Kia ora and welcome to this instructional video for Teacher aide PLD.
This video will guide you through the process to submit an application for the Teacher Aide PLD fund.
Before you start your application, there are some key things to remember:
The application form works best in the Google Chrome web browser, so we recommend using Google Chrome when making your application.
The application process is only for the reimbursement of your PLD costs and does not register you for the course itself. You or your school or kura will need to register for the course directly with the course provider.
Before you apply, you’ll need an Education Sector Logon, or ESL, and have the ‘PLD Teacher Aide role’ assigned to your ESL account. The delegated authoriser for ESL at your school or kura can set this up for you.
When you are ready to apply for your PLD, you can access the application form through the PLD website by clicking on the “Apply for Teacher Aide PLD” button.
(“Apply for Teacher Aide PLD” button is clicked)
Enter your ESL details to log into the application portal.
(Username and Password are entered into corresponding boxes, “Login” is clicked)
Your application will save automatically as you work through it. If you exit the application at any stage, you can continue the application by logging back in to the PLD system and clicking on the “My Applications” button from the Home Page, and locating your application in the list that appears.
From the application portal Home Page, you may choose to “Apply in English” or “Apply in Māori”. Click on your preferred application.
(“Apply in English” is clicked)
The application form will appear. Click on the “Course type” drop down box to select the type of course you’ll be undertaking.
(“External Provider” is selected from Course Type drop down box)
Next, in the text boxes below, enter the name of the course and the provider who will be delivering the PLD – this could be the name of a person or organisation.
(“Course 1” is typed in the PLD or course name text box, “Teacher Aide PLD Provider” is typed in the Provider name text box)
The next five multi-choice questions are about the course you want to undertake, and you will need to select either “Yes” or “No” for each question. If you answer “Yes” to the prerequisite question, a text box will appear for you to provide information about the pre-requisite courses.
(“No” is selected under ‘Is the course NZQA approved”’, “Yes” is selected under ‘Are there any prerequisites required?’, “Foundation course 1” is typed under ‘Please list the Prerequisites”, “No” is selected under ‘Does this PLD course lead onto a next level course?’, “Face-to-Face” is selected under ‘Is the PLD course delivered?’, “Yes” is selected under ‘Is the PLD delivered out of your school hours?’)
Next, enter the start date and the end date of your PLD course. If there are no set dates, enter in the dates you expect to start and finish the course.
(5 May 2021 is selected under ‘PLD/Course Start Date’ and ‘PLD Course End Date’)
The next three questions are important to answer, as the course you are taking should help you develop your capabilities in your role as a teacher aide and support your appraisal goals.
First, you are asked how the PLD you want to undertake will help develop your capabilities. Describe your answer in 250 words or less.
(“This will develop my skills in behaviour management” is typed under ‘Describe in 250 words or less how the PLD you have identified will assist you to develop your capability to improve student wellbeing and/or cultural capability and/or capability to support all learners?’)
The next question asks you how this PLD will meet the school’s vision, values, and policies for professional learning. If you click “yes”, a text box will appear for you to describe your answer in 250 words or less.
(“Our school values student wellbeing.” is typed under ‘Please describe in 250 wrds or less how these will be met’?)
The last question asks how this PLD will support your own appraisal and development goals.
(“My goal is to upskill in behaviour management.” is typed under ‘Describe in 250 words or less how this PLD meets your own appraisal/development skills’?)
The next question asks if you have completed any other PLD in the last 12 months. If you have, a text box will appear for you to provide details of this.
(“Yes” is selected under ‘Have you completed any other PLD (external or in-house) in the last 12 months?’, “Foundation course 1” is typed in the text box underneath)
The final part on this page is the Endorsement of Application section. Your application cannot be approved by the Ministry if this is incomplete.
Any application for PLD must be discussed with your supervisor and be endorsed by your principal or tumuaki. Tick the box if they have approved your course.
(“Yes” is selected underneath ‘Have you discussed your application with your supervisor?’, the check box is selected next to ‘*Has your application been endorsed by your Principal/personal holding delegated authority?’)
You will also need to enter the email address for your principal or tumuaki. They’ll receive an email confirming the details of your application once it has been processed by the Ministry.
(Email address, Principal@school.school.nz is entered into ‘*Please supply the email address of your Principal/Tumuaki or person holding delegated authority’ box)
Click “Next” – this will take you to the next section where you can enter the costs of your PLD.
(Click, “Next”)
You can claim for course costs, wage costs, and travel and accommodation expenses, up to the value of $1,500.00. Click on the drop-down box to select the type of cost that you want to claim. In the description box you can record any details, such as the breakdown of the cost. In this example, we’ve entered 5 hours of wages at a cost of $25.00 an hour. Enter the cost amount and click “Add”.
(Course Costs entered: Type: “Wages”, Description: “5 hours at $25.00”, Type: “$125.00”)
Your entry will then appear in the “Application Costs” section.
Repeat these steps to enter other categories of costs for your PLD.
(Course Costs entered: Type: “Course fees”, Description: “5 hours at $25.00”, Type: “$500.00”)
If you need to delete any costs, tick the box next to the cost line and click ‘Delete’.
(Course Fees Application Cost selected, “Delete” option selected)
If you need to edit any descriptions or amounts, delete the entry, and add a new line with the correct details.
(Course Costs entered: Type: “Course fees”, Description: “5 hours at $25.00”, Type: “$600.00”)
“Your Application Totals” will show a summary of the PLD costs you’ve entered to show you how much has been claimed. After entering your costs, click “Next”.
(Click, “Next”)
This will take you to the Isolation Allowance and Statistical Information section.
The isolation allowance adds an additional amount of up to $500.00 for travel costs for professionally or geographically isolated teacher aides who meet one of the criteria.
The criteria are that you are either:
Located more than 100kms from a population centre of more than 20,000 people; or
The PLD course is specialist course content only delivered in limited locations of 100kms or more away, or between islands.
You should only add the isolation allowance if you meet one or both criteria, and the actual costs of your PLD will be more than $1,500.00. If you’ve already entered all your travel costs in the previous costs section, you don’t need to use the isolation allowance to claim for travel costs.
Next, the Statistical Information section will ask you general questions such as gender, ethnicity, and iwi. These are for statistical purposes and you can choose not to provide this information.
(Options selected/typed: Gender: “Female”, Ethnicity: “Māori”, Iwi: “Tainui”]
Finally, you’ll be asked to complete the declaration section confirming the information you have provided is true and correct, and that you agree to the Ministry using the information you’ve provided for the purpose of processing your application.
(Two checkboxes at bottom of page for Declarations are ticked)
The last declaration statement is optional. If you don’t agree to the Ministry of Education using the information you’ve provided in your application for research, evaluation and statistical purposes, you can leave this un-ticked and your information won’t be used.
(Last checkbox under Declaration is ticked)
Once you are satisfied with your application, click “Submit”.
(Click, “Submit”)
A message will appear confirming that you’ve submitted your application. Click “Finish”.
(Click, “Finish”)
You will then be taken to the “My Applications” list where you can see your submitted application in the system. You can view a summary of the application by clicking on the application reference number.
(TA Application Reference Number, TAA-003967 is selected)
If you need to make any changes to your application after it is submitted, please contact the Ministry of Education PLD team at PLD.Enquiries@education.govt.nz and they will return your application back to draft so that you can make changes. You do not need to start a new application.
(Scrolling up and down the page of details submitted for the application)
After you submit your application, it will be received by the Ministry of Education’s PLD team for processing. They may contact you if the application is incomplete, or if they have any questions about the information you’ve provided in your application.
If your application is approved, you and your principal or tumuaki will receive a confirmation email and you can undertake your course.
After your application has been approved, your school or kura needs to invoice the Ministry of Education for the costs as approved in order to receive the reimbursement. Invoices need to be emailed to the Ministry’s PLD team.
For any questions about your application please get in touch with us at PLD.Enquiries@education.govt.nz.
Thank you for watching and we wish you well on your PLD journey.
(Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o Te Mātauranga)
Kia ora and welcome to this instructional video for Teacher aide PLD.
This video will guide you through the process to submit an application for the Teacher Aide PLD fund.
Before you start your application, there are some key things to remember:
The application form works best in the Google Chrome web browser, so we recommend using Google Chrome when making your application.
The application process is only for the reimbursement of your PLD costs and does not register you for the course itself. You or your school or kura will need to register for the course directly with the course provider.
Before you apply, you’ll need an Education Sector Logon, or ESL, and have the ‘PLD Teacher Aide role’ assigned to your ESL account. The delegated authoriser for ESL at your school or kura can set this up for you.
When you are ready to apply for your PLD, you can access the application form through the PLD website by clicking on the “Apply for Teacher Aide PLD” button.
(“Apply for Teacher Aide PLD” button is clicked)
Enter your ESL details to log into the application portal.
(Username and Password are entered into corresponding boxes, “Login” is clicked)
Your application will save automatically as you work through it. If you exit the application at any stage, you can continue the application by logging back in to the PLD system and clicking on the “My Applications” button from the Home Page, and locating your application in the list that appears.
From the application portal Home Page, you may choose to “Apply in English” or “Apply in Māori”. Click on your preferred application.
(“Apply in English” is clicked)
The application form will appear. Click on the “Course type” drop down box to select the type of course you’ll be undertaking.
(“External Provider” is selected from Course Type drop down box)
Next, in the text boxes below, enter the name of the course and the provider who will be delivering the PLD – this could be the name of a person or organisation.
(“Course 1” is typed in the PLD or course name text box, “Teacher Aide PLD Provider” is typed in the Provider name text box)
The next five multi-choice questions are about the course you want to undertake, and you will need to select either “Yes” or “No” for each question. If you answer “Yes” to the prerequisite question, a text box will appear for you to provide information about the pre-requisite courses.
(“No” is selected under ‘Is the course NZQA approved”’, “Yes” is selected under ‘Are there any prerequisites required?’, “Foundation course 1” is typed under ‘Please list the Prerequisites”, “No” is selected under ‘Does this PLD course lead onto a next level course?’, “Face-to-Face” is selected under ‘Is the PLD course delivered?’, “Yes” is selected under ‘Is the PLD delivered out of your school hours?’)
Next, enter the start date and the end date of your PLD course. If there are no set dates, enter in the dates you expect to start and finish the course.
(5 May 2021 is selected under ‘PLD/Course Start Date’ and ‘PLD Course End Date’)
The next three questions are important to answer, as the course you are taking should help you develop your capabilities in your role as a teacher aide and support your appraisal goals.
First, you are asked how the PLD you want to undertake will help develop your capabilities. Describe your answer in 250 words or less.
(“This will develop my skills in behaviour management” is typed under ‘Describe in 250 words or less how the PLD you have identified will assist you to develop your capability to improve student wellbeing and/or cultural capability and/or capability to support all learners?’)
The next question asks you how this PLD will meet the school’s vision, values, and policies for professional learning. If you click “yes”, a text box will appear for you to describe your answer in 250 words or less.
(“Our school values student wellbeing.” is typed under ‘Please describe in 250 wrds or less how these will be met’?)
The last question asks how this PLD will support your own appraisal and development goals.
(“My goal is to upskill in behaviour management.” is typed under ‘Describe in 250 words or less how this PLD meets your own appraisal/development skills’?)
The next question asks if you have completed any other PLD in the last 12 months. If you have, a text box will appear for you to provide details of this.
(“Yes” is selected under ‘Have you completed any other PLD (external or in-house) in the last 12 months?’, “Foundation course 1” is typed in the text box underneath)
The final part on this page is the Endorsement of Application section. Your application cannot be approved by the Ministry if this is incomplete.
Any application for PLD must be discussed with your supervisor and be endorsed by your principal or tumuaki. Tick the box if they have approved your course.
(“Yes” is selected underneath ‘Have you discussed your application with your supervisor?’, the check box is selected next to ‘*Has your application been endorsed by your Principal/personal holding delegated authority?’)
You will also need to enter the email address for your principal or tumuaki. They’ll receive an email confirming the details of your application once it has been processed by the Ministry.
(Email address, Principal@school.school.nz is entered into ‘*Please supply the email address of your Principal/Tumuaki or person holding delegated authority’ box)
Click “Next” – this will take you to the next section where you can enter the costs of your PLD.
(Click, “Next”)
You can claim for course costs, wage costs, and travel and accommodation expenses, up to the value of $1,500.00. Click on the drop-down box to select the type of cost that you want to claim. In the description box you can record any details, such as the breakdown of the cost. In this example, we’ve entered 5 hours of wages at a cost of $25.00 an hour. Enter the cost amount and click “Add”.
(Course Costs entered: Type: “Wages”, Description: “5 hours at $25.00”, Type: “$125.00”)
Your entry will then appear in the “Application Costs” section.
Repeat these steps to enter other categories of costs for your PLD.
(Course Costs entered: Type: “Course fees”, Description: “5 hours at $25.00”, Type: “$500.00”)
If you need to delete any costs, tick the box next to the cost line and click ‘Delete’.
(Course Fees Application Cost selected, “Delete” option selected)
If you need to edit any descriptions or amounts, delete the entry, and add a new line with the correct details.
(Course Costs entered: Type: “Course fees”, Description: “5 hours at $25.00”, Type: “$600.00”)
“Your Application Totals” will show a summary of the PLD costs you’ve entered to show you how much has been claimed. After entering your costs, click “Next”.
(Click, “Next”)
This will take you to the Isolation Allowance and Statistical Information section.
The isolation allowance adds an additional amount of up to $500.00 for travel costs for professionally or geographically isolated teacher aides who meet one of the criteria.
The criteria are that you are either:
Located more than 100kms from a population centre of more than 20,000 people; or
The PLD course is specialist course content only delivered in limited locations of 100kms or more away, or between islands.
You should only add the isolation allowance if you meet one or both criteria, and the actual costs of your PLD will be more than $1,500.00. If you’ve already entered all your travel costs in the previous costs section, you don’t need to use the isolation allowance to claim for travel costs.
Next, the Statistical Information section will ask you general questions such as gender, ethnicity, and iwi. These are for statistical purposes and you can choose not to provide this information.
(Options selected/typed: Gender: “Female”, Ethnicity: “Māori”, Iwi: “Tainui”]
Finally, you’ll be asked to complete the declaration section confirming the information you have provided is true and correct, and that you agree to the Ministry using the information you’ve provided for the purpose of processing your application.
(Two checkboxes at bottom of page for Declarations are ticked)
The last declaration statement is optional. If you don’t agree to the Ministry of Education using the information you’ve provided in your application for research, evaluation and statistical purposes, you can leave this un-ticked and your information won’t be used.
(Last checkbox under Declaration is ticked)
Once you are satisfied with your application, click “Submit”.
(Click, “Submit”)
A message will appear confirming that you’ve submitted your application. Click “Finish”.
(Click, “Finish”)
You will then be taken to the “My Applications” list where you can see your submitted application in the system. You can view a summary of the application by clicking on the application reference number.
(TA Application Reference Number, TAA-003967 is selected)
If you need to make any changes to your application after it is submitted, please contact the Ministry of Education PLD team at PLD.Enquiries@education.govt.nz and they will return your application back to draft so that you can make changes. You do not need to start a new application.
(Scrolling up and down the page of details submitted for the application)
After you submit your application, it will be received by the Ministry of Education’s PLD team for processing. They may contact you if the application is incomplete, or if they have any questions about the information you’ve provided in your application.
If your application is approved, you and your principal or tumuaki will receive a confirmation email and you can undertake your course.
After your application has been approved, your school or kura needs to invoice the Ministry of Education for the costs as approved in order to receive the reimbursement. Invoices need to be emailed to the Ministry’s PLD team.
For any questions about your application please get in touch with us at PLD.Enquiries@education.govt.nz.
Thank you for watching and we wish you well on your PLD journey.
(Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o Te Mātauranga)