1/29 Wickman Way, Mangere East, Auckland
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Akaiti Mangarongaro
Akarangi | Quality Evaluations evaluate the extent to which early childhood services have the learning and organisational conditions to support equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners. Te Ara Poutama Indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most and Early Childhood Education (ECE) Improvement Framework (teacher led services) are the basis for making judgements about the quality of the service in achieving equity and excellence for all learners. Evaluations for improvement | Ngā Aronga Whai Hua is integrated across all of the above domains.
Akaiti Mangarongaro
ERO’s Akanuku | Assurance Review reports provide information about whether a service meets and maintains regulatory standards. Further information about Akanuku | Assurance Reviews is included at the end of this report.
ERO’s Judgement
Regulatory standards |
ERO’s judgement |
Curriculum |
Meeting |
Premises and facilities |
Meeting |
Health and safety |
Meeting |
Governance, management and administration |
Meeting |
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Background
Akaiti Mangarongaro provides a Cook Island Māori bilingual education and care service for up to 40 children. The punanga reo is governed by the Torohata Trust Board. A newly appointed centre manager/head teacher leads a group of four qualified teachers and one teacher in training. Teachers have had professional learning in developing an effective programme and relational strategies.
Summary of Review Findings
The service’s philosophy references Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, and values the Mangarongaro language and culture. It also reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua.
The service curriculum supports children’s sense of belonging, and their preferences are respected. Adults engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance and extend children’s learning. The culturally responsive design and layout of the premises support a range of group and individual learning opportunities for children.
Actions for Compliance
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
- police vetting every three years of all non-registered staff recorded under the category of core children’s worker (GMA7A)
- all outdoor items are safe and suitable for their use, remove chain from fencing, attach latch to equipment gate (PF5)
- items intended for children to sleep on are made of non-porous material (PF30)
- equipment that could fall and cause injury or harm is secured (HS6)
- the evaluations of fire and earthquake drills are used in the centre’s review of Health and Safety (HS8).
Licensing criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centre 2008.
Next ERO Review
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Steve Tanner
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
25 February 2021
Information About the Service
Early Childhood Service Name | Akaiti Mangarongaro |
Profile Number | 10186 |
Location | Mangere East, Auckland |
Service type |
Education and care service |
Number licensed for |
40 children, including up to 8 aged under 2. |
Percentage of qualified teachers |
80%+ |
Service roll |
27 |
Ethnic composition |
Māori 4 |
Review team on site |
October 2020 |
Date of this report |
25 February 2021 |
Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review July 2019 |
General Information about Assurance Reviews
All services are licensed under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. The legal requirements for early childhood services also include the Licensing Criteria for Education and Care Services 2008.
Services must meet the standards in the regulations and the requirements of the licensing criteria to gain and maintain a licence to operate.
ERO undertakes an Akanuku | Assurance Review process in any centre-based service:
- having its first ERO review – including if it is part of a governing organisation
- previously identified as ‘not well placed’ or ‘requiring further development’
- that has moved from a provisional to a full licence
- that have been re-licenced due to a change of ownership
- where an Akanuku | Assurance Review process is determined to be appropriate.
Management Assurance on Legal Requirements
All early childhood services are required to promote children’s health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements. Before the review, the staff and management of a service completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
- curriculum
- premises and facilities
- health and safety practices
- governance, management and administration.
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulated standards are being met. In particular, ERO looks at a service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
- emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
- physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
- suitable staffing (including qualification levels; police vetting; teacher certification; ratios)
- evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:
- discussions with those involved in the service
- consideration of relevant documentation, including the implementation of health and safety systems
- observations of the environment/premises, curriculum implementation and teaching practice.