Changing practice through distributing leadership

by Peter Witana

Over a number of years teachers at Kawakawa Primary School were involved in sustained professional learning that led them to make fundamental changes to their teaching practice.

Board of trustees

What is the role of a school board of trustees?

The school’s board of trustees is the Crown entity responsible for the governance and management of the school.

Governance and management: various

Can the Ministry of Education enter and inspect a school?

Most interaction with the Ministry of Education will be by mutual agreement. The Secretary for Education may, however, authorise a person to inspect a registered school. 

Rights to free education

What fees can be charged by schools?

The Education Act specifically allows for free enrolment and free education for domestic students aged between 5 and 19 years.

School enrolment and attendance

Who must be enrolled in a registered school?

All domestic students must be enrolled in a registered school from when they turn six until they turn sixteen.

Governance and management

Governance and management

School enrolment and attendance

When may a principal excuse a student from mandatory attendance?

A principal may exempt a student from attendance in three situations.

School enrolment and attendance

What are the obligations of the school where an enrolled student is truant or habitually late?

All students must be enrolled in a registered school and must also attend that school whenever it is open.

School enrolment and attendance

Under what circumstances can a student be precluded from attending school?

The principal of a school may preclude a student from attending because they have reasonable grounds to believe the student may have a communicable disease within the meaning of the Health Act 1956. 

Students

Students

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