Reporting to the school's community, Board of Trustees and the MOE
Reports to the Board of Trustees
- Are about student achievement across the school
- Reflect the school’s self review processes
- Include special reports – such as innovations, special projects, student books/displays, board requests
The Board will report to the school's community and the MOE on:
- The overall number and proportions of students at, above, below, and well below the National Standards.
- The number and proportions of Maori, Pasifika, male and female students at, above, below, and well below the National Standards.
- How students have progressed in relation to the National Standards.
- The school’s strengths, areas of improvement, and planned actions for lifting achievement.
- The way in which the Board uses school-wide data provided by the principal to create these reports.
Maraetai Beach School Reporting to Parents Timeline
- Setting the scene
- Defining needs-parental input, last report
- Pupils strengths/weaknesses
- Parental aspirations
- Cementing a partnership
- Pupil aspirations, strength/weaknesses and interests form to be filled in by parents. Results filed by staff.
- Share achievement data
- Outline the next learning steps (Reading, Writing, Mathematics)
- Share learning goals
- Define what the teacher will be doing/parents can do to support the achievement of goals
- Assisting to create a home/school partnership
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What have I achieved/not achieved to date?
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What are my next learning steps?
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What evidence do I have for my learning journey?
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Are my parents aware of how I stand against the National Standards?
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Teacher’s written summary of progress to date, including progress against the National standards
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To support the Student Led Conference
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Continued follow up with parents with a focus on those pupils identified as either below standard or at risk of being below standard by the end of the year.
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Summary of child’s progress for year in all areas, including achievement against the National Standards
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Future learning goals
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Summary of achievements
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Books-sent home on regular basis
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Parent/Teacher initiated meetings
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To provide another avenue for sharing learning & achievements
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To share work in progress and completed
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To share appropriate assessment rubrics
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To help maintain an on-going dialogue
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To consult over effectiveness of procedures, possible improvements
REPORTING SHOULD:
- Inform parents as to progress, achievements, next learning steps, strengths and weaknesses of their child in a format which is clear simple and direct
- Be regular
- Be transparent
- Be honest (parents want to know exactly where their children are at)
- Be able to be understood by all (parents have a great deal of difficulty making sense of our ‘levels’, and dealing with the ‘teacher talk’)
- Be relevant
- Be based on sound data/evidence and formative assessment
- Use a variety of tools and methods
- Keep parents informed of child’s development and learning against National and School Standards and expectations
- Be appropriate to 21st century education and not based on outdated models (we live in a sophisticated technological age where we have a great deal more ways in which information can be shared, without compromising the need for face-to-face interaction)
- Be personalised
