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Practical guidance for the day-to-day work of leading a New Zealand school.
Articles in this section share how-to advice on the operational and relational aspects of principalship: navigating employment law, writing letters of expectation, talking to parents about ERO reports, enacting Te Tiriti o Waitangi in school life, mentoring future leaders, and supporting equity in the classroom. Contributors are working principals, sector specialists, employment lawyers, and education consultants drawing on lived experience in New Zealand schools. Use this section to find tested approaches to common challenges, build your professional toolkit, and learn from the practice of colleagues across the country — from country schools to large urban primaries.
Deputy Principal, Whakarongo School Coaching is fast becoming a key instrument in the coaching reflective teaching’ (p. 269). By working one-to-one educational sector as a professional development tool to improve with staff, from a coaching stance, we hoped that we could teacher reflective practice. Literature has been generated in improve teachers’ reflective practices. New Zealand […]
EDITOR ‘Isolation is the enemy of improvement’. So says the message on Principal Jaco Broodryk’s office wall. This is not just some random aphorism to fill a space. At Whakarongo School, it is an underlying tenet by which teachers and students structure learning and teaching. Learning and teaching is a collaborative team effort. As the […]
Timaru principals, David Armstrong and Steve Zonnevylle are taking time out over coffee at a quiet cafe away from the bustle of their schools. They’re contemplating the ongoing journey that’s resulted in the publishing of their first book, The Forty Hour Principal. On the face of it, the process from writing to publishing seems remarkably […]
– A Survival Guide for Principals Geoff Lovegrove Geoff Lovegrove, a previous president of the NZPF 10. NEVER allow surprises at Board meetings. Thank the person for raising the issue, then only respond when you’ve had time (1999–2001) wrote an article for principals, following a survey to properly investigate it. on principal stress levels in […]
Using the Code of Conduct to proactively support teachers . . . Helen Kinsey-Wightman This year I have begun working for the Teaching Council as part of one of their Teacher Complaints Assessment Committees. There are several committees throughout the country who meet once a month to review cases of alleged teacher misconduct. This work […]
INVERCARGILL MIDDLE SCHOOL Liz Hawes EDITOR The fabric of Invercargill Middle School is tightly woven with glowing strands of pride, clearly visible throughout its extensive history. The oldest in the district, the school has been cultivating its reputation for 146 years. The first students to make the school’s honours board were James Fox and Jane […]
founder and CEO of Weaving Futures If you have noticed that the world around you appears to be changing at a faster pace than you can keep up with, then you are right. This generation is experiencing more technologydriven change than the total sum of world change to this point. The experts tell us that […]
A broader, deeper, richer curriculum – add the arts and drama Dr Elizabeth Anderson Senior Lecturer Drama, School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland Your editor approached me to write for your magazine, will to broaden and deepen the curriculum, then I hold that the suggesting that […]
