Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
Background
This Profile Report was written within fourteen months of the Education Review Office and Puni School working in Te Ara Huarau, an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz
Context
Puni School is located in a semi-rural environment near Pukekohe. The school provides education for students in Years 1 to 6.
Puni School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on its website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively student outcomes are improved through the strengthening of teacher knowledge and capability in evaluation.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
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the opportunity it provides to develop a formalised process to build collective capability in internal evaluation for improvement
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the school’s commitment to exploring the impact of strengthening teachers’ data literacy skills to raise achievement and promote equitable outcomes for students in mathematics.
The school expects to see increased capability in evaluation to inform practice that strengthens learners’ rates of progress and drives continuous improvement.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to strengthen evaluation capability for raising student outcomes:
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leadership and governance that prioritises actions to improve school performance and learner outcomes
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a well-established plan that guides professional development in internal inquiry and evaluation practice
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teaching and learning programmes that are responsive and inclusive to the needs of learners.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
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continuing to strengthen collective capability to use evaluation effectively to inform further direction in teaching and learning
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supporting a collaborative approach to increasing students’ rates of progress in mathematics.
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
13 July 2022
About the School
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home