The work will provide a good practice guide for teaching numeracy skills in the first years of primary school, supporting the newly introduced hour a day with practical examples of teaching in action.
Responding to increased concerns about classroom behaviour after Covid-19, this work will look at how schools manage behaviours. It will highlight what the evidence shows are more effective practices and what these practices look like in schools in New Zealand.
Looking in ECE and the first year of school, this work will look at how we can improve early language and skills that are fundamental to later literacy skills. This work responds to concerns about the impact of Covid-19 disruptions on oral language development.
In 2020, Government funded a new programme to help primary school students access counselling. Over three years we are looking at how this programme gets support to the students who are most in need and the impact it has on their outcomes.
Newly qualified teachers are a key part of the education workforce. How well prepared they are and the support they receive to enable them to succeed is important for all schools and students. This report will look at what helps newly qualified teachers thrive.
This work will gather insights from the implementation of Aotearoa New Zealand Histories and the broader Te Ao Tangata | Social Sciences curriculum and the impact on students and teachers learning areas to inform future curriculum changes.