Adult Literacy Educator fund

Eligibility

Learners

Under Rule ENR140[1], learners must be 18 years or older and meet a number of conditions to do with citizenship, commitment and ability.

All new students are required to pay fees as set by individual TEOs[2].

Qualifications

Under Rule ALE041[3], qualifications eligible for funding are as follows:

• National Certificate in Adult Literacy Education (Vocational Tutor/Lecturer or Workplace Trainer)
• National Certificate in Adult Literacy Education (Educator)
• Diploma in Education (Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education)
• Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Adult Literacy and Numeracy)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education)
• Masters of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education.

TEOs receiving funding for adult literacy educator qualifications must have demonstrated that the funded qualification:

• provides tutors with the capability to teach adults literacy and numeracy
• provides tutors with the capability to target those learners with the lowest levels of literacy and numeracy
• recognises the diverse contexts in which tutors are operating to raise adults' literacy and numeracy skills
• draws on New Zealand frameworks and materials (such as Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy and Numeracy)
• draws on international and New Zealand research evidence on effective practice
• provides good pathways between other qualifications
• contributes to the network of provision.
  

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  Rule ENR140: ALE learner eligibility

  For a tertiary education organisation (TEO) to receive Adult Literacy Educator funding, learners enrolled in approved qualifications must be 18 years or older and meet both of the following:

  • Have the academic ability to complete the programme of study that leads to the approved qualification
  • Have commitment to work in the adult literacy and numeracy education sector.

  Note: priority will be given to learners who are involved in providing adult literacy and numeracy activities in paid or voluntary employment and/or have a minimum of two years teaching experience (preferably in the adult literacy and numeracy area), have met any other eligibility criteria set by the TEO and are New Zealand citizens or have permanent residency status in New Zealand.

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  Tertiary education organisation (TEO)

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  Rule ALE041: ALE delivery requirements

  Tertiary education organisations (TEOs) receiving Adult Literacy Educator (ALE) funding must do all of the following:

  • Deliver one or more of the following:
  • National Certificate in Adult Literacy Education (Vocational Tutor/Lecturer or Workplace Trainer)
  • National Certificate in Adult Literacy Education (Educator)
  • Diploma in Education (Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education)
  • Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Adult Literacy and Numeracy)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education)
  • Masters of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education.
  • Be registered and accredited to deliver the above qualification(s), including course approval from the appropriate quality assurance body
  • Deliver ALE funded programmes in geographical locations approved by the Tertiary Education Commission to ensure regional spread of training
  • Provide a learning environment that is responsive and flexible to meet the physical, cultural and learning needs of learners
  • Ensure that all learners and other stakeholders are fully informed of all the following:
    • The TEO's ALE funded programme
    • The TEO's disciplinary and complaints procedures
    • The TEO's policies relating to holding learners’ personal information, and learners’ rights to review such information
  • Monitor the progress of ALE funded learners
  • Use the funding to best achieve the targets set out for ALE-funded programmes.