitator: Angel Lin

Nelson area - via zoom link

• Thursday 31st August, 3.30pml
• Zoom link to be sent out closer to the time
• Facilitator: Juliet Kennedy

Upcoming Auckland LangSem - 5th August

We have a great line-up of presentations and workshops at LangSem this year including Liam Printer (The Motivated Classroom), Tui Tuia presenters and local teachers. The following LangSem is coming up:

The Auckland LangSem is August 5th at the Epsom Campus of the University of Auckland.

Find out more detail and register here.

Student video competition winners

We were impressed by the varied and creative entries we received for this year's video competition. The focus was on collaboration, and we were pleased to see students work together to complete their entries. The competition will be back next year and we encourage students to make the most of the opportunity to showcase their language skills, creativity and tech capability.
Congratulations to the following winners of the 2023 NZALT Video Competition:

Year 7: Mission Heights Junior College
Year 8: Woodford House
Year 9: Marlborough Girls' College
Year 10: Woodford House

NCEA change information and support

Our MoE Learning Languages team are facilitating a number of online and face to face workshops to support teachers to get to grips with the new NCEA Level 1 assessments and changes next year.  Annelies Mead and Belinda Sydenham are running the following workshops in Term 3.

They also have a padlet which they are adding to continuously where we can access important information about the NCEA change.

NZALT Life Member, Excellence in Teaching, and Excellence in Leadership awards

As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, NZALT would like to recognise outstanding contributions to language teaching by awarding Life Membership, Excellence in Teaching and Leadership awards. You can find out more about these awards on their links or by searching our website.  We invite you to begin thinking about potential colleagues you may want to nominate for these awards. The awards will be announced at our 2024 conference in Auckland.

If you have any questions about these awards, please contact Juliet Kennedy.

NZALT 2024 Conference - Save the date 6th - 9th July 2024

Please note and save the dates of our NZALT 2024 conference in Auckland, 6th-9th July.  This conference is very special as we will be celebrating our 50th anniversary. In addition, NZALT will host the International Federation of Language Teacher Associations conference as part of our event.  There will be language teachers from around the globe! Our conference website will be launched in the next few weeks. 

If you are thinking about budgets for 2024, a heads-up that our Ultra Early Bird registration - $100 for conference, which represents exceptional value - opens on 6^th November 2023.  It will be available until 1^st March 2024, so be in quick to grab the ultra-early price. For next year's 50^th anniversary conference, we will be making an additional charge for our celebration dinner of $100.

Contact Details

NZALT President
Juliet Kennedy

Networks of Expertise Co-ordinator:
Juliet Kennedy

Online PLD Co-ordinator:
Madlen Kunath

If you are aware of language teachers who are not receiving this newsletter, please email Juliet Kennedy.

Posting Notices

If you would like to post any notices in our newsletter or on our website please contact Juliet Kennedy.

NZALT Networks of Expertise Newsletter, Number 8, July 2023