Kia ora koutou,
Last week marked the start of our engagement with you, with learners and employers, and with iwi, hapū and Māori, on our proposed Operating Model.
This engagement has been a long time in the making, and it will be a key part of informing the services and functions we need, how we connect and work together, mahi tahi, for our learners and employers.
If you haven’t already, I encourage you to start with this video, which gives you an overview of what we are doing and why we need your input. I see quite a few of you have already had a look – it’s great to see so many of you engaging with what’s been developed.
I’ve been keeping in touch with your Chief Executives and leadership teams about the initial reactions to this mahi and welcome you all to share your thoughts with us too.
It sounds like there’s lots of kōrero happening and I encourage you to capture that and share it with us. You can do that at yourvoice.tepukenga.ac.nz. Some of our Te Pūkenga leadership team are presenting to network staff as well, so please feel free to join in their sessions. There is more information on how you can register below.
Sometimes it’s useful to kōrero as a team, and then capture what was said and share it. It can help to bounce ideas around, break things down or play out ‘what would happen if’ with colleagues.
We’ve created some questions that could get these conversations started, but you’re welcome to share other thoughts with us too. We want to hear it all, from all of you.
Ngā mihi
Stephen Town
Chief Executive
Our Updates
Introducing Te Pūkenga Equity Team
The newly established Te Pūkenga Equity team are small but passionate group of individuals based throughout the motu. They’re dedicated to ensuring equity is front and centre in all that we set out to do.
Take a moment to check out their vlog and get to know them a little better, hear about some of the important mahi they have ahead and what it means for you. Kia arearea taringa mai!
To get in touch with the team, please contact: mary-jane.duffy@tepukenga.ac.nz
Registration for this year’s WorldSkills Conference is now open
The WorldSkills Conference 2021 will review the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on green skills development, on jobs and poverty, and on apprenticeships. It will also analyse data and trends at the global and regional level, bringing participants up to date with the learning and solutions that have emerged from this crisis.
The conference is taking place from 25-29 October as a hybrid event both online and live from Shanghai.
Click here to register your attendance.
Register now for the APAC Technical and Vocational Education Forum
This event is an opportunity to share knowledge and insight on best practice across our sector with colleagues across the Asia Pacific. Wherever we live in Aotearoa, or in the world, a thriving future is what we all want.
This APAC TVET Forum will bring together key groups for effective TVET: Governments, Industries, and Educators. The Forum will offer Government to Government (G2G), Business to Business (B2B) and System-to-System content streams – “bringing us together” for a cross-system conversation.
We will hear from senior government officials, major companies, international organisations and TVET sector leaders from around the APAC region – including Te Pūkenga Chief Executive Stephen Town, who will be speaking at the 12 November session.
There is no registration cost and it will be run on the 5th and 12th of November.
Click here to register your attendance.
Online engagement on the Unified Funding System Funding Category Component – Modes of Delivery
Over the last 18 months, the Ministry of Education and Tertiary Education Commission have been engaging with sector experts to assist in the development of detailed definitions for the Modes of Delivery within the Funding Category Component of the Unified Funding System.
Following initial feedback, a wider round of engagement will help to develop the operational definitions of the modes in preparation for the UFS implementation from 2023.
You can find more information on the proposed Modes of Delivery at tec.govt.nz. The engagement is on the operational detail of the Modes of Delivery only. Further engagement on other areas of the UFS design will take place in the coming months.
If you have any questions about the Modes of Delivery engagement please get in touch with the TEC team modes@tec.govt.nz