CTMES AGM 2024

Tēnā koutou CTMES Members,

Formal notice is hereby given to the membership of the Christian Theological and Ministry Education Society (CTMES) that in accordance with the requirements of the CTMES Constitution, our Annual General Meeting for 2024 will be held on:

Friday 10th May, 9:30am – 10:15am

at

Laidlaw College, 3 Smythe Road, Henderson, Auckland 0650

The AGM will be followed by a short conference until 12 noon. The schedule is still being finalised and will be sent out along with all the details nearer the time. Everyone is welcome to stay for a light lunch following the conference.

For Members who are not able to attend the AGM in person, zoom link details will be sent out prior to the date.

The Agenda of the 2024 AGM will be as follows:

1. Welcome

2. Apologies

3. Minutes of the 2023 AGM

4. Matters Arising

5. Chair Report & Exec Farewells

6. Financial Report

7. Budget for 2024

8. Election of Executive

9. Other Business

Other Business

Any appropriate business is to be submitted electronically to the Executive Committee at secretary@ctmes.ac.nz no later than 15 days prior to the holding of the Annual General Meeting. All submissions are to be made no later than 25 April 2024.

Call to CTMES Executive Nominations

The Executive Committee is a committee of no less than five and no more than seven people elected by members at the AGM.

In accordance with the Constitution, Rule 3 (3.3), Executive Committee members will hold office for three years on a rotational basis, and will be eligible for re-election without re-nomination.

The Executive advises that Michael Hanson is retiring and will not be seeking re-election.

There is one vacancy to be filled.

Members are invited to nominate persons for election to the Executive Committee. To nominate, please complete the Nomination Form.

The Nomination Form is available [here].

Nominations must be received no later than 3 May 2024.

Elections will take place at the AGM on 10 May 2024.

The results of the election will be announced at the AGM following the counting of votes.

NOTE: In addition, nominees are to provide a short biography, key interests and may include a brief written statement stating what specific skills and experience they will bring to the Executive Committee (250 words maximum). Please email this to secretary@ctmes.ac.nz. Those nominated will be offered the opportunity to introduce themselves at the AGM.

We look forward to your participation at the annual Members meeting either in person or via zoom.

Rob Ayres

CTMES Chair

CTMES Qualifications - Version 2

Kia ora koutou

It is my pleasure as chair of CTMES to greet you all on behalf of the CTMES Executive team. We pray that your year has started well for you and your teams. The new CTMES Executive team met for the first time towards the end of last year and also met early this year to discuss together how we can best serve the collection of associated theological colleges across Aotearoa. We plan on sharing some of our thinking with you in the coming weeks and months, and we value and invite your feedback and input to guide those conversations. Look out for further communication from the Exec group in the near future. Below is some important information regarding the suite of CTMES qualifications (sub-degree).

Our five CTMES qualifications were reviewed after a lengthy consultation period back in 2020 – 2021.

NZ2770 NZ Certificate in Christian Studies (Level 3)

NZ2771 NZ Certificate in Christian Studies (Level 5)

NZ2772 NZ Certificate in Christian Ministry (Level 4)

NZ2773 NZ Diploma in Christian Studies (Level 6)

NZ2793 NZ Diploma in Christian Studies (Level 5)

On 6 April 2022 we received the official letter from NZQA advising us that the applications for the review of these qualifications had been granted. The final date of assessment for version 1 of the qualifications was set at 31 March 2024. This meant that before this date all providers delivering programmes leading to version 2 of these qualifications were required to submit Type 2 applications to both Toitū te Waiora (WDC) and NZQA for approval, and to have received formal approval.

It has transpired that a few providers were unaware of this requirement and have found themselves in a situation where urgent Type 2 changes are required for a 2024 delivery. To relieve pressure and to give these providers sufficient time to prepare and submit their Type 2 changes, conversations have been had with Toitū te Waiora and NZQA who are willing to support CTMES applying for an extension to the last date of assessment for version 1. The proposed date will be 31st December 2024.

We will keep you informed as to the outcome of our application, but we are confident that an extension will be granted.

If you wish any further information or assistance, please contact Sue Davidson, secretary@ctmes.ac.nz.

Kind regards,

CTMES Executive Team:

Rob Ayres (Carey Baptist College), Chair

Richard Goodwin (Pathways College), Deputy Chair

Andrew Ayles (Alphacrucis), Treasurer

Michael Hanson

Phil Newman (Laidlaw College)

Joy Hooker (Elim Leadership College)

Leeana Kukutai (Alphacrucis)

Sue Davidson (Executive Director, Laidlaw College)

Webinar: Honouring the Treaty/Ti Tiriti

The second presentation which was to be held earlier in the year at the CTMES Conference is now a webinar being offered by ITENZ. Brad will talk about why we need to honour the Treaty and give some ideas as to how we might practically do that as PTEs.

All CTMES members are invited to join the webinar on Wednesday 4th October, 1-2pm.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87507868693

Kind regards,

Sue Davidson

Executive Director (Acting)