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Teach Better… the NZCALNE (Voc) Qualification

Jan 25, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Teach better, Uncategorized, You can teach better

So even as the name of this qualification gets longer, my goal is to make it feel like the whole package just got more straightforward. With that in mind, I’m looking at a couple of things. Here’s the first. I can’t change the long-winded qualification name, but I can rename and rebrand the course work. I might…
Plain English Definitions for the Numeracy Progressions

Nov 29, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in Learning Progressions, Uncategorized

In my reductionist quest to make things in education more accessible, I’ve started revising the definitions we use. The reason for this is that they get in the way a lot of the time. And this is because they are too hard to understand. Or not explained well. Or used as a kind of mental…
Plain English Definitions for the Literacy Progressions

Nov 28, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in Learning Progressions, Uncategorized

I’ve started writing new course content for the new NZCALNE (Voc) – the latest version of our course. I want to revise the definitions that we use to talk about the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy and Numeracy. The terminology is confusing for most people. And some of the existing definitions are not very helpful…
This is what I feel like when I’m writing my new course submission…

Aug 30, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in NZQA, Uncategorized

This is what it’s like with too many browser tabs open inside your brain. I’m nearly finished our course submission for the new NZCALNE (Voc) qualification. It’s slowly driving me nuts. I think I started out all “A Beautiful Mind” style of crazy wall… But now I’ve gone full Carrie from Homeland crazy wall… Keeping…
Designing our approach for the new NZCALNE (Voc)

Jul 26, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NDipALNE, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZDipALNE, NZQA, Professional Development, Qualifications

Currently, I’m working on the design for the new version of the qualification that we teach. This new qualification will update the existing NCALNE (Voc) and unit standard 21204. I’m after some feedback. Outlined below are what I see are some of our major assumptions about how we want to deliver this course moving forward.…
Wanna help Graeme design the new NZCALNE qualification…?

Jul 1, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand, New Zealand Context, NZ, NZ Context, NZ Dip ALNE, NZATD, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZCER, NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZDipALNE, NZQA, Professional Development, Qualifications

The existing NCALNE (Voc) qualification is fit for purpose for a while yet. However, the new version is on the framework. We’ve finished working on the new assessment standards. but they won’t be available until later this year. In the meantime, it’s time to start thinking about what the redesign of our course will look…
Which Pasifika framework should we use for adult literacy and numeracy in the new NZCALNE (Voc)?

Jun 30, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Professional Development, Qualifications

Please Vote This is new to the qualification. Unlike the Maori frameworks, Pasifika frameworks are less well known. Another issue is that there are frameworks that are specific to particular cultures and language groups. For example, I haven’t listed the individual frameworks in the poll, but they exist for Tokelauan, Cook Island Maori Tongan, Samoan,…
Which concepts from Te Ao Maori should we focus on in the new NZCALNE (Voc)…?

Jun 30, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Professional Development, Qualifications

Please Vote Here’s another thing that I’d like some feedback on. In the new NZCALNE qualification, we have some flexibility over which concepts and approaches from learner-centred adult teaching. The range statement in the new unit standard is listed above in the poll. If you think they’re all equally important, then tick them all. Otherwise,…
What’s going to replace the NCALNE? And do you want to help me design the new NZCALNE?

Jun 29, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Professional Development, Qualifications

Please Vote We have some flexibility around how we structure the new version of the NCALNE (Voc) qualification. The new qualification, which will replace the old NCALNE over the next few years, is called the New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education (Vocational) – or NZCALNE (Voc) for short. The new unit standards…
Mapping the Demands of a TESOL Course Using the Learning Progressions

May 18, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in ESL, ESOL, Knowing the demands, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Numeracy for ESOL, TESOL, Uncategorized

If you are a TESOL teacher, but you teach a course that is funded by the TEC you might find yourself having to complete the NCALNE (Voc) literacy and numeracy professional development. And one of the things that you’ll have to do is demonstrate that you know how to identify and map the context-specific literacy and numeracy…