Category: Literacy indicators
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Mandatory Review of Teacher Education Qualifications – Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education Working Group
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in 21204, ALEC, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Design, DipALNE, Diploma, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Mandatory review, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal approach, Personal development, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Self development, Teaching philosophy, TECI’m very pleased to have been part of the working group looking at the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (ALNE) qualifications this week. These qualifications are part of the Mandatory Review of Teacher Education Qualifications that is underway at the moment. It feels a little weird doing this after being asked to put my name forward…
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NZDipALN Module 1 Content – Anxiety Caused by Learning including Maths Anxiety
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Literacy and Numeracy Plus Work Readiness Warrant of Fitness (WOF)
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in ALEC, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, New Zealand Context, Personal development, workIs this any use to anyone…? It’s something I made a few years back. I’m just cleaning out old files. This link should give you the PDF if you want it: 2010 SMART Work WOF. It’s not meant to be a full literacy and numeracy diagnostic by any means – more of a quick heads up on…
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Literacy and numeracy for non-experts (Or how do you recognise low levels of literacy and numeracy?)
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Embedding literacy and numeracy into basic trades training in prisons
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in 21204, ALEC, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Department of Corrections, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, Numeracy Indicators, NZCALN, NZDALN, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Prison literacy, Professional Development, Qualifications, Tutor, Tutor Profile, VideoOk… just one more since I can’t stop showing off the success of our fantastic ALEC graduates and their work. Here is Andy Wood – Literacy and Numeracy Ninja – discussing how he uses a basic framing task to embed literacy and numeracy. What kinds of literacy and numeracy skills do you think the learners…
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Andy Wood ALEC All-star Graduate Embedding Literacy and Numeracy into Carpentry Training in Prison
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in 21204, ALEC, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Department of Corrections, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Improving learner writing, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, NZCALN, NZDALN, Prison literacy, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading comprehension, Tutor, Tutor ProfileHere’s another of our all-star ALEC graduates talking about his work embedding literacy and numeracy into trades training in prison in New Zealand with the Department of Corrections. Awesome work Andy…!
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New Zealand Diploma of Adult Literacy & Numeracy (NZDipALN): The ALEC Model
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Business model generation, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Design, Diagnostic, DipALNE, Diploma, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, Numeracy Indicators, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Prison literacy, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Resources, Tutor, Tutor Profile, UncategorizedOnce again… I’ve started work on the Diploma. This is like about the 5th time I’ve had a go at writing this thing and hopefully, this time I’ll finish it. Actually, this time it should be more of a collaboration, but more on that in a future post. What I wanted to establish here is…
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Please tell the NZQA that we need to keep the NCALNE (Voc) Qualification…!
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in 21204, ALEC, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, DipALNE, Education, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, LNPro, Mandatory review, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Personal development, Professional Development, QualificationsYour opportunity for feedback closes on Friday. Reading between the lines, there are some in the governance group who will recommend that the NCALNE (Voc) qualification is folded into a generic level 5 adult teaching qualification. My personal view (and ALEC’s view) is that this would be a bad move. Disclaimer: Obviously, we’re biased with…
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Discussion questions (And my answers) for the Revised Tertiary Landscape
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in 21204, ALEC, Compliance, Design, DipALNE, Diploma, Disruption, Edtech, Education, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Learning Progressions, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Mandatory review, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Professional Development, Qualifications, TECThese are the discussion questions from the governance group at NZQA looking at the review of adult tertiary teaching qualifications at the moment. I’ve inserted my answers. Discussion questions and prompts from the NZQA The following questions are designed to prompt thinking and feedback as you consider the landscape and rationale. 1. To what extent…
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NZQA Review of Adult and Tertiary Teaching Qualifications (including NCALNE) Update
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Compliance, Design, DipALNE, Edtech, Education, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Learning Progressions, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Mandatory review, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZDALN, NZQA, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading comprehensionFor those of you tracking these changes or just interested. The NZQA governance group has just published their first discussion document and minutes. You can access it on the NZQA website here. I’ll post further comments when I’ve had a chance to digest it carefully. However, for now: It looks like the NCALNE (Voc) Qualification…