Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
Background
This Profile Report was written within 18 months of the Education Review Office and Huapai District School working in Te Ara Huarau, an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website www.ero.govt.nz
Context
Huapai District School is in Kumeu, West Auckland and provides education for students from year 0 to year 8. The school is a member of Whiria Te Tangata Community of Learning | Kāhui Ako, with alignment between school goals and Kāhui Ako goals. The school has a Montessori unit onsite.
Huapai District School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
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building precision in pedagogy (precision in pedagogy is defined as the close attention to the methods and strategies employed in quality teaching)
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growing a collaborative culture for teaching and learning
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allowing student’s personal strengths to drive passion, innovation, and contribution.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Huapai District School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school’s localised curriculum reflects deep learning and to measure and report on Global Competencies reflected in the school’s Deep Learning approach.
The 6 Cs of ‘Global Competencies’ are Character, Citizenship, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity and Critical Thinking. The 4 elements of ‘Deep Learning’ are Pedagogical Practice, Learning Partnerships, Learning Environment and Leveraging Digital. This focus is framed around an authentic, connected, and creative localised curriculum.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
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keep the focus on equity and excellence for all learners
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increase learner agency to enable greater engagement, ownership, and participation in the design of their learning journey
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shift teachers’ pedagogy to reflect a more authentic, creative, and connected curriculum.
The school expects to see:
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progress and achievement outcomes that are consistently equitable and excellent for all learners within literacy and numeracy and the Global Competencies
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learners experience a responsive, rich, broad localised curriculum
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all learners have access to opportunities for meaningful and authentic educational experiences
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teachers and learners demonstrate agency and efficacy in their learning
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improvement in internal evaluation of the five learning conditions that positively impact Deep Learning, including the school vision and goals, leadership, collaborative culture, deepening learning.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how well their localized curriculum reflects deep learning and to measure and report on the Global Competencies reflected in the school’s Deep Learning approach.
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The senior leadership team effectively and collaboratively develops, promotes, and enacts the school vision and values.
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Schoolwide leadership, teaching and learning, and a positive school culture is well established.
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The school is focused on continuous improvement.
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Established community relationships that enrich opportunities for students to become confident, connected, actively involved learners.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
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extending the school’s pedagogy of Global Competencies through the school’s localised curriculum
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refining measures of a child’s progression through Global Competencies
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further development of lead learners within Deep Learning to ensure sustainability and growth in practice schoolwide
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.
Filivaifale Jason Swann
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
22 August 2022
About the School
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home