- Published: 24 Apr 2018
Evaluation at a glance: A decade of assessment in New Zealand Primary Schools - Practice and trends
High quality assessment and evaluation allows us to focus on student progress and outcomes at classroom, school and system levels. It helps teachers, schools and systems to report on student achievement across points in time, and provide information for parents, trustees and the public about the quality of education.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Building resilience and self efficacy
Students acknowledge the role leaders and teachers play in instilling in them the self-belief to become confident, connected, actively involved, life long learners
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Leadership for equity and excellence
The senior leadership team are responsible for specific portfolios and work interdependently to realise the shared vision of equity and excellence for all.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Leadership
Leadership engages in collaborative consideration of the evidence to inform a considered response to issues identified. Solutions are sought only after a thorough analysis of the problem and consideration of the evidence about what is likely to make the most difference. The implementation of new initiatives is closely evaluated.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Leadership: building effective teams
A principal describes the need to establish the ‘fertile ground for innovation’ by being explicit about the need to be ‘comfortable being uncomfortable’ in order that together they can question, inquire and critique to make things better the learners.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Learners contribute to curriculum design
Engaging in multiple strategies to elicit and respond to student voice ensures that students have direct input into curriculum design.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Learning-centred relationships: reading together
This school has implemented the Reading Together programme for many years. Leadership sees the value of the programme in building strong learning relationships with family and whanau and supporting emerging literacy.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Modern learning environments
The Modern Learning Environment requires practices and behaviours of both teachers and learners to that optimise the potential of the flexible learning spaces and digital tools.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Strengthening curriculum: inquiry maths
An analysis of achievement data and a desire to introduce more culturally responsive pedagogies into the classroom were triggers for introducing an inquiry -based approach to the teaching of mathematics at Manurewa Central School.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Shared ownership
Senior leaders at Invercargill Middle School have put processes in place to ensure that all teachers participate in and contribute to the co-construction of decisions about how best to move forward. The principal describes the approach as ‘change coming from the classroom, not the principals office’.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Partnerships between home and community
This school seeks every opportunity to connect with the groups within its multicultural community to support those groups to connect to one another as well as engage with the school and their children’s learning.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Professional learning
Professional learning reflects the approach that has been established for students. Learning is differentiated with multiple opportunities for engagement and structure in manageable steps.
This video was filmed at McAuley High School.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Professional inquiry
Inquiry is at the heart of what drives improvement and innovation at McAuley High School.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Māori succeeding as Māori
A school principal talks about how he works with his school community to develop an environment where Māori learners are supported and can succeed as Māori.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
An inclusive learning community
For McAuley High School, respectful caring relationships are at the heart of their 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.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Caring, collaborative, inclusive learning communities
At Invercargill Middle School, students and teachers contribute to, and work in, a supportive learning environment characterised by manaakitanga and whanaungatanga.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Identity
Māori educators and a Māori student draw from their own experiences to discuss the concept of identity and the central role schools play in the identity development of Māori students.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Stewardship: strategic resourcing
At Manurewa Central School, careful financial management over many years has enabled the provision of high quality facilities and resources that enhance the school environment and learning opportunities available to students and their families and whanau and the community.
- Published: 04 Sep 2017
Stewardship: working relationships
At Invercargill Middle School, the way in which school trustees and leaders work together fosters an appreciative and respectful environment that acknowledges the contributions of everyone in the learning community.
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