Kei Tua o te Pae

Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood Exemplars is a best-practice guide that will help teachers continue to improve the quality of their teaching.

The exemplars are a series of books that will help teachers to understand and strengthen children's learning. It also shows how children, parents and whānau can contribute to this assessment and ongoing learning.

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Reflective questions – He pātai hei whakaaro iho

  • Who do we involve in our assessments of children with special learning needs? Who else could or should we involve?
  • Do our assessments reveal particular assumptions about disabilities or inclusion?
  • What aspects of competence and continuity are evident in our assessments of children with special learning needs?
  • What do the children value about their assessments?
  • What aspects of the learning shown in assessments are valued in the children’s homes?
  • What do our assessments tell us about noticing, recognising, and responding for children with special learning needs in this place?
  • How are whānau voices included in our assessments of children with special learning needs?
  • Do our assessments raise questions for specialists and early intervention teams? What do they value about them?
  • Do we relate learning pathways for children with special needs to their IP goals? How?
  • How does the learning of children with special needs exemplify our understanding of inclusion?