Category: NZCALNE (Voc)
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Is Anyone Still Interested In The NZ Diploma in Adult Literacy and Numeracy?
It’s been awhile, but I’m still thinking about the New Zealand Diploma in Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NZ Dip ALNE). This newly revised diploma is now on the NZQA framework. It’s a 120 credit level 6 qualification. The new one is a million times better than the old one. I think I started trying to write…
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How Do I Give My Feedback On The New Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education Unit Standards?
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in ALNE, Complete NCALNE, DipALNE, Embed literacy and numeracy, Finish NCALNE, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Low literacy levels, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, National Qualifications, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NDipALNE, Not Literacy, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALNE, NZQA, Pacific Literacy Initiatives, Qualification, Qualifications, UncategorizedIf you are involved in foundation focused tertiary education in New Zealand, we need you to give us your feedback on the new Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (ALNE) unit standards. These new unit standards replace US21204 and many other unit standards used for the NCALNE (Voc) and related qualifications. From my side, I’m biased……
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What Do The New Standards For Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education Look Like?
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in Adult Learning, ALNE, Complete NCALNE, DipALNE, Embed literacy and numeracy, Finish NCALNE, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Low literacy levels, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NDipALNE, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALNE, NZQA, Pacific Literacy Initiatives, TRoQ, UncategorizedI’m glad you asked… There are 11 new unit standards in draft stage at the moment. I’m particularly interested in four of these (and you should be too if you’re involved in foundation education). The four below will form the basis for assessment against the revised NZCALNE (Voc) qualification. Unit 1: Describe adult literacy and numeracy education…
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Becoming Antifragile in Education – 4 Things You Can Do Right Now
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in Education, 2.0, 2015, Adult, Antifragile, Design, Disruption, Economy, Ed, Edtech, Education delivery model, Education resources, Evernote, Graeme Smith, Improve learning, Influence, Khan Academy, Knowing what to do, Leadership, Learn anything, Lifestyle, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNAAT, LNPro, New Zealand, NZCALNE (Voc), Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal approach, Personal development, podcast, Practitioners, Productivity, Profession, Professional Development, Questions, Sal Khan, Salman Khan, Self development, Training, TutorHow to become antifragile so every blow makes you stronger Nassem Taleb is an expert on risk and probability and he recommends in his latest book that we become less fragile, more robust, and actually antifragile. This is more than just Sissy Resilience… and this means that when the stuff hits the fan you actually bounce back…
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How do I get started on Assessment 5 of the NCALNE (Voc) and demonstrating that I’m actually embedding literacy and numeracy into my training?
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in 2.0, 2015, 21204, Activities, Adult, ALEC, ALNE, Assessment, Assessment 5, Complete NCALNE, Design, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Graeme Smith, How do I get started, Knowing what to do, Learning, Learning Outcomes, Learning Progressions, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Maths, Meaning, MOOC, MOOC 2.0, National register, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, Numeracy activity, NZ, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Practitioners, Professional Development, Reading, Reading comprehension, Resources, Self development, Speaking, Trainer, Training, Tutor, Vocabulary, what is, WritingIf you’re up to this stage, you’re actually about, or even over, half way. This section is a big chunk… but it’s also the teaching component of the qualification. Basically, after having mapped the literacy and numeracy demands, and diagnosed your learners literacy and numeracy needs, you actually need to get out there and do some…
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How to get started embedding vocabulary into your training by creating a word bank
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in 2.0, Activities, Adult, ALEC, Complete NCALNE, Design, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, embedded, embedding, Finish NCALNE, Graeme Smith, Improve teaching practice, Improving learner writing, Lean literacy, Learning Progressions, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Map the literacy demands, Mapping, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Personal development, Professional Development, Reading, Reading comprehension, Resources, Spelling, VocabularyVocabulary rocks…! If you’re going to focus on just one thing when it comes to embedding literacy into your trades or vocational training it has to be vocabulary. Vocabulary runs through all of the literacy progressions and it’s probably the best bang for your buck in terms of time spent embedding anything on the literacy side of…
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The scariest thing I’ve read all year about literacy and numeracy provision and funding…
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in 2015, 21204, ALEC, Customer Service, Design, Economy, Education, Education delivery model, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZ, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, PhD, Qualifications, TECThere’s not much that catches me off guard these days. However, this did. I’ve posted in a section of it below. You need to go to here to get the rest. McDonell: I’m going to be asking you questions pertaining to two different but related areas. The first is to gain clarifications regarding your organisations’ definition…
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How to get started on Assessment Task 1 of the NCALNE (Voc): The New Zealand context
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in 2.0, Activities, ALEC, Assessment, Coaching, Complete NCALNE, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALNE, Graeme Smith, 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, Maori literacy initiatives, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NZCALNE (Voc), Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, podcast, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Self development, Tutor, Tutor ProfileUPDATED FOR 2015: Please go here. If you need to complete the NCALNE (Voc) and you’re having trouble getting started (or even if you’re not!), here’s your special care package: Make sure that you are registered to use Pathways Awarua. The latest version of our entire ALEC course for the NCALNE (Voc) is now online in…
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How do you get started mapping literacy and numeracy demands with the Learning Progressions (and for Assessment 3 of the NCALNE (Voc)?
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in 2.0, Activities, ako, ALEC, Area, Assessment, Assessment Tool, Complete NCALNE, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Graeme Smith, Learning Progressions, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNAAT, LNPro, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Measurement, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCLANA, Numeracy, NZCALNE (Voc), Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional DevelopmentOk… so you’ve enrolled in the NCALNE (Voc) training to upskill yourself around literacy and numeracy. Or perhaps someone has twisted your arm and now you’re up to your neck in this stuff. If you’re lucky you’ve been to one of the ALEC workshops and been introduced to the Learning Progressions and had a chance…
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How do you develop embedded numeracy learning outcomes that are relevant to trades tutors?
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in 2.0, 2015, 21204, Activities, ako, ALEC, Area, Assessment, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Complete NCALNE, Creativity, Design, Diagnostic, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALNE, Graeme Smith, Janet Hogan, Learning Outcomes, Learning Progressions, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low numeracy levels, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Measurement, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NZCALNE (Voc), Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, QualificationsRecently, we did some work around developing learning outcomes with group that had a lot of painters and plasterers in it. This is a summary of my notes relating to how, as a group, we developed a draft learning outcome for an embedded approach to some very specific numeracy skills around measurement and area. We…