NEW ZEALAND PRINCIPALS’ FEDERATION

1. NEW ZEALAND PRINCIPALS’ FEDERATION Judy Hanna National President 2007

2. MISSION The Federation will provide leadership, advocacy and support for principals in their professional role.

3. The Federation’s Core Beliefs • Advocacy for principals should always be consistent with the best interests of all children • Empowering principals in their leadership role is critical to the quality of education in New Zealand . .

4. Core Beliefs • Maintaining a professional organisation is important for advancing educational aims in New Zealand schools. • There should be equity of access to quality lifelong learning for all students and teachers. • This requires adequate State funded resourcing, co-ordinated social policy, and highly skilled professionals.

5. To develop, progress and monitor issues/initiatives - Curriculum – - Assessment - Student Management Systems - NEMP - SPARC (sport & recreation) - Education Outside The Classroom - Literacy - Numeracy - Financial Planning & Resourcing Julie Hepburn Jacqui Duncan Paul Drummond SchoolManagement Team

6. To develop and review NZPF policies, and to formulate and advocate amendments intended to improve or update the constitution To develop relationships with political parties and politicians Develop new initiatives to generate debate on the future direction for NZPF as a professional organisation Paddy Ford Geoff Lovegrove Barry Hambleton Current & Future DirectionsPolicy & Constitution Team

7. To develop, progress and monitor issues/initiatives to do with professional leadership including; Professional Development Leadspace – PEN Appointments / Appraisals Professional Standards for Principal’s Career Pathways Aspiring Leaders – AP / DP Kiwi Leadership Framework Leadership knowledge, skills and attributes Liz Millar Marion Fitchett Peter Simpson David Ellery Professional Leadership Team

8. To filter new / emerging issues as they arise that don’t necessarily fit one of the other teams, or can be handled quickly. To develop, progress and monitor issues / initiatives to do with Principal Support / Hauora including - Helpline - Legal Benefits - Special Needs - Sudents at Risk - Rural / Remote - Workload - Compliance Reduction Ernie Buutveld Pat Newman Colleen Murray Peter Witana New Initiatives / Issues Principal Support / Hauora Team

9. 2007 • ICP Convention, Auckland, April 2-5 • Celebrating Education in NZ. Leading Learning May 21 -25

10. Membership Benefits • Helpline • Email tree • Principal Magazine • Opportunity to join Legal Benefits scheme • ICP member • Representation through Executive on all Reference groups

11. PATHWAYS TO THE FUTURE NZPF CONSULTATION DOCUMENT

12. All NZers have a right to an educational system that provides equity of educational opportunities in a culturally diverse environment. We believe that our national state funded education must deliver equity of access to quality life long education and should encompass the 4 competencies for the 21st century -learning, citizenship, relating to people and managing situations.

13. Teacher Capability: New Zealand schools will be staffed by highly skilled teachers who are committed to student learning and educational achievement.

14. Resourcing: • New Zealand schools will receive adequate resourcing to achieve agreed educational aims and outcomes.

15. Principals’ Professional Development: • New Zealand principals will have the opportunity to access high quality professional development which enables them to be effective school leaders.

16. Social Policy/Responsibility: Children will live in safe, nurturing environments that maximise educational opportunity and motivation to learn.

17. Curriculum: That New Zealand schools deliver an authentic curriculum that reflects UNESCO’s four pillars, learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together and learning to be.

18. Hauora………..ongoing • Moot 2006 Focus on successful strategies being used in regions to support principals • Reminder that local support and local solutions are very effective. Use local knowledge/expertise/networks. • Its ok to ask for help ….

19. Priorities for 2007 • Increase in the operations grant that recognises the real cost of running a school. • Recognition that all schools need competent office managers • Focus on Leadership Developments

20. Priorities • Reduction in compliances • Help with behaviourally disturbed children • Principal Wellbeing • Recognition that school leaders do make a difference in creating effective schools

21. Here are some of the issues as identified by principals • Shortage of quality teachers • Increasing compliance • Lack of resourcing • Students’ disruptive behaviour • Increased diversity among students.

22. Rules For Head Teachers(circa 1848) • They must have good morals. • They must have sober habits. • They must attend Sunday church services. • They will be inspected annually. • Their students will be tested annually • Women must leave upon marriage.

23. Professional Leadership Shared Vision and Goals A Learning Environment Concentration on Teaching and Learning High Expectations Positive Reinforcement Monitoring Progress Pupil Rights and Responsibilities Purposeful teaching A Learning organisation Home-School partnership “Changing Our Schools” Stoll/Fink

24. Self management • Schools’ autonomy has allowed them to be creative and successful • Creativity and autonomy creates optimism – which creates exciting teaching

25. Principals • Superheroes !!

26. What actually is our job….? • Its all about children • What do we want for the children in our schools?

27. Transformational leadership……………………………..involves people • Vision………………passion, energy, inspiring • Finding the way forward……leading the charge • Clear set of values, provides a role model • Challenges assumptions…..takes risks • Acts as mentor / coach….respects individual contributions

28. Key……. • Relationships • Communication

29. Ifyou are a builder you join material together to make a house. If you are a plumber you fix leaks. If you are a hairdresser you improve on nature, temporarily If you are a doctor you fix bits. But if you are a School Leader you create the future.

30. For the work you are doing as Association Presidents and as principals in our New Zealand schools. Thank you Judy