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Nueva Zelanda: Open Polytechnic Launches New ECE Diploma

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Oceanía/Nueva Zelanda/Noviembre de 2016/Fuente: Scoop Independient News

RESUMEN: El lanzamiento del Diploma de Nueva Zelanda en Educación y Cuidado de la Primera Infancia (Nivel 5) por Open Polytechnic, el principal proveedor de enseñanza a distancia de Nueva Zelanda, está dirigido a mejorar los estudiantes que desean seguir una carrera en el sector de educación infantil. El nuevo diploma se extiende a Open Polytechnic de las calificaciones de la ECE que incluyen la Licenciatura en Enseñanza (Educación Infantil), el Certificado Nacional de Educación y Cuidado de la Primera Infancia (Nivel 3), y el Certificado en Práctica de la Primera Infancia (Nivel 4), que proporciona Un camino hacia el nuevo diploma de nivel 5. El Diploma de Nueva Zelanda en Educación y Cuidado de la Primera Infancia (Nivel 5) le da a los graduados las habilidades y conocimientos que necesitan para trabajar en una variedad de entornos de la primera infancia, tales como centros de atención basados en hospitales, Servicios, incluyendo contextos de primera infancia basados en la cultura.

The launch of the New Zealand Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 5) by Open Polytechnic, New Zealand’s leading provider of distance learning, is aimed at upskilling students who want to pursue a career in the early childhood education sector.

The new diploma extends Open Polytechnic’s suite of ECE qualifications that include the Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education), the National Certificate in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 3), and the Certificate in Early Childhood Practice (Level 4), which provides a pathway into the new Level 5 diploma.

The New Zealand Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 5) gives graduates the skills and knowledge they need to work in a variety of early childhood settings such as centre-based, hospital-based, home-based, nanny and parent-led services including culturally based early childhood contexts.

Throughout the diploma, which is offered through distance learning backed up by face-to-face workshops and a five week practicum, students learn skills in using a range of learning theories to promote children’s learning, biculturalism, and how to apply professional standards and reflective practice when working in an early childhood setting.

“The Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care is a perfect way to build your career and prepare for higher level study while making a real difference to the education and care of young children,” says Senior Lecturer, Sonja Rosewarne.

Graduates of the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care who want to progress on to becoming an early childhood education teacher may be eligible to cross-credit into the Open Polytechnic Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education).

Fuente: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1611/S00019/open-polytechnic-launches-new-ece-diploma.htm

 

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Nueva Zelanda: 1300 visas issued to foreign students at ‘dodgy’ school

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Oceanía/Nueva Zelanda/Octubre de 2016/Fuente: RNZ

RESUMEN:  La Academia Internacional de Nueva Zelanda (IANZ), pasaba estudiantes que deberían haber fracasado. Las cifras, publicadas por el Partido del Trabajo en virtud de la Ley de Información Oficial, muestran 857 visas de trabajo que se publicaron el año pasado a estudiantes de IANZ, y 464 de este año.  La primera denuncia contra IANZ fue en 2014, pero una investigación formal sólo se inició en abril de este año. «En ese momento, más de 1.300 visas de trabajo se conceden sobre la base de las calificaciones que  parecen bastante poco fiables en retrospectiva, sobre la base de las pruebas que se ha hecho en algunas cohortes.» RNZ informó ayer que NZQA llevó a cabo una revisión focalizada de las evaluaciones de la institución de educación superior privada este año.

A later investigation found the now-defunct school, the International Academy of New Zealand (IANZ), was passing students it should have failed.

The figures, released to the Labour Party under the Official Information Act, show 857 work visas were issued last year to IANZ’s students, and 464 this year.

Labour’s tertiary education spokesperson David Cunliffe said that was despite government agencies knowing about the rort.

The first complaint against IANZ was in 2014, but a formal investigation only began in April this year, he said.

«In that time, over 1300 work visas were granted on the basis of qualifications which look pretty dodgy in hindsight, based on testing that has been done on some cohorts.»

RNZ reported yesterday that NZQA conducted a focused review of the private tertiary institution’s assessments this year.

When NZQA looked at 77 examples of students’ work that IANZ said met those standards, it found all of them should have been failed.

Some answers were unintelligible, and some work was not up to scratch even though IANZ tutors had described it as being of high quality.

There had been similar results form other cohorts, Mr Cunliffe said.

«One … showed only 14 percent of those tested were able to pass a retest.»

The system for picking up poor quality institutions was almost entirely reliant on whistleblowers, he said.

«There’s no proactive monitoring, there’s no spot-checking.»

It was also clear the problem was getting worse.

«There are 13 live investigations into potential student visa fraud at the moment by Immigration New Zealand.

«The Tertiary Education Commission’s got 19 private tertiary institutions classified as high risk [and] the Serious Fraud Office is investigating five.»

Fuente: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/316727/1300-visas-issued-to-foreign-students-at-‘dodgy’-school

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Nueva Zelanda: Educators call for better funding this World Educators Day

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Oceanía/Nueva Zelanda/Octubre de 2016/Fuente: Scoop Independent News

RESUMEN: Los maestros y  el  personal de apoyo en Nueva Zelanda estarán marchando y reuniendose  en el Día Mundial de los Educadores este sábado (29 de octubre) como parte de un llamado nacional para una mejor financiación y un mejor aprendizaje para la educación. El Día Mundial de los Educadores es una gran oportunidad para reconocer a los maestros y al personal de apoyo que trabajan con nuestros hijos y están dedicados a asegurar que los niños reciban la mejor educación posible, dijo el presidente de NZEI Louise Verde, que van a estar hablando en el evento en Wellington. «La mayor parte del presupuesto de educación se destina a las personas. Es la gente -. Maestros y personal de apoyo – que están en el corazón de nuestro sistema de educación de clase mundial. «En Este Día Mundial de Educadores estamos pidiendo al Gobierno que ponga fin a su congelación de fondos operativos de la escuela y la financiación de la educación de la primera infancia (ECE) dijo.

Teachers and support staff around New Zealand will be marching, rallying and gathering together on World Educators Day this Saturday (October 29) as part of a nationwide call for Better Funding, Better Learning for education.

«World Educators Day is a great opportunity to acknowledge the teachers and support staff who work with our children and are dedicated to ensuring kids get the best possible education,» said NZEI president Louise Green, who’ll be speaking at the event in Wellington.

«Most of the education budget is spent on people. It is people – teachers and support staff – who are at the heart of our world class education system.

«This World Educators Day we are calling for the Government to end its freeze on school operational funding and early childhood education funding (ECE) and to ditch its proposal for bulk funding,» she said.

In its May Budget this year, the National Government froze the school operations grant, which pays for support staff and other school running costs, and failed to restore quality teacher funding in ECE which has had per-child funding frozen for the past six years.

Economics research institute, Infometrics, has estimated the freeze on operational funding will see school income reduced by 0.5% in real terms since 2015.

“We are very worried that the impact of the funding freeze will be to force schools to make awful trade-offs between cutting support staff hours and pay and other running costs.

“Children in early childhood education have already suffered the loss of qualified teachers, and resources as a result of funding freezes and bulk funding, and the last thing school children need is for the experiment to be repeated on them.

«The Government’s radical funding proposals will lead to bigger class sizes, fewer teachers and less money for public education. This is why teachers and support staff have resoundingly rejected its bulk funding plans,” Ms Green said.

Fuente: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/316469/fiji-student-debtors-should-‘pay-later’

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Nueva Zelanda: Special education demand up, satisfaction down – report

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Oceanía/Nueva Zelanda/Octubre de 2016/Fuente: RNZ

RESUMEN: Hubo alrededor de 2000  peticiones más de ayuda para niños con necesidades especiales el año pasado, pero la satisfacción con el servicio cayeron, el Ministerio de Educación muestra un informe anual. La satisfacción con la calidad de los servicios de educación especial básicos proporcionados por el ministerio ha disminuido de 75 a 71 por ciento en el año 2015-16 , dijo, mientras que la satisfacción con los progresos realizados por los niños con necesidades especiales se redujo de 76 a 69 por ciento. El ministerio se enfrentó con un número significativamente mayor de demanda y las expectativas del año pasado había llevado a cabo mejoras, según el informe. Los niños esperaron un promedio de 73 días para acceder a un servicio de educación especial, que fue menor que el estándar de presupuesto de 75 días. Según el informe, 34,226 niños recibieron servicios básicos de educación especial en el año 2015-16, alrededor de 2000 más que el ejercicio anterior.

There were about 2000 more requests for help for children with special needs last year, but satisfaction with the service fell, the Ministry of Education annual report shows.

Satisfaction with the quality of core special education services provided by the ministry fell from 75 to 71 percent in the 2015-16 year, it said, while satisfaction with the progress made by children with special needs fell from 76 to 69 percent.

The ministry was faced with significantly higher demand and expectations last year and it had made improvements, the report said.

Children waited an average of 73 days to access a special education service after being referred, which was lower than the budget standard of 75 days.

The report said 34,226 children received core special education services in the 2015-16 year, about 2000 more than the previous financial year.

Fuente: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/316267/special-education-demand-up,-satisfaction-down-report

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Nueva Zelanda: Tribute to Helen Kelly

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Oceanía/Nueva Zelanda/Octubre de 2016/Fuente: Scoop Independent News

RESUMEN: Helen fue una apasionada defensora de la educación pública de toda la vida, y se reconoció en septiembre del año pasado, cuando fue nombrada miembro honorario de NZEI por su enorme contribución a la meta de la educación pública de calidad en Nueva Zelanda. El Presidente NZEI, Louise Green dijo que el movimiento sindical había perdido una gran líderesa, pero los que la conocieron personalmente también habían perdido a una amiga compasiva y valiente que siguió luchando por una vida mejor para los demás hasta el final de su propia. «Ella era realmente alguien que hizo una verdadera diferencia en la vida de innumerables neozelandeses. Su fallecimiento es una pérdida para todos nosotros, pero especialmente enviamos nuestro amor y simpatía a su marido Steve y su hijo Dylan «, dijo la Sra Green. Helen era una apasionada activista por la igualdad salarial, algo que ella recomiendo encarecidamente a NZEI para llevar adelante, especialmente para el personal mas bajo en la educación como los ayudantes de maestros y el Ministerio de Educación de trabajadores de apoyo. Helen ha contribuido activamente a los derechos de los trabajadores a través de sus actividades a nivel internacional y ha asumido un papel de liderazgo en muchos de los debates y negociaciones en la Organización Internacional del Trabajo. Durante todo esto, Helen ha sido una firme defensora de los derechos de la mujer, la educación pública de calidad, los derechos de nuestra tamariki y las actividades de NZEI Te Riu Roa.

Helen Kelly’s many friends and former colleagues at NZEI Te Riu Roa are mourning her passing.

As a former teacher, Helen’s advocacy for public education was a lifelong passion, which was recognised in September last year when she was made an Honorary Fellow of NZEI for her enormous contribution to the goal of quality public education in New Zealand.

NZEI President Louise Green said the union movement had lost a great leader, but those who knew her personally had also lost a compassionate and courageous friend who continued to fight for a better life for others right to the end of her own.

“She was truly someone who made a genuine difference in the lives of countless New Zealanders. Her passing is a loss to all of us, but we especially send our love and sympathy to Helen’s husband Steve and her son Dylan,” said Ms Green.

Helen started her career as a primary school teacher in Johnsonville, where she was made a union delegate on her first day in the job.

In 1993 Helen became the co-ordinator of the NZEI/Combined Early Childhood Union of Aotearoa general election campaign. She held a number of roles after the unions amalgamated in 1994.

She played a prominent role in the primary pay parity campaign of the 1990s and continued the fight into the next decade on pay parity for kindergarten teachers.

Helen was a passionate campaigner for pay equity, something she strongly encouraged NZEI to carry forward, especially for low paid staff in education such as teacher aides and Ministry of Education support workers.

In 2002 Helen was appointed General Secretary of the Association of University Staff – now the TEU.

In her years as President of the CTU, Helen garnered huge respect from workers, employers and governments alike whilst retaining the ability to hit hard when needed. She played the pivotal role in causing this government to agree to a massive review of our Health and Safety laws.

She is a personal hero to the families of those tragically lost in the Pike River disaster and those who have lost their lives in our forests. More latterly, she has thrown the spotlight on the appalling safety record and poor working conditions of farm workers.

Helen has actively contributed to the rights of workers through her activities internationally and has taken a leading role in many of the debates and negotiations at the International Labour Organisation.

During all of this, Helen has been a staunch advocate for women’s rights, quality public education, the rights of our tamariki and the activities of NZEI Te Riu Roa. Even in the past few weeks she was actively engaging on social media to support the joint NZEI-PPTA «Better Funding, Better Learning» campaign.

In the past year since her cancer diagnosis, she campaigned for improved access to life-saving drugs through Pharmac, and legal access to medicinal cannabis for pain relief.

Fuente: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1610/S00037/nzei-tribute-to-helen-kelly.htm

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Education unions pay tribute to New Zealand’s Helen Kelly

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Oceanía/Nueva Zelanda/18 de octubre de 2016/Fuente: ei-ie.org

Los educadores y los sindicatos están de luto por la muerte de Kelly, miembro del Instituto de
Educación de Nueva Zelanda - Te Riu Roa, que murió de cáncer el 14 de octubre.

A former teacher and union leader, Ms Kelly is being remembered by friends, colleagues and the global teaching community for her lifelong commitment to quality public education both at home and around the world.

Educators and unions are mourning the passing of Kelly, a member of New Zealand Educational Institute – Te Riu Roa, who succumbed to cancer on 14 October.

“She was truly someone who made a genuine difference in the lives of countless New Zealanders. Her passing is a loss to all of us, but we especially send our love and sympathy to Helen’s husband Steve and her son Dylan,” said NZEI President Louise Green.

In September 2015 Kelly’s dedication was celebrated when she was made an Honorary Fellow of NZEI for her enormous contribution to the goal of quality public education in New Zealand.

Kelly started her career as a primary school teacher in Johnsonville, a suburb in northern Wellington, where she was made a union delegate on her first day in the job. Among the many roles she filled throughout her career, she played a prominent role in the primary pay parity campaign of the 1990s and continued the fight into the next decade on pay parity for kindergarten teachers. In 2002 Helen was appointed General Secretary of the Association of University Staff – now the TEU. She held the role of President of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions from 2007 to 2015.

At the global level, Kelly actively contributed to the rights of workers through various  activities and took a leading role in many of the debates and negotiations at the International Labour Organisation.

Fuente: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/4143

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Nueva Zelanda: Secular education case heads to Human Rights Tribunal

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Oceanía/Nueva Zelanda/Octubre de 2016/Fuente: RNZ

RESUMEN: La Red de Educación Secular quiere que la ley que hace posible que las clases de Biblia que se enseñan en las escuelas estatales sean declarados incompatibles con la Ley de Derechos Humanos. Según un portavoz de la red, David Hines dijo que el caso estaría dirigido a cuatro áreas específicas de la Ley de Educación, que no protegió adecuadamente a los niños contra la discriminación religiosa en las escuelas. El caso dijo que la ley permite a las escuelas a estar sesgados, no para proteger el derecho de los niños más pequeños de optar por la educación religiosa, y permitió que los voluntarios para ejecutar programas que incluyen lecciones de la Biblia y asambleas religiosas sin proteger a los niños de otras religiones o sin religión de la intimidación y desinformación. Sr. Hines dijo que el grupo ha presentado su caso ante el tribunal, y espera para verlo ante el Tribunal Supremo debido a su amplio significado.

The Secular Education Network wants the law that makes it possible for bible classes to be taught in state schools declared inconsistent with the Human Rights Act.

Network spokesperson David Hines said the case would target four specific areas of the Education Act, which failed to adequately protect children against religious discrimination in schools.

The case said the Act allowed schools to be biased, failed to protect the right of younger children to opt out of religious education, and permitted volunteers to run programmes including bible lessons and religious assemblies without protecting children from other religions or no religion from bullying and misinformation.

Mr Hines said the group has lodged its case with the tribunal, and hopes to see it fast-tracked to the High Court because of its broad significance.

Only pupils aged over 16 are able to opt out of tuition that goes against their religious beliefs.

He said some state schools gave bible lessons under provisions in the Education Act that allowed volunteers to run Christian-biased programmes.

«Preaching … and it’s basically evangelism, it’s training people to be Christians.

«We’re not against education about religion, which already happens a bit in social studies, and so we say that should continue, but it should continue on a more thoroughly prepared base.»

Mr Hines noted a more narrow case first brought by parent Jeff McClintock several years ago was dismissed by the Supreme Court last week.

Mr McClintock’s case was directed against a single school and a more narrow piece of law. He said when he enrolled his seven-year-old daughter at Red Beach School he chose not to have her take part in the school’s Values in Action class.

His argument was that the school’s decision to put his daughter in the corner of a separate classroom during the religious studies class was like having her in a naughty corner or detention.

Fuente: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/315728/secular-education-case-heads-to-human-rights-tribunal

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