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- Business Managers Conference 5th and 6th September 2019
- Schools in the Media
- 80 Percent of Teachers say Character Education Would Improve School Grades.
- Whanganui Collegiate School accepted as a Round Square School
- Congratulations to Students and Teachers in state-integrated schools
The tension created by the looming threat of industrial action seem to have subsided and there is hope for a more settled end of the academic year.
Congratulations to Mark Larson for his organisation of the latest AIS Conference and the APIS General meeting. The APIS AGM was made more worthwhile with the attendance of Associate Education Minister Jenny Salesa who provided a commentary on the decisions under pinning the 2019/20 budget. Members noted the small allowance for Policy Two over four years but they also noted that this was the first time in two years that either the National or the Coalition government had provided for any funding in Policy Two.
Congratulations to Vaughan Derby for his comments to the AGM and for his willingness to chair the APIS Executive for a further year.Congratulations to the following members who have been elected to the Executive: Rosalie McFarlane, Warren Peat from AIS and John Coullam, Jenny Gordon and Mike Nolan for NZCEO. The Executive is looking forward to working with you during 2019/20.
Of note in the past month has been the signal from Education Minister Chris Hipkins that the Government will enter in to negotiations to integrate Hamilton North Christian School. APIS members will be pleased with this indication of government engagement with our sector.
Finally, the updated report for Our Schooling Futures: Stronger Together is due out by the end of June. Members will be interested to see if the rewrite shows that the authors have understood the Integration Legislation and moderated their proprosals to conform to the legal agreements we have with the Crown.
Stay warm.
Paul Ferris,
CEO
ERO has published the final report in its Teaching approaches and strategies that work series.
For Teaching approaches and strategies that work, ERO visited 40 primary schools across New Zealand. These schools were selected because of increased numbers of children achieving at or above the expected standards as they moved through the upper primary years (Years 5 to 8).
The latest report Keeping children engaged and achieving in writing shares some of the strategies and approaches used by schools who had focused on improving achievement in writing. It also shares some simple strategies used in classrooms where achievement in writing had been accelerated.
You can view Keeping children engaged and achieving in writing here.
INFRASTRUCTURE NEWS - MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
Health and Safety Matters Newsletter
The Ministry of Education has released its latest Health and Safety Matters newsletter, this newsletter helps to support understanding and management of health and safety risks for school property projects.
Click here to read the latest edition.
Property and Transport Information
The Ministry has restructured the school property and transport information on the education.govt.nz website for schools and suppliers.
The purpose of the restructure is to make the website easier for users to navigate and quickly find the information they are looking for.
While you will notice changes to the structure of the information, there are no changes to policy or processes and we have not removed any information from the website.
PRIME MINISTER'S EDUCATION EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2019 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Congratulations to Holy Family School in Porirua who have been selected as a finalist in the Excellence in Engaging section in the 2019 Prime Minister's Education Excellence Awards. To read more about their entry click here.
NZCEO, CEO Paul Ferris was invited to Holy Family School in March this year to take part in their careers expo evening and thought it was a "wonderful and inspiring event".
OVERSEAS TRAINED TEACHERS EVALUATION
ERO is currently conducting an evaluation on how well overseas trained teachers (OTT) are adapting to working and living in New Zealand. The purpose of the evaluation is to better support long-term policy and planning by advising stakeholders on areas where more support is needed for OTT.
If you have recruited one or more OTT, APIS encourages you to participate in this evaluation. Please click here to find more about the evaluation process.
NCEA CHANGE PACKAGE
The Minister of Education announced seven changes to NCEA to make it more robust, consistent, inclusive and accessible for students of all abilities and backgrounds. You can read more about the changes here.
The review team has designed some resources about the NCEA changes. The information can be found at https://conversation.education.govt.nz/conversations/ncea-review/resources/
HAMILTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING STATE-INTEGRATED
Hamilton Christian School has been given approval to start negotiations to become a State-Integrated school. To read more about the annoucement click here.
STUDYING THEOLOGY AT OTAGO UNIVERSITY - SEMESTER 2
The Theology Programme at Otago offers campus and distance courses on the Bible, Christian Theology, Church History, Public Theology, Pastoral and Practical Theology, Ministry and Chaplaincy that will deepen your understanding of the Christian Faith.
For further information click here.
The Association of Proprietors of Integrated Schools and the Association of Integrated Schools NZ are pleased to advise that the Business Managers Conference is scheduled for the Holiday Inn Auckland Airport on Thursday 5th September and Friday 6th September 2019.
Conference will open following registrations at 9.30am on the 5th and conclude at 4.00pm on the 6th Sptember.
Registrations will open early in term 3 and apporximate costs are:
Registration $250
Dinner $60
Accommodation $210 pp per night (includes breakfast)
Presentations will include:
- APIS Update - Paul Ferris
- MOE Update - Sarah Taylor
- NZSTA
- The work of the Board Secretary.
- The role of the Board in finance.
- A brief overview of the governance essentials for State Integrated Schools module again to build up their institutional knowledge but also to help spread the word about the availability of such training across the wider group of integrated schools.
- Banked Staffing
- Business Manager Forum- Pre-prepared Q and A time
- Education and the Law
Mark Larson
Chief Executive Officer
Association of Integrated Schools
Phone: 027 4852244 / 03 348 9826 x 929 (Mark) x 926 (Lyn)
Email: mlarson.aisnz@gmail.com
Web: www.aisnz.org.nz
A low-decile Maori boarding school that bans cellphones has hit the top 10 for University Entrance in this year's high-school league tables.
Decile 2 St Joseph's Māori Girl's College in Napier has come sixth in the list, with 23 out of 24 students in its Year 13 class last year gaining University Entrance (UE) and Level 3 of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA).
To read more about this amazing school click here.
Aaron D'Souza, a chef turned teacher at Auckland's De La Salle College, has had his fair share of tough times. He has started a scheme to help give solo parents a boost when money becomes tight. Aaron featured on Seven Sharp. To view this wonderful story click here.
Cardinal John Dew spent time with students from the Wellington Archdiocese. The students from environmental groups in the Catholic Colleges came together to share their commitment to protecting the environment.
They were asked to do a presentation about their work, and it was inspiring and challenging to listen to them. Their energy and passion for change in how we look after our common home was amazing. In their schools they have created recycling, re-use and composting schemes, among many other initiatives. Their comments were very interesting – “This is God’s earth and we have to look after it”, “We need to convince some of our teachers, not just the students”. After the presentations the group planted a tree in the grounds of St Mary’s College.
A survey completed by the University of Birmingham suggests that a greater focus on character education in schools would have a positive impact on pupil attainment.
The poll defined character education as school provision focused on developing 'postivie strengths such as honesty, confidence, and critical thinking', and teaching students to 'understand what is ethically important in difficult situatoins and how to choose the right course of action'.
To read more about the survey click here.
Whanganui Collegiate School has been accepted as a Round Square candidacy school, joining Christchurch's Christ's College and Auckland's King's College.
Round Square is a network of schools in 50 countries that are committed to developing young people.
It aims to develop not only academic excellence, but the global mindset to face adversity, to value service to others and to uphold both the courage and hunger to achieve more.
To read more about this Click here.
Hutt International Boy's School, Lower Hutt: Carter Lowther, has been selected for thE 2019 NZ Academy Under 15 AFL Team.
Hutt International Boy's School raised $143,582.37 for Relay for Life, Wellington. What an amazing effort.
