GROW - Open Collaborative Inquiry (For individual language groups or whole departments or a team of teachers from the same area)

All teachers of languages.
By collaborating with others teaching the same language or working with teachers from the same school or clusters of schools.

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 now confirmed. Workshop venues to be confirmed.

FRENCH:

Workshop 1 (online): Introduction to the course; principles of language teaching and learning. Wednesday 25th March, 3:30pm-4:40pm

Workshop 2 (full-day face-to-face): Intangible cultural heritage and iCLT, TBLT review; focus for PGC. Wednesday 29th April, 9:00am-3:00pm (venue TBC, but will be in Auckland)

Workshop 3 (online): Reporting back - what does your evidence tell you? Tuesday 23rd June 2026, 3:30pm-4:40pm

Workshop 4 (full-day face-to-face): Bespoke content developed for the group's areas of interest. Friday 31st July, 2026, 9:00am-3:00pm

Workshop 5 (online): Planning for success. Thursday 10th September 2026, 3:30pm-4:40pm

Workshop 6 (online): Professional Growth Cycle presentations - what happened? Wednesday 11th November, 3:30pm-4:40pm

JAPANESE:

Workshop 1 (online): Introduction to the course; Principles of language teaching and learning, new curriculum. Areas of focus for PGC.
- Hawkes Bay cluster: Friday 27th March, 3.30pm-4:30pm
- Christchurch cluster: Thursday 26th March, 3.30pm-4:30pm

Workshop 2 (full-day face-to-face): Pedagogy content dependent on needs of the cluster.
- Hawkes Bay cluster: Friday 8th May, 9:00am-3:00pm
- Christchurch cluster: Tuesday 5th May, 9:00am-3:00pm

Workshop 3 (online): Reporting back - what does your evidence tell you?
- Hawkes Bay cluster: Wednesday 17th June, 3.30pm-4:30pm
- Christchurch cluster: Tuesday 16th June, 3.30pm-4:30pm

Workshop 4 (full-day face-to-face): Bespoke content developed for the group's areas of interest; Sharing and developing resources.
- Hawkes Bay cluster: Thursday 6th August, 9:00am-3:00pm
- Christchurch cluster: Tuesday 18th August, 9:00am-3:00pm

Workshop 5 (online): Planning for success. Discussion on Professional Growth Cycles.
- Hawkes Bay cluster: Thursday 10th September, 3.30pm-4:30pm
- Christchurch cluster: Tuesday 8th September, 3.30pm-4:30pm

Workshop 6 (online): Professional Growth Cycle presentations - what happened?
- Hawkes Bay cluster: Tuesday 10th / Wednesday 11th November 2026, 3.30pm-4:30pm
- Christchurch cluster: Tuesday 10th / Wednesday 11th November 2026, 3.30pm-4:30pm

Covered by Language Circle - 1 x Teacher release day, 2 x School visits if required, 2 x Face to Face workshops, Airfares to and from face to face workshops/ shuttle to and from airport to workshop venue/ accommodation if required, Catering for workshops.

Not covered by Language Circle (School or Teachers to cover) - Transport cost including parking to and from the airport in your home town, one Teacher Release Day for the face to face workshops and release time for an hour after the practice analysis visit/ preferably straight after the visit.

French: Simon McGinley and Florence Lyons

Japanese: Paula Kasper