Mandatory Review of Teacher Education Qualifications
Governance Group
Minutes
Date:
1–2 October 2014
Time:
Wednesday 9.30am–4.30pm
Location:
Terrace Conference Centre
114 The Terrace
Wellington
Thursday 8.30am–3.30pm
Members
In attendance
Lyn Williams (Chair)
Christchurch Polytechnic and Institute of Technology
Joycelyn Tauevihi
BEST Pacific Institute of Education
Liz Bowen-Clewley
Competency International Ltd
Lloyd Olivecrona
Consultant
Peter Coolbear
Ako Aotearoa (from 11.00 on Wed only)
Bronwyn Yates
Literacy Aotearoa Ltd
Deborah Wansbrough
New Zealand Teachers Council
Wayne Dyer
Auckland English Academy
Annie Chan
Qualifications Services, NZQA
Amy Buckland
Qualifications Services, NZQA
Kathy Maclaren
Approvals and Accreditation, NZQA (Wed pm only)
Mania Maniapoto-Ngaia
Approvals and Accreditation, NZQA (Wed pm and
Thurs am only)
Apologies
Josie Pulman
Qualifications Services, NZQA (Thurs am only)
Saskia Voorendt
Approvals and Accreditation, NZQA (Thurs am only)
Angela Karini
Strategic Relationship Māori, NZQA (Thurs am only)
Rod Bentham
Qualifications Services, NZQA
Shelley Hoani
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Janet Hay
Tertiary Education Commission
Mark Nichols
The Open Polytechnic
Minutes – Day One
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Karakia and welcome
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Formal business
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
Minutes (20 August tele-conference) were endorsed by the GG with no
amendments.
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An update was provided on a Qualifications Services (QS) meeting on 1
September with the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) where adult literacy
and numeracy (ALN) teaching qualifications were discussed.
Submission for Application to develop
1. The outcomes of the quality assurance analysis were discussed and reviewed
along with the qualifications. The Governance Group agreed to minute the
significant challenges that have been experienced during the development
process in getting the qualifications to the current state.
These include:

The constrained time factors

Significant demand of the process. Governance Group (GG) and
Working Group (WG) members and their organisations have
contributed time, costs of travel and consultation and this has reached
far beyond the actual meetings.

The journey taken by the GG and WG members in building the
qualifications has been very difficult to document. We recommend a
process whereby the GG meet with evaluators on submission of the
approval to list as this can provide the opportunity to korero to clarify
any gaps.

The considerable research done around government policy relating to
teacher education and student learning – this body of work provided a
strong basis for the Needs Analysis and should be recognized

The constraints working within qualification development guidelines
and meeting the needs of all stakeholders, particularly with regard to
the composition of the ALN qualifications.
2. Kathy Maclaren and Mania Maniapoto-Ngaia from NZQA’s Quality Assurance
Division (QAD) came to discuss the feedback and outcomes of the analysis. It
was agreed the analysts would be available during the meeting for
discussions about each group of qualifications.
3. The issue of potential overlap between the out of school care qualification and
a qualification proposed by another mandatory review were discussed. It was
agreed that the qualifications appeared to have sufficient differences to justify
keeping the qualification in the Teacher Education review.
4. The possibility of the eventual qualification developer(s) for Career Practice
taking over the submission process right from the approval to develop
application was discussed. It was agreed that QS would submit the
qualification for approval to develop.
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Qualifications Developer
5. The GG discussed the role and responsibilities of a qualifications developer
and a potential process for choosing them. It was agreed that more detail
would be sought from other reviews and that a list of options/criteria would be
prepared.
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Day Two
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Discussion of qualification conditions developed by WGs
6. The qualification conditions were discussed by the GG and either endorsed or
amended for consistency with the changes to be addressed with the relevant
WGs.
7. Additional issues discussed included:
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a.
Stranding of the Level 4 ESS qualifications that relate to teacher aiding
(Education Support, Special Character, and SLD). It was agreed that the
WGs should investigate combining the three qualifications into a single
Education Support qualification with strands in Special Character and SLD.
Potential balance of credits: 30 for the core and 10 for each strand with an
outcome specific to each strand.
b.
The level of detail in the ALNE qualifications in comparison to other
qualifications in the review.
TEC message to providers
8. It was noted that TEC had sent a message to PTEs advising that the National
Certificate ALNE (Voc) will be a requirement of Student Achievement
Component (SAC) Levels 1 and 2 and literacy and numeracy provision
funding from 2015. It was agreed to investigate whether a GG member could
be sent to an upcoming meeting about TEC’s literacy and numeracy strategy
implementation strategy refresh.
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Decline of Mātauranga Māori application for Approval to Develop
9. The analysis of the Mātauranga Māori qualifications was discussed with QAD
analysts Mania Maniapoto-Ngaia, Saskia Voorendt and Angela Karini. Both
process and the judgments made were addressed. It was agreed that the
analysts would confirm the next steps with Kathy Maclaren.
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Specifications development
10. It was agreed that a subgroup of the GG would meet by teleconference to
consider the specifications (ie Qualification award, Consistency
arrangements, Credit transfer/recognition of prior learning, Entry
requirements) that would apply across the qualifications.
11. The governance group agreed to cross crediting at programme level for the
ALNE (Voc) and ATT Level 5 qualifications.
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Closing
12. The meeting closed at 3.30pm
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