NZPF celebrated the careers of some remarkable principals in 2012, all of whom have made outstanding contributions to the education sector. ‘It was an exceptional year for the Federation,’ said President Paul Drummond, as he opened the NZPF awards ceremony at the Trans-Tasman conference last year. ‘Today we celebrate a record number of principals who have been honoured with ‘Life Membership, Associate Membership and Service with Distinction’ awards,’ he said.
which sustained both the international organisation and the Auckland Principals’ Association for many years. Madeleine East was singled out for her significant contributions to the education of immigrant students, especially through promoting professional development of their teachers and for her representative work as an NZPF executive member for ESOL, ICP and Export Education. Associate membership award went to Paddy Ford from Dunedin in recognition of his untiring support and advocacy work on behalf of Otago school principals. His expertise has always been in organising both in-school and area-wide professional development opportunities and his focus has never strayed from improving teaching and learning. He established the very popular support network for Otago principals and has assisted in organising two NZPF conferences in Dunedin and Queenstown.
From left to right Madeleine East, Barry Hambleton, Nola Hambleton, NZPF Life Members
Life members included Nola Hambleton, Barry Hambleton and Madeleine East all from the Auckland region. NZPF was in its infancy when Nola Hambleton joined the executive and she was responsible for formulating its first constitution. Nola is also responsible for establishing practices which endure today including communications systems with members, the legal benefits scheme, Government relations, working relationships with sector heads and postal ballot executive elections (now superseded by electronic voting). Her international activities led her to be the first primary principal, first woman and first New Zealander to be elected President of the International Confederation of Principals. Nola’s accomplishments are well recognised both within New Zealand and internationally. Barry Hambleton received high praise for his acute business sense and for securing NZPF’s financial position through increasing the number of business sponsorships during his time on the executive and as leader of the Business Partnership Team. He also used his business and organising skills to coordinate a highly successful International Convention, the profits from
NZPF Associate Member Award, Paddy Ford
Those awarded Service with Distinction awards included Perry Rush, Wellington, Paul Kennedy, John Bangma, Denise Torrey and Philip Harding all from Christchurch. Unable to attend the Melbourne conference, Perry Rush was presented with his ‘NZPF Award with Distinction’ at his Island Bay School, by President Paul Drummond. In the wake of legislation to mandate national standards, Perry took the initiative to gather support from school boards
and ran a country-wide campaign ‘Boards Taking Action Coalition’ (BTAC). Gathering the support of the boards to oppose national standards was not easy in an environment which made implementing national standards a legal obligation. Despite this, Perry still managed to create a groundswell of opposition to the standards with over 500 boards joining together in their opposition. He was commended for his ethical leadership, professionalism and for standing up for the children whose learning would not benefit from national standards.
NZPF Service Award with Distinction winners Denise Torrey and Philip Harding
NZPF Service Award with Distinction, Perry Rush
September 4th 2010, November 19th 2010 and February 22nd 2011 are three dates now embedded in New Zealand’s history. Two devastating earthquakes and one of New Zealand’s worst mining tragedies had a massive impact on the people of Canterbury and the West Coast. The schools, their pupils, staff and families were one sector of these communities affected badly in terms of buildings and the emotional impact. As history has shown us many times before, tragedy often brings out in people outstanding leadership and service to their communities. The presidents of the Canterbury Primary Principals’ Association (CPPA), firstly Denise Torrey and later John Bangma worked above and beyond their call of duty to support schools affected by these tragedies. They co-ordinated the help necessary and as presidents, both played a substantial role in liaising with the Ministry of Education. This liaison ensured the right support got to the right places and people. What also emerged from these tragedies was the need for instant, correct and consistent information flow between schools, CPPA and the Ministry of Education. Phil Harding as the Information Officer for CPPA spent many hours creating a mechanism for this to happen and ensured that any breakdowns were sorted quickly. As a result of his work everyone had the best information to make the best decisions at all times. The massive and humbling support of the rest of New Zealand towards the schools in Canterbury needed a mechanism and formula to fairly and equitably distribute the resources donated. These three principals spent many hours devising such a formula and distributing the support. For their exceptional effort and service to their colleagues and the children of Christchurch, John Bangma, Denise Torrey and Philip Harding were honoured with ‘Service with Distinction’ awards. After the earthquakes, when it was deemed essential for his residential students to be sent home, Paul Kennedy, principal
NZPF Service Award with Distinction, John Bangma, Christchurch
of Halswell special school, was free to take on a new project to help his Canterbury colleagues. In a unique partnership between CPPA and the Ministry of Education the concept of ‘learning hubs’ evolved to allow children whose schools had been shut down or temporarily closed to continue to access learning. The project required expert leadership and coordination and Paul was the right person for the job. These hubs were later recognised as a crucial step in the path back to normal schooling for Christchurch children. For his work coordinating and staffing learning hubs for Christchurch children after the earthquakes, Paul Kennedy was awarded the ‘Service with Distinction’ award.
NZPF Service Award with Distinction, Paul Kennedy
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