NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Plan, facilitate, promote, and evaluate positive interactions between
an ECE service and Pasifika people
Level
6
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan
activities that promote positive interaction between Pasifika
people and an ECE service; facilitate planned activities to
promote positive interactions between Pasifika people and an
ECE service; and evaluate the facilitation of planned activities
to promote positive interactions between Pasifika people and
an ECE service.
Classification
Pacific Islands Early Childhood Education > Pacific Early
Childhood Education: Family
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard is intended for those who are trainee managers or supervisors of
Pasifika in ECE services.
2
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.
Evidence of one type of service is required in this unit standard.
3
Educator may be persons and groups including teachers, supervisors, co-ordinators,
whānau/families, and nannies who are involved in the learning and development of
children.
Evidence for one type of educator is required in this unit standard.
4
Interaction must be for an ECE service attended by Pasifika children. Interaction with
Pasifika families and communities must accord with the curriculum principle of
partnership with parents and whānau set out in Te Whāriki and current legislative
requirements relating to curriculum.
5
People seeking credit for this unit standard will be required to show that their
demonstration of the evidence requirements arises from teaching and/or practicum
experience in an ECE service, through observing and implementing Te Whāriki and
current legislative requirements relating to curriculum.
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Definitions
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.
Pasifika children are pre-school members of Pasifika communities in New Zealand,
and may include but are not limited to – Cook Islands Māori, Fijian, Niuean, Samoan,
Tokelauan, Tongan, Tuvaluan.
Pasifika families and communities in this standard may include aiga potopoto, fanau,
kaiga, kainga, kopu tangata, magafaoa, mataqali and Pasifika parents, families, and
other community groups and/or persons associated with ECE services.
Pasifika languages are any of the languages of the Pasifika communities in New
Zealand eg gagana Samoa, lea faka-Tonga, te reo Maori Kuki Airani, vagahau Niue,
vaka Viti, gagana Tokelau, gana Tuvalu.
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Legislation includes but is not limited to:
Children, Young Persons, and their Families Act 1989
Education Act 1989
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Human Rights Act 1993
Privacy Act 1993
Vulnerable Children Act 2014
and subsequent amendments.
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References
Education Council New Zealand, The Education Council Code of Ethics for
Certificated Teachers; available at http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/content/codeof-ethics-certificated-teachers.
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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan activities that promote positive interactions between Pasifika people and an ECE
service.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The families and communities of Pasifika people involved with an ECE service
are identified.
Range
may include but is not limited to – children, management and
educators, families, church ministers, other associate Pasifika
community representatives and leaders.
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1.2
Interaction activities are planned that are appropriate to situations and the
Pasifika families and communities.
Range
1.3
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situations may include but are not limited to – ECE service
meetings about curriculum, parents’ day, field trips,
staff/community social gatherings, cultural activities;
evidence of at least two situations and four interaction activities is
required.
Plan describes the purpose of each interaction activity.
Outcome 2
Facilitate planned activities to promote positive interactions between Pasifika people and
an ECE service.
Range
evidence of facilitation of the four planned interaction activities is required.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The planned activities demonstrate the principle of working in partnership with
parents and family for positive benefits in the ECE service, as set out in Te
Whāriki and current legislative requirements relating to the curriculum.
2.2
The planned activities are facilitated in ways that promote the building of
positive relationships with Pasifika families and communities.
Range
2.3
may include but is not limited to – making others feel welcome,
encouraging sense of belonging, acknowledgement of families’
beliefs and cultural practices, participation in activities and
decision-making.
Facilitation includes the use of appropriate protocols and effective oral and
written communication with Pasifika people using English and at least one
Pasifika language.
Outcome 3
Evaluate the facilitation of planned activities to promote positive interactions between
Pasifika people and an ECE service.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Evaluation reflects on the appropriateness of the planned activities and their
facilitation in relation to the situation.
3.2
Evaluation reflects on the success of the planned activities in relation to the
quantity and quality of the interaction with Pasifika families and communities.
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Planned review date
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31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 August 2002
31 December 2016
Review
2
9 December 2010
31 December 2017
Revision
3
8 December 2011
N/A
Rollover and
Revision
4
20 August 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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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.
Comments on this unit standard
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