The Education Review Office has now published its report on Whānau Manaaki’s services, finding that our services are above the threshold for quality and that good practice is embedded in our services.
The ERO team evaluation took place between July and September last year and included visits to 19 services as well as extensive discussion with senior leaders and examination of documentation and systems.
Comments in the ERO report about the visits to services include:
“Pacific services ... highly respect, value and respond to family and community and their aspirations. Children …experience a localised curriculum that promotes Pacific language revitalisation well and meaningfully integrates Pacific ways of knowing, being and doing.”
“Children hear te reo Māori and waiata and increasingly have opportunities to hear histories of significance to hapū and iwi.”
“Educators in homebased services are well supported to build their capabilities and consider their localised curriculum.”
“Intentional and responsive learning environments foster children’s engagement, agency, curiosity and exploration.”
“Relationships with whānau and children are prioritised as foundational to support all children’s learning.”
“Strategies that enhance children’s developing social and emotional competencies promote inclusion and engagement of children with diverse learning needs.”
“Senior teachers know and respond to each service’s strengths and areas for improvement well. The leadership team effectively monitors a range of improvement actions focused on teaching and professional practice in line with the association’s vision. Good sharing of information across the senior teacher team enables ongoing individualised support for services.”
“The associations’ learning support programme is well utilised and provides valuable additional support to children with diverse learning needs. It creates leadership opportunities for some teachers and is focused on effectively working with external agencies and building teacher capability to meet the needs of children and families.”
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