TERTIARY SCHOOL CHARTER

NAENAE COLLEGE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMME

1. MISSION

Naenae College will administer a Community Education Programme that will provide ongoing and lifelong learning opportunities for adults within the local and wider Hutt Valley Community in a manner designed to meet their defined and expressed needs using available resources. The College is committed to the provision of a welcoming and accessible learning environment and courses that will attempt to remove barriers to achievement and improve the lives of the participants, and society as a whole.

SPECIAL CHARACTER

The Naenae College Community Education Programme attempts to cater for the needs of a community that has a significant ethnic diversity:-

Maori 30%
Pakeha 35%
Pacific Island 22%
Asian 9%
Other immigrant groups ( eg A significant African community.) 4%

Although the college itself is a decile 2 school the students enrolling in the Community Education Programme come from throughout the Hutt Valley. We therefore offer our Programme to over 90,000 people. Within the Naenae area there is a substantial refugee and migrant group and their presence is reflected in our ESOL and Dressmaking courses and it is hoped that these numbers will increase as the benefits of such courses become more widely recognised. Our courses must also reflect the substantial Maori and Pacific Island presence in our area and both languages are offered.

The college also participates in the Gateway Programme in an attempt to provide more opportunities to senior students considering their future pathways

3. CONTRIBUTION TO NEW ZEALAND’S IDENTITY AND ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

We believe that Community Education Programmes in schools such as ours offer much, both to the immediate school , and also to the wider Naenae Community. Our College Charter identifies the College’s intention to enhance ongoing learning opportunities by establishing a partnership with the School’s community and to be responsive to its educational needs and wishes. Our Community Education Programme is an integral part of that endeavour .

4. CONTRIBUTION TO THE TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM AS A WHOLE

5. APPROACH TO COLLABORATION AND CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER TERTIARY EDUCATION
    ORGANISATION

Generally our Adult Community Education (ACE) courses attempt to reflect all strategies espoused by the Tertiary Education Strategies (TES). Our MYOB (Mind Your Own Business) course, for example, leads to a NCEA qualification, equity of access and opportunity is clearly sought and most courses contribute to the raising of foundation skills. We offer a wide range of Computer courses and offer four Language courses including Sign language.

Our Gateway Programme also reflects the TES by:-

  • Improving linkages between Tertiary and Secondary education and improved staircasing
  • Supporting Industry’s identified skill needs
  • Equipping learners to make informed decisions about careers and ongoing learning
  • Assisting Maori and Pacific Island students to develop skills that will promote higher learning.

Our Programme also promotes personal development in home skills, personal and family skills.

It is also responsive to needs identified by Community Groups and helps fund a range of endeavours such as ESOL Home tutoring, Womens’ Support, Whanau Support, Budgetting advice and raising self esteem.

We have links with

  • Local employers in our Community
  • Industry training organisations
  • Hutt City Council
  • Secondary schools in the Hutt Valley/Wellington area
  • ACE Aotearoa Networks
  • Key tertiary providers in the Hutt Valley

6. APPROACH TO FULFILLING TREATY OF WAITANGI OBLIGATIONS

Refer School Charter

7. APPROACH TO MEETING NEEDS OF PACIFIC PEOPLES

Pacific Island students are a significant part of our student population and the educational needs of their families are also important. NaeNae College has a policy of appointing Pacific Island staff to assist us to meet our objectives. We will continue to encourage adults from the Pacific Island community to participate in our Community Education Programme and will seek to establish a closer dialogue with leaders of that group.

8. APPROACH TO MEETING EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF LEARNERS

Our ACE tutors are all experienced and highly skilled. All have completed a course in Teaching Adults. Course objectives and outcomes are clearly defined and are monitored by both the Co-ordinator and participating students.
We have a specific co-ordinator for Gateway. As the college Careers Advisor she is well placed to ensure that work placements align with the student’s preferred career pathway and ongoing monitoring takes place.

9. APPROACH TO ENSURING THAT THE ORGANISATION DEVELOPS AND SUPPORTS A STAFF PROFILE
   THAT REFLECTS ITS MISSION AND SPECIAL CHARACTER.

10. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND PRINCIPLES.

The ACE Programme has its own Programme Coordinator and Gateway Coordinators. Both are highly experienced educators seeking to achieve College objectives for staff and governance matters. One of the Deputy Principals has a direct responsibility for the ACE Programme with a direct link to the BOT. The Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet four times a year and the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees is a member.

11. CONSULTATION UNDERTAKEN IN PREPARATION OF THE CHARTER.

No specific consultation for the Tertiary Charter has been undertaken because of tight time restraints.
Ongoing consultation with our students in the form of course assessments on Tutor delivery and course outcomes is done at the end of each course.
Requests for Community input are part of the Advertisements we place in the local Newspaper at the beginning of each term.
The ACE Programme Coordinator participates in the Greater Wellington ACE Network.
Advertisements will be placed in the College Newsletter to Parents and on the College Website.
A list of Stakeholders will be placed in our local Newspaper for consultative purposes and changes to the Charter will be made if necessary.

Text of Newspaper Advertisements

NaeNae College, pursuant to section 1590 of the Education Act 1989, announces that it has identified the following stakeholders with whom it is consulting about the content of its Tertiary Charter, in respect to its Gateway training opportunities and its Community Education programmes:

Parents, caregivers, local iwi, NaeNae College whanau and thePacific Island community in Naenae, other Community education providers such as ESOL Home Tutors and Whanau Support Services,

the Hutt Valley Business Community, Hutt Valley High School and Taita College and current Adult students enrolled in the NaeNae College Community Education programme.

If any organisation or person wishes to be included in the consultation, please contact: Hugh Mill,

Coordinator of NaeNae College Community Education. PO Box 31-171. Lower Hutt. Phone 5692236 or email naenae.college@clear.net or wood.shavings@xtra.co.nz