Graeme Hall
My name is Graeme Hall. NZQA have appointed me to be the independent facilitator for this qualification review. I lead a small management consultancy practice in Wellington and have some 20 years experience of working with state sector and private sector clients.
I plan to take a strategic stance and facilitate as light handedly as possible. I am committed to getting an excellent solution for the sector. The key stakeholder groups have the expertise and the deep knowledge and together we can determine the most appropriate process and structures to effectively conduct this review.
The objectives of the review are clear-cut. That is to reduce the proliferation and duplication of qualifications and to determine a set of qualifications which provide a high level of value and assurance to learners, providers, and industry alike.
I plan to familiarise myself with the sector and the relevant issues and produce an initial discussion paper that we can use to focus on in progressing the review. This paper will summarise the present environment, the objectives of the review, the key stakeholders and some of the issues. Its purpose is to get the review moving through focusing on a sector document having collective ownership. Please send me any information that you feel would be pertinent to this review.
We will also create some review structures. Indicatively these are likely to be three prime groups and a small secretariat being:
- the overall set of stakeholders which we will consult from time to time
- a set of delegates representing the different stakeholder groups and which we may call the governance and advisory group
- a working group being representatives from the governance and advisory group who are able to provide sufficient time and detail to facilitate the process
I have spoken with a couple of other qualification review groups and they have indicated it is helpful to have a small secretariat that undertakes the logistics. We will seek some volunteers for this.
I look forward to working with you all and collectively defining a set of qualifications that can act as a benchmark for the qualification review process and more importantly for industry.
graeme@rutherfordsloan.co.nz
