29 August 2016

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Principals supporting Principals… Principals supporting Principles!

Kia Ora

Please find this week’s Monday Mailing below.

You can access all Monday Mailings by clicking here or going to http://www.wpa.ac.nz/1/newsletter_sets/1-monday-mailing/years/2016 in your web browser.

Kind regards
Pat

An Opportunity!!!

I have resigned from my current position at Deanwell School as from the end of term 2 2017. Therefore the WPA is looking for someone to take over the writing of the Monday Mailings.

I have very good systems in place that make it quite an easy (and very interesting) task.

It would be great if I could work beside someone(s) over the next few months to ease them into the job.

If you are interested, please forward your application to our President, John Coulam, at principal@marian.school.nz.

If there is more than one applicant, an arduous selection process will be held (possibly involving a two-sided coin).

WPA Dates

Catch Up Day – Term 3

Dr Graham Stoop is our guest speaker for our next Catch Up Day to be held on Wednesday 7th September. He will be presenting 2 different sessions, one will be titled “Dr Graham Stoop, off the chain” - his take on the education system in New Zealand, for once he will be able to talk freely in regards to the direction of education and what we as leaders will need to be thinking/aware of; and his second session is around the changes at the Education Council, the active role they are playing in our profession.

Our afternoon session is not to be missed. We have the “Child Safety” wrap around services - New Zealand Police, Ministry of Justice, Department of Corrections and Child, Youth and Family giving us an update of their combined services. They will also be covering the impact of Vulnerable Children's Act along with what happens in the background when we report things.

You can register here or click on the link below.

CORE Breakfast – September 8

The next CORE Breakfast is on 8 September with Manu Faaea-Semeatu presenting a seminar and workshop session on Engaging Pasifika parents, families and communities

The focus of this breakfast seminar will explore ways to enable schools to create environments that empower Pasifika parents, families and communities to be who and what they are with reference to the Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017.

The workshop that follows will explore some of the avenues available to support schools improve the achievement and engagement of Pasifika students and look further at how e-learning is being used as a vehicle to raise engagement and achievement. The workshop will also discuss the Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017 as a basis for enhancing the cultural competencies and responsive practices of school staff and discuss Ministry strategies and initiatives that support schools to meet the needs of Pasifika learners

Dr Vince Ham eFellowship

CORE Education announces that applications for the Dr Vince Ham eFellowship are now open. The eFellowship involves up to six teachers in the early childhood, primary, and/or secondary sectors conducting an action research project with mentoring and financial support. The eFellowship is available to teachers working in New Zealand in either English or Māori Medium settings. Here is the link to the online application form and more information about this scholarship

Jo Wilson
Senior Consultant
CORE Education Ltd M: 021 2780768 T: jmw58

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Rant – Communities of Online Learning – COOL

The online learning may or may not be a good idea. I don’t know.

Another Government ‘initiative’!! When will our Minister of Education learn that the quickest way to build resistance to change is to announce something without consulting the stakeholders… in this case, whānau and teachers!

I guess the Minister simply doesn’t care. She is comfortable bulldozing ideas through… just as with National Standards (proven to be an unreliable mess), Charter schools (a pending disaster in terms of outcomes for children), and Communities of Schools/Learning.

Watch this space! I will be very interested to see what form the induction process for new Principals finally takes.

Hmmm… Politics

Hauora… Health & Happiness

Leadership…

A Thought…

A Laugh

After enlisting in the 82nd Airborne Division, I eagerly asked my Recruiter what I could expect from jump school.

"Well," he said, "its three weeks long."

"What else," I asked.

"The first week they separate the men from the boys," he said.

"The second week, they separate the men from the fools."

"And the third week?" I asked.

"The third week, the fools jump."

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