Course details

Title Year One and Two Provisionally Certificated Teachers Programme Years 0-8 Christchurch
Target group Provisionally certificated teachers of years 0-8 and any teachers seeking further professional learning opportunities
Topic PCTS
Level Primary
Intermediate
Code KHPCTCHCH
Venue St Joseph's Papanui Parish Centre - 133 Main North Road, Papanui, Christchurch
Facilitator(s) Adie Bonisch
Description This 5 session course has been developed for provisionally certificated teachers and anyone in the early years of their teaching career.

Session One:
Whakawhanaungatanga – it’s all about relationships
● Expectations from the Teaching Council
● What are the components of a successful literacy programme
● Setting up your class - How do we build a class culture ?
● Managing your workload – how do I make the best of my CRT.
● Key competencies and cultural competency


Session Two:
Oral language is the basis of learning
· Planning an oral language programme
· Vocabulary
· Fluency
· Practical ways to develop your students oral language skills

Session Three;
Let’s get the kids to read! – “Stories are a source of joy and nourishment” (NZC 2024)
· Structured Literacy – 101
· The 5 Pillars of Reading
· My classroom reading programme

Session Four:
“I don’t know what to write about” – how to plan, engage and motivate your students to write
· What can we write about?
· What does good writing look like?
· How do I assess writing?

Session Five:
Bringing it all together - how do we make this work for us:
· Assessment - to inform our teaching
· Connected curriculum
· Reporting to parents


Date(s) Friday 7 March 2025 10am-2:30pm @ St Joseph's Papanui Parish Centre
Friday 16 May 2025 10am-2:30pm @ St Joseph's Papanui Parish Centre
Friday 13 June 2025 10am-2:30pm @ St Joseph's Papanui Parish Centre
Friday 8 August 2025 10am-2:30pm @ St Joseph's Papanui Parish Centre
Friday 12 September 2025 10am-2:30pm @ St Joseph's Papanui Parish Centre
Fee $850