Removal+of+Bilingualism+Goals

** PEP Plan 2008-2012 Goal 16 **// Increase opportunities for building strong Pasifika language foundations through Pasifika language curriculum and resource development. // // **Strategies & Actions included:** // // The following actions will be based on creating opportunities for enhancing strong Pasifika languages contributing towards achievement through**:** // // ..Language revitalization means that Pasifika communities continue to seek language in schools which contributes to improving learning outcomes. // // 1. Supporting schools to offer Pasifika language curricula by ensuring adequate teacher supply and that teaching and learning resources are available for all published curricula: // // 2. Support communities to enhance language proficiency as foundation for learning and achievement, maintenance and preservation // // • home to Pasifika bilingual, immersion and mainstream ECE services // // • ECE to schooling // // •within schooling // // •schooling to further study and/or sustainable employment. // // 1) Develop an action plan to: // // • Increase research into effective bilingual pedagogies and language acquisition processes, and explore their implementation in designated bilingual classrooms // // •Increase effective teaching practices for bilingual students through professional learning for teachers in Pasifika bilingual classrooms and English medium classrooms // // • Support the transitions of Pasifika bilingual students (into, within and between Pasifika bilingual ECE services, Pasifika Bilingual classrooms and English medium classrooms. //
 * Removal of Bilingualism goals from the NZ Pasifika Education (PEP) 2008, 2009, & 2012 Plans – **** //Education Sector Wide// section **
 * The new 2009 and the new 2013 NZ PEP Plan does Not just simplify the PEP it eliminates crucial goals as follows- **
 * PEP Plan 2008-2012 Goal 15. **// Increase Pasifika families and communities engagement in education and partnerships with school that are focused on achievement. //
 * Strategies included- **// building on strong foundations in language…• being strong in a language **[Pasifika**] on which to base learning a second language…strengthen the relationship between home and school and assist parents to help their children at home with literacy.. //
 * PEP Plan 2008-2012 Goal 17 **// Increase effective teaching for Pasifika bilingual students in a range of settings. Increase transitions by ensuring there are clear pathways available from**:** //
 * // Strategies & Actions included: //**

// • Be clearly informed by ongoing national and international research on effective pedagogies for monolingual, bilingual and plurilingual students, and evidence-based practices for supporting student outcomes. // // • Include professional learning for teachers within designated Pasifika bilingual classrooms and English medium classrooms (this includes LEAP/ Languages Enhancing Achievement for Pasifika (LEAP tki .org)[ // professional development programme] //and strengthening links with existing professional learning opportunities.// // • Include the development of relevant resources and assessment tools for teachers of bilingual students (including Pasifika bilingual students) across a range of year levels and within Pasifika bilingual classrooms and English medium classrooms. // // •The Ministry of Education to support student’s language learning through strong early Childhood. School community language learning opportunities //
 * // The Plan will: //**
 * ALL goals and strategies now effectively abandoned in the revised 2009-2012-2013 PEPs. Now perhaps the Palagi Plan for Pasifika Education(PPEP). **