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Official NZ Websites for English Teachers
(Those ones you can never find!!!!)
Click on the white links below!
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NCEA - Achievement Standards
On the new NCEA website
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English learning - an overview that includes:
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Downloadable PDF Learning Matrix for Levels 6-8 (see wee link at top right of page)
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Big Ideas and Significant Learning
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Key competencies
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Connections with other subjects
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Learning pathways
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English - Teaching (includes sample course outlines)
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English teaching - gives a couple of sample course outlines
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English assessment -The 4xLevel 1 standards. Click on INDIVIDUAL STANDARDS to find:
- The standard itself
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Conditions of Assessment
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Unpacking - includes a link to the exemplars (so it takes you to the new NZQA page where they are housed)
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Activities (But of course you can design your own!)
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Subject Glossary
On the new NZQA website
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NCEA English - This links you to all the information on the new NCEA website that I've shown above, so you could get in either way.
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Exemplars - ALL levels
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NZQA assessment rules (referred to in the specifications for the new Level 1 external standards).
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Clarifications - Levels 2 and 3 (ie, 'old' current standards)
Also helpful:
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NCEA - The Latest News - Recently posted, in development etc - good to keep an eye on this!
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Understanding how NCEA Requirements are Changing (This includes info on using new Level 1 material with 'old' level 2 and 3 in your course (scroll down towards the bottom of their page.))
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Level 1 Subject Learning Outcomes
Unit Standards
LEVEL 1
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Fields, Subfields, Domains (for your English programme) explained - Level 1
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Standards approved for NCEA Co-requisite - SEE NZQA CONDITIONS re the use of Unit Standards!
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Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy
ALL LEVELS
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Unit Standards - Reading Domain
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Unit Standards - Work and Study Skills Domain
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Unit Standards - Writing Domain
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Unit Standards - Interpersonal Communications Domain
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES (EAP)
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Unit Standards - English for Academic Purposes Domain -Levels 3 & 4
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Moderators' newsletters - level 4 (part of EAP)
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Clarifications - level 4 standards (part of EAP) - note, NZQA then calls them "Information Sheets" just to confuse you.
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Exemplars - level 4
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EAP Support materials - levels 3 & 4
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TKI's ESOL Online Level 3 (Belonging) Units
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TKI's ESOL Online Level 4 (Millennium) Units
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Certificates in EAP (examples from Lincoln and Auckland Unis
Other Important Stuff
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New Zealand Curriculum - ENGLISH
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New Zealand Curriculum - REFRESH (Te Mātaiaho)
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Tātaiako - Cultural competencies for teachers of Māori learners
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Tapasā - Cultural competencies for teachers of Pacific learners
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Pacific Values Framework
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Teaching Council Homepage
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NZ Teaching Council - Code and Standards
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TKI (Te Kite Ipurangi) - Communities
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How to unpack an Achievement Standard
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) - ie: inclusive practices
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Mana Ōrite mo te Mātauranga Māori - note, I have made notes on every video - join the team HERE to get them FREE. Videos are all linked and there's space for you to reflect/plan.
Literacy/Co-requisites
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Effective Literacy Strategies Yrs 9-13 - this booklet is GOLD and the one I refer to in my Literacy Lifesaver.
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NCEA Co-requisites homepage/overview - includes:
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Links to literacy, numeracy etc (see *** below)
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Standards approved for NCEA Co-requisite 2024-2025 - Note reference to unit standards and related usage restrictions
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Assessment info (dates, conditions of assess etc)
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Akonga readiness etc.
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Literacy - an overview that includes:
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Big Ideas and Significant Learning (incl downloadable PDF matrix at top right of page)
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A good little guide in unpacking literacy (a downloadable PDF at top right of their page)
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Literacy teaching
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Literacy assessment - The 2 Literacy standards. Click on INDIVIDUAL STANDARDS to find:
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Guidance information, including links to LPF, PaCT tools and more
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Outcomes and performance criteria
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Linked on the right-hand side as PDFs:
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Assessment Reports
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Assessment Specifications
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Previous assessments (and one marking schedule)
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Readiness Tools
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See also the 'older' requirements pages:
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Literacy and Numeracy Requirements (Achievement and Unit Standards) prior to 2024.
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Literacy Requirements for University Entrance
ENGLISH LANGUAGE (EL)
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The English Language Learning Progressions (ELLP) Resource (all 4 booklets)
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ELLP Progressions Pathway - Foundation to Stage 3 (v2)
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Effective Literacy Strategies Yrs 9-13 - this booklet is GOLD and the one I refer to in my Literacy Lifesaver.
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Unit Standards - English Language Domain
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Unit Standards - EAP Domain
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Assessment Resources for EL
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Assessment Resources for EAP Standards
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Text Analyzer
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Vocabulary: New General Service List Project - great website!
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Paul Nation Updated Vocabulary Levels Test (ONLINE)
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Paul Nation Updated Vocabulary Levels Test (PRINT VERSION)
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The English Language Intensive Programme Years 7 – 13 or ELIP – this is effectively an online textbook which supports learning in a range of curriculum contexts at the four ELLP stages and is intended to be used in conjunction with ELLP and also the EL and EAP unit standards.
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Making Language & Learning Work (set of 3 videos) – great for showing how to implement ESOL teaching and learning strategies across the curriculum with real-life examples.
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Focus on English series is designed to provide an English language scaffold for new learners of English in NZ schools and supports curriculum learning in maths, science and social studies for Year2 7 – 10.
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NZCEL Guiding Document
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All of the above plus a hyperlinked matrix in one handy document! Happy days!
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Moderators' newsletters, clarifications, exemplars, resources for EL (formerly ESOL)
Links to the English Teacher Community
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New Zealand Association of Teachers of English - NZATE
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English Online
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English Online - Text Recommendations
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English Online - Getting on the Mailing List (so that you can take part in the forum) - once you've signed up, send emails to secondaryenglish@lists.tki.org.nz
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English Online's Teacher Resource Exchange
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