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  1. Appendix 4: Key differences between the groups of schools
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    Table 1 describes the key characteristics of the ways schools promoted and responded to student wellbeing that distinguished one group from the next.Table 1: Key characteristics of the way schools in each group promoted and responded to student wellbeing   An extensive focus on student wellbeing, with this woven through all actions (11%) Student wellbeing was well promoted through the curriculum and there were good responses to wellbeing issues (18%) Reasonable promotion of and response...

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  2. Introduction
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    In April 2012, the Prime Minister launched the Youth Mental Health Project 1, with initiatives across a number of education, social and health agencies. The project aims to improve outcomes for young people aged 12 to 19 years with, or at risk of developing, mild to moderate mental health issues. These outcomes include improved: mental health resilience access to youth-friendly health care services. Wellbeing is vital for student success. Student wellbeing is strongly linked to learning. A stud...

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  3. Overview
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    All young people want the same things. Things like being included, learning, taking risks and experiencing success, having friends who value and accept them, and feeling competent and confident. They want teachers to be interested in them, to care for them and be trustworthy.Likewise, parents want similar things for their children. To be happy at school, to feel safe, to be understood, to be well cared for by other adults, to relate well to others and become independent, and to experience succes...

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  4. Section Four: Questions for Schools to ask about their own school-wide processes and individual student wellbeing
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    The following self-review questions provide examples for schools to use as they inquire into the question, ‘to what extent do we promote and respond to student   wellbeing’? A culture of wellbeing: values and practices Of the parts that directly improve student wellbeing as a whole, one of the features is building a culture of wellbeing. While a systematic approach to building a culture of wellbeing may be a challenging exercise, it is vital to the achievement of the desired outcomes for...

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  5. Conclusion
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    The effective practice described in this report shows the variety of ways a group of primary and secondary schools promoted and responded to student wellbeing. They did this by carefully cultivating a positive school culture, based on values determined, understood and shared by their community. By being proactive about developing a strong culture of wellbeing, leaders in these schools were in a good position to respond to any issues or crises that arose.School leaders and their communities had a...

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  6. Background
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    In April 2012, Prime Minister John Key, launched the Youth Mental Health Project. The project includes a package of 22 initiatives targeting young people aged 12-19 years with, or at risk of developing, mild to moderate mental health issues. In support of the project, the Education Review Office (ERO) is carrying out an evaluation project to assist schools to promote and respond to student wellbeing. The evaluation will  be carried out in three stages. The first stage involves the development...

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  7. Foreword
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    How children and young people feel at school has a major impact on how confident they are and how well they learn. There is no single measure for wellbeing, but the factors that contribute to it are interrelated and interdependent.Most children and young people enjoy school, thrive and succeed. But for some, negative experiences, behaviours or emotions during the passage from childhood to adulthood can affect their wellbeing and lead to long-term negative consequences.In 2012 the Prime Minister...

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  8. Introduction
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    Wellbeing is vital for student success and is strongly linked to learning. 1, 2 Wellbeing is at the heart of curriculum and student educational experiences.The concept of wellbeing has continuity right through New Zealand education. It is evident from the principles and strands of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum,through the values and key competencies of The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) for schools, to the tertiary and employment key competencies.The NZC guides the design and implem...

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  10. National report summary
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    Teenagers explore relationships with others to determine who they fit in with. They want to successfully navigate the risks that come with increased freedom and independence to determine which risks they are comfortable with, which cause harm and which lead to greater opportunities. They want their friends, family, teachers and other important adults to value and accept them, care for them and be trustworthy. They do this with much humour, creativity and panache. Most teenagers in New Zealand th...

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  11. Conclusion
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    Student wellbeing is central to successfully implementing The New Zealand Curriculum. A focus on wellbeing ties together the curriculum’s vision, principles, values, key competencies and learning areas. Wellbeing clearly positions learners and their development as confident young people at the centre of what schools do.Leaders who understood this had developed an aspirational vision for wellbeing in collaboration with their community that was reflected in the school’s goals and targets. They...

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  12. Overview
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    Most young people in New Zealand are creative and resilient and thrive during their adolescent years – but 20 percent exhibit behaviours or emotions or have experiences that put their wellbeing at risk. The Prime Minister’s Youth Mental Health Project 1  was established because of these concerns.Part of ERO’s involvement in this project was the Wellbeing for Success: Draft evaluation indicators for student wellbeing (draft) 2013.2 The indicators describe the school values, curriculum a...

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  13. What ERO knows about student wellbeing
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    Between 2013 and 2015 ERO published the following reports related to student wellbeing: Guidance and Counselling in Schools: Survey Findings (July 2013) Improving Guidance and Counselling for Students in Secondary Schools (December 2013) Wellbeing for Success: Draft Evaluation Indicators for Student Wellbeing (November 2013) Wellbeing for Children's Success at Primary School (February 2015) Wellbeing for Young People's Success at Secondary School (February 2015) Wellbeing for Success: Effective...

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  14. ERO releases reports on student wellbeing
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    19 February 2015 ERO’s latest national reports show that while student wellbeing is considered very important, school leaders and teachers can do more to improve the way they promote and respond to student wellbeing. The reports, Wellbeing for Children’s Success at Primary School and Wellbeing for Young People's Success at Secondary School, highlight good practice in schools but also expose the gaps and the need for a more cohesive approach to student wellbeing. In the secondary school e...

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  15. Foreword
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    The Education Review Office (ERO) independently reviews and reports on the quality of education in schools and early childhood services in New Zealand.During 2013 ERO developed a set of evaluation indicators for student wellbeing for use in all mainstream primary and secondary schools. The development of the wellbeing indicators is one of the initiatives of the Prime Minister’s Youth Mental Health Project.This document, Wellbeing for Success: Draft Evaluation Indicators for Student Wellbeing,...

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  16. Promoting student wellbeing
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    Developing a positive school culture for wellbeing is vital for achieving the desired outcomes for student wellbeing. Schools promote wellbeing by enacting their vision, values, goals and priorities in their curriculum and associated learning and teaching practices. The capability to respond well to a particular event is often determined by the way in which the school's culture of wellbeing enables and supports leaders and teachers to respond.The following section uses the evaluation and reasoni...

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  17. Useful wellbeing resources
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    This section includes information about resources your school might find useful in promoting and responding to wellbeing. It includes information about: wellbeing in relation to the health and physical education learning area (from The New Zealand Curriculum) hauora and Te Whare Tapa Wha a 'circle of care' model adapted from Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth sources of wellbeing-related data you could use in your evaluation and inquiry activities online resources for schools. Health and...

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  18. Appendix 1: Methodology
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    The examples of effective practice in this report have been drawn from information ERO gathered as part of 2014 evaluations into how well schools promoted and responded to student wellbeing. ERO identified 13 primary schools and three secondary schools as having features that clearly promoted wellbeing for all students. ERO undertook follow-up visits and gathered more information about practices that promote wellbeing for all students. ERO was also interested in the systems schools had in place...

    http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/wellbeing-for-success-effective-practice/appendix-1-methodology/

  19. Introduction
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    This report highlights how early childhood services keep up to date with changing regulations and legal requirements in order to effectively manage for children’s safety and wellbeing.Service owners/leaders may find this report useful when considering how to effectively and proactively stay informed about regulations and requirements. This report illustrates the various ways services ensure staff practices meet new regulations, and shares the resources they use to stay up to date.ERO investiga...

    http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/meeting-requirements-for-childrens-safety-and-wellbeing-in-ece/introduction/

  20. Section Five: Perspectives on the desired outcomes of student wellbeing
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    In schools where student wellbeing is promoted and responded to, the following perspectives from students will be evident. Student perspectives Belonging and connection I am valued and accepted and have opportunities to make a positive contribution to my wellbeing, learning and culture of my school. I feel proud to be part of my school. I have lots of different friends at school. I like my school, my teachers and my friends. My whānau like my teachers and they are involved in lots of things a...

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