Howe Street Early Learning Centre

"building meaningful partnerships with parents and whānau that include and respond to their aspirations for the learning of their children."

Parent partnership identified as key next step; current effectiveness not explicitly evaluated.

"A regular visitor to the centre skilfully role models effective use of te reo Māori and use of waiata. Words in te reo are starting to appear in learning stories, and some planning documentation includes links to a te ao Māori worldview."

Te reo integration emerging; reliant on external visitor; needs embedding across centre practice.

"Managers need to ensure that the framework of centre policies and procedures meets the licensing criteria and current legislation. Access to hand washing facilities for infants and toddlers needs to be considered and an effective procedure implemented in the interim. Cleaning schedules also need to be developed, monitored and maintained centre-wide for the building and children's resources."

Compliance gaps identified; hand washing and cleaning procedures require development and implementation.

"Centre leaders have recently established a framework for longer term internal evaluation projects. This is still in the early stages of development. Some spontaneous self review is occurring and being documented. Leaders have also developed strategic and annual plans to guide centre direction. Stronger alignment of all of these processes and documents would allow more cohesion in centre operations."

Early-stage strategic frameworks; internal evaluation and alignment processes still developing and need strengthening.