#Pathways Awarua

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Tapatoru Ako Professional Practice: Empowering Tertiary Education with Ako Aotearoa's Innovative Programme

Explore the 2023 advancements of Ako Aotearoa's Tapatoru Programme. Discover how it's reshaping tertiary education in NZ with inclusive, culturally-rich content. Join the conversation on fostering a diverse and future-ready educational workforce

Tapatoru Developments Let’s dive into something exciting that’s shaping the future of tertiary education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Yes, I’m talking about the latest buzz in town again – Ako Aotearoa’s Tapatoru Programme. For those of you who’ve been following, this is part three of our deep dive, and trust me, it’s a game-changer! You can go back and check out part one and part two if you…

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Approaches: What is tuakana-teina?

Approaches: What is tuakana-teina?

What is it?

Tuakana-teina refers to the relationship between an older person (tuakana) and a younger person (teina). It is specific to teaching and learning in the context of Māori. In a more traditional Māori setting, the meaning is literally “older sibling-younger sibling”.

While these terms have their origin on the Marae in traditional settings, we have come to use them to talk about…

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Teach better now - Where's the new content for Assessment 6 of the NZCALNE on planning and facilitating embedded literacy and numeracy?

Teach better now – Where’s the new content for Assessment 6 of the NZCALNE on planning and facilitating embedded literacy and numeracy?

Kia ora and welcome to Collection 6

If you’re reading this then you are up to Assessment 6 in the new and improved NZCALNE (Voc).

Good work…! This next part is heart of the programme. The focus is on planning and teaching embedded literacy and numeracy as part of what you do.

Like the other content, it will be live on Pathways Awarua as soon as possible. And as always, you can find on Graeme’s…

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DEMANDS: NZCALNE (Voc) Collection 3 is live on Pathways Awarua

DEMANDS: NZCALNE (Voc) Collection 3 is live on Pathways Awarua

We’d love it if you stopped by and had a read through the new content for Collection 3 of the new NZCALNE on PathwaysAwarua. We cover approaches and concepts use in adult teaching and learning.

You’ll find a plain-English introduction to the Learning Progressions. This includes a demonstration of how to map the big picture literacy and numeracy demands of your programme, as well as specific…

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APPROACHES: NZCALNE (Voc) Collection 2 is live on Pathways Awarua

APPROACHES: NZCALNE (Voc) Collection 2 is live on Pathways Awarua

You need to check out the new content for Collection 2 of the new NZCALNE on PathwaysAwarua. We cover approaches and concepts use in adult teaching and learning.

All the great content from Te Ao Maori is still there – just updated. And we’ve widened it to include things like motivation and learner agency.

You’ll need to register as a new tertiary educator, or just log in if you already have an…

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CONTEXT: NZCALNE (Voc) Collection 1 is live on Pathways Awarua Please check out the new content for Collection 1 of the new NZCALNE on PathwaysAwarua. We cover definitions, frameworks, and factors associated with low literacy and numeracy levels. You'll need to register as a new tertiary educator, or just log in if you already have an account. Look for the NZCALNE (Voc) pathway.

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Beta testers wanted for the new NZCALNE (Voc) with ALEC and Pathways Awarua

Beta testers wanted for the new NZCALNE (Voc) with ALEC and Pathways Awarua

Greetings friends of ALEC and Pathways Awarua…!

We need some people to test the three new Collections we launched for the start of the new NZCALNE (Voc) online.

That means we need people who are happy to have a look through this new content and try it out. And hopefully, give us some feedback.

Steve Jobs never launched a perfect iPhone. And while we’ve proofed the material, we wanted to get it…

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TEACH: What's your supporting evidence?

TEACH: What’s your supporting evidence?

Right-O…! To finish this off, you need to provide evidence that supports the teaching that you’ve done.

We’d prefer it if you provided scans or digital images of your learners’ work. And where possible, we’d like it if you included pictures of your learners doing the work (as well as the actual work that they did).

You’ll need to upload this electronic evidence to Pathways Awarua when you submit…

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NZCALNE Collection 4 is now live on Pathways

NZCALNE Collection 4 is now live on Pathways

Good news… I know you’ve seen it here in draft form, but Collection 4 of the NZCALNE (Voc) is now live in Pathways Awarua.

Collection 4 on Pathways Awarua covers a couple of key things before we dive into the teaching and assessing components and related project work over Collections 5, 6, and 7.

Here’s what’s inside… What you need to know about:

Developing and focusing on some broad strategies…

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Teach Better Now - Where's the new content for Assessment 5 of the NZCALNE on literacy and numeracy diagnostic?

Teach Better Now – Where’s the new content for Assessment 5 of the NZCALNE on literacy and numeracy diagnostic?

NZCALNE (voc) Assessment 5 – New Content Kia ora ano and welcome to the next exciting instalment

If you’re reading this it’s likely that you’re up to Assessment 5 in the new and improved NZCALNE (Voc). Well done you…!

Like the other content, it will be live on Pathways Awarua as soon as possible. But as always, you can find it on Graeme’s blog in the meantime.

If you do stop by the blog, make…

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STRATEGIES - New content for the new NZCALNE Assessment 4 with ALEC

STRATEGIES – New content for the new NZCALNE Assessment 4 with ALEC

NZCALNE (voc) Assessment 4 – New Content Kia ora ano and welcome back once again to TEACH BETTER NOW

You’re up to the fourth assessment task in the new and improved NZCALNE (Voc). Excellent work…!

We’re working hard to get all new content for this and other modules live on Pathways Awarua, but until then you can find the first draft on here on the blog as always.

Feel free to leave a comment…

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APPROACHES - New Content for the new NZCALNE Assessment 2 with ALEC

APPROACHES – New Content for the new NZCALNE Assessment 2 with ALEC

As we’ve said elsewhere, this is a transition year from the old NCALNE (Voc) to the new NZCALNE (Voc). We’re in the middle of writing new material which will be available in a new format on Pathways Awarua shortly.

The first draft of this is available here on my blog. If you’re up to the second assessment task in the new and improved NZCALNE (Voc) here’s what you need to know below.

The new…

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Don't be SPOOKED by the MOOC - Planning my Presentation...

Don’t be SPOOKED by the MOOC – Planning my Presentation…

That’s the title of my presentation happening next week on Thursday. I’ve got a bit of an outline, but I’m still in the process of working out what I want to talk about. Here’s the basic idea.

Launch the NCALNE (Voc) Assessment Pathway.

That’s our MOOC. It’s available via Pathways Awarua if you sign up as an educator. Or at least it’s the online delivery and assessment platform for the…

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Last day to complete Pathways Awarua Survey if you want to contribute to the research survey

Last day to complete Pathways Awarua Survey if you want to contribute to the research survey

Kia ora

Thank you to those of you who have completed the Pathways Awarua survey. This email is just a reminder to those of you who haven’t, that the survey closes on Friday this week. So there are only a few days left for you to have your say!

The TEC has commissioned Heathrose Research to find out about how Pathways Awarua is being used by educators and learners. This is being done through a…