Tū Toa Hostel - 27 April 2018
Published: 27 Apr 2018
ERO visited Tū Toa Hostel in March 2018.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- School hostels
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An Alternative Education? Support for our most disengaged young people
Published: 27 Jun 2023
Each year, Alternative Education provides education to over 2,000 young people who have been disengaged from education and who have high and complex needs. The Education Review Office (ERO), in partnership with the Social Wellbeing Agency (SWA), looked at how well the education system is supporting young people in Alternative Education. This study describes what we found and what is needed to significantly improve education for these young people.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Te Ara Poutama Indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most
Published: 31 Mar 2021
Te Ara Poutama is the core of Ngā Ara Whai Hui: Quality Framework for Evaluation and Improvement in Early Childhood Services. This is the framework for ERO’s approaches to reviewing early childhood services. The indicators, for outcomes and processes, are a central resource for use by ERO and the services themselves in evaluating quality in early childhood education and identifying where improvement is needed.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Parents
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Te Ara Poutama
- Ngā Ara Whai Hua
- Indicators
Starting School Together: What Do We Know?
Published: 26 May 2022
Starting school is a major childhood event. It can be an exciting time for children and their families. But it is a big change, and so it can also be an uncertain time. A good start at school sets children up to succeed at school. We looked to see how changing to cohort entry impacts on children, their peers, and whānau, as well as their schools and early childhood education services.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Growing Curiosity Teaching Strategies to Engage Years 5 to 11 Students in Science
Published: 12 Apr 2021
This report shares teaching approaches and strategies for Year 5 to Year 11 that ERO has identified in a range of schools where students were found to be highly engaged in science. This report should be seen as a resource for leaders and teachers looking to strengthen their teaching of science. It looks at Years 5-11 as they are the critical years for science engagement before learners make final choices on whether to continue in science.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Science
- Guidance
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Code of Conduct
Published: 06 Apr 2021
This code of conduct is for all Education Review Office staff and reinforces the spirit of service that we demonstrate in the way we carry out our work. It outlines expectations of us as public servants to act with professionalism and integrity and to carry out our official duties honestly, faithfully and efficiently, respecting the rights of the public and our colleagues.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
Social Workers in Schools
Published: 29 Nov 2019
This ERO qualitative case study report undertaken on behalf of Oranga Tamariki captures the voices of children and their whanau who were recipients of the Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) service. SWiS is a government funded, community social work service provided in most English and Māori medium, decile 1-3 primary and intermediate schools.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Social Workers in Schools (SWiS)
- Social workers
- Primary
- Intermediate
- Pastoral care
- Case study
- Resilience
- Therapeutic care and education (TEC)
Evaluation Indicators for Education Reviews in Kōhanga Reo
Published: 08 Apr 2021
The Evaluation Indicators for Education Reviews in Kōhanga Reo is a specialist resource to inform the judgements that review officers make about the quality of children’s experiences while they are taking part in a kōhanga reo programme.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Kōhanga Reo
- Quality of children's experiences
- Evaluation
Framework for Kōhanga Reo reviews
Published: 31 Mar 2021
This framework contains information about the process that the Education Review Office (ERO) uses for managing kōhanga reo reviews. This information forms part of ERO’s standard procedures for reviews of kōhanga reo.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- Kōhanga Reo
- Standard Procedures
- Te Aho Matua
Te Kainga Wānanga - 27 April 2018
Published: 18 Apr 2018
ERO visited Te Kainga Wānanga in March 2018.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- School hostels
Te Kainga Huarahi - 27 April 2018
Published: 27 Apr 2018
ERO visited Te Kainga Huarahi in February 2018.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- School hostels
Working together: How teacher aides can have the most impact
Published: 30 Nov 2022
Teacher aides in Aotearoa New Zealand have a wide range of valued roles and responsibilities. We know that they can enhance learner outcomes by drawing on positive relationships, good training, collaborative practices, and cultural expertise. This report looks at what good teacher aide practice and support looks like and sets out four key areas of teacher aide practice that make a difference for learners – as well as what schools can do to set teacher aides up for success.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi
Published: 31 Mar 2021
ERO is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi - The Treaty of Waitangi. We work to ensure that as an organisation and a system we honour our obligations to Te Tiriti - The Treaty.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
Learning in residential care: They knew I wanted to learn
Published: 01 Jul 2021
Children and young people who are placed in Oranga Tamariki residential care are among the most at risk of poor outcomes later in life. Education can change that. This report looks at the quality of education for students in Oranga Tamariki Care and Protection and Youth Justice residences and how it can be improved.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
- At-risk students
- Behavioural needs
- Best practice
- Boys' education
- Child wellbeing
- Culture
- Education and care services
- Education outcomes
- Education transitions
- Equitable outcomes
- Good practice
- High needs
- Māori
- Physical and emotional safety
- Priority learners
- Raising achievement
- Social workers
- Teaching
- Te reo Māori
- Transitions
- Vulnerable learners
- Wellbeing
Stewardship: informed decision making
Published: 04 Sep 2017
At Manurewa Central School, the relationship between the principal and trustees is described in terms of how trust and confidence is built through effective listening and transparent reporting, interrogation and discussion of information.
- Audience:
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Improvement
- Stewardship
- Decision making
- Evaluation
- Video
- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua
Te Kahu Whakahaumaru – Ngā mahi a te rangai mātauranga Māori (English)
Published: 19 Jan 2021
Te Pou Mataaho, ERO’s evaluation and research group, and Te Uepū ā Motu, ERO’s national evaluation and review team, pursued this evaluation to provide an evidence base about the initial impacts of Covid-19 on Māori-medium education and how the sector responded.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- COVID-19
- Early Childhood Education (ECE)
- Schools
- Māori-medium
- Te Pou Mataaho | Evaluation and Research Māori
Internal evaluation as a catalyst for change
Published: 29 Sep 2021
This resource draws on recent Education Review Office (ERO) national evaluation reports to highlight how schools, both primary and secondary, have been evaluating teaching and learning and then using the findings to improve outcomes for students. ERO found that schools that significantly improved outcomes for students based their priorities for action on the findings from high-quality internal evaluation.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
Te Tāhū Whare | Evaluation and Review Māori
Published: 31 Mar 2021
Te Tāhū Whare | Evaluation and Review Māori carries out reviews at kōhanga reo, puna reo, kura and wharekura; conducts evaluation and research and develops evaluation methodology for Māori-medium settings.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
Supporting Collaboration in Action - Kahukura Community of Practice
Published: 18 May 2021
Evidence demonstrates that collaboration between schools, focused on improving teaching and learning outcomes, has a positive impact on raising student, school and system performance. Schools who share knowledge and work together are more effective in improving the quality of teaching, learning, and supporting school development. They can also help bolster the education system as a whole.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- News article
Te Whāriki (2017): Awareness Towards Implementation
Published: 12 Dec 2019
ERO’s final report in the Te Whāriki series summarises the findings of previous reports and includes the last two focus areas for the curriculum – how services decide ‘what learning matters here’ and how well they were developing learning-focused partnerships with parents and whānau.
- Audience:
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Whāriki
- Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
- Teachers | Kaiako