Common use of Quality Assurance Processes Clause in Contracts

Quality Assurance Processes. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority registers New Zealand qualifications at levels on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework and assesses overseas qualifications against the Framework. • The Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand approves and monitors teacher education courses that lead to teacher registration. • Secondary teacher education providers of approved courses limit entry into their courses to those with Level 7 qualifications that support the teaching of the New Zealand secondary curriculum in years 7-13. • Teacher education providers graduate only those who meet the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand Graduating Standards: Aotearoa New Zealand. • Ministry of Education verifies the level(s) of qualification(s) for pay purposes using information from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand and teacher education providers. A committee, called the Issues Committee, made up of representatives of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand, the Ministry of Education, the New Zealand School Trustees Association and the Post Primary Teachers Association will meet from time to time, upon request of any of the named organisations, to consider and resolve any outstanding or new issues about teachers’ qualifications in relation to salary. These may be either individual cases or more general qualification or teaching qualification issues. • In the first instance the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand or the New Zealand Qualifications Authority respectively make decisions about teacher education requirements and qualifications; • Where a matter remains unresolved, the Committee will be convened to seek to resolve the matter; • Where the Committee is unable to resolve the issue, the Secretary for Education may exercise discretion to determine an appropriate placement or progression on the salary scale.

Quality Assurance Processes. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority NZQA registers New Zealand qualifications at levels on the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured Qualifications Framework and assesses overseas qualifications against the FrameworkRegister. • The Education Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand (Teaching Council) approves and monitors teacher education courses that lead to teacher registrationcourses. • Secondary teacher education providers of approved courses limit entry into their courses to those with Level 7 qualifications that support the teaching of the New Zealand secondary curriculum in years 7-13. • Teacher education providers graduate only those who meet the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand Graduating Standards: Aotearoa New ZealandTeaching Council’s Standards for the Teaching Profession. • Ministry of Education | Te Tahuhu o te Mātauranga verifies the level(s) of qualification(s) for pay purposes using information from the New Zealand Qualifications AuthorityNZQA, the Education Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand and teacher education providers. A committee, called the Issues Committee (Committee), made up of representatives of the New Zealand Qualifications AuthorityNZQA, the Education Council of Aotearoa New ZealandTeaching Council, the Ministry of EducationEducation | Te Tahuhu o te Mātauranga, the New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA), the PPTA Te Wehengarua, and the Post Primary Teachers Association NZEI Te Riu Roa will meet from time to time, upon request of any of the named organisations, to consider and resolve any outstanding or new issues about teachers’ qualifications in relation to salary. These may be either individual cases or more general qualification or teaching qualification issues. • In the first instance the Education Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand or the New Zealand Qualifications Authority NZQA respectively make decisions about teacher education requirements and qualifications; • . Where a matter remains unresolved, the Committee will be convened to seek to resolve the matter; • . Where the Committee is unable to resolve the issue, the Secretary for Education may exercise discretion to determine an appropriate placement or progression on the salary scale.