Ensuring access to the curriculum
Published: 15 Jun 2017
Curriculum approaches in years 9 and 10 are designed to set students up for success.
- Audience:
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Video
- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua
Published: 15 Jun 2017
Curriculum approaches in years 9 and 10 are designed to set students up for success.
Published: 01 Jul 2021
This short guide is for parents and whānau of 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 whānau can take to support students’ learning in residential care.
Published: 01 Jul 2021
Published: 04 Sep 2017
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
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
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.
Published: 04 Sep 2017
The deputy principal at Kerikeri High School describes the process the school leaders went through to develop electronic systems and processes to track student academic success. The principal describes how the tracking tool alerted school leaders when students were at risk of not achieving and led them to consider ways to ensure students had further opportunities to succeed.
Published: 04 Sep 2017
The focus on driving and sustaining improvement in outcomes in this school involves solution seeking processes typified by innovation and whole school participation. The principal describes the approach that supports this ongoing activity as more entrepreneurial than hierarchical.
Published: 13 Jun 2017
A school principal talks about how he works with his teachers and Māori community to develop a bicultural school context within which both Treaty partners are acknowledged and valued. A teacher and members of the Māori community describe how this principal’s leadership has facilitated a reciprocal relationship between the school and their local Māori community.
Published: 04 Sep 2017
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: 01 Jul 2021
Published: 12 Jun 2017
At this secondary school leaders and teachers have responded to students’ need for more time to achieve their goals. While not mandatory for either staff or students, lunchtime and after school learning sessions have become the norm.
Published: 04 Sep 2017
Inquiry is at the heart of what drives improvement and innovation at McAuley High School.
Published: 04 Sep 2017
At McAuley High School, leaders and teachers actively model learning behaviour for the students including eliciting student feedback on a regular basis
Published: 04 Sep 2017
Driven by the conviction that everybody can achieve, leaders and teachers seek to overcome barriers to equity and excellence experienced by individual students at McAuley High School.
Published: 04 Sep 2017
At Otumoetai Intermediate School, Student Learning Leaders learn how to undertake structured classroom observations focused on teaching and learning. The students and staff discuss the process and its impact.
Published: 12 Jun 2017
In response to student voice, this school sought external expertise to provide opportunities for the children to learn more about their identity, language and culture. For those involved, the opportunity to develop new knowledge and understandings is just the beginning of the journey.
Published: 04 Sep 2017
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
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
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.