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Happy Term 4! The year has flown. Here are some important updates from NZALT about changes to NCEA assessments Levels 1 to 3 next year and upcoming events. We will send one more update with projects for next year mid-term-please look out for these. We wish you all the best for this term and look forward to hearing from you.
The NZALT Team
Focus for this Newsletter:
In this newsletter you will find information about:
- Changes to NCEA conditions of assessments for NCEA Levels 1-3 RAMP
- Other support available from the NIFs
- NZQA Support for marking and moderating
- Upcoming cluster dates Term 4
- Online HoD support
- Langsem 2025
- Tui Tuia programmes 2025
- Language Teaching with AI - Online courses run by Joe Dale
- NZALT Excellence Certificates for students
- NZALT Membership 2025
- Invitation to participate in Language Teaching research
Changes to NCEA conditions of assessments for NCEA Levels 1-3 RAMP
Our MoE Learning Languages NCEA Implementation Facilitators (NIFs), Annalies Mead and Jo Veen, will be running webinars for Language teachers explaining the changes to Levels 1, 2, and 3 achievement standards that have occurred through the RAMP process. It is very important for teachers to be aware of the changes when they are planning 2025. The 3 sessions will be repeating the same information, and they will post the recording on their padlet as well. NZALT will also post this information on the NZALT website.
RAMP Information can be found on the NCEA website.
Webinar links:
NCEA Language Standards - RAMP updates . A short session to introduce the RAMP updates to levels 1, 2 and 3 of the Languages NCEA standards.
Other support available from the NIFs
Term 4 on-line workshops for all Language teachers
These workshops aim to give you ideas on how to explicitly incorporate key Language skills from the Learning Languages Learning Matrix into your teaching and learning programmes. This may be useful as you prepare your students for externals or are in the process of reflecting and preparing your Learning Language programmes for 2025. These workshops will be recorded and uploaded to our padlet.
You can register for the on-line workshops on the links below:
Wellington Pacific Language in-person workshop - Wednesday 6th November
This will be an opportunity for teachers to reflect on their level 1 course plan and plan for 2025. We will look at look at activity ideas to develop explicit teaching of reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills which you can weave into your course programmes from year 9. Register your interest here.
Wellington Te Reo Māori Kaiako in-person workshop
This will focus on preparing students for Level 1 NCEA internals in 2025. Register your interest here.
Hawkes Bay Language teachers – Wrap up session. November 20th, 9:30am – 12:30pm.
Join us to reflect on Level 1 and look forward to 2025. MOE Offices, Lever St, Ahuriri. Register Here
NZQA Support for marking and moderating
Our national assessment Advisor Shirley Bain has created a new resource - The Interact Standard - to help us with the marking of all interactions including the new Level 1 interaction. This resource and others are available on the Pūtake online assessor support platform.
Here are some instructions for accessing Pūtake if you are unfamiliar with this part of the NZQA website. There will also be new resources to support the marking of languages assessments arriving soon on Pūtake so watch this space.
There are some pages on the NZQA website about Pūtake, they can be accessed from any subject page. Here is a link to the main Assessor Support page.
There is also a page for troubleshooting your login to Pūtake.
Upcoming Cluster Dates Term 4
Auckland: Facilitator Jack Chapman
- Thursday 7th November, 4pm
- Online only - link to be sent out
Hawkes Bay: Facilitator Anita Vennell
- Friday 15th November (ToD), 1:30pm
- Hastings, Three Wise Birds Garden Bar
Palmerston North: Facilitator Tamara McGechan
- Tuesday 5th November, 3:30 - 4:30pm
- Palmerston North Boys High School
Whanganui: Facilitator Andrea Cerón
- Thursday, 14th November, 3:30 - 4:30pm
- Cullinane College
Hutt Valley: Facilitator Philippa Watson
- Thursday, 21st November, 4pm
- St. Oran's College
Nelson: Facilitator Juliet Kennedy
- Thursday, 28th November, 3:45pm
- Nayland College in TPM2
Christchurch: Facilitator Michelle Dalley
- Thursday, 31st October
- Details of location and time to be confirmed shortly by email from the cluster leader
Southland - Invercargill: Facilitator Karen Thomson
- Wednesday, 13th August, 3:45pm
- Main Street Cafe (Kelvin Street), Invercargill
Online HoD support
Annabelle Sinclair, Senior Vice President of NZALT will be running an online drop in session for HoDs on 7th November at 4pm.
The focus will be on making languages departments visible in the school and supporting student retention in Learning Languages.
Here is the meeting link.
LangSem 2025
LangSem is a mini one day NZALT conference held regionally for language teachers in a non conference year. 2025 is a LangSem year. NZALT subsidies this conference and supports the organisation of the day with the local host teacher/ school.
If you would like to host LangSem at your school next year, please contact: coordinator@nzalt.org.nz
Tui Tuia programmes 2025
GROW programmes for 2025 are now available for teachers to register their interest. This is an excellent way to develop your practice as a language teacher.
You can find out more about these programmes here.
Language Teaching with AI - Online webinars run by Joe Dale in Term 4
Hi everyone!
I'm thrilled to introduce my BRAND NEW four-part webinar series: Language Teaching with AI. This series will focus on enhancing listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the language classroom using cutting-edge AI tools to create engaging and effective lessons.
With over 4,700 members in my Facebook group, Language Teaching with AI, and nearly 300 language teachers having completed my previous series, Resource Creation with ChatGPT, I’m excited to bring you fresh, new content.
Why Attend?
- Learn how to incorporate AI into listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities.
- Gain skills in prompt engineering, making AI manageable and time-efficient.
- Unlock the full potential of AI to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes globally.
Webinar Titles & Dates:
- Language Teaching with AI: Enhancing Listening – 4th November 2024
- Language Teaching with AI: Enhancing Speaking – 11th November 2024
- Language Teaching with AI: Enhancing Reading – 18th November 2024
- Language Teaching with AI: Enhancing Writing – 25th November 2024
In each session, I’ll showcase practical AI tools like Magic Padlet, ChatGPT, Brisk Teaching, and many others to help you create engaging lessons across all skill areas.
Special Offer:
Buy 3 webinars and get the 4th FREE (plus booking fee). If you miss a session, don’t worry, the webinars will be recorded and shared with all registrants. Please note though, presentation and recording links are intended for registrants only and should not be shared privately or publicly. You can also request a certificate of attendance for each session you complete.
Choose Your Time Slot & Register Now:
Don’t miss this opportunity to discover how AI can revolutionise your language teaching. I look forward to seeing you there!
Best wishes
Joe
NZALT Excellence Certificates for students
Please look out for this information in our final newsletter for the year and also check out our website. A reminder that to be eligible for Excellence certificates for students in 2025, you must have been an NZALT member in 2024.
NZALT and NZAFT Membership 2025
Please also look out for information about NZALT and NZAFT membership 2025 in the final newsletter of the year and on our website.
In the meantime, log into your profile and make sure that your contact and school information are up-to-date before the year ends.
If you have moved school or are planning to move school, make sure your email address is correct - if you don't have your new school address yet, we recommend adding your private email address. New invoices will be sent to existing members to their primary contact email address on 1 February 2025.
For group membership or those schools with several language teachers, make sure your staff are current before the new invoices are sent out to avoid extra work load for both your school and NZALT.
Thank you for your help!
Invitation to participate in Language Teaching research
My name is Florence Lyons, and I am a researcher from the University of Waikato, studying classroom displays in language teaching. I invite you to participate in a semi-structured interview (up to one hour on Zoom) to discuss your experiences as an expert in this field.
You will also be asked to take photos of your classroom displays to support the interview discussion. All information will be kept confidential, with pseudonyms used to protect identities, although complete anonymity cannot be guaranteed.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or for more details.
Dr Florence Lyons
Florence.lyons@waikato.ac.nz
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 6, October 2024
