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Ministry Bulletin for SCHOOL LEADERS He Pitopito Kōrero ISSUE No. 84 | 2018 FEBRUARY 5 In this issue Message from Iona Holsted

Welcome to the 2018 school year. I hope you had a relaxing break with friends and whānau and you enjoyed some of the sunny weather we had across the country. For those impacted by the wild weather last week, our regional teams have been available and are happy to support you. For all of us involved in education, 2018 promises to be another busy year.

Already this year, we’ve been continuing some important conversations with school principals and the unions around Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako – specifically how Kāhui Ako can help foster environments for children and young people that support learning, progress and achievement. We’re also looking at how to grow early learning participation in Kāhui Ako. The existing IES Advisory Group is leading this work and we’ll make sure that you’re kept informed about this.

One of my goals for 2018 is to continue strengthening our engagement with children, young people, parents and whānau as well as the profession. One new way we’ll be doing this is through engagement on key policies with the Ministerial Youth Advisory Group that was appointed late last year. This group of 12 young people aged 14-18 is being brought together to provide advice to the Minister of Education so that youth insights and perspectives are helping shape decisions about education. I’m looking forward to meeting the members of this group at their inaugural meeting later this week.

Capturing student voice is critical to achieving an education system that puts children and young people at its centre, and that ensures each one of them gets the support they need to learn and to thrive. The Wellbeing@School survey is one valuable tool for hearing from young people about what they’re thinking and feeling. Since we let you know last year that the survey would be free of charge until the end of 2018, we’ve seen a really pleasing increase in the number of schools making use of the survey, which I hope will continue this year.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge the difficulties that some of you have experienced in filling teacher vacancies for the year, and the innovative approaches you’ve taken to minimise any gaps or disruption from this. Information about the supports that are in place to help schools with teacher vacancies is available on our website

My very best wishes for a great year.

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1. In December 2017, Minister Hipkins announced a $9.5m teacher supply package to address immediate pressures. Read more... 2. Boards of trustees can request that an employment-based trainee teacher position is established in their school or kura. Read more about the process 3. Leadership development opportunity in Term 3 for two full time, permanent primary, area and secondary principals. Apply by 12 March to be considered for our South Australia/NZ principal exchange programme. Read more... 4. Teachers from early learning services me ngā kōhanga reo, schools, kura and Kāhui Ako are encouraged to apply by 22 February 2018 for Teacher-led Innovation funding 5. Reminder: Safety check your existing core children’s workers by 1 July 2018. Read more... 6. The annual reporting and school audit process will start soon. The payroll information we will provide for the 2017 annual reporting cycle will be very similar to the 2016 year. Read more... 7. Information to assist schools with their planning and reporting for 2018. Read more... 8. SESTA (Specialised School Transport Assistance) form changes. Read more... 9. The Education (Teaching Council of Aotearoa) Amendment Bill proposes to change the name of the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand to the Teaching Council of Aotearoa. Read more...

XX Heads up

1. New resources for tackling bullying. Read more... 2. 2017 Notional Lease information is now available through the Property portal. Read more... 3. Digital Technologies & Hangarau Matihiko update including PLD now available. Read more... 4. From this month, Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako will receive their inquiry time once they have appointed their leader. Read more... 5. March Roll return: List of Student Management Systems (SMS) approved for 2018 roll returns 6. End of Year withdrawals in ENROL. Read more... 7. Reminder: Enter the PM Awards! Read more... 8. NZQA has recently updated its information about NCEA Level 2 – Matthayom 6 equivalency criteria. Please use this updated information when advising Thai students studying in NZ on their programme planning and subject choices

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9. Safer Internet Day is tomorrow. Netsafe has created resources for you to use. Read more... 10. Reminder: Registrations are now open for schools wanting to participate in the VLN Primary School in 2018. Find out more and register your interest or contact [email protected] 11. TELA scheme update. Read more...

XX General information

1. Reminder: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is offering $3500 to a designer or artist who can help create a privacy trust mark. Students are asked to submit their concept design drawings by 15 February 2018. Read more…

XX Regional news qq Tai Tokerau qq Auckland qq Waikato qq Bay of Plenty - Waiariki qq Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu qq Hawke’s Bay - Tairāwhiti qq Wellington qq Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast qq Canterbury and Chatham Islands qq Otago, Southland

XX Communications/Events qq Ministry key dates’ calendar qq Events qq Ministry newsletters qq Education related websites qq Early Learning Bulletin

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Teacher supply package

In December 2017, Minister Hipkins announced a $9.5m teacher supply package to address immediate pressures. The package includes:

• Expansion of the Auckland Beginner Teacher Project • Expansion of the Teach First NZ programme • Expansion of the Voluntary Bonding Scheme • Covering the cost of the Teacher Education Refresher course • Establishment of a 3R (recruitment, retention and responsibility) fund • Development of a marketing campaign to attract teachers

In addition to the teacher supply package, supplementary initiatives were also announced:

• Overseas Relocation Grant • Supporting Te Kura to provide dual tuition options • Pre-approved qualifications

Applications are now open for the 3R National Fund and the Overseas Relocation Grant. Applications for the Auckland Beginner Teacher Programme (also known as the PCT programme) are also open, and close on 9 February 2018: http://www.appa.org.nz/application-to-participate- in-the-pct-project/

If you are experiencing difficulty recruiting, please email: [email protected] A range of recruitment support may be available, including subsidies for use of recruitment agents.

Employment-based trainee teacher positions

Boards of trustees can request that an employment-based trainee teacher position is established in their school or kura. Read more about the process

South Australia/New Zealand principal exchange Leadership development opportunity – apply by 12 March 2018 We are currently seeking applications for the 2018 South Australia/New Zealand Principal Exchange. During the exchange, successful applicants will work alongside an Australian principal

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How to apply

Two placements are available for principals who are employed on a full time permanent basis in a state or state integrated school.

Read more information about the exchange eligibility criteria or download the application form

Email your application form and any questions to [email protected] by 12 March 2018.

Read about the experiences of past participants

Teacher-led Innovation Fund Teachers from early learning services me ngā kōhanga reo, schools, kura and Kāhui Ako are encouraged to apply by 22 February 2018 for Teacher-led Innovation funding

Safety checking children’s workers Reminder: Safety check your existing core children’s workers by 1 July 2018 All children’s workers at your school or kura must be safety checked. This is a legal requirement under the Vulnerable Children Act 2014. All children’s workers need to be safety checked every three years. This includes both staff employed by and staff engaged in your school or kura, whose work involves regular or overnight contact with children. They are classified as either core workers or non-core workers By 1 July 2018, all existing core children’s workers (staff who were already employed or contracted before 1 July 2015) must be safety checked. By 1 July 2018, you will also need to complete checks for workers who had their first safety check in July 2015 We recommend you keep a record of who has been safety checked, when this was completed and the results of the checking. This will help you with planning and completing this important work ahead of the required time. Read more about safety checking on our website and in part 5 of Our guide to the Vulnerable Children Act [PDF]

Volunteers You are not legally required to safety check volunteers. Your school can choose whether to safety check volunteers (or complete components of a safety check) as part of your own child protection and/or health and safety policies. If your school chooses to vet your volunteers through the NZ Police, please complete the police vetting service request form [PDF] You’ll need to describe the applicant’s purpose and role as a volunteer and remember to select

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Urgent Police Vets In the School Bulletin issue 83 we let you know NZ Police are allowing 5000 expedited police vets for early learning services me ngā kōhanga reo and schools in genuinely urgent circumstances. Annual reporting and school audit process 2017 audit update The annual reporting and school audit process will start soon. The payroll information we will provide for the 2017 annual reporting cycle will be very similar to the 2016 year.

The following report will be available for download today, 5 February, by authorised users from Novopay Online. Log in to Novopay Online using your username and password.

• School Annual Accrual Report (SAAR) • Leave Liability Reports

The reports below will be emailed to the principal today:

• Overpayments Error Schedule • Stop Pays Error Schedule • Funding Code Error Schedule

Key dates School Annual Accrual Report 5 Feb https://www.education.govt.nz/school/running-a-school/school-finances/#SAAR Leave liability reports and payroll error schedules with overpayments, stop pays, 5 Feb funding code errors and any other known errors will be emailed to principals Complete set of reports and exceptions is sent to the auditors for the schools 5 Feb they will be auditing 31 Mar Financial statements are due to be submitted by schools to their auditors

31 May Statutory deadline for the annual reports to be submitted to the Ministry

Once you have received the Schools Annual Accrual Report (SAAR), you are in a position to complete your draft financial statements and provide them to your auditor.

In the unlikely event of a small adjustment needing to be made to your annual report, in addition to the noted error schedules, this will be advised to you and your auditor. You do not need to wait for the error reports before completing your draft financial statements.

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Information to assist schools with 2018 planning and reporting

Schools’ Planning and Reporting Changes for 2018 As we advised you in late December 2017, the requirement for schools and kura to use and report on National Standards and Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori has been removed. This shift enables you to increase your focus on progress over the breadth of the curriculum, while not forgetting the importance of foundation skills of literacy and numeracy, te reo matatini and pāngarau.

The following information is designed to assist schools with their planning and reporting for 2018 following the removal of these requirements.

Your 2018 Annual Plan When identifying your targets for your 2018 annual plan, you can use a range of assessment information from across the curriculum to focus your teaching and learning programmes and approaches to meet of the specific needs of your students.

Schools with students in years 1 – 10, can use the Learning Progression Frameworks (LPF), the Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT) and Te Waharoa Ararau (TWA) to assess and report progress in the foundation areas.

Assessment and reporting in 2018 To support you to make decisions and guide assessment and reporting for 2018, please visit our website to read our Assessment Guidance document At the end of 2018, information about students’ progress and achievement will still need to be collated at the school and kura level. (NAG1 and NAG2). Your school or kura charter for 2018 Your school or kura charter is due by 1 March 2018. As a result of the recent changes to the National Administration Guidelines on 13 December 2017, schools and kura:

• don’t need to submit a NAG2A report for National Standards or Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori by 1 March 2018. • do need to complete the Analysis of Variance against their 2017 targets, including National Standards/Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori targets by 1 March 2018. • do need student achievement targets in their charters but are no longer required to use National Standards/Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori measures as part of their charter targets.

How to submit your school or kura charter and analysis of variance These documents can be submitted through the School Data Portal. You will need an Education Sector Logon (ESL) to get into the Portal.

You can access the School Data Portal here

We encourage you to check your login details before you try to submit your documents.

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Click here for assistance to login into the Portal or email [email protected] or phone 0800 422 599 for help.

You will receive an automatic email from the Portal to acknowledge your documents have uploaded successfully.

Developing a new approach During 2018, we will be working with the sector, parents, families and whānau to design a new approach that acknowledges a child’s progress, as well as their achievement, across the curriculum.

While this work is underway, schools and kura may continue to use National Standards or Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori for their planning, assessment and reporting purposes in 2018, if they find them useful.

If you need help See the guidance on developing your planning and reporting documents on our website. You can also contact your local Ministry education advisor for any support you may need in developing or submitting your documents.

SESTA form changes

The SESTA (Specialised School Transport Assistance) form has recently been updated to help you provide the right information so we better understand each student’s school transport needs. The new form (scroll down to the heading Travel assistance) has better information about the process and criteria and will allow us to consider and process requests more efficiently.

You should also notice more timely confirmation of transport decisions.

To avoid processing high volumes of applications in the December/January period, we would like to receive the bulk of known applications for 2019 by 31 October this year. We will send you a reminder in September 2018.

Read further information and download the new form: https://parents.education.govt.nz/learning- support/learning-support-needs/transport-assistance/

You can also contact us on [email protected] or 0800 BUS 2 SCHOOL (0800 282 287)

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The Education (Teaching Council of Aotearoa) Amendment Bill

The Education (Teaching Council of Aotearoa) Amendment Bill proposes to change the name of the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand to the Teaching Council of Aotearoa. It also proposes to increase the number of council members from 9 to 13 – with 7 registered teachers, including schooling and early childhood teachers and leaders, to be directly elected by their peers, and 6 members appointed by the Minister of Education. The Education (Teaching Council of Aotearoa) Amendment Bill was introduced as a Private Members’ Bill on 29 June 2017. It is now a Government Bill. Read more about this Bill on our website

Heads up

New resources for tackling bullying

Start the year with new resources for tackling bullying For some students, the start of a new school year brings fears and anxiety about bullying. It can affect their concentration, education, relationships and self-confidence. We’ve added new resources to the BullyingFree.nz website to help schools tackle bullying and work towards being a Bullying-Free NZ School:

• Sharing good practice is a new online place to share ideas and showcase examples of schools’ innovative bullying prevention work, starting with Aotea College’s Wellbeing Bubble. Contact [email protected] if you have a great initiative to share. • The roadmap is a simple tool that guides schools through steps to tackle bullying and incorporate the nine elements of the Bullying-Free NZ School Framework. • The Wellbeing@School student survey is free of charge this year. Sign up for the free Wellbeing@School student survey and find out more about the toolkit on NZCER's website.

Other resources include A Guide for Boards of Trustees, a Free Parent’s Pack and 10 professional learning and development workshops to support schools develop and review their bullying prevention and response policies.

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2017 Notional Lease information now available through the property portal The 2017 Notional Lease information is now available through the Property portal This information is required by your accountant or the person(s) that prepares your year-end financial statements.

This information is for accounting purposes only – you do not need to pay this amount.

Lease charges should be treated as an expense in your Statement of Financial Performance, offset by a corresponding income entry in the same statement. The net impact on the “bottom-line” is zero.

How the lease amount is calculated The ‘Notional’ lease amount is calculated by taking eight per cent of the value of Ministry-owned school property. This figure is then adjusted by any lease costs directly paid by the Ministry.

The lease amount can change from year to year due to: • creation of new school property assets • disposal of school property assets • revaluation of the existing assets • re-evaluation of the remaining useful life of those assets • any impairments • any lease costs directly paid by the Ministry

For further information email [email protected]

Digital Technologies and Hangarau Matihiko update

In December 2017, we released new Digital Technologies & Hangarau Matihiko curriculum content for The New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. We recommend teachers and kaiako view the content online to start to familiarise themselves with the information. Schools and kura will need to integrate the new curriculum content into their teaching and learning programmes by the start of the 2020 school year – or sooner if they wish. To support teachers and kaiako to engage with the new curriculum content, Digital Fluency and Digital Technologies and Hangarau Matihiko PLD is now available. A third programme, the Nationwide Digital Readiness programme, is scheduled to be available during Term 1. More information will follow however teachers and kaiako are encouraged to gain an understanding of what this programme will cover and to register their interest now. Applications for Digital Technologies & Hangarau Matihiko PLD open this week and a National Allocation Panel will make decisions in the first week of March.

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Critical need to know and action | Heads up | General information | Regional news | Archives | Send us feedback For more information about the professional support, the Ministry has developed a guide to help you identify the kinds of support that will best meet the ‘readiness level’ of your school or kura. View the professional support guide and information for Digital Technologies here and for Hangarau Matihiko here and also access the online application forms for PLD. For assistance, email [email protected]

Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako inquiry time

From this month, Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako will receive their inquiry time once they have appointed their leader. Previously, Kāhui Ako needed both a Kāhui Ako leader and endorsed achievement challenges before they received inquiry time. This change will speed up the ability for Kāhui Ako to access this resource. Releasing inquiry time earlier will give Kāhui Ako the opportunity to engage a wider range of teachers in developing achievement challenges and action plans to raise the progress, achievement and wellbeing of all their children and young people. It can also increase peer support for the Kāhui Ako teaching roles. Inquiry time enables teachers and education leaders to develop and improve the quality of their teaching practice through collaborative inquiry-based activities across their Kāhui Ako. The change has been agreed by the Minister of Education, following meetings between the Ministry of Education and the Investing in Educational Success (IES) Working Group. Schools within a Kāhui Ako that have appointed their leader but have yet to have their achievement challenges endorsed will not need to apply for inquiry time staffing. It will be added to their staffing entitlement notices, which are accessed through the School Data Portal.

March Roll return

March Roll return: List of Student Management Systems (SMS) approved for 2018 roll returns

End of Year withdrawals in ENROL

Thank you to all schools that have done their 2017 end of year withdrawals in ENROL.

If you have not completed this yet, please do this as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult for other schools to enrol these students. Make sure you select only the students who were leavers last year, as the Year Levels in ENROL have been rolled over in January.

Prior to doing this please pay attention to:

• If you are withdrawing a student who you have referred to the Attendance Service for unjustified absence, and the Attendance Service is still working with that student, please let the Attendance Service know you are withdrawing the student. The Attendance Service can then close that case with your school.

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Critical need to know and action | Heads up | General information | Regional news | Archives | Send us feedback • If you want to communicate notes about a student to their future school, do not forget to tick the Teaching and Learning Notes in ENROL or in your SMS. • When withdrawing students it is important that you select the actual Last Day of Attendance (some day in December 2017) and actual Leaving Year Level (the Year Level the student had last year).

Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards

Enter the 2018 Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards There’s still time to enter this year’s Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards. Get started on your entry today – the process of putting together an entry is a chance to reflect on the great efforts of your team and what has been achieved. You have until 5pm, Friday 23 March to submit your entry online. Read more about how to prepare your entry and download the entry form

If you have any questions, email [email protected] or call 0800 PM AWARDS (0800 762 927)

Updated NZQA information - Thai students studying in NZ

NZQA has recently updated its information about NCEA Level 2 – Matthayom 6 equivalency criteria. Please use this updated information when advising Thai students studying in NZ on their programme planning and subject choices

Safer Internet Day is 6 February

To celebrate Safer Internet Day, Netsafe has created a variety of resources for schools:

• Staying Safe Online Guide to make staying safe online easier for everybody. The guide is full of helpful advice and practical tips from Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Trade Me. • A fun activity to help students explore this year’s theme ‘create, connect and share respect’, and engage with others online in a respectful way. • Posters for your school or office. • Information and images for you to use in your newsletters or when posting on social media.

For any issues relating to online safety at your school please call 0508 NETSAFE (0508 638 723) or email [email protected] for help.

You can find out more about harmful digital communications in schools at www.netsafe.org.nz/hdc- in-schools/

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Registration reminder: VLN Primary School

Reminder: Registrations are now open for schools wanting to participate in the VLN Primary School in 2018. Find out more and register your interest or contact [email protected]

TELA scheme update

Update on TELA Scheme (teacher laptops and devices) As reported in the latest Education Gazette, Cyclone Computer Company Ltd will manage the Teacher Laptop Scheme (TELA) from 1 March 2018. The scheme will also be renamed TELA+ on 2 March. The update should have little impact on you. Ministry subsidies will continue for purchases for all eligible principals and teachers. You can keep using the tela.co.nz website From 2 March the TELA website will have a new look with additional features. From 1 March, TELA+ will no longer offer Toshiba devices but will add Acer, Apple, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft to its range. More information about TELA+ will be provided soon. Devices purchased under the TELA scheme before 1 March 2018 will continue to be covered for service and repairs under the original terms agreed at time of purchase.

General Information

Student competition - The Office of the Privacy Commissione Reminder: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is offering $3500 to a designer or artist who can help create a privacy trust mark. Students are asked to submit their concept design drawings by 15 February 2018. Read more…

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Critical need to know and action | Heads up | General information | Regional news | Archives | Send us feedback Regional qq Tai Tokerau News qq Auckland qq Waikato qq Bay of Plenty - Waiariki qq Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu qq Hawke’s Bay - Tairāwhiti qq Wellington qq Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast qq Canterbury and Chatham Islands qq Otago, Southland

Tai Tokerau | Hira Gage

E rau rangatira mā tēnā koutou katoa Welcome back to the 2018 school year. I hope you have all had a refreshing and restful break over the festive season and enjoyed the beautiful hot days in the North. A special welcome to new principals and staff starting work in the beautiful Tai Tokerau region. We are here to support you so please contact your education advisor or me directly if we can help in any way.

Changes in education The Government is planning a range of changes across a number of areas of education policy and practice. The Ministry of Education is working with the Government on these changes in areas such as replacing National Standards, making some changes to the existing Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako model, engaging with all partnership/charter schools about the policy to remove the charter school model from the education system and implementing the Education (Update) Amendment Act 2017. We are also advising on the implementation of the tertiary fees-free policy, the upcoming NCEA review, school donations, and changes to the existing policy around cohort entry.

We’ll keep you up to date about these through the changes in education page on our website and on Twitter and Facebook

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New staff Brock Fannin joins the Whangarei office as our senior analyst. Brock comes from the banking and investment sector with a wealth of knowledge and experience. Christie Uffindell has joined the current school property team as an additional school property advisor. She will be predominantly supporting schools in the south of Tai Tokerau.

The role of principal advisor, secondary tertiary has been filled by Jess Kean, who has joined us from her previous senior roles at NorthTec. Jess brings significant experience in working with youth who require support in order to achieve their full potential. Jenni Edwards has been seconded from her student achievement practitioner role in Tai Tokerau to join Jess in the principal advisor secondary tertiary role in Tai Tokerau. Jenni’s experience as a senior secondary school teacher, as well as in previously running her own business, combines well with Jess’ in depth tertiary knowledge.

Feel free to call me on 09 436 8914 or email me at: [email protected]

Ngā mihi nui Hira

Auckland | Isabel Evans

Kia ora koutou

Welcome back to the 2018 school year. I hope you all had a refreshing break over the festive season and plenty of time with friends and family. We have quite a number of new principals starting in Auckland this year so I extend a special welcome to you.

For some of you, today will be your first day back and for many of you, you’re now in your second week of a very busy Term 1. All of our staff are back on board now and are preparing for the new opportunities that 2018 will bring! They are keen to be back in schools and catching up with you over the next few weeks.

Following is my update on what’s happening in our region.

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Welcome to Tanya Harvey I am pleased to announce the appointment of Tanya Harvey to the role of deputy director, education - Auckland. Tanya has been involved in education for many years and comes to the Ministry from Auckland Kindergarten Association where she was chief executive officer for 18 years. She is an experienced manager and leader with considerable experience in organisational strategy, planning and governance.

Tanya has a keen interest in education and a strong commitment to equitable and excellent education systems. She has spent many years on the boards of trustees at the primary and secondary schools her children have attended in Auckland, most recently at Onehunga High School. Having originally qualified as an accountant, she continued her own education throughout her career gaining a number of qualifications including an MBA from the University of Auckland.

The role of deputy director, education has a primarily operational and internal focus and reports to the director of education, Auckland. Tanya took up the role of deputy director on 17 January 2018.

Staff changes We are pleased to announce that our senior advisor Johanna Wrack, who has been working with Tāmaki schools, has been appointed as deputy principal at Glen Taylor Primary School and took up her position there on the first day of term. We wish her all the best.

Shanley Gamble has been covering a secondment in the East team but has now been appointed to the East team on a permanent basis. Ros Palethorpe has taken up the position of senior advisor in the South West team and Tracey Hansen will take up a senior advisor position in the South team from 19 February, covering schools across the South and South West.

Auckland teacher supply phone survey Between 18 and 30 January, the Ministry of Education contacted all 514 principals of Auckland state and state integrated schools. Three hundred and eighty three principals took part in the survey, answering questions about staffing levels for Term 1 2018, awareness of the $9.5million package that was announced in December 2017, and support with recruitment. A summary of results from the phone call campaign will be made available later in February. Professional Learning and Development 2018 Centrally-funded professional learning and development is available for leaders and teachers to help improve outcomes for students in focus areas.

The proposed transfer of the administration of teacher PLD to the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand has been stopped while work progresses on implementing the Government’s education manifesto. PLD will continue to be administered by us on behalf of schools through the allocation panels of your peers as it has been for the last two years.

Information to help you apply for PLD is on our website http://services.education.govt.nz/pld/

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A reminder that proposals for the next round of PLD allocation close on Friday 16 February. More information related to the PLD process can be found on our website.

Completed forms should be returned to [email protected]. Please contact your senior education advisor if you have further questions or require support with your proposal.

The remaining proposal closing dates for 2018 are below:

Term 2 2018 25 May Term 3 2018 17 Aug Term 4 2018 26 Oct

New Year Honours List 2018 Our sincerest congratulations and appreciation goes out to the following Aucklanders, who were acknowledged on the New Year Honours List 2018 for their contributions to education:

• Dr Manying Ip, ONZM, and Ms Frances Valintine (CNZM) • Mrs Jeremy Drummond (ONZM) • Dr Camille Nakhid, Mr Hare Paniora, and Dr Haare Mahanga Te Wehinga Williams (MNZM) • Mrs Valeti Finau (Honorary MNZM) • Mrs Foumana Alene-Tumataiki (QSM)

Read more about the contributions and accomplishments of these recipients on the DPMC website

Te Kāhui Ako o Waitakere Te Kāhui Ako o Waitakere was one of the very first Kāhui Ako approved in 2015. They have recently completed an updated Achievement Challenge, which is an honest and reflective document that represents many different voices, demonstrates a huge amount of evaluation work, and includes realistic targets, as well as identification of known barriers to success.

The Kāhui Ako has clearly put a lot of thought into the strategies they will employ to mitigate these barriers, and how they will operate in a post-National Standards environment. You can find a copy of the document on our website

City Rail Link – primary school art project You will have received an email from City Rail Link in December inviting you to be part of an exciting art project which will involve your school’s designs being incorporated into one of Auckland’s new train stations. We know this was a busy time of year for schools, so have extended the deadline for expressing your interest in this project to 23 March. Please email [email protected] before then to secure your spot.

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Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards A reminder applications are open for the Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards with entries closing on 23 March 2018. The Awards recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements in early learning, primary and secondary schooling in the areas of: engaging, leading, teaching and learning and inclusive practices. We encourage you to consider entering your school or kura for the 2018 Awards.

Farewells and welcomes There were a number of principals who retired during 2017 – far too many in Auckland to name them all individually. I’d like to take the opportunity to say a very big thank you and farewell to all of these people, many of whom dedicated their entire adult lives to the education of our children and young people and the improvement of our education system. As a result, we have an unprecedented number of beginning principals taking on new roles this year. Visit Evaluation Associates website for a summary of the support we provide to first-time principals. Staying safe in hot weather All across the country, historical records are being broken as temperatures soar. While temperatures in Auckland are unlikely to go as high as those in other parts of the country, we have included some important reminders and tips below to help ensure your staff and students enjoy a comfortable and healthy work and learning environment.

Our Internal Air Quality and Thermal Comfort guide [PDF] recommends you actively monitor classroom temperature levels over summer. The Ministry recommends temperature ranges for indoor learning spaces be maintained at 18 – 25 degrees for the majority of the year, but we recognise that in some instances this may not be possible.

We suggest that schools: • Pull blinds in windows facing the sun. Pulling these early in the day can reduce classroom heat. • Ensure that windows and doors on both sides of a classroom are open to allow cross ventilation. • If you have dampers, louvres or other ceiling ventilation ensure they are open to release heat. • Switch on ceiling fans or use mobile fans where available. • Ensure access to drinking water to make sure staff and students can remain hydrated. • Suggest to parents and staff that lighter weight clothing is worn. • Utilise designated outdoor class room spaces with shading such as verandas • Reduce the use of devices that generate heat (where possible turn off lights, reduce use of computers or other devices). • If you have an HVAC unit – ensure this is running and that windows and doors are closed to ensure effective use.

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The decision to remain open or to close a school due to weather is that of the board of trustees.

If you have any concerns, or if you do choose to close your school due to heat related health and safety concerns, please get in touch with your education advisor or manager.

Feel free to call me on 09 632 9333 or email me [email protected]

Hei konā mai Isabel

Waikato | Paula Rawiri

Whakataka te hau ki te uru, whakataka te hau ki te tonga Kia Mākinakina ki uta, kia mātaratara ki tai E hī ake ana te ātakura, he tio, he huka, he hauhunga Haumi e, hui e, tāiki e E rau rangatira mā tēnā koutou katoa. Nau mai hoki ki tēnei wahanga o te tau.

I hope you are all well and managed to have some time over the summer break to relax with friends and whānau. By now you, like us, will be well into the swing of things and my best wishes to you and your team for 2018.

At the end of last year I sent you an email about the changes to National Standards. If you missed this you can find this information plus any other news about changes on our website If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us and we’ll do our best to support you.

Ohinemuri Kāhui Ako The Ohinemuri Kāhui Ako is made up of 10 schools. In addition to English medium, they also have a strong Māori medium pathway and a Special school within the Kāhui Ako.

The cluster held a Student Leaders Day at the end of last year with the purpose of building their knowledge of local history and historic places. The Kāhui Ako is very intentional about enabling the learning for their students to sit within a cultural context and thus demonstrate how the local mana whenua can support their learning.

The students’ writing from the leaders day shows how powerfully they connected to their locality. Some of this writing, including a piece from a student at Goldfields Special School, was published in a Kāhui Ako newsletter. Student comments included “I am very glad my school saw me as a leader and I will take all the information and history of our small town and share it with others”, and “We thought about how we want our town to be in 30 years”. This work is linked to their overarching “Pride in Paeroa” wellbeing challenge and is a great example of valuing diversity and inclusiveness.

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Teaching for Positive Behaviour A new resource, Teaching for Positive Behaviour has been developed for teachers in all New Zealand schools and kura to help them support the behaviour, engagement, participation and learning of children and young people.

Teaching for Positive Behaviour covers techniques for a range of learning spaces and guides teachers new to the classroom, as well as providing an opportunity for established teachers to reflect on their practice, individually and as a group.

This resource also guides increased use of student voice, ensuring students are involved in classroom plans, and greater collaboration between students. Teaching for Positive Behaviour has been well received by teachers and principals who have reviewed it. Take a look at the Teaching for Positive Behaviour support material and if you want to know more, either talk to your PB4L practitioner or your local service manager.

Network of Expertise for SENCOs / Learning support teachers and leaders The Learning Support NeX is for SENCOs, learning support teachers and leaders across New Zealand to connect, communicate and collaborate with each other. It provides various online and face-to-face opportunities for networking and professional learning nationally and regionally, including:

• Informal Networks: connect with colleagues, contribute to forums and share evidence-based practices and resources • Practice Networks: subscribe to a professional practice network and participate in online webinars, meet up at regional and local hui, partner around research inquiries, collaboratively curate a digital repository of links and resources • Learning Networks: complete short course learning modules and projects for credentialling with the potential to cross-credit towards a formal qualification.

For more information see https://www.thelearningsupportnetwork.org/ or email [email protected]

Primary schooling PLD opportunity Connecting with contexts, concepts and colleagues in health education, food and nutrition and outdoor education/camp/EOTC This workshop is about connecting with contexts, concepts and colleagues to strengthen practice within the key area of learning in Health and Physical Education (HPE) through health education, food and nutrition and/or outdoor education/camp/EOTC in Year 0-8.

By attending this workshop, you will connect with others, deepen your understanding of progression of learning against the curriculum, and develop knowledge to enhance learners’ experiences and learning outcomes.

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Critical need to know and action | Heads up | General information | Regional news | Archives | Send us feedback Participants will engage in a variety of interactive, hands-on and collaborative activities to explore: • The new HPE learning progressions (food and nutrition) • Working in partnership with outside providers to enhance programmes of learning and meet learners’ needs • Innovative, connected and responsive programme planning – depending on interest and need, we will focus on a selection from: enhancing literacy and critical thinking in HPE learning contexts, the underlying concepts of HPE, meaningful engagement with the key competencies, tackling the tricky topics (eg sexuality education and mental health), re-visioning school camps.

Date: 7 March in Hamilton Who should attend? Leaders, teachers in charge, and teachers Cost: Free Enrol online at least 7 days prior to the workshop

Out and about Towards the end of last year, I had the privilege of visiting the two study support centres organised by the Refugee Orientation Centre Trust and supported by the Ministry of Education. These are based at Fairfield Intermediate and at the Trust’s own premises in Frankton. The Trust does a marvellous job of supporting students (Years 1-8) who have come to New Zealand as refugees. Some of the big challenges children face are settling into school life, making progress in their learning, and having a good support system at home. The Trust aims to support the children in each of these areas as well as connect them to others in the community. Here I am pictured at one of the centres with our senior education advisor refugee and migrant support, Afat Xiao and Guillaume Muzombo Director of the refugee Orientation Centre.

Feel free to call me on 07 850 8924 or email me at: [email protected]

Ki roto i ngā manaakitanga Paula

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Bay of Plenty - Waiariki | Ezra Schuster

Talofa lava and Kia ora

Nga mihi ki a koe mo te tau hou

A huge welcome to the 2018 school year, especially to those who are new to leadership or are new to the Bay of Plenty - Waiariki. We live in one of most beautiful parts of Aotearoa and I have the privilege of working with committed and hardworking leaders from across the education sector.

I do hope that you have had an opportunity to have a restful break with family and loved ones and the first (some of you second) week of Term 1 was a good one. I had two of my children start new schools last week, so I can appreciate first-hand the apprehension, excitement and anxiety for many of our parents.

It’s going to be another busy year and we are looking forward to supporting you through the changes and challenges. A few notices and updates this fortnight.

Changes in Education As you may recall from my email to you on Friday 15 December 2017, the Government made a series of announcements introducing several key changes to our education system. I acknowledge it was a lot of new information at what was a busy time of year and as you can appreciate, I was not able to send the information before the Minister made his announcements. To jog your memory see our website to find more information about the key changes including:

• cohort entry • tertiary education – fees free and student support increases • removal of National Standards and Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori • professional learning and development transfer • a review of NCEA.

If you have any questions about any of the changes, please contact your senior education advisor.

Welcome to new principals We said farewell to a number of experienced principals in 2017 and we welcome a number of first- time principals in 2018 including principals new to the Bay of Plenty - Waiariki in acting roles or those who have moved across to other schools and kura.

We have a significant number of changes in 2018 and we’re committed to supporting you, especially if you are a first time principal or new to the region. With our leadership advisors at Evaluation Associates, we will be inviting some of you to series of networking sessions at our Tauranga, Rotorua and Whakatane offices in March. The dates, times and venues will be sent

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Staff changes In readiness for the year, we have made a number of changes which I will outline for you below.

Taupō/Turangi and Rotorua It was with regret that I accepted Cheryl Bunker’s resignation in mid-December. She has left us after 12 and a half years to join the New Zealand School Trustees Association based in Hamilton. We wish her all the best. I will be advertising for a new manager education in June of this year. In the meantime, Merle Ramsay will act in that position. Merle will be known to many of you, most recently she has been a lead education advisor for Kāhui Ako.

Merle is secondary school trained and has worked as a teacher in several secondary schools and in senior leadership teams in our region. She was also a professional learning and development facilitator with the University of Waikato before joining the Ministry. Merle is based in our Rotorua office and will responsible for Taupō/Turangi and Rotorua.

Rahera Kiel, senior education advisor Māori, also resigned in December to take up a senior teaching role at one of the local kura and we wish her all the best. Rahera primarily had schools and kura across Taupō/Turangi and Rotorua and we have reallocated her schools and kura across the wider team.

In the Taupō/Turangi area for learning support, we have had Joanne Nathan acting as a service manager. Joanne wants to focus on her role as a learning support facilitator and as a result we have made the Taupō/Turangi area a part of Jeanette van der Wal’s responsibility. Jeanette will already be known to a number of you through her existing role as a service manager, mainly across Rotorua.

Eastern Bay of Plenty We have boosted our presence and leadership capability in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, reflecting our commitment to provide stronger localised support to those schools and kura in this part of our region, starting with the appointment of Anna Hayward to the role of Eastern Bay of Plenty manager, based in the Whakatane office. The Eastern Bay of Plenty manager is a new role and Anna should be the first point of contact for all schools, kura and early learning services. Most of you will know Anna, as she has been the learning support service manager for several years.

Replacing Anna is Kylie Reneti as learning support service manager based in our Whakatane office. Kylie comes to us from the early learning sector, most recently as head teacher at Central Kids Kindergartens – Edgecumbe. Kylie starts on 5 March and she should be your point of contact for all learning support enquiries.

We have also appointed a senior education advisor who will also be based in our Whakatane office. I’ll be in a position to let you know who that is in our next bulletin.

Carol Ngawati who is the manager education and has had responsibility for the Eastern Bay

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Critical need to know and action | Heads up | General information | Regional news | Archives | Send us feedback of Plenty will maintain coverage of some schools and education matters but by June this year we hope to have everything transitioned from Carol to Anna. This will enable Carol to focus on Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty.

These appointments and resignations are likely to lead to a reallocation of senior education advisors to schools – we have now finalised this and you will receive a revised list of key Ministry contacts later this week.

Prime Minister’s Excellence in Education Awards The 2018 Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards are open for entry and I strongly encourage you to consider entering these prestigious awards.

The Minister’s announcement can be found on the New Zealand Government website

You can view the Awards website in English and te reo Māori Entries close at 5pm on Friday 23 March 2018. In this region we have experienced a high level of success since the awards began in 2014 with Henk and his team at Otumoetai Intermediate the inaugural supreme winners, and in 2016 Rotorua Boys High School won the leadership category. Last year Te Kōhanga Reo ki Rotokawa along with William Colenso College were announced as joint winners in the Excellence in Leading – Atakura Award. This was absolutely thrilling for the kōhanga whānau and for this region.

Feel free to call or text me on 027 296 8196 or email me [email protected]

Ia manuia Ezra Schuster

Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu | Jann Marshall

Kia ora koutou and welcome back to the 2018 school year.

I hope you all had a refreshing break over the festive season and are all charged up for what I’m sure will be another busy year. We know that many schools are facing challenging conditions because of the heatwave we have been experiencing.

Your education advisor has some useful information that may support you to help ensure your staff and students enjoy a comfortable, healthy work and learning environment. If you are unsure who your education advisor is, please phone your local Ministry office and they will help you.

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Welcome I acknowledge and welcome principals who have started roles in our region this year:

Principal School Conrad Hailes Bell Block School Scott Walden Coastal Taranaki School Wayne Brown Wanganui Collegiate Martin O’Grady Feilding High School Rachel Williams Hawera High School Tony Williams Huirangi School Shannon O’Brien Kakaramea School Andrew Retallick Lepperton School Kate Cookson Mokau School James Rae Mount Biggs School Simon Marshall Newbury School Janelle Jones Normanby School Vanessa Pehi Orautoha School Kevin Shore Cullinane College Greg Allen South Makirikiri School Leigh MacKay Turakina School Anita Phillips Waituna West School

My staff will be in touch early this term to set up a meeting to introduce themselves. This is a great opportunity to discuss your school goals and priorities.

Update on leadership advisors Evaluation Associates hold the contract for supporting beginning principals in their new roles. Roz Miller, Tina Sims, John Russell and David Reardon are the principal advisors from Evaluation Associates supporting our region. They will also be in contact with you this term. New regional staff We welcome three new members of staff to our team in the Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū region. They are Stephen Lewis, Hilarie Nicoll and Hone Davis.

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Stephen Lewis Stephen has been appointed as a lead advisor Kāhui Ako located in the Palmerston North office. Stephen was most recently the principal of Hunterville School and has 30 years experience as a principal in state primary schools. A keen follower of sport, he lists rugby, cricket and rugby league as his main passions.

Hilarie Nicoll Hilarie has been appointed as an education advisor located in the Whanganui Office. Hilarie was most recently the education manager and senior teacher at the Whanganui Kindergarten Association and has been involved in the early childhood sector in a variety of leadership and teaching roles over the past 30 years.

Hone Davis Hone has been appointed as the strategic advisor Māori. He has been seconded from the parents, families and whānau team until December 2018. He will be responsible for managing relationships with the 27 iwi groups across our region. The strategic advisor works with leaders and staff to support local strategies that focus on accelerating Māori achievement.

Opening of learning support unit at Spotswood College On 5 December 2017 local hapū, Ngāti Te Whiti, were invited to bless the new Spotswood College learning support building, Te Waka Manaaki. Students, whānau, community members and staff that took part in this event were then able to look around and see the culmination of the vision that they had all contributed to. Students will begin the year in this new building.

Shane Cassidy (Ngāti Te Whiti) opening the Spotswood College Learning Support Unit – Te Waka Manaaki

Teacher Led Innovation Fund (TLIF) projects and Centrally Funded Professional Learning Development (PLD) Just a reminder that the last day for submitting your Professional Learning and Development (PLD) journals is 16 February 2018 for Term 1 applications. See our regions deadline dates

Round 4 of the Teacher Led Innovation Fund (TLIF) projects close for proposals on 22 February 2018. For further information see our website.

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Schools Planning and Reporting 2018 Every school and kura begins the year setting goals and priorities. As you know, setting targets, regularly reviewing progress and evaluating what’s been achieved means schools will be better placed to ensure all students can achieve educational success.

This year schools and kura are required to send us their 2018 charter and 2017 analysis of variance documents by 1 March 2018. For more information and example documents see our website

We do not require NAG2A reports School boards and kura are still required to report to students and parents, at least twice a year, on the progress and achievement of individual students. How this assessment and reporting will be done needs to be decided by schools and kura in consultation with their communities.

The Ministry will be working with you on the removal of National Standards and Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori. We want you to focus on understanding children’s progress and achievement, across the whole curriculum. Here is information on assessment tools that can help inform your planning

Netsafe – Cybersafety training sessions for school staff and whānau in Taranaki ‘Walking the tightrope: The balancing act between the social and the safe online – what we can do to support our young people as they navigate challenges and complexities online’.

Netsafe, The Taranaki Safe Families Trust and New Plymouth Boys’ High School are working with us to hold a parent and whānau information session on Wednesday 28 March 2018 between 7pm - 8.30pm at Ryder Hall, New Plymouth Boys’ High School.

Email [email protected] for more details. Please share this event with parents and whānau via your newsletters/social networks.

2018 Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards I would encourage all schools and Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako to consider entering this year’s Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards The Awards provide an opportunity for licensed or certificated early childhood education (ECE) services, kōhanga reo, schools and kura to share stories of success in raising student achievement.

The Awards focus on collective effort and collaboration and are open to groups, teams and partnerships.

The four main categories are: excellence in governing; excellence in leading; excellence in teaching and learning; and excellence in engaging.

If you need to contact me do not hesitate to do so on 06 349 6315 or email me at jann.marshall@ education.govt.nz

Ngā mihi Jann

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Hawke’s Bay - Tairāwhiti | Roy Sye

Tēnā koutou Welcome back for 2018! I hope you have enjoyed a refreshing holiday break and that 2018 will be a great year for you and your school community. To those school leaders who are new to the Hawke’s Bay | Tairāwhiti region, we wish you a warm East Coast welcome and look forward to connecting with you in the coming weeks.

The year ahead We are in for a very busy year ahead as new government policies take shape and we build and adapt systems and processes to support the policies. Sharing information and ensuring the sector is well supported will be very important for us and we look forward to a productive and positive relationship. One of the advantages of my role is that I get invited to attend a number of events at schools, early learning services me ngā kōhanga reo and Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako across the region. Recently, I attended the launch of the Nga Hau e Wa (the Four Winds) Community of Learning in Hastings. This brought together the staff of nine schools and four kindergartens for a pōwhiri at Hastings Girls’ High School, kick-starting a number of exciting collaborative projects. Professor Mere Berryman was guest speaker and shared the Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Framework that will be a central focus to professional development and learning for the educators in Nga Hau e Wha. Last week, I also attended one of the four ‘Activation Days’ for the Gisborne Communities of Learning at Mangapapa School. Their focus was on relationship- based learning, collaborative impact and visible learning, and included a keynote from Professor Russell Bishop. The high levels of collaboration, animated professional discussion and energy at both of these events was inspiring and a real credit to the leaders, teachers, staff and students of these Kāhui Ako! Staffing update In the past few weeks we have welcomed a number of new staff. In the Gisborne office we have; Olivia Rozbicki and Ellen McKee as speech language therapists, Julie Dawson as a learning support advisor, Claire Swann as an early intervention teacher and Kara Te Whata-Maynard as a psychologist. In the Napier office Hayley Whitaker joins us as a Communities of Learning lead, Maree Paterson

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Critical need to know and action | Heads up | General information | Regional news | Archives | Send us feedback in our business support team, Peter Patterson as the transport contract manager, Claire Taylor as a special education advisor, and Louise Holdcroft starts in an exciting new position where she will be leading the regional delivery of the Oral Language Initiative. And last but not least, Stacey Baxter is returning to the Napier office as an intern psychologist. We feel extremely lucky to have you all on board. Changes in our education advisor team I have sent you all e-mails to advise that we farewelled Gilian Melville and Rosina Shandley from our team in January, Amber Kairau has moved into her new Kāhui Ako lead role and we are welcoming Fay Wooster, who joins our Napier-based team on 1 February. We are also advertising a vacancy for a Gisborne-based education advisor. I know the changes which the new year has brought for us are similar to the start of year changes and opportunities many of you will also be experiencing in your schools. That is one thing that I have always found exciting about education – it is an ever changing landscape! We are also mindful that there are quite a number of principal changes across the regions, with some moving schools, others new to the region and some beginning principal appointments. Our staff changes have provided an opportunity for us to look at how we will organise our team to better support you this year. Our focus is ensuring we can prioritise the right level of support at the right time. For some of you, this will involve a change in your regional Ministry contact person. For others, the status quo will remain. My team is currently contacting schools to arrange face-to-face visits with each of you shortly. If you have any urgent queries or comments about these changes that you would like considered by a manager, please contact Viv Mulligan, manager education. Viv can be contacted on 06 833 6737 or 027 705 0964. An Invitation to our ‘In the Know Expo’ - 5 March 2018 As the most experienced principals and board chairs know, there is a whole team of specialist staff ready to help you, guide you and support you in your decision making. However, principals and board chairs new to their leadership roles in 2018 have indicated that with so many specialists and leadership support networks offering help in those first few weeks in their new roles, it was not always clear who should be contacted for what. With that in mind, we have joined together with organisations such as NZSTA, ERO, NZEI, Principals’ Association, the Police child protection team, the Catholic Diocese and the providers of the beginning principal support programme, to set aside a couple of hours this term to provide a space for new, potential and existing school and board leaders to drop in and have an informal chat (over a cuppa) with frontline staff from any of these organisations. While general conversations and information sharing can occur in our large downstairs rooms, if your query is of a more sensitive/confidential nature, there are upstairs meeting rooms available. Given the number of leadership changes in the Hawke’s Bay schools, we will have our first session in Napier on 5 March 2018. Should interest be high, we will make this a termly event. Amber Kairau will look into coordinating a similar event for the Tairāwhiti schools. (Wairoa, you are welcome to which ever session suits you the best!)

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Reserve the date 5 March 2018 4-6pm Ministry of Education, 8a Lever Street, Ahuriri To ensure we reserve a muffin for you, please e-mail [email protected] to indicate if you are planning to attend. We look forward to seeing you!

Kāhui Ako update - Hayley Whitaker Kia ora koutou katoa. Ngā mihi nui a koutou. My name is Hayley Whitaker and I joined the team of Ministry Kāhui Ako lead advisors in the Hawke’s Bay/Tairāwhiti region at the beginning of January. I am an early childhood teacher who was working as professional development and learning facilitator prior to coming into this new role. I have worked in a range of ECE leadership roles in early childhood services and in NZEI Te Riu Roa.

My role has a specific focus on strengthening the participation of early learning services me ngā kōhanga reo in Kāhui Ako. This is already happening in some Kāhui Ako and there is not a “one size fits all” approach to strengthening this. I am available to meet with you to talk further about early childhood engagement. Please contact me on 06 831 0642, 027 206 0629 or hayley. [email protected]

Get to know us / Oliver Needham - Staff profile My role I am a speech and language therapist in Tairāwhiti/Gisborne. Why I’m here I began in this role in 2009, after graduating from the University of Canterbury with a BSLT (alongside a BA in Psychology). I travelled up from Christchurch with all my worldly possessions stuffed into my trusty Corolla hatchback to embark in this adventure with the Ministry of Education in sunny Gisborne. What I enjoy most I enjoy the variety of work we do, the collegiality of colleagues and the opportunity to use my skills and experience to make a positive contribution to society each day. In my non-work life I have six children (including four stepchildren) with my wife Sara. I love sport and the outdoors and played rugby league for NZ universities in my youth. If I could trade places with any other person for a week, I would be...

Maybe a professional golfer, cricketer or tennis player to experience what it’s like to consistently hit well timed shots, or an adventure sportsman.

Feel free to call me on 06 833 6898 or email: [email protected] Roy

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Erika Ross | Wellington

Kia ora

Happy New Year and welcome back for a new school year. It has certainly been a warm start – especially so for our Hutt office, which had a fire on the floor just after Christmas.

If you are visiting the office you will notice one side is boarded up. Be reassured that it is still safe to enter the building and come up to our reception.

Like you, we have had new staff start. Over the next few bulletins we will profile them for you so you know who they are.

There have been a number of changes announced since the end of the year around National Standards and school reporting. Please contact your education advisor if you have any queries and they will be able to help you. Similarly if you want to explore various assessment options and tools, your advisor can help find that information for you.

I look forward to working with you all this year. I hope to meet with all of you over the course of the year, whether by visiting your school or at a sector meeting. In the meantime please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any issues. I may not have the immediate answers but I will make sure we get the relevant information for you.

School leadership changes I have great pleasure in welcoming the following new principals to our region: • Dave Lamont from St Benedict’s School (Khandallah) starts at Koraunui School • Ed Trotter joins Miramar Central School having previously been the deputy principal at Evans Bay Intermediate School • Luana Carroll joins Houghton Valley School having previously been the deputy principal at Roseneath School. • Martin O’Grady from Feilding High School starts at Rathkeale College • Mark Bridges from Glen Eden Intermediate (Auckland) starts at Solway College • Veronica Sawers, currently assistant principal at Boulcott School, starts at St Brendan’s School (Heretaunga) • Steve Bryan from Sacred Heart College (Napier) starts at St Catherine’s College (Kilbirnie) • Janette Melrose starts at Wainuiomata High School having previously been the deputy principal at Wainuiomata High School

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Critical need to know and action | Heads up | General information | Regional news | Archives | Send us feedback • Craig Sharp becomes principal at Wainuiomata Intermediate School, (he was previously deputy principal). Before this he was principal at North Street School (Feilding) • Jane Wills from Maitai School (Nelson) starts as principal of Central Regional Health School • Grahame Duffy starts at St Patrick’s College, Silverstream (Upper Hutt) • Michael Hinds starts at St Benedict’s School, Khandallah

Acknowledgement I would like to acknowledge the passing of Jim Douglas. Jim made a significant contribution to the Wellington education community.

Jim was a highly respected and successful principal in this region and then worked in the Hutt office of the Ministry of Education. Jim lost his battle with cancer on Saturday 27th January. I know a number of Wellington people attended his funeral and supported Jim’s family.

Titahi Bay North School 2017 prize giving Thank you to Colin Tarr for sharing a wonderful story about your end of year prize giving and the El Fares family.

Mr Rassem El Fares, his wife Mrs Elham El Fares and their children Mohamed, Kassem (Year 4) and Ahmed came from Syria (via Lebanon) as part of the NZ Government’s 2015 Syrian Refugees special provision. In response to the ongoing conflict in Syria, New Zealand welcomed 750 displaced Syrians – 600 of these places were a special emergency intake above our country’s annual quota.

Mr El Fares is proudly pictured here with Colin and two of his children. Mohamed (Year 8) and Ahmed (Year 1 - standing front and centre) both received prizes at Titahi Bay North’s prize giving. In 2018 Mohamed moves on to Mana College. It’s inspiring to From L-R: Mohamed, Colin, Ahmed, see these families settling well into their new kiwi lives and their Mr Rassem El Fares children thriving in our education system.

The 2018 Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards A reminder that applications are open for the Prime Ministers Education Excellence Awards. Entries close on 23 March 2018.

The Awards recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements in early learning, primary and secondary schooling.

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Critical need to know and action | Heads up | General information | Regional news | Archives | Send us feedback The Award categories are: • Excellence in Engaging – Atahāpara Award • Excellence in Leading – Atakura Award • Excellence in Teaching and Learning – Atatū Award • Excellence in Governing – Awatea Award • Education Focus Prize – Takatū Prize • The Prime Minister’s Supreme Award – Takiri Ko Te Ata

Winners of the four categories and focus prize will each receive a package including a trophy, certificate, a financial award of $20,000, and a professional development opportunity. The Supreme Award winner receives a package including the Supreme Award Trophy, a certificate, an additional financial reward of $30,000 and an opportunity to represent New Zealand Education.

See the Prime Minister’s Awards website for more information.

Kind regards Erika Ross

Director of Education for Wellington

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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast | Derek Lucić

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou Piki mai kake mai

Welcome back students, whānau, principals, teachers, support staff and trustees. A special welcome to new people to our region. Thank you to the Whakatū Marae, Ministry staff, colleagues and external agencies who welcomed me to my new position last week. I appreciated your warmth and frankness.

This year will not be an exception with the well-being and learning challenges we face for our tamariki. In addition, there will be changes as our new Minister’s policies are elaborated and implemented. I look forward to supporting you in your good work and familiarising myself with the diversity of our region – both rural and urban. The Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast Ministry teams look forward to learning and working with you in 2018 for our tamariki.

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Welcome As the new school year gets underway welcome and best wishes to the following as you take up your new roles. • Jeanne Munro (acting principal Broadgreen Intermediate) • Linda Tame (principal Golden Bay High School) • Tony Draaijer (acting principal at Havelock School) • Shane Baillie (principal Hokitika School) • Jason Renau (acting principal at John Paul II High School) • Sue Ford (principal Lake Rotoiti School) • Jenny Milne (principal Maitai School) • Mary-Jeanne Lynch (principal Marlborough Girls’ College) • John Doonan (acting principal Paroa School) • Dave Sullivan (principal Picton School) • Jodie Linklater (principal Ross School) • Deirdre Turner (acting principal Spring Creek School) • Carey Huria (principal Ward School) • Andrea Harnett (principal Witherlea School)

PLD update The first round of Professional Learning and Development proposals for 2018 is now open and completed proposals need to be submitted by 16 February. Please contact your school or Kāhui Ako education advisor if you would like support with your proposal.

Who is my education advisor? We have reviewed the allocation of education advisors so that where possible one advisor is supporting all schools within a Kāhui Ako. They will contact you once the new school term is underway. See who your education advisor is

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit award Many congratulations to Maureen Truman, principal Karoro School, Greymouth, who was awarded Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education in the recent New Year Honours.

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Staff update Cat Dempsey is no longer working as the student achievement function practitioner (SAF) for this region and will be greatly missed. Congratulations to Cat on her appointment as implementation lead at the Ministry’s national office. We will shortly be appointing a new person to fill the SAF vacancy.

Kāhui Ako update As of December 2017, all 12 Kāhui Ako in our region have endorsed Achievement Challenge Plans in place – making us the first region to have all Kāhui Ako formed and moving into focusing on accelerating progress and raising achievement for all our ākonga.

This is testament to the ongoing commitment of principals, boards of trustees and staff to Communities of Learning and working together; we expect 2018 to be really exciting as you start to incorporate some of your new and innovative ideas into the work of your schools.

Primary PLD – Connecting with contexts, concepts and colleagues in health education, food and nutrition, and outdoor education/camp/EOTC As part of the Ministry’s Networks of Expertise professional learning and development (PLD), the three subject associations representing health education, home economics and outdoor education are holding workshops for primary leaders and teachers.

There will be a workshop in Nelson on Tuesday 13 March. Registrations close Tuesday 6 March.

Read more information about the workshop

Kind regards Derek Lucic 027 605 2015 [email protected]

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Canterbury and Chatham Islands | Coralanne Child

Kia ora

Firstly – a very happy New Year, and welcome to the first bulletin for 2018.

For your team, like ours, there is a significant amount of work that happens before students begin on day one of a new school year. This year has been no different, with a very busy start so far.

It has been a really exciting time for Waitaha School who began the year on their new school site. Cashmere High School, Kaiapoi North and Kaiapoi High School have celebrated the start of the 2018 year with blessings and openings of their new buildings.

Image: The Mayor of Waimakariri David Ayers is assisted by students as he officially opened one of the new buildings at Kaiapoi North School.

At the end of 2017, learning support students from Geraldine High School launched their book “I’m Going Home for Christmas”. This was a wonderful celebration of the achievements of the students in the art-based course. It tells the story of zoo animals going back to their home countries for Christmas and is designed for early readers. At the launch students gave a presentation showcasing what they achieved.

Image: Learning Support Students from Geraldine High School launched their book.

Geraldine High School art teacher Mike Deavoll said “This very talented group of students have bought great enthusiasm and joy into their experience of learning, and provided me with some of the most joyful and memorable teaching experiences of my career.” Mike intends to continue the learning done during 2017 with his new group of learning support students in 2018. “It would be great to continue the teaching methods trialled last year into this year’s learning programmes.”

Also at the end of 2017 a new resource: Teaching for Positive Behaviour was published. We at the Christchurch office had the privilege to launch Teaching for Positive Behaviour and we were delighted to celebrate this with author Dr Tracy Rohan, who is also our colleague in the Christchurch office.

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Critical need to know and action | Heads up | General information | Regional news | Archives | Send us feedback This resource is designed to support teachers in New Zealand primary and secondary schools to understand and draw on effective practices to enhance students’ behaviour, engagement, participation, and learning. Congratulations Tracy, this resource speaks directly to teachers and is a must read for all. You can download the manual here as well as other resources

Our Christchurch office has been supporting the NZ blood service for some time now. We have joined Team Red, a new initiative encouraging more staff from businesses and organisations to donate blood. It has also been an incredible opportunity for us to get together with our workmates to donate blood to those in need. Find out more about Team Red

Student Communication and Safe Practices Trust - Protecting and empowering youth We are all aware of the importance of cyber safety and a recent article ‘Timaru teen helping education youth on safe cyber choices’ highlights the importance of safe cyber choices. The Student Communication and Safe Practices Charitable Trust website has a number of comprehensive and accessible innovative E-learning resources for teachers and students.

Ashburton District Council Community Award Recipients At the end of 2017, the Board of Trustees for the Our Lady of the Snows School was acknowledged at the Ashburton District Council Community Awards. They worked tirelessly during the past 18 months to rebuild the school, after a very challenging three-year period. The annual awards recognise the contributions and achievements of individuals and organisations in the Ashburton District.

The Friends of the School also won the Educational & Child Youth Development: Improve and enhance the education of the community, or the educational or social development of children and youth Award earlier in 2017.

Waitaha School opening Waitaha School’s new $6.5 million base school on the Lemonwood Grove site allows for collaborative teaching practices and sharing of facilities with Lemonwood Grove School.

Waitaha School is Stage two of the Innovation Project. Stage one was Lemonwood Grove School, where we worked with the local construction market to find ways to improve the design and construction of schools in Canterbury.

Image: Sonny Sun - Ministry of Education Property Manager, Margaret Dodds,- Principal, Ethan Hamilton-Currey (past student), Coralanne Child - Director of Education Canterbury

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Getting help for students with special needs from the Specialist Teacher Outreach Service Teachers from the Specialist Teacher Outreach Service (Outreach Service) can travel to schools in their local areas to support students in the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS). To get support, the students must be enrolled in their local school and with the Outreach Service.

A specialist teacher works as part of the student’s support team, which includes their class teachers, special education staff, support staff and family or whānau. Read more information about the Specialist Teacher Outreach Service

Kaiapoi High School We were delighted to attend the blessing of the new buildings at Kaiapoi High School. Thank you so much to Destiny and Karl for showing us around, it was great to hear how involved the students were in the process. Congratulations to everyone involved in the project. Read about how Kaiapoi High School unveiled its new multi-million dollar facilities to the community

Image: Susan Schneideman, Ministry of Education - Manger Learning Support, Destiny Robson - Head Girl, Bruce Kearney - Principal, Karl Meyers - Head Boy, Coralanne Child - Director of Education Canterbury

Upcoming events Workshop: Health Promoting Schools - Practical ideas for designing and implementing a staff wellbeing programme in your school.

Date and Time: Wednesday 28 February, from 9-11.30am. Location: Christchurch Bridge Club (21 Nova Place, Christchurch Central).

Please register for this workshop by Wednesday 21 February. Download the flyer on this Staff Wellbeing Workshop for teachers

The Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards These Awards recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements in early learning, primary and secondary schooling.

You can submit your entry now. Entries close at 5pm, Friday 23 March. Here are some tools to help you start your entry

Grow Waitaha Events update Grow Waitaha makes a range of free events available to the community, including workshops, forums and communities of practice.

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Authentic Curriculum Redesign

Thursday 22 March, 4-6pm

Are you reviewing or redesigning your curriculum? This forum maybe of interest to you. Please register your interest on the website below.

Leadership Incubator Monday 26 March (Session 1 of 4)

The 2018 Incubator is open to senior and middle leaders in primary and secondary schools and/or Kāhui Ako lead principals, cross school and in-school leadership/teaching roles. Please register your interest by February 14 on the website below. Growing Inclusion Maximising Opportunities for all learners. Tuesday 27 March, 2018, 1.30-4.30pm

Join with fellow educators to design learning experiences based on research that are truly inclusive of all learners and that maximise learning for every student.

Attendance is free for all schools in the Greater Christchurch area, whether they are engaged in the Christchurch Schools Rebuild programme or not.

Read more information about and register for the events above

Autism Education and Training Autism New Zealand Inc. provides training programmes for a variety of participants to provide support, resources and information on autism spectrum disorders (ADS) to those individuals with ASD, their family/whānau, caregivers and any professionals working with or coming into contact with them.

Please visit the Autism NZ website to see the full list of dates for the programmes in 2018.

PLD information for primary teachers in the Health and Physical Education Learning Area This workshop is about connecting with contexts, concepts and colleagues to strengthen practice within the key area of learning in Health and Physical Education (HPE) through health education, food and nutrition and/or outdoor education/camp/EOTC in year 0-8. Date and time: 9 March 9.30am-3.30pm You can find more information and registration details here

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Future of Learning 2018 The Future of Learning is a series of experiences that explore how exponential technologies will impact on all aspects of learning.

The Future of Learning website has more information on opportunities to come together with like minds from different sectors, backgrounds and generations.

Update from Canterbury Education Infrastructure team Christchurch City Council – Civil Defence Centres A number of you may have received correspondence from Christchurch City Council concerning the removal of the Sector Post role for Christchurch State primary schools. Follow up letters and emails are expected to be sent out to all affected schools this month.

This is part of the Council’s plan to replace the Sector Posts with Civil Defence Centres (formerly known as Welfare Centres). Christchurch City Council have identified 20 sites for these around Christchurch. They will be opened based on the size, scale and location of the emergency event.

Council hope this will provide a better reactionary service to communities, while also allowing schools to return to operation much more quickly after an event than has happened in the past.

The Council have already begun removing signs from around schools.

Receiving information from the Ministry We strive to get important Ministry updates to you in a timely manner, including the most current information, ministerial announcements or news. At the end of last year, we provided information to you on National Standards. This was sent after the last bulletin and also included a number of attached documents to assist all schools. If you would like this resent to you please get in touch with your education advisor.

As well as receiving information through our fortnightly bulletin, or directly from our regional team, you can also keep up to date through the changes in education page on our website

This includes information across a number of areas of education policy and practice. The intent of this is to have a space on the website that provides you with information easily and quickly.

Enjoy this fortnight’s bulletin. Feel free to call me on 03 378 7345 or email me at: coralanne.child@ education.govt.nz Mā te wā Coralanne Child Director of Education for Canterbury, Chatham Islands

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Otago, Southland | Julie Anderson

Kia ora koutou and warm Pasifika greetings.

Welcome back to the new school year! It has been a stunning summer and I hope you have all taken some time to relax, refresh and enjoy some downtime.

I know you will have been planning over the break for the return of your students and will be keen to work with them, your staff and community to implement your vision for 2018.

The new year and changes in Government bring some changes and I note these below, along with some key insights from the recent Children’s Commissioner Education matters to me report.

Other readings of interest are the 10 narratives ERO has published in relation to teaching approaches and strategies that work.

I am especially pleased to see two schools in our region featured - West Gore School who are successfully responding to an achievement dip in mathematics, and East Taieri School who are developing student agency and motivation through effective teaching as inquiry.

Changes in education Late last year, I sent out information to all schools summarising changes being made to education. Our Changes in education page will continue to be updated with the latest information.

Many of you will be finalising your planning and reporting documents. There is now no longer any requirement to submit a NAG2A report for National Standards or Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori this year. You will still need to submit your Analysis of Variance to report against your 2017 targets, by 1 March 2018.

If you have any questions about the changes or your planning and reporting for 2018, please contact your education advisor.

Education matters to me: Key Insights Education matters to me: Key Insights was released on 31 January by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner, and is a summary of responses from 1600 children and young people about what is important to them about their education and what being at school is like for them.

Described as a three way collaboration between children and young people, the Office of the Children’s Commissioner and New Zealand School Trustees Association, the report is designed to inform the development of the first Statement of National Education and Learning Priorities (introduced as part of the Education Act update in May 2017), which will be considered this year.

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The report shares six key insights drawn from what children and young people said: • Understand me in my whole world • People at school are racist towards me • Relationships mean everything to me • Teach me the way I learn best • I need to be comfortable before I can learn • It’s my life – let me have a say

Children’s Commissioner Andrew Becroft says “Children and young people care deeply about their education and how it prepares them for their future lives. They have a great sense of hope for what education can offer them. It is our job now to listen to them and act on what we hear. It is time for everyone, especially in education, to be more deliberate and purposeful in how we incorporate children’s views and opinions when making decisions that affect them.”

I encourage you all to have a look at the summary report. Six follow-up reports will be released in mid-February.

Welcome to new principals We have a number of new principals starting in our region this year. Welcome to you all, we look forward to meeting with you and are here to assist at any time should you need it.

Welcome also to Gavin Kydd, the new manager of the Dunedin Secondary Schools Partnership. Gavin is replacing Gordon Wilson, who was the founding manager of the Partnership and has played a key liaison role for secondary schools across a number of areas since its formation. Gordon will support Gavin stepping into the role before beginning his well-earned retirement.

Professional Learning and Development (PLD reminder A reminder that if you are intending to apply for the first allocation of PLD this year, proposals are due this Friday (9 February). The Area Allocation Panel will meet on 27 February. Area representation on the Panel for 2018 hasn’t been confirmed yet, but we will provide an update once this is confirmed.

Staffing update Lynelle Woods, education advisor in Invercargill finishes her fixed-term contract with us this week. Our team has benefitted greatly from Lynelle’s experience, and we wish her well with her upcoming travels.

We are in the process of advertising for a new education advisor to support Southland, but in the meantime Trish Boyle will become full time and in addition to her current responsibilities, become the key contact for Invercargill primary schools. Brent Russell will support some of the Invercargill secondary schools.

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Feel free to call me on 03 471 5217 or mobile 027 836 4846 or email me at: julie.anderson@ education.govt.nz

Events

Scholarship of Technology Enhanced Learning (SOTEL) Symposium, new 15-16 FEB MH building at AUT South Campus, Auckland new

2018 Brainwave Conference, Ellerslie Events Centre, Auckland new 6 MAR for professionals working with vulnerable families in our community

2018 Brainwave Conference, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington new 8 MAR for professionals working with vulnerable families in our community

18-21 MAR SPANZ Conference 2018, Queenstown new

5-7 APR 4th International Conference on Education, Bangkok, Thailand new

15-18 JUL World Congress on Education, Dublin, Ireland new

27th New Zealand International Education Conference and Expo, Te Papa 9-10 AUG Tongarewa, Wellington new

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