Tag: adult literacy and numeracy
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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…
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New TEC Publication: Adult Literacy & Numeracy: An Overview of the Evidence
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Book review, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, 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 Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, 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, Numeracy, Numeracy Indicators, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading, Reading comprehension, TECThe Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) have released a new summary of the available evidence on adult literacy and numeracy. It’s kind of a meta-review – a summary of a lot of other literature reviews, but it’s quite brief and worth a look if you’re interested in this kind of thing. They’re not going to print…
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Literacy Numeracy Pro: Naked Tape in Action – XXX Rated
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in 21204, ALEC, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Department of Corrections, 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 Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Naked Measuring Tape, Naked tape, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, Numeracy, Personal development, Prison literacy, Professional Development, Qualifications, Resources, UncategorizedOne of the coolest things we did this year was design our own branded packaging tape. We just happened to turn it into a teaching resource as well. We call it the Naked Measuring Tape. It’s basically, a measuring tape without the numbers. Or if you like, it’s a blank number line that just repeats.…
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From the TEC: How to use the TEC literacy and numeracy assessment tools – Part 1
How to use the TEC literacy and numeracy assessment tools Background Strong adult literacy and numeracy skills deliver significant economic and social benefits for the individual, for employers and ultimately for New Zealand. Literacy and numeracy is a priority in the Tertiary Education Strategy 2010-15, particularly raising the skills of learners in levels one to…
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Further information for providers about the Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Tool
The TEC Website has been updated as follows in relation to the “Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool” The Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool is an online adaptive tool that provides robust and reliable information on the reading, writing and numeracy skills of adults. The assessment tool informs the development of learning…
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Invitation to participate in NCALNE research project
The following is a letter from John Benseman requesting help from providers and participants involved with the NCALNE (Voc) over the last few years. Please click through to the relevant links if you are able to complete the survey. Greetings I wrote to you (or someone else in your organisation) about a study of NCALNE…
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Where do I find all the Strand Charts for the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy and Numeracy?
Unfortunately, the digital versions of all of the Strand Charts for the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy and Numeracy that we use in New Zealand are a little difficult to find. The full versions for all Strands and guides are here, but you have to click through to the Downloadable Documents…
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What’s the Baseline Knowledge for Embedding Literacy and Numeracy?
If you are a tutor, training, or otherwise involved in adult education at levels 1 to 3 you should be embedding literacy and numeracy into your trade or other vocational content. You need to understand what the baseline knowledge and skills are for embedding literacy and numeracy. There are seven key areas to focus on: NZ Context…
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Internationalising and exporting NZ’s literacy and numeracy professional development via the NCALNE (Voc)
Changes to qualifications In order to export New Zealand’s unique professional development, training and credentials relating to literacy and numeracy we need to first internationalise the key qualifications. This means some changes to both of the qualifications. Here are my ideas for dealing with the NCALNE (Voc): Dealing with Unit Standard 21204: Develop adult learners’…
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ELN tutor profile: What should a tutor profile look like for someone working on an embedded LN programme at levels 1-3?
Assumptions Given the large number of new Youth Guarantee (YG) programmes submitted to NZQA for approval we are going to see an influx of new tutors involved with teaching in this space. This means that these tutors will be teaching courses that by definition need to be embedded literacy and numeracy (ELN) courses. These tutors…