Special Interest Groups

TESOLANZ has always tried to cater for the varied needs of its members. Working in ESOL means that you could be teaching in early childhood centres, primary, intermediate and secondary schools, tertiary institutions, private language schools, government departments, PTE’s, community schools, the National Association of ESOL Home Tutor Schemes, etc. While it is not possible to have support groups for all of the above, sector groups have been operating for the two groups who make up the bulk of TESOLANZ membership, secondary and tertiary teachers, and for a group that the executive would like to increase membership in, primary teachers.

At present we have two very active and insightful sector leaders, Karen Cebalo (Primary) and Katherine Bennett (Secondary). Their roles are growing rapidly as TESOLANZ is being recognised by NZQA and the Ministry of Education as the voice of New Zealand TESOL. The Tertiary sector leader has recently has to resign, so we are looking for someone keen to take on this position.

An example of this recently was when the NZQA University Entrance Literacy Standards Committee asked TESOLANZ to nominate a secondary representative as a committee member. The executive approached Juliet Fry, a secondary ESOL adviser from the Christchurch College of Education, to fulfil the role. TESOLANZ also submitted a response from branches to the NZQA’s request for responses on the UE Literacy Standards, which was collated by Katherine Bennett, one of the secondary sector leaders.

If you are interested in learning more about your sector or being more active, check under the appropriate page and contact the sector leader.

Daniel Haddock
Sector Liaison
TESOLANZ Executive
Email

Primary Sector---------Secondary Sector----------Tertiary Sector---------PTE Sector

Read here what is involved in being a Special Interest Group Co-ordinator: TESOLANZ Job Descriptions.

 2007 AGM Sector Liaison Report