ALTAANZ Funding for Professional Development Activities
ALTAANZ offers funding support the organisation of professional development activities for ALTAANZ members. A professional development activity is aimed at developing skills and knowledge in language assessment and testing. Activities can be in the form of a workshop, a seminar, a lecture, or another activity type. Activities should align with ALTAANZ goals and address an area of professional development need in a community, an institution or a broader group (e.g., primary school language teachers).
A sum of up to $AU500 is available for each selected activity to pay for costs associated with the activity, e.g., venue, catering, travel, honorarium.
Successful applicants are expected to provide ALTAANZ with a report and evaluation (preferably with photos), which might be suitable for publication in the association newsletter.
The selection criteria are:
How to apply
Applications can be made using the application form. Applications should include:
Email the application form to [email protected] by 18 July 2025.
A sum of up to $AU500 is available for each selected activity to pay for costs associated with the activity, e.g., venue, catering, travel, honorarium.
Successful applicants are expected to provide ALTAANZ with a report and evaluation (preferably with photos), which might be suitable for publication in the association newsletter.
The selection criteria are:
- Alignment between the proposed activity and ALTAANZ goals
- The quality of the proposed activity
- The area of need and potential impact of the activity on the local and/or professional community in which it occurs
How to apply
Applications can be made using the application form. Applications should include:
- Title of the proposal
- The aim of the activity, the area of need it addresses, and the intended audience and impact
- A clear description of the activity
- Estimated number of participants and venue/mode of delivery
- How the funding is to be used
- How the activity aligns with the ALTAANZ purpose
Email the application form to [email protected] by 18 July 2025.
Previous events supported by ALTAANZ
English literacy assessment workshop for Bay of Plenty Secondary School ESOL teachers to develop and source assessments for use with English Language Learning Progressions (ELLP) in New Zealand. (2024)
Dharug language revival workshop to support the development of resources for assessing strands in the New South Wales Aboriginal Languages syllabus. (2024)
English literacy assessment development workshop in Auckland to enhance the readiness of NZ secondary students sitting the Writing Literacy Co-Requisite. This resource is designed to be used across curriculum subjects by subject specialist teachers. (2024)
Japanese language professional development day in Mparntwe - Alice Springs including a session on methods of assessing Japanese. (2024)
Symposium on the theme of Building the Knowledge Base: Connecting Research to Practice in Assessment and EAP held by TESOLANZ. (2019)
Yuendumu School workshops to explore assessment strategies and tools to build an evidence base for the school's bilingual, bi-literacy program that incorporates Warlpiri language, values and knowledges into the classroom. (2019)
English literacy assessment workshop for Bay of Plenty Secondary School ESOL teachers to develop and source assessments for use with English Language Learning Progressions (ELLP) in New Zealand. (2024)
Dharug language revival workshop to support the development of resources for assessing strands in the New South Wales Aboriginal Languages syllabus. (2024)
English literacy assessment development workshop in Auckland to enhance the readiness of NZ secondary students sitting the Writing Literacy Co-Requisite. This resource is designed to be used across curriculum subjects by subject specialist teachers. (2024)
Japanese language professional development day in Mparntwe - Alice Springs including a session on methods of assessing Japanese. (2024)
Symposium on the theme of Building the Knowledge Base: Connecting Research to Practice in Assessment and EAP held by TESOLANZ. (2019)
Yuendumu School workshops to explore assessment strategies and tools to build an evidence base for the school's bilingual, bi-literacy program that incorporates Warlpiri language, values and knowledges into the classroom. (2019)