THE EOTC REVIEW UPDATE

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THE EOTC REVIEW UPDATE

• arthur.sutherland_at_canterbury.ac.nz

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EOTC?

• Education Outside The Classroom
• All events beyond the four walls both on and off
  site.
• Curriculum related and extra curricular
• All sport, Art Gallery visits, Marae visits,
  rocky shore studies, Geography field trips,
  overseas trips, sea kayaking, etc
• Planning for SchoolsPlus includes the removal
  of this term from secondary schools

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WHY DO TEACHERS ENGAGE ?

• Considering the workload the lack of training
  the comments made by colleagues (Enjoyed your
  four-day holiday?) and the perception that the
  OSH rules make it too hard. (Arthur
  Sutherland)
• Labour Department in 2008

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A COMMON RESPONSE

• Learning about yourself
• Learning about the environment
• Experiencing competition team participation
• Physical activity
• Learning about safety
• Experiencing another culture
• Learning from the resource that exists beyond the
  classroom
• Engaging in competition
• See pages 7 -9 in Safety and EOTC-A good
  practice guide for NZ schools

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• Safety and EOTC-A good practice guide for NZ
  schools
• Published 2002
• Every school in NZ has two copies
• Purpose to guide schools
• www.tki.org.nz/e/community/eotc/resources

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THE MINISTRY ANNOUNCEMENT

• Boards may have heard that following the tragic
  loss of life at Mangatepopo Stream on 15 April,
  Education Minister Chris Carter requested a
  review of the Ministrys Education Outside the
  Classroom (EOTC) guidelines.

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• This review is not concerned with the specific
  events of 15 April, but to confirm that the
  guidelines are of the highest possible standard.

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• The Ministry wishes to reassure boards that while
  the review is under way, they can continue to
  rely on the existing guidelines.

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• The guidelines were developed with the input of
  education and outdoor activities experts,
  including theNew Zealand School Trustees
  Association, and have strong support from these
  groups.

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• Safety and EOTC A good practice guide for New
  Zealand schools was published in 2002, and in
  fact a review was already planned to ensure that
  five years later they were still meeting the
  needs of schools. At the Ministers request, the
  Ministry has now brought this review forward.

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• This is also an appropriate time for schools to
  review their EOTC policies and practices to
  reassure themselves that these are consistent
  with the EOTC guidelines.

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• The Ministry invites boards of trustees and/or
  principals to make submissions on the EOTC
  guidelines to help inform the review.

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• A submission form is available on
  http//www.tki.org.nz/e/community/eotc.
• Please send submissions to eotc_at_minedu.govt.nz by
  30 July 2008.

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THE STEPS

• Steering group meeting to scope the review
• EOTC Ref Group to affirm the project plan
• Cathye Haddock to prepare a framework of the
  front section of the guidelines
• The Minister is committed so requires what seems
  like weekly updates

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STEPS continued

• Series of EOTC Ref Group meetings to discuss each
  section based on various levels of consultation.
  (Fiona McDonald and Arthur Sutherland have a
  group of six as their reference group)
• Focus groups consider the draft document
• Following completion there will be distribution
• Development of PD and roll out of same to schools
  

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STEPS continued

• ERO to evaluate the effectiveness of the PD so
  will be gathering baseline data this year. How
  is yet to be finalised.

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EXPECTATIONS

• Very little change to the safety sections
• Change to the title
• Update with regard to legal changes
• Use of on-line for the tool-kit section
• The new document will be loaded with pedagogy as
  this is an opportunity to incorporate material
  similar to what was in Anywhere Everywhere.

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ACTIONS TO DATE

• Steering group met to scope the review
• Cathye Haddock prepared a framework of the front
  section
• EOTC Ref Group affirmed the project plan
• Conversation with ERO
• Progress reports to the Minister

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• The Reference Group has used the MoE Guiding
  Senior Subjects template which includes vision,
  rationale, competencies, etc

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THE CONVERSATION WITH ERO

• In looking at a schools EOTC the ERO will be
  looking for assurance that there are documented
  procedures in place, and that they (the
  procedures) are being implemented.
• This means a paper trail will be followed from
  the planning to the evaluation of an event, and
  that staff will be interviewed around the
  implementation

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A visit to an off-site educational facility such
as a museum or the theatre or marae
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An overseas trip
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A Physical Education or Outdoor Recreation
Kayaking or Rock Climbing
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Arthur Sutherland

• Adviser to schools
• Immediate past-chair Education Outdoors New
  Zealand www.eonz.org.nz
• Member of the Ministry of Educations EOTC
  Reference Group
• Outdoors NZ (ONZ) Board member
• Editor of Out and About (EONZ publication)
• Recipient ONZ Outdoor Excellence SPARC Supreme
  Award