Association of Integrated Schools Conference

1. Association of Integrated Schools Conference Brentwood Hotel 13 June 2017 Sector Enablement and Support Education Infrastructure Services Education System Policy

2. The Ministry Team • Anne – Margaret Campbell - School Support • Bianca McCullough - School Support • Doug Ferry - School Governance • Sarah Taylor - Funding & Integrated Schools • Jennifer Fraser - Safety, Wellbeing and Engagement • Dominic Tay - Safety, Wellbeing and Engagement • Philippa Pidd - Education Network • Shane Coleman - Education Network

3. Education Infrastructure Services

4. Operational PracticeLand and Property Services • Ministry point of contact for all property related matters • Funding • Policy One Funding • Policy Two Classroom Assistance Funding • Furniture and Equipment for New Square metres • Property Maintenance Grants • Operational • Site Plan Updates • School Property Guide advice for MRI Applications • New Education Act implications

5. What’s new for Site Plan Updates? • Management of the site plan application process has moved fromSector Enablement and Support team to the Operational Practice team in the Education Infrastructure Services group • The delegation for approving site plan updates has been shifted to a Group Manager level within the Ministry

6. Designations – State Integrated Schools • We are working through an integrated process with the Minster’s state schools around the various District Plan reviews and roll-overs. This is nationwide • Community use of designate schools – Policy work being undertaken around the co-location and sharing of school assets for community uses. • Reconciliation of the new Education Act – Impacts resulting from the PSCI repeal and changes in leasing agreements and growing need for community groups to use school sites and the ongoing environmental effects e.g. traffic, noise

7. School Support and Cohort Entry

8. The School Support team • A team of 6 staff at National Office in Wellington • Support a range of guidance for schools including the Vulnerable Children Act, Health and Safety at Work Act, Education Outside the Classroom, the Food Act and Hostel licensing • Most recently we produced the resource – Planning and preparing for emergencies and traumatic incidents • Support quality governance in Māori medium kura • Manage the Principal Recruitment Allowance • New but increasing programme of work to support digital safety in schools - including managing the Netsafe contract • We also set school terms and holidays • Implementation of Cohort Entry

9. Cohort Entry • The Education Act has been amended to enable schools to fully adopt cohort entry, following consultation with their community • If adopted, new entrants can start school as part of a cohort at the beginning of the term closest to their 5th birthday, or the beginning of a later term • Consultation must include: • Staff • Parents of current and prospective students • Local early childhood services • Schools will then consider whether their community find the policy generally acceptable, before introducing cohort entry

10. Cohort Entry cont... • Schools need to give one term’s notice of the change before the policy can take effect • Mid-term dates (cut off dates) will determine which term a child may start school under cohort entry • A child who turns 5 prior to the mid-term date is able to begin school at the start of that same term (or choose to begin school at the start of a later term)

11. Mid-term dates

12. What else? • The earliest students will enter a school under cohort entry will be Term 1, 2018 • Children will be able to start school prior to turning 5 under cohort entry (approximately 4 years and 10 months will be the youngest age children will be eligible to start school) • Schools can choose to encourage parents to consider starting their child at the start of term after they turn 5, but cannot insist on it • Age 6 remains the compulsory age for attending school • To revoke cohort entry, you must follow the same process as for implementing it (consult with community, determine if revoking cohort entry is generally acceptable and give 1 term’s notice)

13. Any questions? Further information and support is available from: New Zealand School Trustees Association - nzsta.org.nz your local Ministry Education Advisor Ministry of Education website - education.govt.nz

14. Improving Planning and Reporting

15. Improving Planning & Reporting • designed to increase accountability to parents, remove unnecessary complexity, and focus boards on what really matters for lifting achievement • Parents, family and whānau will also receive more specific information about what their school or kura aims to achieve for their children and the progress it’s making in achieving these aims. • A four-year strategic plan and an annual implementation plan will replace school charters. • The charter will no longer be required.

16. When do these changes come into effect? • The new planning and reporting framework will take effect no later than 1 January 2019. • The requirement for annual reports to be published on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the board takes effect on 19 May 2017. • Until the new framework comes into effect, schools and kura will be required to continue with reporting requirements under the NAGs and submit charters.

17. Strategic Plan The strategic plan will set out the board’s strategy for achieving its objectives, having particular regard to any statement of National Education and Learning Priorities (NELP)* • The strategic plan will have to be produced and submitted once every four years. • Boards will be required to submit the strategic plan to the Ministry for review and approval and to publish it on the school website. * NELP - Government of the day’s priorities to provide a high level, broad, and long-term direction for the system for education and learning

18. Annual implementation plan Information about how the school or kura is implementing their strategic plan on a year to year basis. The annual implementation plan will not be submitted to the Ministry Boards will be required to publish their annual implementation plan on their website.

19. Development of regulations • Regulations will created under new section 118A • Will cover detail of new requirements • We will consult with the sector and the public about the new planning and reporting regulations • We expect the regulations to be promulgated by mid 2018 • We will provide guidance including templates for the new planning and reporting documents. • NZSTA will assist boards with the new requirements

20. What about the NEGS and NAGS? • Various provisions that were previously in the National Administration Guidelines (the NAGs) or the National Education Goals (the NEGs) have been moved into the primary legislation, including the requirement to monitor and report on student performance. • The detail of these requirements will be set out in regulations to be developed.

21. In summary • Schools and kura will be required to meet three planning and reporting requirements: • a strategic plan every four years, • an annual implementation plan, and • an annual report.

22. Communities of Online Learning

23. Communities of Online Learning

24. Communities of Online Learning

25. Communities of Online Learning • If a school becomes a COOL… • Student • Student • If a school accesses tuition from a COOL… • Teacher • Teacher

26. Communities of Online Learning • It doesn’t have to be one or the other.

27. Communities of Online Learning • Implementation timeline

28. Changes about the Ed Act can be found at • https://education.govt.nz/ministry-of-education/legislation/the-education-update-amendment-act/