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Social Workers in Schools

Published: 29 Nov 2019

This ERO qualitative case study report undertaken on behalf of Oranga Tamariki captures the voices of children and their whanau who were recipients of the Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) service. SWiS is a government funded, community social work service provided in most English and Māori medium, decile 1-3 primary and intermediate schools.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Social Workers in Schools (SWiS); Social workers; Primary; Intermediate; Pastoral care; Case study; Resilience; Therapeutic care and education (TEC)

Whole school buddy system

Published: 04 Sep 2017

At Otumoetai Intermediate, all teachers are engaged in differentiated professional learning and development. Those with similar goals are ‘buddied’ with another staff member.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

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

What drives learning in the senior secondary school?

Published: 30 May 2018

This evaluation studies effective practice in schools’ senior curriculum. It contributes to the review being undertaken by the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). The Ministry-led review focuses on the implementation of NCEA as the national assessment system for the senior years of secondary schooling.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Secondary; Curriculum; Pedagogy; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Learning; Pathways

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

Supporting school improvement through effective principal appraisal

Published: 16 May 2014

This report presents the findings of ERO's 2013 evaluation of principal appraisal in primary and secondary schools.

Audience:: Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA); Board of Trustees

School trustees booklet: helping you ask the right questions

Published: 14 Feb 2017

ERO has written this booklet for boards of trustees. It is one of many tools available to help you in your role as a trustee. It focuses on student achievement and wellbeing, and the role the board plays in these two areas. The booklet includes questions and information that will guide you in your discussions with school leaders and as a trustee.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Board of Trustees; Achievement; Wellbeing; Evaluation; Guides for parents

Board Employment Responsibilities Linking Charter Targets to Appraisal in Primary Schools

Published: 27 Feb 2013

This is the first in a series of evaluations related to principal and teacher appraisal in New Zealand schools. These evaluations are intended to provide information to help boards and school leaders strengthen appraisal practice and links with school development to improve outcomes for their students.

Audience:: Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Board of Trustees; Appraisal; Improvement; Accountability; Quality of teaching

A guide to learning in a Covid-19 world - Supporting Board of Trustees into 2021

Published: 19 Jan 2021

This short guide is for Board of Trustees for schools. It covers what we found from talking to both Boards of Trustees and schools in 2020 about the impact of Covid-19. The guide shares suggested actions for continuing to support students, parents, whānau and staff in a Covid-19 world.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: COVID-19; Board of Trustees

Promoting wellbeing through sexuality education

Published: 12 Sep 2018

This report provides findings from ERO's evaluation of how well schools were promoting and supporting student wellbeing through sexuality education.

It includes high-level findings, examples of good practice and recommendations for schools and policy audiences. It is accompanied by a series of short publications for whānau, students, and trustees.

Brochures aimed at students, whānau and Boards of Trustees are also available.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Wellbeing; Sexuality; Health and Physical Education; Curriculum; Stewardship; Leadership; Capability; Evaluation; Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT)

Overseas Trained Teachers: Adjusting to living and working in New Zealand

Published: 19 Jun 2020

This report serves to shine some light on the experiences of teachers who have come from overseas to teach in New Zealand. It is based on data collected from a voluntary survey of teachers and principals of the school where they are employed.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Wellbeing; Teaching; New Zealand Curriculum; Pedagogy

Responding to Covid-19: Supporting Auckland NCEA students - Summary

Published: 25 Aug 2021

This short summary accompanies the full report Responding to the Covid-19 crisis: Supporting Auckland NCEA students. It outlines the key findings from ERO’s evaluation of three Te Kura programmes aimed at supporting Auckland NCEA students following the lockdowns in 2020. This summary briefly lists who these targeted programmes reached, their impact, and lessons for responding to future lockdowns.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre; Whānau; COVID-19; English-medium; Learning; Māori; Māori ākonga / learners; Māori and Pacific learners; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Pasifika; Students; Teaching; Wellbeing

Responding to the Covid-19 crisis: Supporting Auckland NCEA students

Published: 25 Aug 2021

In 2020, Auckland students were particularly affected by Covid-19 and extra support was provided to them. Following this, ERO undertook an evaluation of three Te Kura programmes aimed at supporting Auckland NCEA students. This report outlines the findings of this evaluation - including the reach and impact of the programmes, and lessons for future responses.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre; Whānau; COVID-19; English-medium; Learning; Māori; Māori ākonga / learners; Māori and Pacific learners; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Pasifika; Students; Teaching; Wellbeing

New ERO research finds targeted programmes successful in supporting NCEA students after lockdown

Published: 25 Aug 2021

A new report from the Education Review Office (ERO) has found that tailored programmes were successful in supporting Auckland NCEA students learning after lockdown last year.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: News article

Topics:: Te Ihuwaka; Whānau; COVID-19; English-medium; Learning; Māori; Māori ākonga / learners; Māori and Pacific learners; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Pasifika; Students; Teaching; Wellbeing; Whānau

Wellbeing for success: effective practice

Published: 21 Mar 2016

In 2014, the Education Review Office (ERO) undertook an evaluation of the extent to which schools were promoting and responding to student wellbeing in primary and secondary schools. This 2016 effective practice report provides further detail about practices in selected schools that promote wellbeing for all students, and describes how these schools respond when concerns, issues or events require more targeted support.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Wellbeing; Mental health; Responding to issues; Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L); Restorative practice; Educultural Wheel; Sexuality

Māori succeeding as Māori

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.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Māori student achievement; Māori; Leadership; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Partnerships between home and community

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.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Relationships; Evaluation indicators; Leadership; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Stewardship: working relationships

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.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Stewardship; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Tracking for success

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.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Success; Leadership; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Building capability

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.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Deliberate acts of leadership

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.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua