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NZPF Moot - 2007 1 Education Review Office Ko te Tamaiti te Putake o te Kaupapa The Child the Heart of the Matter
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Education Review Office. Ko te Tamaiti te Putake o te Kaupapa The Child the Heart of the Matter. Frances Salt Acting Chief Review Officer Graham Stoop Chief Review Officer (From 12 March 2007). To provide external evaluation that contributes to high quality education - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Education Review Office
Ko te Tamaiti te Putake o te Kaupapa
The Child the Heart of the Matter
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Frances SaltActing Chief Review
Officer
Graham StoopChief Review Officer(From 12 March 2007)
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The Purpose of the Education Review Office
To provide external evaluation thatcontributes to high quality education
for young New Zealanders
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Education Review Office Work
160 Review Officers (statutory officers)
10 local ERO offices
900 school reviews per year
1200 early childhood reviews per year
3 yearly cycle of reviews
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Rotorua
Napier
Wellington
Christchurch
Dunedin
Auckland
Hamilton
Wanganui
Nelson
Te Uepü-ä-Motu is a national team for reviews of kura kaupapa Mäori and köhanga reo.
Moana Pasefika, based in the Auckland Office, provides Pacific review support.
ERO’s Local Offices
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Chief Review Officer Statutory Powers (S325-328 Ed. Act)
Power to
designate Review Officers
enter schools and early childhood centres
initiate reviews and investigations
report
(No power to enforce recommendations)
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The Review Officer
The designated review officer
is a trained and qualified
professional evaluator
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How ERO Evaluates
Manual of Standard Procedures Code of Ethical Conduct Evaluation Indicators Evidence-based judgements
Refer to: www.ero.govt.nz
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ERO’s Reviews
Education Reviews Supplementary Reviews Special Reviews
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ERO’s Education Reviews
Participatory Focus on student achievementHave improvement as their
purposeAim to complement each
school’s own self-review
ERO’s Focus on Improvement
Compliance
Have we done it?
Improvement
How well have we done it?How much better can we do
it?
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ERO’s External Evaluation
Education Reviews: Three Strands
School Priorities Areas of National Interest Compliance Issues
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School Priorities Strand
Focused on student achievement
Linked to school self-review information
Usually different from previous review
Decided by ERO after scoping exercise
Areas of National Interest Strand
Evaluations undertaken in all applicable schools nationally for a set period of time
ERO decides on topics and duration of evaluation
Reported in ERO individual reports
Aggregated for ERO national reports
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Areas of National Interest 2007Schools with Years 1 to 8
Term 1 Achievement of Mäori Students
Progress since last ERO review Achievement of Pacific Students Student Underachievement Engaging with
Families/Whänau/Communities
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Areas of National Interest Proposed Term 2 2007
Mäori Student Achievement
Pacific Student Achievement
Student Underachievement
Pandemic Planning
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Areas of National Interest Proposed Terms 3 & 4 2007
Pandemic Planning
Provision for Gifted and Talented Students
Environments for Learning
Compliance Issues Strand
Board Assurance Statement (BAS)Attestation of compliance by principal and board chairperson
ERO checks BAS as part of scoping ERO asks about five specific areas to do
with student safety– Student emotional and physical safety– Student attendance– Stand downs and suspensions– Teacher registration
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ERO’s Reports
Schools and early childhood services
National evaluation reports
Cluster reports
Good practice guides
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Everybody seems to hateexternal evaluation while nobody
trusts internal evaluation
- David Nevo
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Leadership in External Evaluation
Know about evaluation Promote the value of external review Know about ERO’s approach Acknowledge evaluation anxiety Contribute your own self-review
findings
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Leadership in Internal Evaluation
Self review is a requirement for schools
The aim of self review is improvement
Start self review with analysis of student achievement results
Use ERO’s Evaluation Indicators a a basis for self review
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Self Review Traps
Over sophisticated techniques Under sophisticated thinking Poor implementation of techniques
such as interviews Too much evidence Too little questioning of
assumptions
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Who Reviews ERO?
Parliament’s Select Committee The Minister responsible for ERO Treasury The State Services Commission The Education Sector The Public
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To te konahi tona kiteTo te hinengaro tona kiteTo te wairua tona kite
The eye, the mind, the soulEach has its own perspective
