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Learning in residential care: A guide for leaders and teachers

Published: 01 Jul 2021

This short guide is for leaders and teachers that work with students in residential care. It draws from our report Learning in Residential Care, ‘They knew I wanted to learn’, sharing what we heard when we looked at the quality of education in Oranga Tamariki residential care, what research tells us about good education provision for these students, and actions leaders and teachers can take to strengthen teaching and learning in residential care.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: At-risk students; Behavioural needs; Best practice; Boys' education; Child wellbeing; Culture; Education and care services; Education outcomes; Education transitions; Equitable outcomes; Good practice; High needs; Māori; Physical and emotional safety; Priority learners; Raising achievement; Social workers; Teaching; Te reo Māori; Transitions; Vulnerable learners; Wellbeing

Te Kura Huanui: The treasures of successful pathways

Published: 08 Jul 2021

Te Kura Huanui: The treasures of successful pathways and supporting documentaries explore the Māori-medium education pathway, through a rich collection of interviews and research conducted in partnership with early founders, whānau, leaders, graduates, kaiako, kaimahi and kaumatua.

Audience:: Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Best practice; Community; Diversity; Equitable outcomes; Immersion; Inclusion; Identity; Kōhanga Reo; Kauapapa Māori; Kura; Knowledge building; Māori-medium; Mātauranga Māori; Māori student achievement; Māori parents and whanau; Māori learners; Māori immersion; Māori Education Evaluation; Manaakitanga; Māori; Literacy and numeracy; Methodology; Te Kōhanga Reo; Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust; Te reo Māori; Te Rūnanga Nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa; Teachers | Kaiako; Teaching; Tikanga Māori; Te ao Māori; Wellbeing; Whānau; Whanaungatanga; Children's success

Ko te ako i ngā whare haumaru: He aratohu mō ngā mātua me ngā whānau

Published: 01 Jul 2021

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: At-risk students; Behavioural needs; Best practice; Boys' education; Child wellbeing; Culture; Education and care services; Education outcomes; Education transitions; Equitable outcomes; Good practice; High needs; Māori; Physical and emotional safety; Priority learners; Raising achievement; Social workers; Teaching; Te reo Māori; Transitions; Vulnerable learners; Wellbeing

From education to employment

Published: 01 Mar 2013

From Education to Employment is about how you and the school can help prepare your child for life beyond school. It will be useful for parents, families, trustees and students at secondary school.

ERO guides for parents have been written for everyone who parents a child - those who have care and responsibility for children attending a school. The booklets include questions you can ask, as well as general information that you may find useful. Click on the booklet to read and download.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Career education; Community; Youth Guarantee Programme; Guides for parents

Vocational pathways: authentic and relevant learning

Published: 30 May 2016

ERO evaluated how well 35 secondary schools were using Vocational Pathways. While most schools knew about and were using the pathways, they were not fully realising the initiative’s potential. Vocational Pathways can be a valued part of a school’s curriculum for all students when used as more than just an add-on to careers education or course selection processes.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Career education; Youth Guarantee Programme; Ongoing education; Social and emotional competence

Careers education and guidance: Good practice

Published: 07 May 2015

The report focuses on good practice and showcases 10 secondary schools with high quality careers education. It identifies factors that contribute to high quality careers education and guidance in New Zealand secondary schools.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Career education; Careers Information Advice Guidance and Education (CIAGE); National Administrative Guidelines (NAGs); Youth Guarantee Programme; Secondary-Tertiary Programmes (Trades Academies); Service Academies

Ko te ako i roto i ngā Whare Haumaru o Oranga Tamariki

Published: 01 Jul 2021

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre; At-risk students; Behavioural needs; Best practice; Boys' education; Child wellbeing; Culture; Education and care services; Education outcomes; Education transitions; Equitable outcomes; Good practice; High needs; Māori; Physical and emotional safety; Priority learners; Raising achievement; Social workers; Teaching; Te reo Māori; Transitions; Vulnerable learners; Wellbeing

The New Zealand Curriculum Principles: Foundations for Curriculum Decision-Making

Published: 19 Jul 2012

This is ERO’s second national evaluation report looking at the extent to which the principles of The New Zealand Curriculum are evident in schools’ curricula and enacted in classrooms. The curriculum principles are intended to be the basis of curriculum decision-making at schools.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Curriculum; Diversity; Community; Demographics

Te Kura Huanui : Ko ngā kura o ngā ara angitu

Published: 08 Jul 2021

I roto i Te Kura Huanui: Ko ngā kura o ngā ara angitu, ko ngā uiui me ngā whānau Māori, kaiārahi, kaiako, kaimahi, kaumātua hoki e tūhura ana i te ngākau titikaha o ngā hapori ki te whakarauora, ki te whakapakari hoki i te reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori mō ā rātou mokopuna, tamariki, uri whakatupu anō hoki.

Audience:: Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Best practice; Community; Diversity; Equitable outcomes; Immersion; Inclusion; Identity; Kōhanga Reo; Kauapapa Māori; Kura; Knowledge building; Māori-medium; Mātauranga Māori; Māori student achievement; Māori parents and whanau; Māori learners; Māori immersion; Māori Education Evaluation; Manaakitanga; Māori; Literacy and numeracy; Methodology; Te Kōhanga Reo; Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust; Te reo Māori; Te Rūnanga Nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa; Teachers | Kaiako; Teaching; Tikanga Māori; Te ao Māori; Wellbeing; Whānau; Whanaungatanga; Children's success

Professional inquiry

Published: 04 Sep 2017

Inquiry is at the heart of what drives improvement and innovation at McAuley High School.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Professional development; Evaluation; Knowledge building; Evaluation indicators; Professional capability; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Including Students with High Needs

Published: 30 Jun 2010

ERO evaluated how well schools included students with high needs. Approximately three percent of the student population have significant physical, sensory, neurological, psychiatric, behavioural or intellectual impairment. ERO’s evaluation showed that approximately half of the schools in the study demonstrated inclusive practice, while 30 percent had ‘pockets of inclusive practice’ and 20 percent had few inclusive practices.

Audience:: Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: High needs; Special education; Inclusion; Ethical standards; Stand Children's Services Tu Maia Whanau; Inclusive practices; Group Special Education (GSE); Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB)

Partners in Learning: Good Practice

Published: 01 Sep 2008

This report complements ERO’s major evaluation, Partners in Learning: Schools’ Engagement with Parents, Whānau and Communities, published in May 2008. It presents case studies of eight schools, identified during ERO reviews, that were successful in engaging with their parents, whānau and the wider community. The report also discusses key factors that contribute to the success of this engagement.

Audience:: Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Parents; Engagement; Community; School culture; Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako

Partners in Learning: Parents' Voices

Published: 01 Sep 2008

ERO is interested in what happens in the classroom and also in how parents and the community can help in the education of school students. We have therefore evaluated the way schools engage their parents, whānau and community. The result is a collection of three reports on different aspects of Partners in Learning: the findings of the evaluation; examples of good practice; and the voices of parents. This report sets out the views of parents and others in the community about their role in the education of their children.

Audience:: Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Parents; Māori parents and whanau; Pacific parents; Refugees; Special education

Learning leadership

Published: 04 Sep 2017

The team structure in this school supports the professional learning and development of leaders and teachers. Team members discuss their roles, responsibilities and the reciprocal nature of their interactions.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Learning; Equitable outcomes; Evaluation indicators; Professional capability; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Visible professional learning

Published: 04 Sep 2017

At McAuley High School, classroom teacher observations are a frequent occurrence and students report how they regard this as teachers actively modelling learning behaviour.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Professional development; Professional capability; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Strengthening curriculum: inquiry maths

Published: 04 Sep 2017

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.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Curriculum; Inquiry; Teaching; Evaluation; Professional capability; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Professional learning

Published: 04 Sep 2017

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.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Professional development; Professional capability; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

An Evaluation of Service Academies

Published: 27 Oct 2011

This report discusses the performance of 16 service academies funded by the Ministry of Education. These are located at 16 predominantly low decile secondary schools across the country.

Audience:: Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Service Academies; Youth Guarantee Programme

Working with National Standards: Good practice

Published: 18 Jun 2012

ERO has released a series of reports about the National Standards since their introduction in 2010. This latest report focuses on eight schools that are working well with the standards.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Good practice; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Curriculum; National Administrative Guidelines (NAGs)

Teacher collaboration: professional learning in modern learning environments

Published: 04 Sep 2017

Working together to determine what the collaboration and teamwork looks like on a day-to-day basis has been a critical and continued focus of professional learning and team dialogue at Stonefields School.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Teachers | Kaiako; Professional development; Professional capability; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua