Join ERO’s Sandra Collins and Lisa Oldridge as they:
- introduces the refreshed criteria for the 4 Judgments
- discusses the rationale behind the changes
- discusses the implications for centres and their practices
- explores the 5 Domains
- looks at the connections between the 5 Domains and the Excelling Indicators
Sandra Collins
Sandra has extensive experience in education and evaluation. She worked for 12 years as a senior education evaluator in the then Evaluation Services team in ERO’s National Office. Prior to this she lead a project in the Ministry of Education to develop Ngā Arohaehae Whai Hua- Self Review Guidelines for Early Childhood Services and prior to that was a Review officer in ERO. Much of her work was focused on system-level evaluations and on methodology and indicator development. At the end of 2018 Sandra was appointed to a new role in ERO as Methodology Manager-now Methodology Lead (as from mid-2024) in the Methodology and Professional Practice team in ERO. In this role Sandra has led the development of Ngā Ara Whai Hua and Te Ara Poutama and associated approaches to review and evaluation in early childhood services
Dr Lisa Oldridge
Lisa has been involved in early childhood education for over 25 years. Her experience in early childhood includes being a teacher, head teacher, distance educator and lecturer. She has been employed at ERO since 2010 as a review officer and then as a manager. Lisa is currently in the acting role of Director Early Childhood Education. Her substantive role is manager for governing organisation evaluations.
