Sharing the Mahi Newsletter - April 2023
Published: 05 Apr 2023
- Audience:
- Education
- Content type:
- Basic page
Published: 05 Apr 2023
Published: 02 Aug 2012
This evaluation looks at the Ako Panuku programme, which is funded by the Ministry of Education for Māori secondary/kura teachers. ERO conducted an online survey of all teachers involved in the programme and also visited a number of schools and kura. Our findings show that a high proportion of teachers found the programme to be highly effective or effective for them. Ako Panuku has had positive outcomes for participants and their students.
Published: 13 Dec 2021
This summary is based on several research publications and articles sourced from the world-wide web. Most research findings are informed by quantitative and qualitative data. UNESCO and UNICEF publications have been major sources of information but are not the only source.
Published: 13 Jun 2024
In a review of specialist day schools the Education Review Office (ERO) has found that the quality of education for students at specialist day schools is generally strong and that many of these schools are also playing a critical role as experts in supporting disabled learners in non-specialist school settings.
Published: 08 Jul 2021
A common condition present in Māori-medium education is leaders as visionaries. Leadership is effective, strategic, aspirational, inspirational and innovative, and they encourage these characteristics among staff.
Published: 23 Jan 2020
ERO conducted case studies of six schools’ implementation of the digital technologies curriculum content in Term 1, 2019. Schools that had successfully integrated the curriculum had leaders who promoted a growth mindset for teachers and looked to integrate digital technologies into existing curriculum. Timely professional development for teachers and positive community connections also enhanced schools’ ability to integrate the digital technologies curriculum.
Published: 28 May 2021
Wylie reports that there is very little research on the relationship between school governance and student learning. She suggests two reasons for this: (i) governance boards are not an essential feature of effective schools and (ii) it can be hard to separate the contribution of boards from that of school leaders, particularly where a board is school- based.
Published: 06 Dec 2021
This short summary of our longer report Learning in a Covid-19 World: The Impact of Covid-19 on Teachers and Principals looks at the impact of Covid-19 on teachers and principals – including how Covid-19 has impacted enjoyment in work and workload. It also sets out examples of how schools can prepare for 2022 and what supports will be needed for teachers and principals.
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: 18 Jun 2017
Members of a school strategic change leadership team discuss how a significant drop in the NCEA achievement outcomes of their Māori students, which had been consistently tracking upwards since 2009, created a context that required a critically reflective analysis of both cohort and individual data, alongside a review of the current tracking and monitoring processes and tools.
Published: 10 May 2021
The Education Review Office (ERO) has today launched a report showing how seven Christchurch schools improved outcomes for learners through innovation and working together.
The group of schools, forming a community of practice called Kahukura, identified a need in their community to better support their students’ wellbeing and learning.
Published: 04 Mar 2021
Exciting opportunities to work for the benefit of New Zealand’s young children and students.
Published: 13 May 2024
Teachers are the most important influences on student outcomes in schools. New research from the Education Review Office (ERO) has found that new teachers are not set up to succeed, despite the hard work of schools and new teachers themselves.
Published: 18 May 2021
Evidence demonstrates that collaboration between schools, focused on improving teaching and learning outcomes, has a positive impact on raising student, school and system performance. Schools who share knowledge and work together are more effective in improving the quality of teaching, learning, and supporting school development. They can also help bolster the education system as a whole.
Published: 08 Jul 2021
The role of teaching and learning itself is identified as a key condition across Māori-medium education, reinforcing the importance of kaiako, kaimahi and whānau in supporting learner success.
Published: 31 Mar 2021
ERO has updated its reporting format for registered private schools. This follows the introduction by the Government of the new criteria relating to the physical and emotional safety of students.
Published: 31 Mar 2021
ERO is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi - The Treaty of Waitangi. We work to ensure that as an organisation and a system we honour our obligations to Te Tiriti - The Treaty.
Published: 08 Apr 2021
The Evaluation Indicators for Education Reviews in Kōhanga Reo is a specialist resource to inform the judgements that review officers make about the quality of children’s experiences while they are taking part in a kōhanga reo programme.
Published: 13 Jul 2023
More than a third of our principals have less than five years’ experience in the role, and it’s important that they are set up for success. ERO looked at pathways and supports for new principals.
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.