THE BOTTOM LINEin ESOL Literacy

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A specialised programme

Combines beginning literacy, beginning English language and beginning formal education

Bilingual/bicultural assistants Refugees are a priority Full year but not full time

The global education environment

MORE compliance

LESS flexibility

Something old, something new…

All Profile 1 and 2 classes will have bilingual support for learners

All updated teacher CVs are forwarded to national office All staff undertake annual PD and a Performance

Appraisal Learners can only re-enrol in a programme funded

through ILN ESOL Targeted for up to 3 years from the first enrolment

The centre moderates learner progress in all programmes at least once per year….and participates fully in moderation activities

Learner portfolios must be kept for 2 years after the learner has left the programme

The basis for the rules

Centre contract with ELPNZ

ELPNZ contracts with TEC

Quality assurance function of NZQA

The basis for knowing the rules

The tutor handbook The curriculum document The moderation handbook The centre programme coordinator The literacy staff email update Centre newsletters The ELP website resources

Assessment and moderationIt’s (still) all about the evidence

L has taken a roleplayed phone

message from the teacher and relayed this to

another classmate. The message text

included reported speech:

T :”When X comes home, tell

her I called”.

L participated in a class role play replying to a neighbour’s invitation to dinner. He was hesitant but managed to convey answers with accurate language. He used the following phrases confidently:Please say that againSorry, I don’t understandSpeak slowly, please

Tutor resources1. The class register template2. Tutor Handbook (for the programme)3.   Curriculum document4. Information on moderation (e.g. relevant extracts

from the Moderation Handbook for ELGs)5.  Website resources (www.englishlanguage.org.nz)6.   Centre newsletters – go to the website and click on

‘Our Centres/News and Events’7.    Email group for literacy staff and coordinators (NB

can also talk to each other)8.   Online workshops/webinars9. Research (books and papers online and in hard copy;

NZ and international)10. Other ESOL-Literacy centres

What’s the most exciting thing that’s happened in your literacy teaching this year? 

Share a strategy for team teaching (tutor and BLA)

Share a strategy for working with volunteers in your class

Share a strategy for working with a mixed level group

Share a teaching activity that worked well in your class  

Share a strategy for completing the mid year assessments with your class

What recent PD opportunity did you find most valuable (workshop, online workshop, video, book, conference in California....)?

Lesson planning: What LOs (learning outcomes) can be expected from each lesson at this low level

Working with adult refugee learners with limited literacy – do you use the brochure? Is it useful? How?

How can your programme coordinator best support you in your teaching?