Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua videos

This is the collection of Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua videos.

The collection is organised by outcome domains from ERO's school evaluation indicators.

Use the filter below to view the videos for each school evaluation indicator domain.

“The equal of everybody” – McAuley High School
Driven by the conviction that everybody can achieve, leaders and teachers seek to overcome barriers to equity and excellence experienced by individual students.
https://www.ero.govt.nz/videos/the-equal-of-everybody-mcauley-high-school/
An evaluation mindset – McAuley High School
Senior leaders talk about the approach and processes associated with doing and using evaluation for improvement.
https://www.ero.govt.nz/videos/an-evaluation-mindset-mcauley-high-school/
An inclusive learning community – McAuley High School
Respectful caring relationships are at the heart of a 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.
https://www.ero.govt.nz/videos/an-inclusive-learning-community-mcauley-high-school/
Building capability – Otumoetai Intermediate School
The focus on driving and sustaining improvement in outcomes in this school involves solution seeking processes typified by innovation and whole school participation. The principal describes the approach that supports this ongoing activity as more entrepreneurial than hierarchical.
https://www.ero.govt.nz/videos/building-capability-otumoetai-intermediate-school/
Building resilience and self-efficacy – McAuley High School
Students acknowledge the role leaders and teachers play in instilling in them the self-belief to become confident, connected, actively involved, life long learners
https://www.ero.govt.nz/videos/building-resilience-and-self-efficacy-mcauley-high-school/
Caring collaborative inclusive learning communities - Invercargill Middle School
Students and teachers contribute to, and work in, a supportive learning environment characterized by manaakitanga and whanaungatanga.
https://www.ero.govt.nz/videos/caring-collaborative-inclusive-learning-communities-invercargill-middle-school/
Connecting with families - Invercargill Middle School
A deliberate approach engages family and whānau in learning centred relationships. This approach expands and strengthens the community of learners so that more active support and opportunities are provided for all the children.
https://www.ero.govt.nz/videos/connecting-with-families-invercargill-middle-school/
Culture language and identity - Manurewa Central School
In response to student voice, this school sought external expertise to provide opportunities for the children to learn more about their identity, language and culture. For those involved, the opportunity to develop new knowledge and understandings is just the beginning of the journey.
https://www.ero.govt.nz/videos/culture-language-and-identity-manurewa-central-school/
Data and relationships - Invercargill Middle School
Data and information about teaching and learning is made highly visible and the interpretation and response are a collaborative process. Leaders and teachers reflect on the role of data in professional relationships and how an open approach builds capability and confidence to respond to the challenges that need to be addressed.
https://www.ero.govt.nz/videos/data-and-relationships-invercargill-middle-school/
Day of the long hard look – Kerikeri High School
Members of a school strategic change leadership team discuss how a significant drop in the NCEA achievement outcomes of their Māori students, which had been consistently tracking upwards since 2009, created a context that required a critically reflective analysis of both cohort and individual data, alongside a review of the current tracking and monitoring processes and tools.
https://www.ero.govt.nz/videos/day-of-the-long-hard-look-kerikeri-high-school/