A new approach to Quality Assurance Muka Tangata wants ākonga (learners) to flourish in the food and fibre sector and for employers and industry to get workers with the right skills that they need. Muka Tangata is responsible for quality assurance activities with providers who develop and deliver their own programmes. These activities include programme endorsement and external moderation.
Our aim is to support providers to deliver quality programmes for ākonga.
Throughout 2022, we worked to find out how we can best work with providers and develop fit-for-purpose quality systems. Our two reports External Moderation Review and Te Whakatōnga signals the way we plan to move forward.
Providers have told us they see value in moderation that supports them to improve programmes. We’ve also heard from industry that they value external moderation to ensure that education and training is robust, and that moderation improves provider materials and practices.
Our Quality Assurance and Enhancement team continues to build relationships and partnerships with providers, endorse programmes, and carry out provider site visits and desk-based moderation of samples submitted by providers. In 2023 we are: - increasing the number (and overall effect) of site visits with providers
- increasing the number of professional development workshops we will facilitate for providers to 22
- focusing our moderation increasingly at the programme level
- adjusting our moderation reports to reflect te ao Māori values and our commitment to te Tiriti o Waitangi
- focusing specifically on the achievement of ākonga Māori, and
- using better metrics to inform decision-making around risk, programme performance and learner progression.
Further details can be found in our FAQ. New moderation reports being developed - give us your feedback!
By listening to the many voices of industry and the recommendations of Te Whakatōnga, we see the value of incorporating a te ao Māori approach to quality assurance that naturally encompasses a holistic approach. This will have the added benefit of increasing awareness and capability of te ao Māori and mātauranga Māori.
By incorporating Aromatawai and the Principles of Assessment into our moderation reports we will enable all learners to be assessed in a context that reflects their worldview and the natural learning environment of the primary industries and work-based training.
We have been reviewing our moderation reports to reflect these changes - these can be found below for your review: Muka Tangata post-moderation report Muka Tangata pre-moderation report
We value our partners input into the moderation reports. Please email your feedback for considerations by Friday 21July: moderation@mukatangata.nz Hui whakapūmau - On-site moderation visits
Our team has been busy with on-site visits with several providers this quarter. We’ve loved being able to meet learners and faculty during these visits. There is a lot of discussion, with an overarching theme of whakawhanaunga, getting to understand how programmes are conducted and carried out. This gives us a better understanding when performing pre and post moderations. Thank you to those that participated in this new way of conducting moderation and we encourage you to send your feedback via the surveys that were sent out with your reports.
If you have any queries or concerns, please contact moderation@mukatangata.nz Professional development workshops
Our team have already delivered 11 online professional development workshops for our schools and providers over quarter 1 and quarter 2, with a lot of positive feedback from those that attended. We still have sessions set for quarter 3 which will run over the months of July and August. Please note, these sessions are a repeat of what was covered in quarter 1 and 2. The topics and links for registrations are listed below. We hope to see you there!
Workshop topics: - Guide to meeting WDC Pre-Moderation needs
- Best Practice Assessing
- Guide to meeting WDC Post-Moderation needs
- Incorporating mātauranga Māori into ways of working
- Guide to meeting WDC Programme Endorsement considerations
- Guide to gaining Consent to Assess support from WDCs
Registration details and for schools and providers are in the links below: Professional Development Workshops - Schools Professional Development Workshops - Providers Aka Pārongo post-moderation assessment
In our last newsletter, we advised of the launch of our new provider portal Aka Pārongo. Since then, we have sent out 76 requests via Aka Pārongo with material and positive feedback coming through steadily.
More information on accessing the portal, FAQs, and Tips & Tricks for Aka Pārongo can be found here.
We look forward to your continued partnership as we transition into this exciting new system. Pre-assessment checklist
We’re really pleased to see that providers are either attaching or embedding pre-assessment checklists into their assessments. These checklists provide evidence that a learner has been informed of the assessment requirements and conditions and that they, the learner, believe they are ready to be assessed. Our new reports will note whether there is evidence in the assessment material that a pre-assessment conversation has occurred, and we encourage the use of the checklist as evidence. Kura reo ki Whirinaki
Our Poutiaki te Ara Kounga Māori, Kīngi Rākete-Tane had a week full of te reo Māori and mātauranga Māori revitalisation at the Kura Reo ki Whirinaki that took place from 16 – 20 April. Kura Reo were started to support te reo Māori speakers by providing high-level kaiako (teachers) and an immersion type environment over several days. The Kura Reo ki Whirinaki had over 160 students from all fluency levels participating in a weeklong programme in the heart of Northland, in Hokianga. There was so much interest that 150+ people were on the waiting list in hopes of getting a ticket – all tickets sold out in 3 minutes. We were very proud that our Poutiaki te Ara Kounga Māori was invited to share his expertise in te reo Māori and mātauranga Māori in a community project that supports the survival and dissemination of these treasured taonga. |
