New Zealand Health Educators’ Asociation
Strategic Plan 2014-2016
Me Haeretahi tatau ma te hauora me te oranga o nga iwi katoa o Aotearoa
Let us journey together for the health and wellbeing of the people of Aotearoa
- Rev. Leo te Kira
Vision:
Quality Health Education is an integral part of
young people’s learning, development and
achievement.
Mission Statement:
NZHEA is a community of professionals that
operates with excellence, connectedness and
leadership to support health education.
Values:
Learning/ako: Members provide and promote opportunities for all educators and learners to
achieve in Health Education.
Whanaungatanga: Members collaborate with each other and other organisations to share and
develop relationships.
Leadership/pono?: Members advocate for, inspire, and empower educators and learners to
support wellbeing.
Strategic Outcomes
1. To improve knowledge and understanding of Health Education:
Key Priorities:
a) Advocate for the place and importance of
Health Education
b) Enhance the teaching and learning of
Health Education in education settings.
Strategic Inititatives:
i)
Develop and maintain Moodle as
aplatform for PLD and collaboration
ii) Publish Hauora Matters quarterly
iii) Provide cluster meetings/PLD/conference
iv) Build online presence/social media
v) Support resource development/review and
critique
vi) Advocate with MOE/MOH/NZQA/PPTA/NZEI
and other educational bodies
2. To enhance connectedness between all stakeholders in Health Education:
Key Priorities:
a) Enhance relationships within NZHEA
membership
b) Work in partnership with PENZ
c) Work with related organisations to understand
effective Health Education
Strategic Inititatives:
i)
Collaboration with PENZ Board
ii) Ongoing self-review/consultation with
NZHEA members
iii) Increase opportunities for NZHEA members
to collaborate
iv) Develop a framework to outline the scope of
the relationship between NZHEA and
stakeholders.
v) Establish a working relationship with related
organisations to promote effective Health
Education
3. To build leadership capacity within Health Education:
Key Priorities:
a) Use and create opportunities to increase the
status of Health Education
b) NZHEA is the voice in public communications
around Health Education
c) Empower members to be leaders in Health
Education
d) Increase and strengthen membership in
NZHEA
e) Develop the governance and management of
NZHEA
Strategic Initiatives:
i) Use advertising/marketing/media to
promote Health Education and NZHEA
ii) Development and review of
constitution/strategic plan/annual plan
iii) Building leadership capacity in regions
iv) Communicating with Tertiary providers to
recognise Health Education’s contribution to
career pathways
v) Promoting links between Health Education
and MOE priorities
vi) Provide opportunities for NZHEA members to
participate and contribute to the association
vii) Develop and maintain financial management
systems.
Strategic Initiative
2014
Develop and maintain Moodle
as a platform for PLD and
collaboration
Manage transition from Brad to Dan of
Moodle management.
2015
Redevelopment of Moodle NZHEA
platform for ease of use.
Promotion of use of Moodle by all
members.
Publish Hauora Matters
quarterly
Increase scope of contributions from
membership.
Develop peer review processes for
contributions.
Review payment and role of Publisher.
Consider role of Editor.
Provide cluster
meetings/PLD/conference
Conference July 2014.
Needs analysis for PLD start of 2014.
Identify key people to lead cluster
groups in regions.
Develop outlines/guidelines for cluster
groups to support their development
and learning.
Build online presence/social
media
Develop online cluster groups.
Twitter account to be reviewed and
Examine process for making
Hauora Matters a peer reviewed
journal.
2016
reactivated.
Facebook page to be continued to be
developed.
Support resource
development/review and
critique
Friend resource – MOE.
Sexuality Education resource - Family
planning.
Promotion of NZHEA best practice
consultation document.
Development of Sexuality education
consultation guidelines development
for primary/intermediate/secondary
schools.
Advocate with
Letter of invitation to key people
MOE/MOH/NZQA/PPTA/NZEI regarding who NZHEA are and what
and other educational bodies
we can offer.
Attend PPTA subject association
conference (May 1&2).
Responding to policies that impact on
Health Education.
Review of scholarship for PE.
Collaboration with PENZ
Board
Chairperson to continue
communication with PENZ President.
Collaboration around joint conference
planning.
Review of scholarship for PE.
Ongoing selfreview/consultation with
NZHEA members
Strategic plan ratified.
Consult with members related to joint
conference.
Self review processes developed.
Increase opportunities for
NZHEA members to
collaborate
Moodle development.
Magazine contributions.
Membership list distributed to regions.
Develop a framework to
outline the scope of the
relationship between NZHEA
and stakeholders.
Draft framework for how best NZHEA
Executive can work with stakeholders.
Establish a working
relationship with related
organisations to promote
effective Health Education
Identifying key organisations that work
in Health Education and contact
details.
Use
advertising/marketing/media
to promote Health Education
and NZHEA
Identify media contacts and develop
processes for how best to respond to
media related issues.
Discuss PENZ/NZHEA media releases
process.
Advertisement in Ed Gazette in
relation to promoting membership
(April) 2014-2015.
Develop a best practice guide for
schools when working with
outside providers.
Development and review of
constitution/strategic
plan/annual plan
Building leadership capacity
in regions
Finalising and ratifying strategic plan
and annual plan for 2015.
Provide opportunities/support for
clusters in regions to meet.
Provide financial support from NZHEA
budget considerations for regions to
meet.
Communicating with tertiary
providers to recognise Health
Education’s contribution to
career pathways
Identify people and institutions that
offer Health Education related
courses.
Discuss with PENZ relating to preservice HPE education.
Promoting links between
Health Education and MOE
priorities
Vocational Pathways development –
begin to build and distribute to
schools.
Provide opportunities for
NZHEA members to
participate and contribute to
the association
Presenting at conference.
Magazine contributions.
Conference contributions.
Regional and national participation in
decisions related to governance and
management of NZHEA.
Identify professional development
needs of NZHEA Executive and
develop a plan to meet these needs.
Develop and maintain
financial management
Develop budget for 2014/2015
systems
Explore possible income streams.
Develop yearly financial plan.