Search

You have 176 results for your search terms

What you need to know about teacher aides: A guide for parents and whānau

Published: 30 Nov 2022

Our understandings of how teacher aides can support learners in schools is changing. ERO looked at good teacher aide practice and support. In this guide, we share what we found and some practical information for parents and whānau. This guide will help you to know what to expect from teacher aides who support your child at school.

Audience:
Academics
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research

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

Poutama Reo

Published: 13 Sep 2022

Poutama Reo is a framework that provides a progressive pathway for English Medium schools to review and improve their provision of te reo Māori language school wide.

Audience:
Academics
Education
Māori-medium
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Basic page

Poutama Reo: tools to support your Te Reo Māori Improvement Planning

Published: 12 Sep 2023

Poutama Reo is clear and simple to use. However, the tools and resources within our Leaders Guide and Kit have been created to support schools to share the vision of Poutama Reo with their school community and get the most out of this engagement. 

    Audience:
    Academics
    Education
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    Basic page

    Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori 2020

    Published: 14 Sep 2020

    News release about Māori Language Week and students wanting more te reo Māori language in their schools

    Audience:
    Academics
    Early learning
    Education
    Māori-medium
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    News article
    Topics:
    Te reo Māori

    New teachers not set up to succeed in role, in need of more support

    Published: 13 May 2024

    Teachers are the most important influences on student outcomes in schools. New research from the Education Review Office (ERO) has found that new teachers are not set up to succeed, despite the hard work of schools and new teachers themselves. 

    Audience:
    Academics
    Education
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    News article

    How ERO reviews

    Published: 04 Mar 2021

    ERO reviews all early childhood services, kōhanga reo, schools and kura to help their learners flourish. We focus on what’s working well for learners/ākonga and what can improve.  

    Audience:
    Academics
    Early learning
    Māori-medium
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    Basic page
    Topics:
    Kōhanga Reo
    Kura
    Early childhood services
    Evaluation
    Schools
    School hostels
    International students

    New report to support maths teaching

    Published: 15 Feb 2024

    ERO’s new report highlights what teachers can do to provide quality maths education for New Zealand’s learners in the first years of school. 

    Audience:
    Academics
    Education
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    News article

    ERO staff to comply with the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order and 2022 booster amendment

    Published: 11 Nov 2021

    In late 2021 ERO’s Chief Executive, Nicholas Pole, has given his assurance that only staff who comply with the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order will be permitted to visit schools and early learning services from Monday 15 November 2021. By 1 January 2022, only fully vaccinated staff will be able to work at or visit schools and early learning services. 

    Audience:
    Academics
    Early learning
    Education
    Māori-medium
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    News article

    Poutama Reo provides unity of purpose in te reo Māori revitalisation

    Published: 21 Sep 2022

    Equity and excellence, barrier free access to Māori language, culture and identity for all students is a step closer with today’s launch of Poutama Reo the improvement journey for te reo Māori in English-medium schools. It will also benefit whānau, hapū and Iwi.

     

    Audience:
    Academics
    Early learning
    Education
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    News article
    Topics:
    Te reo Māori
    English-medium
    Resources

    Working with ERO during COVID 19

    Published: 01 Feb 2022

    We understand the importance of continuing the mahi and we have developed approaches to work safely with schools, kura and early learning services in all phases of the Covid 19 Protection Framework, including onsite and in person visits under Red and Orange.   

    Audience:
    Academics
    Early learning
    Education
    Māori-medium
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    News article

    Long-Term Insights Briefing: Summary of submissions and topic decision

    Published: 02 Jun 2022

    This document provides a summary of submissions and a decision on the subject matter and scope of the Education Review Office’s 2022 Long-Term Insights Briefing.

    Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide a submission. Your input will help build and strengthen our Long-Term Insights Briefing paper.

    Audience:
    Academics
    Education
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    Research
    Topics:
    Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre

    What we do

    Published: 31 Mar 2021

    We review the performance and assess the quality of pre-tertiary education providers in relation to the educational services they provide. Several different types of reviews and evaluations are carried out—from scheduled to system-level national evaluations of education sector performance and policy.   

    Audience:
    Academics
    Early learning
    Education
    Māori-medium
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    Basic page

    One Year on – Insights from Overseas Trained Teachers

    Published: 18 May 2021

    In June 2020, ERO published the report Overseas Trained Teachers: Adjusting to living and working in New Zealand. The report focused on the experiences of Overseas Trained Teachers (OTTs), who had recently arrived, in adjusting to working and living in New Zealand.

    Given the Covid-19 global pandemic has placed strict restrictions on New Zealand’s borders, ERO returned to the same OTTs to check on how they were coping with the pandemic.

    Audience:
    Academics
    Early learning
    Education
    Māori-medium
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    News article

    Questions we are asking

    Published: 06 Apr 2021

    When it comes to education evaluation, we are answering questions in supporting system performance, initiatives – building our understanding of what works and promoting good practice.

    Audience:
    Academics
    Early learning
    Education
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    Basic page

    A Great Start? Education for Disabled Children in Early Childhood Education: A Guide for Parents and Whānau

    Published: 28 Sep 2022

    A quality, inclusive early childhood education is important for all children. It is especially important for children who need support to be fully included, and to learn and play alongside their peers. It helps them have better learning and life outcomes – both today and into their futures.

    Audience:
    Academics
    Early learning
    Education
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    Research