24 February 2020

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Principals supporting Principals… Principals supporting Principles!

Kia Ora

Please find this week’s Monday Mailing below.

The registration for the connection retreat closes this week.

Nominations for the WPA committee also closes this week.

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.

Update from Phillipa Reed

Hello WPA members – sending through an update in regards to my recovery from accident last term.

 

Firstly I would like to say a huge Thank You to the WPA committee for their support and the lovely food delivery sent to me after my accident – was very much appreciated.

Secondly, I would also like to thank you all for your patience and concern with my recovery…. Has been very slow. I was sad to miss my term four Christmas visits to you all whilst been off work on ACC. I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful festive season and had a relaxing summer holiday away from school.

 

So, just to review, I had broken my Clavicle (Collarbone) and partially severed the main artery to my right arm. This obviously makes it hard to drive, or type being right handed, however I am gradually returning to work on partial hours. I am currently working in the office Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from  9am – 12pm, with some school visits during these working hours. I have a great support team within ASB to assist me with our School relationships, however I apologise in advance for the longer response time than I would normally provide.

 

Should you need any urgent assistance with your ASB banking requirements, please give me a call and I can assist or provide support for your schools. Thank you all once again, and I hope you all enjoy term one.

 

Nga mihi

 

Phillipa Reed
School Account Manager | Waikato / Bay of Plenty Branch Banking | Youth and Initiatives | ASB

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.

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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