2020 Funding Year Rationales
External Rationale for Plan Assessment
Strategic
01. Your proposed Plan does not adequately describe how your organisation's mission
Intent
and role provide clear direction to enable positive outcomes for learners.
Strategic
02. Your proposed Plan does not adequately describe how your organisation engages
Intent
with stakeholders and addresses their needs.
Strategic
03. Your proposed Plan does not adequately describe how your proposed provision wil
Intent
deliver the right outcomes to address industry needs.
Strategic
04. Your proposed Plan does not adequately describe how your organisation has
Intent
sufficiently considered the needs of at-risk young learners.
Strategic
05. Your proposed Plan does not adequately describe how your organisation has
Intent
sufficiently considered the needs of Māori learners.
Strategic
06. Your proposed Plan does not adequately describe how your organisation has
Intent
sufficiently considered the needs of Pacific learners.
Strategic
07. Your proposed Plan does not adequately describe how your organisation has
Intent
sufficiently considered the needs of adult learners with low levels of literacy and
numeracy.
Strategic
08. Your proposed Plan does not adequately identify improvements to strengthen your
Intent
research activities.
Strategic
09. Your proposed Plan does not adequately identify improvements to grow
Intent
international linkages.
Strategic
10. Your proposed Plan does not describe adequate organisational investment in
Intent
increasing teacher quality.
Strategic
11. Your proposed programmes and activities do not demonstrate adequate alignment
Intent
with our strategic priorities.
Strategic
12. Your proposed outcomes and measures do not demonstrate adequate improvement
Intent
or adequate outcomes for target learner groups.
Strategic
13. We are not confident your financial position wil enable you to deliver successful y to
Intent
your learners.
MOP
14. Your proposed mix of provision does not demonstrate adequate alignment with our
strategic priorities.
EPIC
15. Your proposed Educational Performance Indicator Commitments do not demonstrate
adequate improvement or adequate outcomes for target learner groups.
Covid-19 plan 16. Your Covid-19 response plan does not adequately describe the impact of Covid-19 on
current learners.
Covid-19 plan 17. Your Covid-19 response plan does not adequately describe the impact of Covid-19 on
future learners.
Covid-19 plan 18. Your Covid-19 response plan does not adequately describe your organisation's
reliance on international students and the impact of Covid-19 on your organisation.
Covid-19 plan 19. Your Covid-19 response plan does not adequately describe the impact of Covid-19 on
industry needs and your graduates' future work opportunities.
Covid-19 plan 20. Your Covid-19 response plan does not adequately describe the short-term impacts of
Covid-19 on your organisation.
Covid-19 plan 21. Your Covid-19 response plan does not adequately describe the long-term impacts of
Covid-19 on your organisation.
Covid-19 plan 22. Your Covid-19 response plan does not adequately describe how you wil support your
current learners during the Covid-19 economic recovery.
External Rationale for Plan Assessment
Covid-19 plan 23. Your Covid-19 response plan does not adequately describe how you wil support your
future learners during the Covid-19 economic recovery.
Covid-19 plan 24. Your Covid-19 response plan does not adequately describe how you wil adapt your
organisation as a result of changes from Covid-19.
Covid-19 plan 25. Your Covid-19 response plan does not adequately describe how you wil adapt your
organisation to meet changes to industry needs and graduate work opportunities.
Covid-19 plan 26. Your Covid-19 response plan does not adequately describe how your organisation
wil evolve to ensure its future viability.
Learner
27. Your Learner Success Plan does not adequately identify your learner cohort and
Success Plan
learner "catchment", or their learning needs and how you wil address these.
Learner
28. Your Learner Success Plan does not adequately demonstrate your organisation's
Success Plan
commitment to learner success.
Learner
29. Your Learner Success Plan does not adequately demonstrate how your teaching and
Success Plan
learning practices are cultural y relevant or how you understand your learners' needs.
Learner
30. Your Learner Success Plan does not adequately demonstrate sufficient engagement
Success Plan
and partnerships with key stakeholders to ensure learner success.
External Rationale for Additional Funding Request Decision
01. We have concerns about your organisation's viability and performance.
02. We are not confident your financial position wil enable long-term viability of your organisation.
03. We are concerned about the quality of provision as evidenced by your External Evaluation Rating (EER).
04. Additional funding is prioritised to TEOs with an overal Investment Plan rating of confident or highly confident.
05. Your request does not meet the purpose of the fund you are seeking additional funding for.
06. Your Learner Success Plan does not adequately demonstrate how your organisation ensures the success of al of its learners.
07. We are not confident you can deliver this provision due to previous under-delivery.
08. Your additional funding request is not for high strategic priority provision, as outlined in plan guidance documents and
investment briefs. Therefore it is not a high priority for additional funding.
09. Your Educational Performance Indicators are below our published thresholds for additional funding.
10. You have not adequately described your readiness to deliver your requested additional funding.
