Under the Education and Training Act 2020, the Ministry of Education has released the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021. The Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021 (the Code) exists to support and protect the wellbeing and safety of all tertiary learners (both domestic and international) enrolled with New Zealand education providers. The new Code, in place from 1 January 2022, combines the existing 2020 Interim Domestic Code and 2019 International Code. The new Code sets clear expectations for learner safety and wellbeing in tertiary education and has 24 outcomes. Outcomes 1-7 apply to all tertiary learners (students) and are relevant to Land Based Trainings learning environment and students.
What is the Code?
The Code for learner wellbeing and safety outlines the responsibilities of Land Based Training as an education provider in promoting and supporting your wellbeing and educational success. The Code exists to ensure that your needs are heard, respected, and upheld throughout the duration of your studies.
Below is an overview video of the code from NZQA – you can find more videos like this which help to explain the code on the NZQA website.
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LBT Pastoral Care Action Plan 2022-2024 Summary
The Land Based Training Education, Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Students, Code of Practice 2021 covers four key outcomes with process that articulate the actions Land Based training will take to fulfil the code across a period of 2022 to 2024. Each of these outcomes and actions are explained in the following four sections.
Outcome 1 – Learner Wellbeing and Safety
Take a whole-of-provider approach to maintain a strategic and transparent learner wellbeing & safety system1 that responds to the diverse needs of their learners
Outcome 2 – Learner Voice
Understand and respond to diverse learner voices and wellbeing and safety needs in a way that upholds their mana and autonomy
Outcome 3 – Safe, inclusive, supportive, and accessible physical and digital learning environments.
Foster learning environments that are safe and designed to support positive learning experiences of diverse learner groups
Outcome 4 – Learners are safe and well
Support learners to manage their physical and mental health through information and advice and identify and respond to learners who need additional support