Goals & Actions For 2009

Nelson Central School Management Goals & Actions for 2009 Charter Goal

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1. To maximise learning outcomes for all students.

1. Provide a supportive learning environment. [Governance and Management]

Implement programmes to meet the needs of children identified as part of a school charter target group.

March

Principal

November

Provide staffing support to allow for three bilingual Maori classes. Strengthen the self review process within the school. Provide teacher release days for: Report writing and Self review work

February

Principal

November

June

Principal

November

June

Principal

November

Comments: Three bilingual classes established for 2009. Target group children identified and programmes implemented by March. Self review process refined and process started by April. First reviews completed by August and reports made to staff and BOT. Community reports scheduled for release in September.

Charter Goal

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1. To maximise learning outcomes for all students.

2. Ensure effective teaching. [Management]

Ensure each teacher has a performance agreement that sets out expectations for 2009.

February

Principal

November

Implement an appraisal programme.

May & Principal September

Prepare and implement a professional March development programme to meet the curriculum and pastoral needs of staff and students. Monitor questioning data as an November indicator of progress with Inquiry Learning.

Comments: May appraisal observations and interviews completed. Professional development programme in progress.

June

Principal

March

Sue McLean

December

Charter Goal

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1. To maximise learning outcomes for all students.

3. Design creative learning opportunities. [Management]

Encourage teachers to apply for external e-learning opportunities.

As they arise

Principal

As they occur

Rachel Boyd

April & November

Rachel Boyd

Ongoing & November

Implement a trial with interactive February white boards (IWB) in four classrooms. Provide tangible support for blogging Ongoing and other e-learning opportunities.

Comments: Successful eLearning application made by one teacher. Interactive White Board trial under way in March. Blogging well developed in 90% of classrooms

Charter Goal

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1. To maximise learning outcomes for all students.

4. Maximise opportunities in art, music and sport. [Management]

Implement a music programme through the use of a music specialist.

February

Sue McLean & Freya Sonneland

September

Implement a drama programme through the use of a drama specialist. Implement a dance programme through the use of a dance specialist. Implement a programme of choir music and performance through the use of a music specialist. Ensure the school takes part in interschool sports programmes and exchanges.

February

Sue McLean & Freya Sonneland Sue McLean & Freya Sonneland Christine Harrison

September

Sheryll McKeage

Onging & November

Comments: Music programme completed by July. Drama programme completed by July. Choir programme well developed by July. All interschool sports events have been attended.

October February

February

September November

Charter Goal

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1. To maximise learning outcomes for all students.

5. Increase ICT skills and capability for staff and students. [Management]

Implement a techbrekkie programme for e-learning to meet the needs of teachers and students.

February

Rachel Boyd

June and November

Ensure opportunities for staff to take part in the Learning@School conference Ensure opportunities for staff to take part in the Interactive White Boards conference Ensure opportunities for staff to take part in the Nelson City Cluster ICTPD Conference Ensure opportunities for staff to take part in the ULearn Conference

February

Rachel Boyd

June

February

Rachel Boyd

June

April

Rachel Boyd

June

July

Rachel Boyd

November

Ensure an opportunity for children to take part in a Kids e-learning conference

November

Rachel Boyd

November

Comments: TechieBrekkie programme underway and monitored on a regular basis. Staff participated as attendees and presenters at Learning@School Conference in February. Interactive White Boards conference attended by 3 staff in March. All staff took part in the Nelson City Cluster ICTPD Conference – a large percentage as presenters.

Charter Goal 2. To strengthen the partnership between home and school

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1. Improve communication with families. [Management]

Provide an opportunity for parents new to the school to meet the teachers in their child’s syndicate.

February

Syndicate Leaders November

Provide an opportunity for parents to meet face-to-face for goal setting with their child. Provide an opportunity for parents to meet face-to-face for interim reporting on their child. Provide for a written report on a child’s progress and achievement for 2009.

March

Syndicate Leaders November

July

Syndicate Leaders November

December

Syndicate Leaders November

Comments: Meet the teachers evening in February was well attended by parents. Goal setting interviews held in March. Face to face reporting carried out in July.

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Charter Goal 2. To strengthen the partnership between home and school

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2. Involve parents in the school – camps, sports, assemblies. [Management]

Parents will have an opportunity to attend information meetings for school camps and ski trips.

Ongoing

Syndicate Leaders Ongoing & November

Parents will be welcome at Syndicate and School Assemblies.

Ongoing

Syndicate Leaders November

Comments: Information meetings for school camps and ski trips were held in July.

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3. Provide regular parent education sessions on curriculum and school organisation. [Management]

Implement a programme of parent information sessions during the year.

Ongoing

Christine Harrison

November

2. To strengthen the partnership between home and school

Comments: Parent information sessions under way by March.

Charter Goal

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Implement a programme of school visits for children who are aged four, going on five years.

Ongoing

Dianne Thomson

November

2. To strengthen the partnership between home and school

4. Provide smooth transitions to and from Nelson Central School. [Management]

Liaise with pre-school organisations over prospective enrolments.

Ongoing

Dianne Thomson

November

Provide weekly parent information sessions as part of the transition to school programme.

Ongoing

Dianne Thomson

November

Comments: School visits for four-year-old children has been operating all year. Parent information sessions provided in conjunction with school visits for four-year-old children. Programme of visits to pre-school organisations were underway by March and have continued on a regular basis.

Charter Goal 3. To be open to diversity

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1. Recognise and promote biculturalism within the school. [Governance and Management]

Celebration of events important to other cultures in the school:

Ongoing

Principal

November

Recognise Chinese New Year

February

Principal

November

Comments: Chinese New Year celebrated in February.

Charter Goal 3. To be open to diversity

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2. Learn about the diversity of people’s belief systems, abilities and ethnicities. [Management]

Incorporated into teachers’ unit planning and teaching practise.

Ongoing

Syndicate Leaders November

Comments: Incorporated into Kowhai Syndicate curriculum planning with a focus on disabilities.

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Charter Goal 3. To be open to diversity

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Actions 3. Improve relationships between cultural groups in the school. [Management]

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Charter Goal

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Mana Maori (Taha Maori Programme) operates in each class.

Ongoing

Classroom Teachers

November

3. To be open to diversity

4. Recognise and promote Maori culture and language. [Management]

Celebration of Matariki.

June

Celebration of Maori Language Week.

July

Syndicate Leaders November & Classroom Teachers Syndicate Leaders August & Classroom Teachers

Comments: Most classes are implementing Mana Maori to some degree. Matariki and Maori Language Week were celebrated throughout the school.

Charter Goal 4. To be a vibrant sustainable Nelson City School

Actions

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Implement the Educational 1. Encourage innovation within the Positioning System 2.0 with staff and school. [Governance Support Staff. & Management]

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August

Principal

September

Comments: The EPS 2.0 instrument has been administered and presentation of the data has been made. Arrangements have also been made for staff development starting in October.

Charter Goal

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Participate in the 2009 Nelson Mask Parade.

October

Christine Harrison

November

4. To be a vibrant sustainable Nelson City School

2. Maintain a school that people want to send their children to. [Governance and Management]

Comments: Preparations for the mask parade are underway in September.

Charter Goal 4. To be a vibrant sustainable Nelson City School

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3. Ensure good internal Be empathetic towards staff personal and family needs. relationships. [Management]

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Ongoing

Principal

November

Charter Goal 4. To be a vibrant sustainable Nelson City School

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4. Maximise the use of technology. [Management]

Become a Nelson LOOP school in 2009.

March

Principal

April

Increase staff and student access to web capable technologies. Increase student and teacher capability with e-learning tools.

June

Principal

Ongoing

Rachel Boyd

Ongoing & November June & November

Comments: The school was successfully joined to the Nelson LOOP by April. Staff satisfaction with ICT infrastructure is a lot higher now than it has been for a long time!

Charter Goal 4. To be a vibrant sustainable Nelson City School

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Participate in the Feet First 5. Take part in community activities. Programme. [Management]

Participate in the 40 Hour Famine.

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Ongoing

Neroli Sullivan

November

June

Tracy Watkin

August

Comments: The school is participating fully in the Feet First Programme. Increased participation in the 40 Hour Famine this year led to an increase in funds raised also.