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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of systems and practices in relation to
education in New Zealand
Level
2
Purpose
Credits
3
This unit standard could be of particular relevance to
immigrants.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
New Zealand’s education structures; describe home and school
interaction; and identify features of the New Zealand
Qualifications Framework.
Classification
Core Generic > Social and Cooperative Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
The following legislation and any subsequent amendments provide reference, where
needed, for this unit standard:
Education Act 1989.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
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Describe New Zealand’s education structures.
1.1
Stages of schooling and education are described in terms of the compulsory
and non-compulsory sectors and include the usual ranges of the ages of people
at each stage.
Range
1.2
pre-school, primary, intermediate, secondary, tertiary.
Early childhood, primary and secondary (state, integrated, and independent
education) sectors, are described in terms of their clientele and expected
outcomes.
Range
expected outcomes may include but are not limited to –
qualifications, attendance, code of student conduct.
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1.3
Other educational institutions are described in terms of their clientele and
expected outcomes.
Range
1.4
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educational institutions may include – special education units
and/or schools, tertiary, Kura Kaupapa Māori, private training
establishments, home schooling;
expected outcomes may include but are not limited to –
qualifications, attendance, code of student conduct;
evidence of two educational institutions is required.
Governance support and administration structures are described for early
childhood, primary, intermediate, secondary schooling, and tertiary education.
Range
may include but is not limited to – boards of trustees; principals;
teaching, pastoral, and support staff; health services.
Outcome 2
Describe home and school interaction.
Range
early childhood, primary, secondary.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Communication procedures between home and school are described.
Range
2.2
procedures include – two-way liaison between home and school,
raising issues, explaining absences, asking for and granting
permission.
Parent and/or caregiver involvement in the school is described in terms of roles
and expectations.
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unit
standard
is and class
may include
but is not
limited to – interviews; school
activities; boards of trustees; other management and parent and/or
caregiver groups;
programmes; participation in sports and cultural
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activities, outdoor education; school camps; fundraising; working
Range
bees.
Outcome 3
Identify features of the New Zealand Qualifications Framework.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Features of the New Zealand Qualifications Framework are identified.
Range
formal recognition of skills and knowledge, qualifications, unit and
achievement standards, record of learning, credit accumulation
and transfer, recognition of current competence, financial costs.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 May 1995
31 December 2018
Revision
2
20 March 1998
31 December 2018
Review
3
26 September 2001
31 December 2018
Review
4
16 July 2010
31 December 2018
Review
5
18 June 2015
31 December 2018
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0023
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can
report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading
to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is
Comments on this unit standard
expiring
Please contact NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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