Video transcript
Tēnā koutou katoa.
E ma takitaki maiana.
The purpose of this video is to unpack and explain the workings of a unit standard.
Ākonga can achieve two types of assessment standards: achievement standards, and unit standards.
Achievement standards come from the New Zealand curriculum and/or Te Marautanga o Aotearoa and are commonly used in kura. Paerewa or unit standards are based on areas of skills and knowledge other than the national curriculum. They are used widely throughout Aotearoa, including in kura.
As an example, we will be looking at unit standard 27108: Describe the protocols and roles associated with powhiri in accordance with tikanga or kawa. So, let’s unpack a unit standard and learn what it all means.
Here at the top right-hand corner is the standard number, and the version number. The title is the name of the standard: Describe the protocols and roles associated with powhiri in accordance with tikanga and/or kawa.
Each standard has a credit value. The credit represents the estimated time for ākonga to achieve the standard. Each credit represents 10 hours including any teaching, learning, and assessment.
So, there are two credits that can be gained from this standard, and it is estimated that most ākonga will need about 20 hours.
This standard is at Level 1, and the level reflects the difficulty of the skills and knowledge that are recognised by the standard.
The legal descriptors can be found on the NZQA website.
The purpose is straightforward and tells you what ākonga can do or should know after achieving the outcomes of the standard.
This standard is classified on the Directory of Assessment Standards, in the Tikanga Concepts domain, in the subfield of Tikanga. Subfield and domain are technical terms used for organising standards into broad groups and subgroups of areas of learning.
The available grade for this standard is Achieved. Merit and excellence grades are available on some unit standards. However, the criteria relate to greater quality of performance at each level.
It is important that you read the guidance information because it tells you what you need to know and how to interpret the standard. Here you may find definitions, key terms and references. It may also detail what evidence may be expected from ākonga.
For example, roles associated with powhiri may include, but are not limited to, kaikaranga, kaikōrero and kaiwaiata.
Nō reira. We hope you found this video useful. Join us again for part two. Hei konei mai.
Part 1: Introduction and Overview
Duration: 3:24 mins
Video transcript
Tēnā nō koutou katoa. Nau mai, hoki mai.
The outcomes in a unit standard identified what an ākonga needs to be able to do and know to achieve the standard. To gain credits for any standard, ākonga must achieve all the outcomes.
In some standards, there are two or more outcomes. In this standard, there are two.
- Outcome 1: Describe the protocols associated with pōwhiri in accordance with tikanga and/or kawa.
- Outcome 2: Describe the roles associated with pōwhiri in accordance with tikanga and/or kawa.
The performance criteria, or PC, identify the evidence that ākonga need to meet the outcomes. In relation to each outcome, the performance criteria will specify what is expected to have been done or demonstrated.
In the standard, the evidence must include:
- 1.1: the protocols associated with pōwhiri are described in terms of local rituals.
- 2.1: The roles are described in terms of responsibilities.
These PCs include a range. For PC 1.1, the range is that evidence of two protocols is required. For PC 2.1, the range is that evidence of two roles is required.
It is important to learn a bit about range statements in general and assessors should note where the range statement is placed. If written in the guidance information, the range statement applies to all outcomes in the standard. If written immediately below an outcome, it applies to all PCs in that outcome. If written immediately below a specific PC, it applies only to that PC.
There are also range variations that are just as important to know.
- Variation 1: If there is no wording to indicate otherwise, all items in the range must be evidenced.
- Variation 2: If the wording in the range has ‘Includes, but is not limited to’, followed by a list, all items in the list must be evidenced. But other items can be considered as well.
- Variation 3: If the wording in the range is, may include, but is not limited to, followed by a list of items. You can consider evidence from the suggested list or from anywhere else.
- Variation 4: The range states a minimum quantifier or amount of evidence that is required.
In our tikanga standard example we can see that two protocols and two rows are required.
Nō reira. If an outcome can describe the protocols and rules associated with pōwhiri in accordance with tikanga and/or kawa and present evidence set out in the PCs, then they will be assessed as having achieved the standard and the standard will appear on the New Zealand Record of Achievement.
Ka mau ki te wehi! Nō reira.
We hope you have found this video useful. Join us again for Part 3.
Hei konei mai.
Part 2: Achievement Criteria
Duration: 3:44 mins
Video transcript
Nau mai ano koutou katoa.
At the end of the standard, there is some technical information. This standard has replaced unit standard, 16166. The next planned review is December 2022. This standard was first registered in December 2010. Since then, it has been revised or reviewed three times, the latest in January 2018. That is why the current version of the standard is version 4.
Each unit standard has consent and moderation requirements, CMR, which outline requirements for consent to assess.
Your kura must have consent to assess a standard before you can award it to your ākonga.
Kura are automatically granted a base scope of consent to assess against standards.
The base scope of assessment for schools lists the standards domains that are automatically included in the consent to assess scope of a kura.
You can check out the NZQA website for a list of domains that are included.
Finally, you have an opportunity to comment or seek clarification on the standard. So, you can email your feedback through to Māori Qualifications Services here at NZQA.
Now remember, credits from unit standards can count towards NCEA or in a program leading to a relevant qualification on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework.
Check out the NZQA website to see the full range of standards, Mātauranga Māori qualifications, and assessment support materials.
If you have any further pātai, please contact Māori Qualification Services at mqs@nzqa.govt.nz.
No reira, ko te tūmanako ia kawhai hua koutou ianei kiriata. Noho ora mai koutou katoa.
Part 3: Additional Information
Duration: 2:16 mins