NZQA registered unit standard
26711 version 3
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of inclusive education in an ECE service and
the roles of support agencies
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
3
People credited with this unit standard will be able to: discuss
current thinking in relation to inclusive education for children in
an ECE service; and discuss the roles of support agencies for
children, their whānau/family and an educator.
This unit standard is designed for people who intend to work, or
are working with, children in an ECE service. People working
in the wider education sector may also be interested in this unit
standard. This unit standard will prepare people to advance to
a higher level of study in ECE.
Classification
Early Childhood Education and Care > Early Childhood:
Educational Theory and Practice
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
An early childhood education (ECE) service may include a centre-based service,
hospital-based service, or home-based service. The home-based service may be
nominated by the child’s parent, be the child’s own home, or the home of the
educator.
2
Three 'broad age groups' are defined in Te Whāriki for children. These are
overlapping age categories and are defined as:
infant – birth to 18 months;
toddler – one year to three years;
young child – two and a half years to school entry age.
Evidence of children from one age category is required in this unit standard.
3
Candidates for this unit standard should be familiar with the intent of Te Tiriti o
Waitangi, which informs guidelines, procedures, and practices in the ECE sector.
4
Definitions
Educator may include persons and groups including teachers, supervisors, coordinators, whānau/families, and nannies who are involved in the learning and the
development of children. Evidence of one is required in this unit standard.
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Inclusive education refers to a programme dependent on an underlying belief in, and
acceptance of, every child as a unique and special person with the potential to grow
and develop.
Support agencies may include Ministry of Education, Plunket, Refugee Centre,
Parents as First Teachers, District Health Boards, Public Health Services, New
Zealand Association for Gifted Children, and other specialist support groups.
Whānau/families may be parents, guardians, and members of the extended family
who have an interest in the child.
5
Legislation and Conventions include but are not limited to:
Care of Children Act 2004
Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989
Disability (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Act
2008
Education Act 1989
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008
Human Rights Act 1993
Privacy Act 1993
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) 1989
Vulnerable Children Act 2014
and subsequent amendments.
6
References
Ministry of Education, Te Whāriki: He Whāriki Mātauranga mō ngā Mokopuna o
Aotearoa. Early Childhood Curriculum (Wellington, Learning Media, 1996); available
at http://www.education.govt.nz/early-childhood/teaching-and-learning/ececurriculum.
Ministry of Education, Much more than words: Monitoring and encouraging
communication development in early childhood (Wellington: Learning Media, 2001).
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Discuss current thinking in relation to inclusive education for children in an ECE service.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Current perspectives and definitions of inclusive education are discussed in
terms of education for children in an ECE service.
1.2
Guideline statements relating to inclusive behaviour in Early Childhood
Curriculum and legislative documentation are summarised in the discussion.
Outcome 2
Discuss the roles of support agencies for children, their whānau/family, and an educator.
Range
evidence of three support agencies is required.
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Agencies are identified and their roles are discussed in terms of the support
they provide for a children and their whānau/family.
Range
2.2
evidence of two examples from each agency of supporting the
needs of children and two examples of supporting the needs of the
children’s whānau/family.
Examples are given of how these agencies provide support for an educator in
an ECE service.
Range
evidence of two examples from each identified agency is required.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 21327.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
17 December 2010
31 December 2017
Revision
2
8 December 2011
N/A
Rollover and
Revision
3
20 August 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0135
This CMR 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,
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.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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.
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Comments on this unit standard
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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