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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

Education For All Our Children: Embracing Diverse Ethnicities - Summary

Published: 15 Mar 2023

As New Zealand’s schools become more diverse there is an exciting opportunity to look again at what we teach and how we teach. Many schools are already changing to embrace diverse ethnicities, but more change will be needed. This summary of our Long-Term Insights Briefing highlights options for change to make Aotearoa New Zealand a great place to learn for our children and young people from ethnic communities.

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

Learning in a Covid-19 World: The Impact of Covid-19 on Teachers and Principals

Published: 06 Dec 2021

This report looks at the impact of Covid-19 on teachers and principals – including how Covid-19 has impacted enjoyment in work and workload. This report also sets out examples of how schools can prepare for 2022 and what supports will be needed for teachers and principals.  

Audience:
Academics
Education
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
COVID-19
Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre

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

    Review and Improvement Services

    Published: 31 Mar 2021

    We carry out external evaluations at early childhood services, schools and kura to provide information on their performance and to support improvement for high quality education.

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

    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

    Education in NZ failing disabled learners, new research finds

    Published: 28 Sep 2022

    New research from the Education Review Office (ERO), in partnership with the Office for Disability Issues and the Human Rights Commission, has found that education across NZ schools and early childhood services is failing disabled learners.

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

    About us

    Published: 04 Mar 2021

    The Education Review Office | Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga (ERO) is the New Zealand government’s external evaluation agency that informs and facilitates improvement in early learning services, kōhanga reo, puna kōhungahunga, kura and schools.

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

    A Great Start? Education for Disabled Children in Early Childhood Education - summary

    Published: 28 Sep 2022

    Quality early childhood education (ECE) affects how well all children do at school and in life – from academic achievement and earning potential to health and wellbeing. Quality ECE supports children to develop the social, emotional, communication, cognitive, and motor skills which enable them to thrive. This is particularly critical for disabled children as it sets the foundation for their future learning.

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

    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

    Responding to Covid-19: Supporting Auckland NCEA students - Summary

    Published: 25 Aug 2021

    This short summary accompanies the full report Responding to the Covid-19 crisis: Supporting Auckland NCEA students. It outlines the key findings from ERO’s evaluation of three Te Kura programmes aimed at supporting Auckland NCEA students following the lockdowns in 2020. This summary briefly lists who these targeted programmes reached, their impact, and lessons for responding to future lockdowns.  

    Audience:
    Academics
    Education
    Parents
    Schools
    Content type:
    Research
    Topics:
    Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
    Whānau
    COVID-19
    English-medium
    Learning
    Māori
    Māori ākonga / learners
    Māori and Pacific learners
    National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA)
    Pasifika
    Students
    Teaching
    Wellbeing

    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