|
|
Documentation and Self-Review Policy – reviewed term 2 2020
|
Documentation and Self-Review Policy
|
- Updated "charter" to "charter/strategic plan" throughout the topic as schools transition from producing a charter to producing a strategic plan, as per the Education and Training Act 2020.
- Added to the bullet about reporting to the school community "in relation to the plans and targets developed in consultation with our Māori community", as required in NAG 2.d.
- Added an option for schools to specify other types of self-review they undertake (e.g. special character review).
|
Managing Policy and Procedures
|
- Schools can now state who works with the principal to liaise with SchoolDocs to manage the school's policies and procedures.
- Edited some wording to improve readability.
|
School Planning and Reporting
|
- Added a note from the Ministry of Education about new and current planning and reporting requirements.
- Updated "charter" to "charter/strategic plan" throughout the topic as schools transition from producing a charter to producing a strategic plan, as per the Education and Training Act 2020.
- Reordered the wording so the topic flows better.
- Updated National Education Guidelines (NEGs) reference to National Education Learning Priorities (NELPs).
- Added an option for schools to specify other information included in their charter/strategic plan (e.g. "our special character").
|
Strategic Plan
|
- Moved information from the Documentation and Self-Review topic into this topic.
|
Recognising Student Achievement
|
- Created a new Model topic, which includes sample wording about additional ways schools might recognise student achievement.
|
Reporting to Parents on Student Progress and Achievement
|
- Created a new, reformatted Model topic, designed to be more in-line with current practices.
|
|
|
Employer Responsibility Policy – reviewed term 2 2020
|
Employer Responsibility Policy
|
- Reformatted to eliminate some bulleted lists and re-ordered some content to improve readability.
- Made support for school employees more prominent.
- Added the bullet point "ensures delegations to the principal are robust and regularly reviewed"
- Added the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2018 to the list of Legislation.
|
Media
|
- Added a link to the Official Information Act topic.
|
Gifts for Staff
|
- Created a version of the topic that doesn't include a table outlining how the value of a gift is determined.
|
Provisionally Certificated Teachers
|
- Added a link to Standards of the Teaching Profession and noted that as Novopay transitions to EdPay we'll write as "Novopay/Educational Payroll".
|
Staff Conduct
|
- Added a link to NZSTA.
- Removed the reference to a Ministry definition of serious misconduct as this resource is no longer readily accessible.
|
Staff Wellbeing
|
- Reordered the wording so the topic flows better and put key points into a bulleted list.
- Added more links to Related topics.
|
Staff Induction
|
- This is a new topic for the Employer Responsibility section.
|
Professional Development
|
- This is a new optional topic for the Employer Responsibility section.
|
