Search

You have 133 results for your search terms

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

Collaboration in Action: Lessons from a Community of Practice

Published: 10 May 2021

This short report accompanies our report Exploring Collaboration in Action: Kahukura Community of Practice.  It looks at the lessons that can be learnt from the Kahukura community of practice, drawing out key lessons on collaboration and providing seven key implications for schools who are interested in collaborating to consider.

Audience:
Academics
Early learning
Education
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Collaboration
Decision making
English-medium
Evaluation
Guidance
Improvement
Intermediate
Internal evaluation
Knowledge building
Primary
Relationships
School leaders
Schools
Secondary
Students
Teachers | Kaiako
Teaching

Review of Ngā Pou Here: Te Pou Mātauranga me te Pou Tikanga Whakaako

Published: 17 May 2021

ERO has commissioned several discussion papers from an academic advisory group to assist with the review of its review framework, Ngā Pou Here. This paper provides commentary on two of the framework’s four po, te pou Mātauranga and te pou Tikanga Whakaako, with particular emphasis on assessment for learning.

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

Effective Internal Evaluation for Improvement

Published: 12 Feb 2016

This booklet is useful for any organisation interested in internal evaluation for improvement. This overview of the processes and reasoning involved in effective internal evaluation for improvement draws on a previously published resource Effective School Evaluation – How to do and use internal evaluation for improvement (2015).

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Evaluation
Internal evaluation

Social Workers in Schools make a difference in and out of the classroom

Published: 17 Apr 2020

This ERO case study is part of a wider research by Oranga Tamariki to assess the benefits of SWiS, a government-funded service provided in most decile 1-3 primary and intermediate schools.

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

One Year on – Insights from Overseas Trained Teachers

Published: 18 May 2021

In June 2020, ERO published the report Overseas Trained Teachers: Adjusting to living and working in New Zealand. The report focused on the experiences of Overseas Trained Teachers (OTTs), who had recently arrived, in adjusting to working and living in New Zealand.

Given the Covid-19 global pandemic has placed strict restrictions on New Zealand’s borders, ERO returned to the same OTTs to check on how they were coping with the pandemic.

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

Gender pay action plan

Published: 06 Apr 2021

The purpose of this plan is to signify the undertakings between the Public Service Association (PSA) and ERO as to our work plan to make ongoing reductions in the gender pay gap (GPG) within ERO.

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

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

A guide for kaiako and leaders on supporting science in early childhood

Published: 12 Apr 2021

To support teaching science in the early years, ERO talked to 147 early childhood services across New Zealand to find out what is happening for learners, and to identify good practice. This short guide draws on this work to help early childhood education leaders and kaiako understand what makes a difference for science in early childhood education and identify how they could strengthen science teaching and learning in their service.

 

Audience:
Academics
Early learning
Education
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Science
Guidance

A guide to learning in a Covid-19 world: Supporting early childhood learners into 2021

Published: 19 Jan 2021

This short guide is for early childhood education leaders and kaiako. It covers what we found from talking to services in 2020 about the impact of Covid-19, and shares strategies used by services to respond to the challenges they faced. It also sets out some actions that could be considered for continuing to support children, parents, whānau and staff in 2021.

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
COVID-19
Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Early learning
Parents
Whānau
Teachers | Kaiako

A Guide for ECE Services on Children Starting School in Groups

Published: 30 May 2022

In Aotearoa, children have usually started school on their fifth birthday. These days, that’s not always the case. Since 2018, schools have had the option of cohort entry, where small groups of children start school together, at particular points during the year. This can change how children transition through an early learning service.

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Content type:
Research

A guide for parents and whānau on supporting science in early childhood

Published: 12 Apr 2021

Learning science in the preschool years helps children become better problem solvers and critical thinkers. This short guide aims to help parents and whānau of children in early childhood education to understand why science matters for this age group, know what to expect for science teaching and learning for their child, and think about how they can support their child’s science learning journey.

Audience:
Academics
Early learning
Education
Parents
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Science
Guidance
Guides for parents

Science in New Zealand schools and early childhood services - series summary

Published: 12 Apr 2021

Science is important – we rely on science and scientific thinking in almost every endeavour in our modern society. High quality science education at school is essential for learners who want a career in science, but it is also important for all learners to help them understand the scientific issues that whānau, communities, and nations face. Issues such as climate change, healthy living, and innovation all depend on science.

Audience:
Early learning
Education
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Science
Early learning
Early childhood services
Integrated schools
State schools

Code of Conduct

Published: 06 Apr 2021

This code of conduct is for all Education Review Office staff and reinforces the spirit of service that we demonstrate in the way we carry out our work. It outlines expectations of us as public servants to act with professionalism and integrity and to carry out our official duties honestly, faithfully and efficiently, respecting the rights of the public and our colleagues.

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

Learning in a COVID-19 world  

Published: 18 May 2021

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on all aspects of life around the world. In Aotearoa New Zealand, significant disruption to ECE and schooling has occurred through lockdowns, closure of individual centres and schools, changing alert levels, and from the ongoing uncertainty.  

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

Success for Māori Children in Early Childhood Services: Good Practice

Published: 01 May 2010

This report complements the national evaluation report, Success for Māori Children in Early Childhood Services, March 2010. It presents examples of good practice from nine early childhood services, identified during their ERO reviews, which had practices that were working for Māori children and their parents and whānau.

Audience:
Early learning
Māori-medium
Parents
Schools
Content type:
Research
Topics:
Early childhood services
Evaluation