NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 47 — 7 MAY 2015

• its strategic direction, comprising:
  • the TEO’s proposed outcomes for the coming year, and why the TEO has decided to seek those outcomes, given government priorities and the needs of the TEO’s stakeholders; and
  • what the TEO is going to do and produce (ie activities and outputs) over the coming year in order to achieve those outcomes, and why those are the right things to do and produce given the TEO’s operating environment, government priorities, the needs of its stakeholders, and evidence about what works; and
  • how the TEO intends to measure its progress in achieving its strategic direction, including what indicators it will use.

A TEO’s proposed plan must also summarise:

• how the TEO has identified the needs of its stakeholders in the community it serves, including:
  • employers, businesses or industries relevant to the TEO’s areas of delivery;
  • learners or prospective learners, in particular those who are Māori, or Pasifika, or under the age of 25, or who have low levels of literacy, language, and numeracy; and
  • the communities that support Māori and Pasifika learners; and
• how the TEO has performed against the commitments it made in its last plan (for TEOs that have previously received plan funding);
• the findings of any quality assurance reviews;
• any changes the TEO is making that are likely to have a significant impact on its educational performance or other outcomes; and
• any new activities the TEO is contemplating undertaking over the next three years.

Contribution to Government priorities

A TEO’s proposed plan must also explain how the TEO intends to respond to the Government’s priorities in the Tertiary Education Strategy 2014–2019 in the coming year. This must include information about how the TEO will:

• attract and engage at-risk young people and support them to progress through tertiary education and into sustainable work ("Getting at-risk young people into a career");
• attract and engage Māori and Pasifika learners and support them to succeed educationally and achieve better employment outcomes ("Boosting achievement of Māori and Pasifika"); and
• respond to the needs of adult foundation learners with literacy and numeracy skills ("Improving adult literacy and numeracy").

(ii) Summary of Activity

A TEO’s proposed plan must include a Summary of Activity for the period of the proposed plan. The proposed courses/activities must align with, and support the achievement of, the mission presented in the proposed plan.

The Summary of Activity must include information about:

• planned courses/activities for which funding is sought from the TEC, including planned learner numbers (this information must be provided using the TEC template provided for this purpose); and
• total TEC funding sought (this information must be provided using the TEC template provided for this purpose).

6. Plan Assessment Criteria—In accordance with clause 159Y of the Act, the TEC will use the following criteria to assess proposed Plans to determine whether they will receive funding approval:

• The TEO has described its mission and role, and shows an awareness of the TEO’s place in the regional and national tertiary system;
• the TEO has clearly and accurately identified its stakeholders, including: