Redesigning Te Marautanga o Aotearoa

Minister of Education launches NCEA Review, part of Kōrero Mātauranga | Education Conversation 

Government announces NCEA Change Package 

Government confirms NCEA Change Programme 

Pilot Te Ao Haka (across all three NCEA levels; 36 schools and kura) 

Mini-pilot NZC NCEA Level 1 English, Science, Religious Studies and Visual Arts (25 schools) 

Engage on draft TMoA NCEA Level 1 Phase 1 subject content (1.)

Engage on draft Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau standards 

 Notes

1.  Phase 1 subject content consists of Learning Matrices, Teaching, Learning and Assessment Guidance, sample Course Outlines, and Assessment Matrices (indicative standard titles only) 

Develop NCEA Level 1 standards for NZC subjects and TMoA Wāhanga Ako (learning areas) 

Develop and release Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau | Literacy and Numeracy standards, assessments and guidance 

Design future state of Vocational Pathways and Vocational Entrance 

Implement new rules for Course Endorsements and Resubmissions 

Engage on draft NZC NCEA Level 1 Phase 1 subject content (1.) 

Notes

1. Phase 1 subject content consists of Learning Matrices, Teaching, Learning and Assessment Guidance, sample Course Outlines, and Assessment Matrices (indicative standard titles only) 

Hold Teacher Only Days – focus on Mana ōrite mō te mātauranga Māori and Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau | Literacy and Numeracy 

Engage on provisional subject lists for NCEA (3.)

Notes

3. Public engagement for provisional subject lists for NCEA Levels 2 and 3 for NZC and NCEA Levels 1-3 TMoA

Seek Expressions of Interest: TMoA NCEA Level 1 pilot 

Pilot Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau | Literacy and Numeracy (13 schools, 6 kura and 2 tertiary providers) 

Release Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau | Literacy and Numeracy – Guidance around transitional arrangements for learners 

Trial Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau | Literacy and Numeracy – Regional support package 

Seek Expressions of Interest – Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau | Literacy and Numeracy pilot, NZC NCEA Level 1 pilot and Te Ao Haka pilot 

Hold Teacher Only Days – focus on NCEA Level 1 Review of Achievement Standards 

Engage on draft NZC NCEA Level 1 Phase 2 subject content (2.)

Engage on draft TMoA NCEA Level 1 Phase 1 and Phase 2 subject content (2.)

Notes 

2. Phase 2 subject content includes Achievement Standards, Internal Assessment Activities, Conditions of Assessment, and revised Phase 1 materials

Announce final subject lists for NCEA Levels 2 and 3 

Hold Teacher Only Days – focus on Local Course Design 

Develop NCEA Level 2 materials for NZC subjects

Develop NCEA Level 2 materials for TMoA Wāhanga Ako (2022 only)

Design changes to Special Assessment Conditions (SAC)

Pilot Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau | Literacy and Numeracy (200+ schools, kura and tertiary providers)

Pilot Te Ao Haka (70+ schools and kura)

Pilot all NZC NCEA Level 1 subjects (4.) (around 100 schools and kura; mini-pilot)

Pilot all TMoA NCEA Level 1 Wāhanga Ako (around 20 kura/schools; mini-pilot)

Notes 

4. Phase 1 and 2 subject content are revised again following piloting

Hold Teacher Only Days – Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau | Literacy and Numeracy

School and kura directed learning using kete of resources provided

Engage on NZC NCEA Level 2 draft materials (in 3 groups)

Engage on TMoA NCEA Level 2 Wāhanga Ako draft materials

Hold Teacher Only Days – Engage with TMoA NCEA Level 2 and NZC NCEA Level 2 Group 1 draft subject materials; Universal Design for Learning; Changes to Vocational Education

Hold Teacher Only Days – Engage on TMoA NCEA Level 2 and NZC NCEA Level 2 Group 1 draft subject materials; Update on NCEA Literacy and Numeracy and new supporting resources; Universal Design for Learning; Changes to Vocational Education

Release of Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau | Literacy and Numeracy – Guidance around 2023 Literacy and Numeracy opt-in (Transitional year)

Hold Teacher Only Days – TMoA NCEA Level 2 final materials; Using NZC and NCEA subject materials to design local curriculum; Update on NCEA Literacy and Numeracy and further supporting resources

Implement Te Ao Haka (across all three NCEA levels)

Implement refreshed Vocational Pathways through phased approach

Pilot all NZC NCEA Level 1 subjects (full pilot)

Pilot NCEA Level 2 Te reo Māori (mini-pilot)

Pilot all TMoA NCEA Level 1 Wāhanga Ako (full pilot)

Pilot all TMoA NCEA Level 2 Wāhanga Ako (mini-pilot)

Run opt-in Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau | Literacy and Numeracy assessment (Transitional year)

Develop NCEA Level 3 materials for TMoA Wāhanga Ako

Hold Teacher Only Days – Implementation across The New Zealand Curriculum refresh, the redesign of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa and the NCEA Change Programme. Four additional days are available – two in 2023 and two in 2024. The first teacher only day will be held between 24 April and 5 May.

Draft for Pilot NCEA Level 1 achievement standards and related subject materials available on www.ncea.education.govt.nz

Face-to-face hui for Subject Expert Groups SEGs for multiple subjects are taking place in May.

Face-to-face hui for Subject Expert Groups for multiple subjects are taking place in June

Implementation across The New Zealand Curriculum refresh, the redesign of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa and the NCEA Change Programme. Four additional days are available – two in 2023 and two in 2024. The second teacher only day in 2023 will be held between 13 November and 24 November.

Implement NCEA Level 1 subjects and Wāhanga Ako

Implement corequisite for te reo matatini, pāngarau, literacy and numeracy for NCEA Level 1 

Implement NZC NCEA Level 2 subjects and TMoA NCEA Level 2 Wāhanga Ako

Implement NZC NCEA Level 3 subjects and TMoA NCEA Level 3 Wāhanga Ako. 

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