Review of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education unit standards
Feedback Form
NZQA, National Qualifications Services is interested in your feedback.
When providing feedback on these unit standards, please read the background information for this review found in the Adult Literacy and Numeracy
Education consultation document found on the NZQA Consultation: ATT and ALNE page.
Consider:
a
Purpose of the standard
the knowledge, skills, behaviours, attitudes and values the unit standard recognises.
b
Explanatory Notes
how well these assist in the interpretation of the unit standard and/or increase the likelihood of consistent assessment.
c
Outcome statements
how well these describe what has to be achieved.
d
Evidence requirements
how well these specify the quality of the critical evidence required to meet the outcomes.
e
Range statements
how well these distinguish the items that need to be considered
– whether a sufficient breadth of evidence is required.
f
Credit value
how appropriate the credits allocated to the unit standard is (credits reflect a notional 10 hours of learning, practice,
and assessment time with respect to the outcomes and contexts of the unit standard).
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Please comment on any or all of the following, for each of the standards.
NZ Certificate in ALNE
(Vocational/Workplace)
Vocational/Workplace unit standards
Your Feedback
Graduate profile outcomes
1
Design embedded literacy and numeracy
strategies to enhance learner outcomes in
a vocational or workplace programme
Unit 1 Describe adult literacy and numeracy
education in Aotearoa New Zealand
5 credits
10 credits
Unit 2 Design strategies to embed adult literacy
and numeracy in a vocational
programme or workplace
10 credits
(includes credits from GPO 2)
2
Create and sustain learner-centred
teaching environment that respects
learners’ mana and diverse backgrounds,
and the wider educational and societal
context, in order to facilitate quality learning
This outcome is assessed under Unit 2 and 3.
10 credits
3
Embed literacy and numeracy teaching and
learning in a vocational or workplace
programme with consideration of Aotearoa
New Zealand’s unique context
10 credits
Unit 3 Plan and facilitate embedded adult
literacy and numeracy teaching and
learning in the delivery of a training or
education programme
15 credits
(includes credits from GPO 2)
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NZ Certificate in ALNE
(Vocational/Workplace)
Vocational/Workplace unit standards
Your Feedback
Graduate profile outcomes
4
Use assessment and evaluation as tools to
enhance student learning and own practice
in embedded literacy and numeracy
teaching
Unit 4 Use assessment to strengthen adult
literacy and numeracy teaching and
learning
10 credits
10 credits
General Question
How well do the proposed standards represent the skills and knowledge required for an existing education practitioner to develop the literacy and
numeracy skills of adult learners within the content of a training or education programme?
Overall Comments
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NZ Certificate in ALNE
(Educator)
Educator unit standards
Your Feedback
Graduate profile outcomes
1
Design for learning to meet diverse
literacy and numeracy needs of learners
in a range of context
25 credits
Unit 1 (Vocational)
Describe adult literacy and
numeracy education in Aotearoa
New Zealand
5 credits
Unit 5 Describe issues and theories that
relate to adult literacy and numeracy
5 credits
Unit 6 Design strategies to address adult
literacy and numeracy demands and
learner strengths and needs
15 credits
2
Create and sustain learner-centred
teaching environment that respects
learners’ mana and diverse
backgrounds, and the wider educational
and societal context, in order to facilitate
quality learning
This outcome is assessed under Units 6, 8
and 9.
10 credits
3
Select and apply contextualised adult
teaching strategies and activities that
meet a range of adult learner literacy
and numeracy needs
20 credits
Unit 7 Apply Māori and Pasifika
frameworks to own adult literacy
and numeracy teaching practice
10 credits
(includes credits from GPO 2)
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NZ Certificate in ALNE
(Educator)
Educator unit standards
Your Feedback
Graduate profile outcomes
Unit 8 Plan and facilitate literacy and
numeracy skills development to
meet the needs of individual adult
learners
10 credits
(includes credits from GPO 2)
Unit 9 Plan and facilitate literacy and
numeracy skills development to
meet the needs of an adult learner
group
10 credits
(includes credits from GPO 2)
4
Produce and use assessment tools to
identify specific literacy and numeracy
learner needs and strengths
15 credits
Unit 4 (Vocational)
Use assessment to strengthen
adult literacy and numeracy
teaching and learning
10 credits
Unit 10 Design assessment to strengthen
adult literacy and numeracy
teaching and learning
5 credits
5
Evaluate own practices to enhance
literacy and numeracy teaching and
identify further professional
development opportunities
Unit 11 Evaluate own adult literacy ad
numeracy practice and share with
other professionals
10 credits
10 credits
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NZ Certificate in ALNE
(Educator)
Educator unit standards
Your Feedback
Graduate profile outcomes
General Question
How well do the proposed standards represent the skills and knowledge required for education practitioners who seek to develop literacy and
numeracy teaching expertise in adult literacy and numeracy education?
Overall Comments
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Please return the feedback form by close of business 2 May 2016 to:
NZQA Qualifications Services
Email: ALNE.standards@nzqa.govt.nz
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