What quality education means
Quality education is accessible, fair and student-centred. It supports every student’s learning, development and well-being. It is made up of quality teaching, learning and leadership.
The three parts
- Quality teaching responds to students’ different strengths, needs, interests and learning styles. It uses proven practices such as explicit teaching, differentiation, scaffolding and balanced assessment.
- Quality learning is active. Students inquire, collaborate, think critically and apply what they learn. This includes 21st century skills and values such as tolerance, honesty and responsibility.
- Quality leadership sets a shared vision of student success, builds trust and develops teachers. It manages staff and resources, and leads with accountability and integrity.
If you are a school leader
You improve student success through a chain of influence. Quality leadership supports quality teaching, which supports quality learning, which leads to greater student success. Give teachers the professional development, supportive supervision, resources and time they need.
If you are an education officer
Your influence is indirect but powerful. You support quality school leadership, which supports teaching, then learning, then student success. You do this by managing the resources you control and advocating for those you don’t.
More detail
The guides say the quality of teaching is widely acknowledged as the most powerful school-based factor in student success.
What they have in common
Quality teaching, learning and leadership are all student-centred, interactive and engaging.
What quality leadership looks like
- Equitable, visible and accessible
- Models honesty, integrity, accountability and professionalism
- Sets and pursues a shared vision of student success with others
- Leads continuous improvement to achieve the vision
- Builds trust, positive relationships and partnerships
- Organises relevant, job-embedded professional development
- Encourages parents to get involved
- Creates safe, inclusive learning environments
- Manages finances, facilities and resources efficiently
- Creates and enforces schedules that protect teaching time
- Promotes and enforces positive behaviour and discipline
- Asks for, collects and acts on stakeholder input
- Provides supportive supervision
- Communicates and collaborates with students, teachers, parents, partners and Ministry staff
Still not sure?
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