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Student Safety in Schools Recruiting and Managing Staff

Published: 23 Jan 2014

This report presents the findings of ERO's 2013 evaluation of how schools ensure student safety when recruiting and managing staff. ERO focused on four key areas in this evaluation. To make this report easier for school staff and trustess to consider, the findings, recommendations and self-review tools have been grouped under each of the four headings below:

Audience:: Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Safety; Vulnerable Children's Bill; Board of Trustees; New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA); School policies and procedures

Including Students with Special Needs: School Questionnaire Responses

Published: 01 Apr 2012

This report, Including Students with Special Needs: school questionnaire responses presents the findings from a questionnaire completed by schools reviewed in the first two terms of 2011. It is based on schools’ own views of how well they include children with special needs.

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

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Special education; High needs; Inclusive practices; Questionnaire; Teacher aides; Special education needs coordinators (SENCO)

Te Tāmata Huaroa: Te Reo Māori in English-medium Schooling

Published: 18 Jun 2020

This report gives a snapshot of the current provision of te reo Māori teaching and learning in a representative sample of English-medium primary and secondary schools. The education sector is seen as an important lever in the Government’s Maihi Karauna strategy for language revitalisation.

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

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Te reo Māori; English-medium; Language; Māori; Bilingual; Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori; Te Pou Mataaho | Evaluation and Research Māori

Inclusive practices for students with special education needs in schools

Published: 05 Mar 2015

This report examines how well students with special education needs are included in New Zealand schools. The report provides an update on progress towards meeting the Government target that, by the end of 2014, 80 percent of New Zealand schools will be doing a good job and none should be doing a poor job of including and supporting students with disabilities.

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

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Inclusive practices; Peer support; Special education needs coordinators (SENCO)

Including Students with High Needs: School Questionnaire Responses (2)

Published: 09 Sep 2012

All children deserve the right to an education including those with special education needs. Through its Success for All policy, the Government expects all schools to demonstrate inclusive practice for children with special education needs by the end of 2014. This report presents the findings of a questionnaire where schools assess their own provisions for students with special education needs. It follows on from a similar report produced in early 2012.

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

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Special education; High needs; Inclusive practices; Questionnaire; Teacher aides; Special education needs coordinators (SENCO)

Mahi Ngātahi, Tupu Ngātahi, Evaluation Report for Kura Kaupapa Māori

Published: 17 Nov 2021

Central to this report is the common reflection of participating kura kaupapa Māori, that their journeys, both as individuals and as kura whānau, are stories of collective aspirations held within the narrative of establishment, building and subsequent maintenance of their respective kura and kaupapa.

Audience:: Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Te Kōhanga Reo

E kore au e ngaro, Evaluation Report for Ngā Kura ā-Iwi

Published: 19 Nov 2021

This report is the reflection of Kura ā-Iwi on their developmental journeys, both as individuals, whānau and as kura. Their collective aspirations are captured within the summary of conditions outlined as Ako: Teaching & Learning, Whānau & Connectedness, Tikanga Māori (Māori process and protocol), and Tuakiri: Identity.

Audience:: Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Te Kōhanga Reo

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

How is my child doing?

Published: 30 Apr 2013

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.

How is my child doing? suggests questions parents can ask teachers in primary and secondary schools about their child's learning and wellbeing at school, and what to expect. It also looks at what makes a successful school.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Early learning; School policies and procedures; Families; School culture; Guides for parents

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

Āhuru Mōwai, Evaluation report for Te Kōhanga Reo

Published: 29 Nov 2021

This report is the reflection of Kōhanga Reo on their particular educational approach. Their collective aspirations are captured within the summary of conditions outlined as Whanaungatanga, Strategy, Tikanga Māori, Te Reo Resurgence, Kaumātua, Ako: Teaching and Learning, and Leadership.

Audience:: Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Te Kōhanga Reo

Identity

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.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Identity; Māori; Equitable outcomes; Evaluation indicators; Culture; Language; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Responding to Language Diversity in Auckland

Published: 29 Apr 2018

Auckland is New Zealand’s most culturally diverse city, with over 100 ethnicities and more than 150 languages spoken on a daily basis. How are schools and early learning services in Auckland responding to this increasing cultural and language diversity? This question was the basis for a new evaluation published by ERO Responding to Language Diversity in Auckland.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Language; Diversity; Cultural diversity; Ethnicity; Immigrants

Mahi Ngātahi, Tupu Ngātahi, He Pūrongo Aromātai mō ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori

Published: 18 Nov 2021

Kei te pūtake o tēnei pūrongo, koia ko te whakaaro huritao tahi o ngā kura kaupapa Māori i whai wāhi mai, arā, ko te huarahi i whāia ā-whānau kura, ā-tangata takitahi hoki, he kōrero mō ngā wawata o te katoa i whakatinanahia ai ki te whakatūnga, te whakapakaritanga, me te tiaki tonu hoki o ō rātou ake kura, me ā rātou ake kaupapa.

Audience:: Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Te Kōhanga Reo