RS7 return update
On 1 November 2018 the Ministry will pay the next instalment of early childhood education (ECE) funding to services that submitted their RS7 return before 6 October 2018.
Emails acknowledging receipt of the RS7 returns are sent out to services. If you do not receive an acknowledgement email within two working days of your submission, please check your student management system (SMS) or ELI reports and contact the Ministry.
Funding notices are posted to services on the payment date. The Ministry does not provide confirmation of amounts prior to this date.
More information about the 1 November 2018 payment is available on our website.
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Early Childhood funding rates
From 1 January 2019 a 1.6% increase to the early childhood education subsidy funding rates is being made to most early learning service types to help manage increased costs of provision and maintain quality and affordability for parents and families.
The new rates have now been published in the ECE Funding Handbook. Funding at the new rates will apply from 1 January 2019 and be paid in the March 2019 funding period.
The cost adjustment for home-based ECE providers has been set aside until the review of home-based ECE is completed. This will be paid to home-based ECE services who meet quality criteria to be determined following the completion of the Review.
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Urgent NZ Police vetting service
An urgent NZ Police vetting service is available for early learning services and schools that need to recruit new core children’s workers to maintain or increase staff ratios in a critical or crisis situation.
Read more about this urgent vetting service, including how to request an urgent vet, in the December 2017 issue of He Pānui Kōhungahunga.
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Disability and Learning Support Action Plan
Consultation on the draft Disability and Learning Support Action Plan closes on 31 October 2018.
This is your opportunity to have a say on proposed actions to drive progress towards an inclusive education system, where the achievement, progress and participation of children and young people with additional learning needs, including disabilities, is valued and supported.
You can still get involved. You can join a discussion at meetings in our Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury regional offices – see each region’s update for further details.
You can also provide feedback through the online survey. Visit the EdConvo website for details of the draft Action Plan and survey.
Education Conversation website
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Learning Support Satisfaction Survey
We will be releasing the new Learning Support Satisfaction Survey in Term 4 2018. This replaces the Regional Closure (Service) and Annual National Client Satisfaction Surveys, which are being phased out as they are no longer fit for purpose.
This new survey will be sent each month to caregivers and educators of children who have received an eligible Learning Support service for 12 months or have a job completed date for an eligible service type for the previous month. Only caregivers and educators with a valid email address will receive the survey.
Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS) recipients with a valid email address will receive the survey 12 months after the service start date ... read more on our website.
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Guide for groups sharing Learning Support information
A new guide for sharing Learning Support information is available on our website.
The guide is for early learning services and schools that are sharing information about children with additional learning needs with the Ministry of Education and other agencies.
It includes practical tips for sharing information safely and appropriately, protocol templates and a consent checklist.
For further queries contact information.sharing@education.govt.nz.
Sharing Information
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Tuia Mātauranga 2019 education programme
Next year New Zealand will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the first meetings between Māori and non-Māori, and the feats of Polynesian navigators and explorers who reached and settled in Aotearoa New Zealand many years earlier.
Tuia – Encounters 250 is a national commemoration of the multiple histories that formed our nation, and aims for New Zealanders to have conversations about our rich histories and our national identity.
The Ministry will support the commemoration’s education work through Tuia Mātauranga… Learn more about Tuia Mātauranga, what it focuses on and how this will help with planning for 2019 on education.govt.nz.
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Issue no. 42 | 23 October 2018
