English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) resourcing information
The Ministry of Education provides funding to schools to offer English language programmes to students who have English as an additional language. This section provides information on the policy background, ESOL funding application procedures, resources and contacts to support English Language Learners (ELLs) in schools.
For further information contact info.esol@minedu.govt.nz [no spam].
In this section
- Information for schools
- Background information about the ESOL support available to schools for supporting English Language Learners (ELLs).
- Resourcing
- An overview of ESOL funding, eligibility criteria, and the application process as well as resources and further support available to schools for working with English Language Learners (ELLs).
- Applying for funding
- Provides step by step instructions for completing the ESOL/AP application forms for migrant, refugee and New Zealand born students. It includes country, ethnicity and language lists.
- Assessing students
- Information about how to use the ESOL/AF assessment form to assess students in the four English language modes to determine their eligibility for ESOL funding.
- Guidelines for using ESOL funding
- This page describes how schools can use the ESOL funding to provide effective in-class or withdrawal teacher, teacher aide or bilingual tutor programme support and appropriate resources.
- Refugee students in New Zealand schools
- Information about how refugee students enter New Zealand, the Refugee Education policy, recent arrival refugee groups and integrating refugee students into a school
- Contacts
- Contact details for the Migrant, Refugee and International Education Team in the national and regional offices of the Ministry of Education and the School Support Services ESOL/Literacy Advisors in all regions.