Sector meetings draft qualifications consultation
16, 17, 23 July 2014
National Qualifications Services (NQS), NZQA
NZ Career College
Waiariki Institute of Technology

• Welcome and introductions
• Setting the scene
– Review of Qualifications - TRoQ, MRoQ
– Qualifications design and programmes
• ECE Review
– Governance Group
– Working groups
– Journey to date
• Draft qualifications – overview, discussion groups
• Progress updates and next steps

Led to the most significant changes to the qualifications system since the National Qualifications Framework was established in the early 1990s
Changes include:
– Simplifying the qualifications system –
New Zealand Qualifications Framework
– Ensuring qualifications are fit-for-purpose and relevant
– Reducing the number of qualifications by removing duplication and proliferation
– Mandatory reviews of qualifications (MRoQ) – NZ qualifications to replace local provider and national qualifications
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New Zealand qualifications - what has changed?
• MRoQ New Zealand qualifications have been replacing local provider and National qualifications at levels 1 – 6
(since late 2010)
• New rules for qualification design
• ‘ Clusters ’ of qualifications at levels 1-6 undergo the Mandatory
Review process (first round will be complete by the end of 2014)
• Qualifications based on industry or community workforce needs
• Qualifications are developed collaboratively with stakeholders
• Clear and structured graduate outcomes including graduate profile, education and employment pathways in qualifications
• Flexible to allow programme development to meet learner needs
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Prepare for review:
– Establish lead, stakeholders, relationships & communication
– Determine governance and working structures
– Prepare project plan
– Gather information to determine sector workforce needs & compile needs analysis
Stage One: Pre-approval (application for approval to develop)
– Prepare and confirm a revised map/landscape or suite of qualifications
– Prepare new qualifications for pre-approval - develop strategic purpose and graduate profile
– Consult sector throughout – check needs being met
– Submit Application for approval to develop qualifications
Stage Two: Listing (application for approval to list)
– Complete qualification development and continue consultation
– Submit Application for approval to list qualifications

QUALIFICATION
(
TRAINING
PROGRAMME
Unit standards)
STUDY
PROGRAMME
(Components & standards)
ITO(s)
Training & assessment
Arranged in the
Workplace
ITO(s)
Training & assessment arranged – workplace and provider (e.g. block course, distance learning)
PROVIDERS
Full time study (may include work experience)
STUDY
PROGRAMME
(Component based)
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• Qualifications designed with flexibility in mind…
– to allow providers to develop their own unique programmes towards the new New Zealand qualifications
– range of contexts
– different learners needs
– full or part time study, or work-based learning
– choice of approaches e.g. unit standards, alternative components (prescriptions/papers/courses), combination
• Programme approval – guidelines and criteria http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/providers-partners/approval-accreditation-andregistration/programme-approval-and-provider-accreditation/

Governance Group (ECE GG) supported by co-leads
• Provide strategic leadership for the review
• Broad sector composition
• Ensure new qualifications developed meet needs
• Approve each stage of the qualifications development
Working Groups
• Provide technical input in the qualification development
• Develop the qualifications based on the guidance from ECE GG
– reflect the needs and feedback from stakeholders
• Communication out to wider stakeholders

ECE Governance Group members (18)
Ana Pickering Early Childhood Council nominee, Montessori Aotearoa NZ (MANZ)
Andy Walker (Chair) NZ College of Early Childhood Education, ITENZ, NZEALS
Arapera Royal Tangaere Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust nominee
Calmar Ulberg Barnardos New Zealand, Pasifika Plunket Team, Ohomairangi Trust
Cate Mawby NZ Playcentre Federation
Celeste Harrington Kidicorp, OMEP, NZARE
Deborah Wansbrough NZ Teachers Council
Derek Martin
Fereni Pepe Ete
New Zealand Career College
Pacific Training Institute, SAASIA
Jane Ewens Te Tari Puna Ora O Aotearoa - NZ Childcare Association
Jenny Walker
Jenny Yule
Jonine Nager
Karin Dalgleish
Liz Everiss
Peggy Luke-Ngaheke
Rachelle Hautapu
Ruth Barnes
Nanny Education Organisation of NZ (NEONZ); Rangi Ruru Early
Childhood College
Home Early Learning Organisation (HELO) nominee; PORSE
Pouhere, Open Polytechnic, Atiawa nui te kohanga reo.
Iwi affiliations: Ngati Porou and Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti
Ministry of Education – ECE Operational Policy Design
Open Polytechnic; Early Education Federation
Waiwhetu Marae;Te Runanganui o Taranaki whanui ki te Upoko o Te
Ika; Kohanga Reo
Te Whānau Tupu Ngātahi o Aotearoa (NZ Playcentre Association)
Iwi affiliations: Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti and Ngati Porou
Waiariki Institute of Technology

ECE General Working Group - 21/22 May & 5/6 June 2014
Adrianne Sudfelt PORSE Education and Training Ltd
Alison Stevenson Rangi Ruru Early Childhood College
Gillian Croad New Zealand Playcentre Federation
Jan Taouma
Jean Rockel
Jonine Nager
Joanne Hayes
Kirsten Hughes
A'oga Fa'a Samoa (NZEI Te Riu Roa nominee)
University of Auckland
Pouhere, Open Polytechnic, Atiawa nui te kohanga reo
Waiariki Institute of Technology
Workforce Development Ltd
Michael Campbell New Zealand College of Early Childhood Education
Norah Fryer Aperfield Montessori Trust
Pamela McCullough Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Rachel Forrester Karanga Mai Teen Parents College
Sonja Rosewarne Open Polytechnic

Mātauranga Māori ECE Work Group -
21/22 May & 5/6 June
Juanita Rapana Ministry of Education
Melissa Nepe Apatu
Pamela McCullough
Te Kōhanga Reo o Ngā Mokopuna
Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Te Manu Moe Pohatu NZEI Te Riu Roa nominee
Wikitoria Ratu
Arapera Royal
Tangaere
Peggy Luke-Ngaheke
Waiwhetu Marae - Te Runanganui o Taranaki Whanui
ECE Governance Group attendee;
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust
ECE Governance Group attendee;
Waiwhetu Marae;Te Runanganui o Taranaki whanui ki te
Upoko o Te Ika; Kohanga Reo

• Co-leads
• Sector meetings November 2013
• Governance Group appointments – ECE GG
• Needs analysis
• Governance meetings – Jan/Feb
• Mātauranga Māori Evaluative Quality Assurance – MMEQA
• Strengthen Māori and Pasifika voice on GG
• Review plan submitted
• Proposed landscape consultation & needs analysis
• Working groups formed to develop draft qualifications
• Current consultation – draft qualifications
• Submit for approval to develop - by mid-September

• Qualification details: Title, Level, Credits, Type, NZSCED
• Strategic Purpose Statement : why does NZ need this qualification?
• Outcome Statement:
Graduate profile what will these graduates know, understand, and be able to do?
Education Pathways what could they study next?
Employment Pathways what jobs are they prepared for?
or Contribution to community how could they help?
• Specifications and conditions:
- Differentiates mandatory and optional conditions for the qualification and/or individual outcomes
- Ensures there is sufficient information for programme developers to meet the graduate profile and qualifications requirements

KEQ D1:
• How well has the need for the qualification(s) been established?
KEQ D2:
• How well do the qualification’s strategic purpose, graduate profile and general design address the identified needs of employers, industry and/or communities (i.e. relevant stakeholders)?
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Consider draft ECE qualifications - consultation feedback sought:
1.Do you support developing each new qualification further?
2.What could be done to improve each qualification?
3.Is the general suite coherent and does it provide pathways for candidates?
4.What specific improvements, if any, could be made to the draft qualifications (General ECE) to ensure they adequately address the needs of Pasifika learners and communities, employers, ECE sector and other stakeholders?
5.What specific improvements, if any, could be made to the draft qualifications (General ECE) to ensure they adequately address the needs of Māori learners in non-immersion settings ?

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• Consultation on draft qualifications closes noon Friday 25 July
• Governance
– consider sector feedback to draft qualifications consultation
– Endorse qualifications for submitting for ‘approval to develop’
(September)
• Working groups - reconvene for further development work
• Needs analysis – final submitted at ‘approval to develop’
• Stakeholder engagement – draft qualifications consultation feedback; NZQF2 form completion

• Mandatory Review of ECE Qualifications on NZQA website: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/qualifications/earlychildhood-education-qualifications/review-of-ece-qualifications/
• ECE email network (Stakeholder consultation list) – please ask your ECE contacts to be added to this network
• Team Mailbox: ecequals.review@nzqa.govt.nz