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Te Korowai Kounga - The Cloak of Quality
A Quality Assurance Plan for the OSCAR Sector
 The OSCAR Foundation is very excited to announce the Te Korowai Kounga - The Cloak of Quality; a Quality Assurance Plan for the OSCAR sector.
Te Korowai Kounga Ready For OSCAR Sector
Registrations of interest are now open for Te Korowai Kounga - The Cloak of Quality. Please read the Te Korowai Kounga document and, if you wish to participate, fill in the registration of interest form.
 Te Korowai Kounga - The Cloak of Quality document (860kb)
Registration of interest form  (106kb)
Send your completed form to Tina Green at 
or The OSCAR Foundation, PO Box 7024, Hamilton East, Hamilton, 3274.
The OSCAR Foundation will respond to your registration within one month.
Background Of The Quality Assurance Plan
Te Korowai Kounga - The Cloak of Quality was developed by The OSCAR Foundation Board and CEO in response to the clear need for a national Quality Assurance plan. This was identified by The OSCAR Foundation, the OSCAR sector and the Government.
The weaving together of Te Korowai Kounga is based on the idea that there are many strands, or threads that make up a quality OSCAR programme. Like a treasured cloak (or korowai) these strands are interwoven, with each being as important as the other strands, not only to hold the cloak together but also to create its beauty. Each strand must rely on the other strands to give it strength and purpose.
From the draft plan The OSCAR Foundation’s Quality Assurance team has developed one key principle and four secondary principles, along with supporting goals and objectives.
It was important that every OSCAR programme in New Zealand would have the potential to achieve these goals and objectives. They also needed to reflect the diversity of the sector and ensure that the individual identity of each programme was maintained and indeed enhanced.
A selection of OSCAR programmes participated in a pilot project for Te Korowai Kounga. The pilot programme included a wide range of programmes, including before school, after school, holiday programmes, and camps.
They went through the quality assurance system and provided feedback on how they found the process. All programmes who participated in the pilot received a high level of support from The OSCAR Foundation.
We are confident that Te Korowai Kounga will ensure OSCAR programmes are the best they can be for our children. Each programme will be able to weave their own individualised version of Te Korowai Kounga.
Contact
If you would like to contact the Quality Assurance team developing Te Korowai Kounga, please email
or phone 07 839 6570.
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