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Priorities for Children's Learning in Early Childhood Services

Published: 27 May 2013

This national report is one of two reports that present the findings of a 2012 national evaluation about curriculum priorities. 

Audience:
Early learning
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Early childhood services
Curriculum
Te Whāriki
Māori
Pacific

Priorities for Childrens Learning in Early Childhood Services: Good Practice

Published: 01 Nov 2013

This good practice report presents examples from five early childhood services where priorities for children’s learning were well considered and reflected on.

Audience:
Early learning
Māori-medium
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Early childhood services
Good practice
Te Whāriki
Māori
Pacific

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

Preparedness to implement Te Whāriki (2017)

Published: 27 Jun 2019

ERO is undertaking a series of evaluations on the implementation of Te Whāriki: He whāriki mātauranga mō ngā mokopuna o Aotearoa. This report examines how prepared services are to implement Te Whāriki, including their engagement with professional learning and development, and determining 'what matters here' and next steps.

Audience:
Early learning
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Te Whāriki
Professional capability
Teachers | Kaiako

Ngā Rāpupuku Indicators poster

Published: 07 Sep 2020

This poster presents, the indicators from ERO’s Te Ara Poutama|Indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most, published in 2020. It shows the outcome indicators, which are the learning outcomes for children from Te Whāriki. It also shows the process indicators for the learning and organisational conditions in early childhood services that support children’s learning outcomes.

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Content type:
Basic page
Topics:
Evaluation
Indicators
Improvement
Te Whāriki
Collaboration to improve learner outcomes

Awareness and confidence to work with Te Whāriki (2017)

Published: 12 Jul 2018

In this evaluation, ERO wanted to find out how aware and confident leaders and kaiako in early learning services were as they began to work with the updated curriculum, Te Whāriki (2017).

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Te Whāriki
Teachers | Kaiako

ERO Insights - Issue 1 2020

Published: 25 Jun 2020

Insights Newsletter from Nicholas Pole, Te Tumu Whakarae mō te Arotake Mātauranga | Chief Executive and Chief Review Officer

Audience:
Academics
Early learning
Education
Māori-medium
Parents
Schools
Content type:
News article
Topics:
COVID-19
Learning
Information and Communications Technology

On your marks ... get set... go! A tale of six schools and the digital technologies curriculum content

Published: 23 Jan 2020

ERO conducted case studies of six schools’ implementation of the digital technologies curriculum content in Term 1, 2019. Schools that had successfully integrated the curriculum had leaders who promoted a growth mindset for teachers and looked to integrate digital technologies into existing curriculum. Timely professional development for teachers and positive community connections also enhanced schools’ ability to integrate the digital technologies curriculum.

Audience:
Academics
Education
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
New Zealand Curriculum
Digital Technologies | Hangarau Matihiko
Information and Communications Technology
Literacy

Promoting wellbeing through sexuality education

Published: 12 Sep 2018

This report provides findings from ERO's evaluation of how well schools were promoting and supporting student wellbeing through sexuality education.

It includes high-level findings, examples of good practice and recommendations for schools and policy audiences. It is accompanied by a series of short publications for whānau, students, and trustees.

Brochures aimed at students, whānau and Boards of Trustees are also available.

Audience:
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Wellbeing
Sexuality
Health and Physical Education
Curriculum
Stewardship
Leadership
Capability
Evaluation
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT)

Working with Te Whāriki

Published: 26 May 2013

This national report is one of two reports that present the findings of a 2012 national evaluation about curriculum priorities.

Audience:
Early learning
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Te Whāriki
Early childhood services
Curriculum
Bicultural curriculum

Evaluation Judgement Rubric

Published: 02 Sep 2020

This Judgement Rubric is an evaluation tool for use in ERO’s evaluations of early childhood services and by the services in their internal evaluation. The rubric is based on the indicators in Te Ara Poutama|Indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most.

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Content type:
Basic page
Topics:
Evaluation
Te Whāriki
Quality
Collaboration to improve learner outcomes

The Quality of Assessment in Early Childhood Education

Published: 01 Nov 2007

Assessment informs an early childhood service’s programme and educators’ teaching practices. ERO evaluated the quality of assessment in all the early childhood services reviewed in Terms 3 and 4, 2006.

Services were at varying stages in their understanding and implementation of assessment practices, as not all had yet participated in professional development.

Audience:
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Assessment
Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Te Whāriki
Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood Exemplars
Early childhood services

Stewardship: strategic resourcing

Published: 04 Sep 2017

At Manurewa Central School, careful financial management over many years has enabled the provision of high quality facilities and resources that enhance the school environment and learning opportunities available to students and their families and whanau and the community. 

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Stewardship
Resourcing
Evaluation indicators
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