Alternative education (Alt.Ed) provides educational and pastoral support for students who have disengaged from mainstream schooling. As a short-term intervention, alternative education aims to re-engage students in a meaningful learning programme which is targeted to their individual needs, and which supports them to transition back to mainstream school, further education, training, or employment. Alternative education supports students to progress in the areas of: • attendance and engagement• academic achievement• personal and social skills • re-engagement back into secondary school, further education or training employment, through a planned approach.
Alternative education caters for students between 13 and 15 years of age who have disengaged from mainstream schooling. To be eligible for alternative education, the student needs to meet one of the following criteria: 1. the student is out of a registered school for two terms or more 2. excluded and enrolment is refused by local schools (including a history of stand-downs or suspension in the past two years) 3. has dropped out of Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu - The Correspondence School (Te Kura) after enrolment in either category 1 or 2 4. absent for at least half of the last 20 school weeks for reasons other than illness, and the absence has meant they are unable to maintain a mainstream programme 5. has multiple suspensions and risks further suspension 6. at any one time 20% of students do not have to fit one of the first five categories above but, in the professional opinion of the school, alternative education is the best option for the student.
Students can remain enrolled in alternative education until the end of the year in which they turned 16.
Alternative education caters for students between 13 and 15 years of age who have disengaged from mainstream schooling. To be eligible for alternative education, the student needs to meet one of the following criteria: 1. the student is out of a registered school for two terms or more 2. excluded and enrolment is refused by local schools (including a history of stand-downs or suspension in the past two years) 3. has dropped out of Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu - The Correspondence School (Te Kura) after enrolment in either category 1 or 2 4. absent for at least half of the last 20 school weeks for reasons other than illness, and the absence has meant they are unable to maintain a mainstream programme 5. has multiple suspensions and risks further suspension 6. at any one time 20% of students do not have to fit one of the first five categories above but, in the professional opinion of the school, alternative education is the best option for the student.
Students can remain enrolled in alternative education until the end of the year in which they turned 16.
The Provider may be subcontracted by the managing school to deliver alternative education on their behalf and is responsible for supporting students to achieve the student's Individual Learning Plan