26747 Describe the implications of ECE curricular ...



|Title |Describe the implications of ECE curricular documents and practices for Pasifika children in an ECE service |

|Level |5 |Credits |10 |

|Purpose |People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the implications of ECE curricular |

| |documents and practices for Pasifika children in an ECE service. |

|Classification |Pacific Islands Early Childhood Education > Pacific Early Childhood Education: Curriculum |

|Available grade |Achieved |

Guidance Information

1 This unit standard is intended for those who are student teachers, trainee managers, or supervisors of Pasifika children in ECE services.

2 Three 'broad age groups' are defined in Te Whāriki for children. These are overlapping age categories and are defined as:

infant – birth to 18 months;

toddler – one year to three years;

young child – two and a half years to school entry age.

Evidence of all three age categories is required in this unit standard.

3 An early childhood education (ECE) service may include a centre-based service, hospital-based service, or home-based service. The home-based service may be nominated by the child’s parent, be the child’s own home, or the home of the educator.

Evidence of one type of service is required in this unit standard.

4 People seeking credit for this unit standard will be required to show that their demonstration of the performance criteria arises from teaching and/or practicum experience in an ECE service, through observing and implementing current ECE curriculum and current legislative requirements relating to curriculum.

5 Definition

Pasifika children are pre-school members of Pasifika communities in New Zealand, and may include but are not limited to – Cook Islands Māori, Fijian, Niuean, Samoan, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tuvaluan.

6 Legislation and regulatory framework includes but is not limited to:

Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008

Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres 2008

Vulnerable Children Act 2014

and subsequent amendments.

7 References

Education Council New Zealand, The Education Council Code of Ethics for Certificated Teachers; available at .

Ministry of Education, Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood Exemplars – Books 1-20 (Wellington: Learning Media, 2004-2009); available at .

Ministry of Education, Licensing criteria for ECE services; available at .

Ministry of Education, Te Whāriki: He Whāriki Mātauranga mō ngā Mokopuna o Aotearoa. Early Childhood Curriculum (Wellington, Learning Media, 1996); available at .

The general aims and objectives for teaching a Pacific Islands language are set out in The New Zealand Curriculum Framework (Wellington: Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 1993); available at . Further information and documents are available from and .

Ministry of Education, Guidelines for Cook Islands Māori Language Programmes: planning guidelines to accompany developing programmes for teaching Pacific Islands languages (Wellington: Learning Media, 2000).

Ministry of Education, Guidelines for Niuean Language Programmes; planning guidelines to accompany developing programmes for teaching Pacific Islands languages (Wellington: Learning Media, 2000).

Ministry of Education, Guidelines for Samoan Language Programmes: planning guidelines to accompany developing programmes for teaching Pacific Islands languages (Wellington: Learning Media, 2000).

Ministry of Education, Guidelines for Tokelauan Language Programmes: planning guidelines to accompany developing programmes for teaching Pacific Islands languages (Wellington: Learning Media, 2000).

Ministry of Education, Guidelines for Tongan Language Programmes: planning guidelines to accompany developing programmes for teaching Pacific Islands languages (Wellington: Learning Media, 2000).

Outcomes and performance criteria

Outcome 1

Describe the implications of ECE curricular documents and practices for Pasifika children in an ECE service.

Range Pasifika language document and current licensing criteria for an ECE service.

Performance criteria

1.1 The purpose and key points of the documents are summarised in terms of their implications for the language, learning and development of Pasifika children in an ECE service.

1.2 Links between current legislative requirements and the ECE curriculum are described in terms of implications for Pasifika children.

1.3 Implications of the documents and practices in the teaching and learning process of Pasifika children are described.

1.4 Implications of the documents and practices for the physical ECE environment for Pasifika children are described.

1.5 Implications of the documents and practices for the development of the cultural identity of Pasifika children are described.

|Replacement information |This unit standard replaced unit standard 18773. |

This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.

Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions

|Process |Version |Date |Last Date for Assessment |

|Registration |1 |9 December 2010 |31 December 2017 |

|Revision |2 |8 December 2011 |31 December 2021 |

|Rollover and Revision |3 |20 August 2015 |31 December 2021 |

|Review |4 |27 June 2019 |31 December 2021 |

|Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference |0182 |

This CMR can be accessed at .

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