8 May 2017

Newsletter Articles

Principals supporting Principals… Principals supporting Principles!

Kia Ora

Please find this week’s Monday Mailing below.

You can access all previous Monday Mailings by clicking here or going to http://www.wpa.ac.nz/1/newsletter_sets/1-monday-mailing/years/2017 in your web browser.

Kind regards
Pat

WPA Dates

Reminder: Pay Your WPA Subs…

Please pay your WPA subscription as soon as possible by clicking here. This is even more important if you wish to take advantage of the subsidies provided on the WPA Road Trip, NZPF Conference, etc.

CORE Breakfast

The next CORE Breakfast is on 25 May with Mary Anne Mills and Carolyn English presenting a seminar and workshop presentation on Designing Future Focused Curriculum.

This CORE breakfast seminar will:

• help you define what your school means by providing a future focused curriculum
• outline the key considerations while designing school curriculum and how it could be interpreted at the classroom level to build on the strengths of particular students

The workshop will invite you to take an active approach as we explore ideas about curriculum design and how it translates into:

• classroom practice
• student learning experiences
• progression of future focused capabilities

Workshop participants should bring their school vision and strategic goals. Register here

Jo Wilson | Senior Consultant | Expert Partner | Accredited Facilitator
CORE Education Ltd, Hamilton
M: 021 278 0768 | W: 07 949 9513 | E:  jo.wilson@core-ed.ac.nz
W:  http://www.core-ed.org | FB:  http://www.facebook.com/coreeducation

NZPF Conference Queenstown

Tuesday 19th September - Friday 22nd September 2017.

The WPA is subsidising this trip by $35,000.

Accommodation

1. Accommodation will be at The Glebe – individual rooms in apartments.
2. If you want to stay outside the above dates, you will need to make your own arrangements for these nights.

Flights

3. The WPA will reimburse a maximum of $300+GST to each school for flights. Send a school invoice & ticket details to Sandra Jeffrey (WPA admin support) rtlb.admin@mi.school.nz to be reimbursed.
4. WPA Recommended flight for leaving is Flight 617 departing from Auckland on Tuesday 19th Sept @ 10.30am and return flight is Flight 622 on Friday 22nd Sept @ 2.30pm
5. Please note that flight prices are subject to change very quickly.
6. Some members may prefer to fly earlier/later on the many options out of Auckland.

Scholarships

7. We are proud to be able to offer x10 $700 scholarships for Principals in U1/2 schools (grading roll).
8. We also encourage U1-3 Principals to apply for the NZPF Don Le Prou award (10 awards of $1,000 each)

9. If successful in securing a Don Le Prou award, this can then reduce our costs or provide an opportunity for another colleague.

Registration

10. NZPF Conference:

11. WPA:
Register below or by clicking Add to Cart.

NZEI Rural & Teaching Principals Conference

The Waikato NZEI Principal Council has two scholarships to cover the registration costs to attend the NZEI Rural and Teaching Principals conference in Christchurch this year.

Available to any U1 or U2 principal within the Waikato area and who is a member of NZEI and is planning to attend the conference held June 21-23.

Each scholarship is worth $600 to cover the cost of registration. Transport accommodation and meals are the responsibility of the attendee.

Please email your interest in the scholarship to Scott Wilson from Puahue School by 8 May 2017; swilson@puahue.school.nz

Subject line: NZEI Rural and Teaching Principal Scholarship
Your Name
School Name
U size
Results of the successful recipients will be published in the WPA Monday mailing 15th May 2017.

AP/DP Association – PLD Opportunity

Please see the attached flier about an opportunity for PLD offered to our association by Jill Lunne and Kay Stevenson from IPL. As you can see from the attached flyer Jill and Kay will be presenting the sessions in regional groups and personalised to individual leadership needs. We would really love the Principals to show their support by encouraging their AP/DPs to take part.

Sharon Quinn
Deputy Principal
Tauwhare School

Quality Te Reo Māori me ōna Tikanga workshops:

Kia ora koutou,

The Jeanne Gilbert Consultancy is pleased to announce the term 2 series of three workshops for Quality te reo Māori me ōna Tikanga in English Medium schools. These will be the last workshops this year.

Are you wondering how to implement or review your te reo Māori programme? How are you building for sustainability in te reo Māori teaching, and planning for seamless learning across the school? How are you bench-marking against the curriculum? How can you teach using an engaging, communicative, interactive approach? How can you begin with limited te reo Māori? How are you supporting teachers who do not feel confident about these things? If you are looking for answers to these questions and more, come to the workshops, along with your lead / pilot team for 2017.

These interactive workshops progress from big picture thinking and planning, to team collaborative planning and upskilling of teaching methodologies, to a focus on teaching and learning activities in the classroom.

Workshop 3 would also be suitable for teachers new to schools that have already worked in-depth with Jeanne. Workshop 3 would enable these teachers to focus on classroom practice.

For full details of each workshop and registration forms go to:

Dates for Quality Te Reo Māori workshops 2017 - notice the change of date to workshop 2.

Please register straightaway. Schools that have already registered will receive a reminder email.

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou,
ā Jeanne

Jeanne Gilbert Consultancy
Pre- and In-service Teacher Educator
Ph 07 8255728
Mobile: 027 29 42178
jeanne.gilbert.consultancy@gmail.com
http://learninglanguageswaikato.wikispaces.com/Jeanne+Gilbert+Consultancy

ConnectED Day July 21 – Nathan Mikaere-Wallis

Rant – Community of Learners

A number of schools have not joined Community of Learning / Kahui Ako, for any number of valid reasons. Some schools involved in a COL are considering leaving as it is not meeting their expectations.

Schools not in COLs are at risk of becoming isolated from some Ministry of Education events and resources; this has started already.

So perhaps non-COL schools could start their own organisation; we could call it a Community of Schools!!!!

Or perhaps an Education Board.

Note: The opinions expressed in the Rant are not necessarily those of the WPA; they are all mine!! Pat Poland

And just wait until the new editor takes over in term 3!!!!

Hmmm…

Hauora… Health & Happiness

A Thought…

A Laugh

Forget the OSH Rules here… from Garry Leet at Sitech

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