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Learning to learn

Published: 04 Sep 2017

Clarity of expectations within a supportive environment are key to scaffolding children into the behaviours of effective learners. Those expectations are realised through structures and processes that ensure everyone knows what to do to achieve success.

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Learning
Curriculum
Teaching
Evaluation indicators
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Opportunity to learn: a collaborative learning community

Published: 04 Sep 2017

In improving the teaching and learning of mathematics, leaders and teachers are working to develop safe, collaborative environments where every learner (teachers and students) can access the thinking of others to strengthen their knowledge and understanding.

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Collaboration
Professional capability
Evaluation indicators
Leadership
Equitable outcomes
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Relationships for learning

Published: 04 Sep 2017

A learning community characterised by whanaungatanga and manaakitanga creates the challenge and support needed to develop learning to learn capabilities and achieve successful learning outcomes.

This video was filmed at McAuley High School.

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Relationships
Curriculum
Teaching
Evaluation
Whanaungatanga
Manaakitanga
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Professional learning

Published: 04 Sep 2017

Professional learning reflects the approach that has been established for students. Learning is differentiated with multiple opportunities for engagement and structure in manageable steps.

This video was filmed at McAuley High School.

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Professional development
Professional capability
Evaluation indicators
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Learning leadership

Published: 04 Sep 2017

The team structure in this school supports the professional learning and development of leaders and teachers. Team members discuss their roles, responsibilities and the reciprocal nature of their interactions.

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Learning
Equitable outcomes
Evaluation indicators
Professional capability
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Teacher collaboration: professional learning in modern learning environments

Published: 04 Sep 2017

Working together to determine what the collaboration and teamwork looks like on a day-to-day basis has been a critical and continued focus of professional learning and team dialogue at Stonefields School.

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Teachers | Kaiako
Professional development
Professional capability
Evaluation indicators
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

An inclusive learning community

Published: 04 Sep 2017

For McAuley High School, respectful caring relationships are at the heart of their learning community in setting the safe and supportive context in which teachers and learners engage and learn. The maintenance of such relationships involves every member of staff.

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Inclusion
Teaching
Evaluation indicators
Manaakitanga
Whanaungatanga
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Modern learning environments

Published: 04 Sep 2017

The Modern Learning Environment requires practices and behaviours of both teachers and learners to that optimise the potential of the flexible learning spaces and digital tools.

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Modern Learning Practice (MLP)
Curriculum
Teaching
Evaluation indicators
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Visible professional learning

Published: 04 Sep 2017

At McAuley High School, classroom teacher observations are a frequent occurrence and students report how they regard this as teachers actively modelling learning behaviour.

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Professional development
Professional capability
Evaluation indicators
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Early Learning Curriculum

Published: 31 Oct 2016

This retrospective study synthesises findings from 17 national reports about curriculum implementation in early learning services, published over the last 10 years.

Audience:
Early learning
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Te Whāriki
Early learning
Diversity
Bicultural curriculum

The Early Learning Years

Published: 15 Jun 2016

This booklet is for all parents and caregivers who have infants and toddlers in an early childhood education service, or who are thinking about enrolling their child in an early childhood service. It gives you an idea of what you can expect from high quality early childhood education and the questions you can ask a service about the education and care of your child. 

Audience:
Early learning
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Early learning
Early childhood services
Infants
Guides for parents

Own it fix it learn from it

Published: 04 Sep 2017

Interruptions to learning are deliberately minimised. When the behaviour of individual students threatens to disrupt the learning of others, the individualized approach and resourcing enables engagement in learning to continue. This video was filmed at Invercargill Middle School.

Audience:
Education
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Leadership
Evaluation
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Opportunity to learn: a sense of urgency

Published: 04 Sep 2017

In responding to its unique context Invercargill Middle School adopted a range of approaches to accelerate learning. Teachers share a collective commitment to making the most of every learning opportunity.

Audience:
Education
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Leadership
Curriculum
Teaching
Evaluation
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Caring, collaborative, inclusive learning communities

Published: 04 Sep 2017

At Invercargill Middle School, students and teachers contribute to, and work in, a supportive learning environment characterised by manaakitanga and whanaungatanga.

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Collaboration
Inclusion
Manaakitanga
Whanaungatanga
Evaluation indicators
Teaching
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Student feedback: promoting teacher learning

Published: 04 Sep 2017

At McAuley High School, leaders and teachers actively model learning behaviour for the students including eliciting student feedback on a regular basis

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Feedback
Professional development
Evaluation indicators
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Learning-centred relationships: reading together

Published: 04 Sep 2017

This school has implemented the Reading Together programme for many years. Leadership sees the value of the programme in building strong learning relationships with family and whanau and supporting emerging literacy.

Audience:
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Improvement
Reading
Evaluation indicators
Video
Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

A guide to learning in a Covid-19 world: Supporting early childhood learners into 2021

Published: 19 Jan 2021

This short guide is for early childhood education leaders and kaiako. It covers what we found from talking to services in 2020 about the impact of Covid-19, and shares strategies used by services to respond to the challenges they faced. It also sets out some actions that could be considered for continuing to support children, parents, whānau and staff in 2021.

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
COVID-19
Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Early learning
Parents
Whānau
Teachers | Kaiako

Learning in a Covid-19 World: How early childhood education services helped children and their whānau

Published: 10 Dec 2020

Early childhood education services had to quickly adapt to changing requirements and periods of uncertainty due to Covid-19. During lockdown, services had to transition to supporting children to learn from their homes. After lockdown, they had to support children to return to services and continue their learning in a Covid-19 world. This summary highlights the efforts of early childhood services to support students and their whānau.

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
COVID-19
Early childhood services
Parents
Whānau
Early learning

Tuia te here tangata: Making meaningful connections

Published: 03 Mar 2016

In Term 3, 2014, ERO undertook a cluster review of five Puna Whakatupu as part of scheduled education reviews. During the course of these reviews, we identified a range of good practice that was investigated further and has become Tuia te here tangata: Making meaningful connections.

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Māori-medium
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Māori-medium
Early learning
Te Puna Whakatupu

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