STAR Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource

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STAR Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource

• Presentation to Teen Parent Units by Arthur
  Sutherland
• STAR ..to assist schools (TPUs) to better meet
  the needs of senior students

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STAR OBJECTIVE ONE

• Facilitate transition to the workplace for
  students, particularly those intending to go
  straight into the workforce or those likely to
  leave school without any formal qualifications

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STAR OBJECTIVE TWO

• 2. Provide or purchase tertiary-type courses
  which will better meet students needs, which
  will motivate them to achieve, and which will
  facilitate their smooth transition to further
  education, training or employment.

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STAR OBJECTIVE THREE

• 3. Support students to explore career pathways
  and help them make informed decisions about their
  schooling and future work or study.

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GUIDELINES for STAR

• meet one of the following criteria
• 1.The course, in all or part, includes work-based
  learning and/or
• 2.The course, in all or part, leads towards
  credit for unit standards on the National
  Qualifications Framework (NQF), including NCEA,
  for vocational, education and training courses at
  Level 1 or above and/or
• 3. The course leads to a quality assured tertiary
  qualification at a level beyond that of a
  typical Year 13 course that has by convention
  been provided in the senior secondary school.
• See the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured
  Qualifications (the Register)

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RESTRICTIONS

• School subjects, for which there are achievement
  standards and non-vocational unit standards, as
  well as religious study courses, may not be
  resourced using STAR funding. (MoE)
• The STAR Excluded List (SEL) specifies the
  domains that are excluded. (MoE)
• National curriculum look-a-like courses are
  excluded (Arthur)

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HOW TPUs USE STAR

• Teaching assessment by TPU staff
• Teaching by TPU staff with external provider
  assessment
• External provider visits the TPU
• Online study
• Students travel to provider
• Short introductory courses

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BENEFITS
Chance to try out new things
Leads to qualifications
Chance to gain new skills
Broadens curriculum choices for students
Chance to gain new skills
Practical hands-on experience
Different learning environment
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ACCOUNTABILITY

• Studentsstudent voice
• Report annually to the Ministry regarding their
  STAR expenditure and student achievements (the
  Funding Report Form)
• Financial and roll audits

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INCOME

• STAR Funding received for current year
  (A)
• STAR Funding rolled over from previous year
  (B)
• TOTAL STAR Funding available in year (AB)

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INCOME EXPLANATION

• (A) Initially this will be the amount recorded on
  the Entitlement notice sent to schools in
  October the previous year. In October of the
  current year the figure will have to be the sum
  of the four actual payments (instalments) made by
  the Ministry during the year.
• (B) This figure is the amount, less any sent back
  to the ministry, brought forward from the
  previous year. Please write 0 if none was
  rolled over.It is a ministry requirement that
  the left over money be rolled over and used in
  the next financial year (see Appendix A in the
  STAR Handbook).

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EXPENDITURE

• Administration Costs (1)
• Staffing provided by the school (2) Please
  provide details
• Staffing- support (3) Please provide details
• Course costs (fees to external providers)
• Cost of materials (4) Please provide details
• Travel (transport costs to and from venues)
• Capital equipment (5) Please provide details
• Other costs

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EXPENDITURE EXPLANATION

• (1) Including photo-copying, compact discs,
  related office expenses.
• (2) The portion of the salary of a teacher. This
  will be documented as a journal transfer to
  salaries approved by the STAR coordinator.
• (3) Including the coordinator, office assistant,
  staffing administration time allowances.
• (4) Including course booklets, write-on notes,
  and course textbooks.
• (5) For STAR courses, e.g. automotive hoist etc.

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FAQ ONE

• Can I use STAR to pay a teacher?
• Yes but there are conditions.
• Can only be for the delivery of a particular
  tertiary level course and the position is
  additional to the FTE funding provided by the
  Ministry.
• Example 0.2 of the teachers salary for the
  year-long hospitality course can be transferred
  from the STAR ledger to the salaries ledger.

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FAQ TWO

• What do student outcomes look like for a Teen
  Parent Unit?
• Industry owned unit standard credits
• Papers in ..
• Work-based learning
• Credits banked at a Tertiary Institution
• Working towards units..........( see 1 above)
• First Aid certificate

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FAQ THREE

• Why is the Core Generic subfield on the SEL?
• Schools including Teen Parent Units are
• expected to deliver this type of education to
• students under NAG 1.6
• This is national curriculum essential skills
• School subjects (Transition), for which there
  are ..non-vocational unit standards, may not
  be resourced using STAR funding.