Links and Resources

Tutor Training and professional development

If you are a tutor or would like to come one, and feel you need some support or training please contact the Aranui Community learning centre or your local ACE provider for more information on local training opportunities in your area. We are able to advise you on practical non-qualification and qualification based courses to aid you in and further your skill as an Adult tutor.

Student information

If you wish to study further in an area of your choice and you can’t find a course on the PACE website that meet’s your need, please contact your local provider or ring the Aranui Community learning centre for advice and guidance on your best pathway to continue learning.

Links

www.acenetworks.org.nz - You'll find lots of relevant news and information on Adult Education, but most of all this is a community of people working in the Adult Education sector. Click the icons above to discover what's on offer or contribute yourself by becoming a member. Members can join discussions, upload useful files, find other members, and post job advertisements - for free!

www.xtend.co.nz - XTEND - New Zealand's #1 Course Destination

www.adultlearnersweek.org.nz - Adult Learning Week
To find out about the week dedicating to fostering and celebrating Adult Learning:

www.nrc.org.nz - ACE Aotearoa
ACE Aotearoa os a National membership Association for ACE in New Zealand

library.christchurch.org.nz – library information including cinch – Community information Christchurch

www.literacy.org.nz- The principal aim of Literacy Aotearoa is to uphold the belief that literacy as a basic human right should be provided at no direct cost to the student. Literacy Aotearoa was established in 1982 to develop accessible quality literacy services that ensure the people of Aotearoa are critically literate.

www.esolht.org.nz - In homes and communities all over Aotearoa / New Zealand, new New Zealanders are learning English and how to cope with everyday Kiwi life. This happens through the ESOL Home Tutor Service.

www.uco.canterbury.ac.nz - The purpose of UC Opportunity is to offer innovative learning opportunities and to advance knowledge consistent with the mission of the University. This will enable people from all walks of life and cultural backgrounds to develop and maintain their intellectual and cultural interests and to achieve their learning goals.

www.ala.asn.au - Adult Learning Australia (ALA) is the national peak body representing organisations and individuals in the adult learning field.We are a not-for-profit entity with both organizational and individual members in all States and Territories who reflect the extraordinary diversity of adult and community learning. They include adult educators in universities, TAFE Colleges, Community Houses and adult community education providers (ACE), as well as community workers, librarians, individual tutors and trainers, volunteers and students.

www.tec.govt.nz - In today's fast-changing world, lifelong learning opportunities are essential for every adult New Zealander. Adult and community education (ACE) promotes, facilitates and celebrates the joy of lifelong learning. Families, learners, whanau, hapu and iwi and Pacific peoples – the entire community benefits from adult learning programmes which promote inclusiveness, and build confidence, self-esteem and a love of learning.

ACE is an essential part of New Zealand's education system. It has an important role to play in the government's goal for a prosperous and confident knowledge society as outlined in the Tertiary Education Strategy 2002/07

www.niace.org.uk - "to promote the study and general advancement of adult continuing education" Less formally, we interpret this to mean advancing the interests of adult learners and potential learners. Our strategic plan commits NIACE to:

"support an increase in the total numbers of adults engaged in formal and informal learning in England and Wales; and at the same time to take positive action to improve opportunities and widen access to learning opportunities for those communities under-represented in current provision."

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