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Title
Communicate with family or whānau in a school setting
Level
6
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: initiate
professional contact with family or whānau; report to family or
whānau on student progress; and reflect on practices of
communication with family or whānau.
Classification
Teacher Education > Teaching
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Candidates assessed against this unit standard must demonstrate a standard of
performance that is consistent with the National Education Guidelines, Learning
Media Limited, Ministry of Education, Wellington, 2009; Special Education Policy
Guidelines, Ministry of Education, Wellington, 2012; Ka Hikitia, Managing for
Success: The Māori Education Strategy, 2008–2012, Ministry of Education, 2008.
2
Definitions
Family/Whānau includes parents, caregivers, and extended families.
Conventions of written language include spelling, punctuation, grammar, syntax and
paragraphing.
This unit standard is
Outcome 1
expiring
Initiate professional contact with family
or whānau.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Range
may include – introductions, outlines of upcoming studies, contracts, homework,
seeking permission in relation to in-class or out-of-class settings, Individual
Education Plans (I.E.Ps), on-going informal contact with family or whānau in
classrooms;
contact is made within the boundaries of school policies.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Contact encourages two-way communication.
1.2
Contact acknowledges the role, responsibilities, and expectations of family or
whānau.
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Outcome 2
Report to family or whānau on student progress.
Range
report must include written communication, and may include face-to-face,
formal or informal communication.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Report includes opportunities for two-way communication.
2.2
Report takes into account the feelings, role, and expectations of family or
whānau.
2.3
Report uses language that is clear to family or whānau.
2.4
Written communication conforms to the conventions of written language.
2.5
Report comments are objective and based on evidence related to specified
criteria.
2.6
Report comments are helpful in identifying future goals for learning and
teaching.
Outcome 3
Reflect on practices of communication with family or whānau.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Reflection establishes the nature and significance of the partnership between
the school and the family or whānau.
3.2
Reflection suggests strategies for addressing constraints on family or whānau
participation.
This unit standard is
expiring
Range
constraints may include but are not limited to – transportation,
time, childcare, confidence in school environment.
3.3
Reflection suggests strategies for establishing a meaningful role for family or
whānau in their child's learning within the limitations of particular contexts.
Range
3.4
limitations may include but are not limited to – age of student, size
of school, school policies and procedures.
Reflection identifies cross-cultural communication strategies in terms of their
appropriateness to the context of the communication.
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8758 version 6
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This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 August 1997
31 December 2012
Revision
2
20 March 2001
31 December 2012
Revision
3
20 April 2004
31 December 2012
Review
4
17 April 2009
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
5
19 July 2012
Review
6
20 August 2015
31 December 2016
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0074
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016