Teach Better Now – Assessment 3 of the NZCALNE (Voc)
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Teach Better Now – Assessment 1 of the NZCALNE (Voc)
AFTER: Guidance for Supervisor or Verifier Comments
Read this if
- You are acting as supervisor or verifier for someone who is completing their NZCALNE (Voc) qualification.
- You need to sign off on the final piece of work that one of your tutors is about to hand it before completing the NZCALNE (Voc).
Download the guidance for supervisors or verifiers
This is all contained in one PDF you can download here below. The download shows a copy of the actual template as well.
What does the supervisor or verifier need to do?
If you are the supervisor or verifier for someone completing the NZCALNE (Voc), you need to discuss the review questions with the candidate and record your comments. You can use the template on the following page or adapt to your own purposes as you need.
Collaboration between the candidate and you to review teaching delivery is one of the requirements of the NZCALNE (Voc). It’s also good teaching practice. We can’t sign off on the whole qualification unless we have some evidence of this.
For our purposes, a supervisor may include any of the following:
- The tutor’s direct manager or programme leader.
- A colleague that is acting as study support person.
- Someone in management that has already acted as a supervisor or verifier for another part of this training and qualification.
What’s covered?
To sign off the final assessment task, we need evidence that tutor and supervisor have reviewed the teaching and facilitation in several areas. The best way to think of these is in regards to three reflective questions:
- What are their strengths?
- What are some potential improvements for future delivery?
- How does any of this inform planning for the candidate’s professional development?
This review should be a friendly collaboration and two-way conversation. It could include teaching observation evidence, but it doesn’t have to. It’s not a performance review for internal promotional or salary review.
What do I have to do?
As their supervisor, we expect that you are already aware that the candidate is completing this qualification. You may have already verified your portfolio evidence for other parts of the course.
It’s the candidate’s job to:
- Make the arrangements to meet with you.
- Provide any evidence or assessment material you may wish to see in relation to this final assessment task or any part of the programme.
- Provide you with an electronic copy of the Supervisor or Verifier Comments and Checklist template.
- Negotiate how and when this template is completed by you.
- Return the completed template to us as part of their supporting evidence for this final assessment task.
As supervisor or verifier, it’s your job to provide us with:
- Your contact details including email and phone.
- Details of when this review took place
- Brief summary comments relating to the three reflective questions. As a guide, you might write one or two concise paragraphs totalling about 100 words for each of these. We won’t be counting words. Quality here is more important that quantity so feel free to keep it brief.
- Your signature and date of signing at the end.
Download the guidance here for supervisors and verifiers including notes showing where and what to write for your candidate:
How do I enrol in TEACH BETTER NOW…? How do I enrol in the NZCALNE (Voc)…?
If you are teaching foundation education at any level, you need to be qualified and on a continuing professional development journey.
You need to start this journey through the Teach Better Now programme available on Pathways Awarua.
At the heart of this is the new New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) – the NZCALNE (Voc).
There is a cost for assessment and gaining the credential. But it’s free to register on the website and you’ll have access to all of the course content.
Here’s what you need to do to kickstart your foundation learning professional development journey for this year:
- Register on Pathways Awarua if you haven’t already.
- Join our virtual classroom.
- Enrol in the qualification.
- Get started on the coursework and first assessment.
FIRST: Register on Pathways Awarua
1. You need to register on http://www.pathwaysawarua.com as a tertiary educator. If you are already registered, then go to step 5 below and join our virtual classroom.
2. Enter your details in the form including a username and password.
3. If you start typing the name of your organisation or employer it should appear in the box. Then add a name for your class, accept the terms and conditions and click Register. If you are an independent contractor please use the code 8888.
4. Once registered you should see a screen like this below. Ignore the code on the right. This is for you to use with your own learners later. Right now you just need to click the link on the left for the new NZCALNE (Voc).
SECOND: Move yourself into our virtual classroom
5. Now you should see the main NZCALNE screen below. Next, you need to join our virtual class. Click the head icon to go to your account settings. If you’ve already done this you can go to step 8 and enrol.
6. Enter the join code 1622DD to join our virtual class. Then tick the box to move to this class.
7. Save your settings and return to the main NZCALNE pathway.
Third: Enrol in the NZCALNE (Voc)
8. Now you can enrol in the programme. Make sure that the enrolment module is selected. Then click start. If you’ve already enrolled and you’ve also moved into our virtual classroom, you can go to the last step.
9. Read through the enrolment information.
10. Fill in the enrolment form with as many details as you can. Then save and move to the next screen.
11. If you can’t fill in everything, you’ll see a screen like this below. But you’ll still be able to move forward. Just click the arrow on the right. Or click Retry to add more info.
12. From here, you need to show that you understand some of the conditions of enrolment. And you need to let us know if you have access to learners of your own and whether you’ve done other study at level 4 or above.
13. Nearly done… Add your employer and supervisor’s details.
14. Complete the self-assessment. There are two pages.
15. If you are an experienced TESOL teacher please add details here. Likewise, if you are a very experienced trades or vocational trainer with existing evidence and you want us to consider this please add details here.
16. Add your timeframe
17. Review the summary of your enrolment and save
18. Drag the box ALEC1 Admin to submit for comment
19. You’re done…! Click the link for the new NZCALNE (Voc) to return to the main course pathway.
FOURTH: Get started on the course
20. Get started…!
What is the NZCALNE (Voc)…?
Concepts: What is learner agency?
What is it?
Agency is when learning involves the activity and the initiative of the learner, more than whatever is passed on from the teacher, curriculum or resources
Can we dig a little deeper?
Learner agency is when learners have the power to act and make choices. The opposite of a learner with agency is a passive learner.
How does this help describe a learner-centred teaching environment?
In a learner-centred teaching environment, learners have agency over their own learning. And the teaching environment and systems serve the needs and interests of the learner.
It might not be possible to achieve this completely in your situation. But it’s still a goal to pursue despite the constraints your particular work environment.
Developing learner agency means that your learners need to:
- Believe that their behaviour and their approach to learning will make a difference for them.
- Not be working in isolation doing their own thing and what suits them. They should feel connected.
- Have an awareness of the responsibility of their own actions on the environment and on others.
Behaviours such as a passive approach to learning can be hard to change. You need to have a foundation of mutual respect, trust and relationship in place if you want to make a difference here.
But when it happens, you’ll find that your learners will take ownership of their learning. As they set personal goals, the learning becomes theirs. That’s why we have to find ways to link it to their passions and interests.
- Are your learners active in the learning process, or are they just passive receivers?
- Are your learners capable of independent thought and able to act on their own?
- Do you have individual learning plans in place to personalise direction, content, and assessment where you can?
Under the hood: Taking notes on the five frameworks
As with the definitions, it’s a good idea to pause here and think about what we’ve covered so far. You need to know about each of these frameworks and how they apply to you as a teacher or trainer:
- Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy
- Learning Progressions for Adult Numeracy
- Te Whare Tapa Whā
- Fonofale Pasifika
- ESOL Starting Points
Let’s make some notes. You might want to skip back and check on any details. But we also want you to think about your own situation and how you would answer these questions in your own words
For each framework you should be able to say what you think for each of these questions:
- What’s the framework for?
- What actually is it? What’s it about?
- How’s it relevant to your own teaching or training situation?
- What are the implications for you? Is there something you need to do?
Time to do some work
Let’s pause for a few moments. Here’s your task:
- Download the worksheet, or use the chart below to make notes on the five frameworks we’ve talked about.
- Make sure you’ve got some notes on what each one is for, what it’s about, as well as the relevance to your learners, and any implications for your teaching.
This task is not assessed, but it will help you with your assessment.
