17 February 2020

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Kia Ora

Please find this week’s Monday Mailing below.

The school year is now well underway and I hope all things are going well.

A reminder the connection retreat has limited numbers so book early to guarantee your place.

Remember this is your newsletter. Again if you would like to share a reading, opinion or an event feel free to contact me.

Kind regards
Tony Mangan
Glenview School

WPA Dates

Connection Retreat Rotorua

Principal Retreat to be held in Rotorua for 2020, 12th and 13th March with our Guest Speaker Mary-Anne Murphy - Click here to listen to Mary-Anne outline the content for each of her presentations and we have attached her Overview so you can see what she will be offering during this event. Again, we will run workshops on the Friday which will include likes of the MoE to give updates on regional issues.

To book for the Retreat, please click here

As part of the Retreat, we will be holding our AGM and this year is also an election year for the WPA Committee. If you wish to stand or nominate someone, please fill in the nomination form attached below.

NZPF / APPA Trans Tasman Conference 2020 - click here for an overview

Our major event for 2020 will be the NZPF/APPA conference to be held in Melbourne 15th - 18th September with over $40,000 being placed into this event. We have 45 spaces pre-booked at the Dockland Private Apartments for this event.

We will be opening up bookings for this Conference on our website by the end of February so people can get in and book and just remember, as it involves overseas travel, you will need to seek permission from the Board.

We will cover your accommodation, transfer from/to the Melbourne Airport for those travelling on the recommended flights (more details to come), sponsors/business partners drinks/nibbles and a meal out as part of the package.

Again we will be offering scholarships for U1-3 Principals to apply for, with priority given to those who don’t receive an NZPF or NZEI grant/award such as the  Don Le Prou Award, and those who haven’t received a WPA Scholarship in the past.

To help with Planning and Budgeting;

Conference Registration - $1,200 (AUD, member and Early Bird is $990 - conference dinner additional cost?)

Flights - $700 (approx. you could find cheaper flights)

Deposit for WPA - $500

Covered by WPA - accommodation, one evening meal, transfers from/to Melbourne Airport

Consider an amount for breakfasts and evening meals not covered, please note you have full apartment kitchens to use.

 Delegations of Authority (motion as below)

• Implement the (annual) operational plans and give priority to the School’s annual targets.
• Spend the budget expenditure as per the delegated authority set by the Board each year.
• Allocation of salary units
• Manage the banked staffing provisions
• Approve Leave for up to 3 Days for Staff Members 
• Initial investigations relating to a complaint against a staff member.
• Oversee teacher appraisals and staff professional development.
• Employment of staff – teacher and support.
• Hire, deploy and terminate relieving and auxiliary staff positions
• Preserve assets (financial and property)
• Act as Protected Disclosures Officer
• Authority to stand down, suspend students in accordance with Ministry Guidelines
• Appoint, on behalf of the Board, the Privacy Officer and EEO Officer.
• Implement the School’s current Enrolment Scheme and report regularly on roll size.
• Nominated person to oversee Surrender and Retention of Property, and Searches

 

The Ministry are seeking feedback

Leading Local Curriculum Design

The Leading local curriculum design in the revised technology learning area guide is part of the Leading local curriculum guide series released in early 2019. This guide takes school leaders through the change in the technology learning area together with the high-impact practices to help design and implement this learning in their school curriculum.

We are seeking feedback from school leaders, and teachers on this guide – comments can be sent to digi.tech@education.govt.nz by 31 March.

Feedback will be collated and the final version is planned to be promoted to schools in Term 2, 2020.

Network of Expertise Newsletter: Mathematics and Statistics

This 2020 Waikato Principals’ Association executive elections.

To vote in WPA elections this year you have to have been a member registered by September 30th 2019.

Please find attached the 2020 Waikato Principals' Association executive nomination form for this years’ elections. If you are interested in standing for the executive committee, please fill in attached nomination form and scan and email back to Sandra Jeffrey, WPA returning officer, by 12pm Friday 28th February 2020. The WPA elections time line is: nominations close 12pm Friday 28th February, voting commences Monday 2nd March and closes 12pm 10th March 2020. The WPA committee will be announced at our AGM, 13th March 2020, being held at Millennium Hotel, Rotorua. The nomination form is also available online on our Waikato Principals’ website

Please remember this is now a two-year term. The President of the WPA shall be appointed from within the 8 committee members at the first executive meeting after the elections.

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