Minutes of the Otago Primary Principals’ Executive Meeting
OPPA Meeting 20th June 2013
Present: Whetu Cormick (President), Stephanie Madden (Secretary), Brent Caldwell (Immediate Past
President), Alistair Campbell, Jenny Clarke, Verity Harlick, Steve Hayward, Jennifer Horgan, Tony Hunter,
Andy Larson, Hamish McDonald, Chris McKinlay, Richard Newton, Vicki Nicolson, Debbie Smith, Chris Smith,
Jan Taylor,
Apologies: Sally Direen, Libby Cleverly, Bernadette Newlands, Chris Smith (lateness)
Motion: That the apologies are received:
Moved: Hamish McDonald
Seconded: Richard Newton
Carried
Visitor: Patricia Still (Crombie Lockwood)
Insurance renewals are coming up. Patricia is available to give insurance advice around BOT owned property
and over-code buildings. Feel free to email any feedback to Patricia.
Minutes of meeting: 16th May 2013 previously circulated.
Motion: That the minutes be accepted as a true and correct record
Moved: Jan Taylor
Seconded: Jennifer Horgan
Carried
Matters arising from the minutes:
A reminder that documentation is available on the OPPA website. Password (oppa13) upper or lower case
Inwards Correspondence:
Email from Patrick Crowley – SE liaison
Outwards Correspondence:
None
Motion: That a care package be sent to Melissa Bell – Principal St Hilda’s Collegiate
Moved: Steve Hayward
Seconded: Vicki Nicolson
Carried
Inwards mail accepted and outwards endorsed
Moved: Whetu Cormick
Seconded: Jennifer Horgan
Carried
FINANCIAL REPORT
One month ended 31 May 2013
Financial Position as at 30 May 2013
Investment
Investment
Cheque a/c
Due 22 Aug 13
Due 9 Sept 13
$28,047.15
$35,608.93
$14,509.60
Total cash: $78,165.68
Financial Performance for 30 May 2013
Opening balance:
INCOME:
$ 10,559.20
Seminar Income
Subs
Relieving Pool
Relievers Subs
Interest Income
$2,200.00
$ 690.00
$ 207.00
$ 845.00
$
8.40
Total
Income:
$ 3,950.40
EXPENDITURE:
Cheque
345
346
347
348
349
Creditor
DCC
Koru Art
The Flower Shop
Hook Education
Aurora Café
For
Meeting Exp
Gifts
Flowers
Seminar – May
Seminar – May
Total Expenses:
Amount
$ 799.25
$ 69.00
$ 145.00
$2,267.96
$1,026.38
$ 4,307.59
Sub Balance:
$10,202.01
Less May Creditors
$ 1,871.85
Balance:
$ 8,330.16
Adjustments
plus Unpresented cheques **
plus unpresented creditors *
Closing Balance:
$4307.59
$1871.85
(as per bank statement)
** See over page for detailed report
Invoices received to date (19th June 2013) to be paid June
The Flower Shop – Flowers (2)
$ 74.50
Sweet as a Nut – meeting 16th May
$ 244.40
GI School – reimb Camp Trust Working bee
$ 179.40
St Clair School – Copying – Pam Hook Sem
$ 138.00
DCC – Seminar – Venue, Equip & Catering
$1052.25
GI School – reimb Camp Trust Working Bee June $ 183.30
$ 14,509.60
Total creditors May / June
Unpresented Cheques:
Cheque
Creditor
345
DCC
346
Koru Art
347
The Flower Shop
348
Hook Education
349
Aurora Café
(All presented early June)
$1871.85
Amount
$ 799.25
$ 69.00
$ 145.00
$2,267.96
$1,026.38
Total
$4,307.59
FINANCE REPORT FOR JUNE MEETING 2013
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2013 Subscriptions - to date only 44 schools have paid – 36%
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2013 Relieving Pool Subs
- to date only 16 schools have paid – 16%
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Pam Hook Seminar
- balance outstanding for registration fees $3210.00
To be minuted:
Term investment (deposit number 82000000714617) of $35,608.93 has matured on 10th June and rolled
over and will mature on 9th September 2013. Interest earned for period
11 March 2013 to 10 June 2013 $286.21.
Other matters:
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GST return completed for period 1 November 2012 to 30 April 2013 – refund of $420.68 due.
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Banking authorities, it appears that the ANZ records are not up to date. Authorised signatures are:
Brent Caldwell, Bernadette Newlands, But I have discovered in the OPPA folder a copy of a signing
authority dated 14 December 2011 – naming Brent, Stephanie Madden and Ian Cormick as having
signing authority.
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New Business Banking Team at ANZ – Rhys Prescott and Todd Mansfield are now looking after the
OPPA account.
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Online banking – I have been in contact with the ANZ and they have advised the following options are
available:
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ANZ Direct Online Banking - Have authorises (signatories) plus an administrator. The administrator
would have access to the account and be able to print statements, set up payment of creditors ( does
not have authority to authorised payments). Costs are: set-up $100.00, monthly fee $25.00,
transaction fee 25c.
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ANZ Internet Banking – Require two people to authorise payments, but for Finance Assistant (Sue
Grave) to have access, they would be required to be an authoriser (signatory). There are no fees for
this service.
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If decide not to change to online banking, can we organise with bank that Sue Grave has authority
to get printouts from the bank (as statement only sent out monthly, with many schools paying online,
printouts are required to check payments for seminars etc on a more regular basis).
Discussion: Concern was raised about the outstanding payments for the seminars. Offering an early bird
discount or a discount for OPPA members will be considered.
All communication from our organisation must be approved by the Chairperson. All group emails to members
need to come from our email tree to avoid issues with non-disclosed recipients
The possibility of having a comparison to the previous year’s expenditure added to the financial reports was
discussed. Chris will discuss this further with Bryce who set up the report template.
Motion: That the term investment (deposit number 82000000714617) of $35,608.93 be reinvested to
mature on the 9th September
Moved: Whetu Cormick
Seconded: Jenny Clarke
Carried
Motion: That ANZ Internet Banking be set up
Moved: Brent Caldwell
Seconded: Whetu Cormick
Carried
Amendment: That the finance assistant be included as a signatory.
Andy Larson
REPORTS:
The following sub committees have provided written reports
Seminar Committee – (Jenny)
The final financial report for the Term 2 seminar has yet to be received. Sixty two principals and team
leaders attended the full seminar with Pam Hook, and 95 teachers attended the condensed 1 hour session
for classroom practitioners. Thank you again to the seminar team for attending to the details of the past
seminar so the day progressed smoothly, and for the preparations for the upcoming seminar.
The Term 3 seminar is planned for the 5 September with an interesting line up of presenters for the day:
Chris Hipkins - Labour Spokesperson for Education, Pete Burdon - Media Training & Perry Rush presenting
about inspiring and innovating curriculum implementation.
Discussion: The Term 2 seminar made a profit of $2175
Wilson McCaskill Seminar – Friday the 20th September: Cost $130 per teacher
A parent session will hosted by Green Island School. 50 places at a cost of $700
This seminar will be advertised through the OPPA email tree but will not be underwritten by OPPA
Phil Harding will attend the Annual Meeting. Speakers to be confirmed.
MoE /OPPA Liaison – (Richard)
MOE / OPPA LIAISON MEETING 18 JUNE 2013
Present: Mary Geary, Christina Young, Whetu Cormack, Tony Hunter, Andy Larson, Hamish McDonald,
Richard Newton, Denise Lind (MoEd minutes)
Interim Response Fund - levels and allocation strategies
• Interim response funding has been tight, budget has been overspent across the South Island region.
• Ministry have been asked to monitor and tighten up the use of IRF across region
• for Otago - spending in 2013 mirrors previous year’s spending
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the issue of overuse is generated by the high demand in Christchurch, and they are in the "Southern
Region"
Intent of IRF
• IRF is provided to allow schools to "take a breath"
• it is a very limited amount of money provided so that the school can establish a long-term plan for the
child
• concern was raised that this funding is not sufficient for severe cases of children. MoEd confirmed that it
is an ‘interim’ response fund – not a long term support.
• no change in process – IRF is intended for crisis situations. The definition of crisis varies widely across
schools
• any school seeking IRF schools need to apply and have a simple plan (a statement that outlines what
the school plans to do with IR funds)
• if there is concern around the allocation of IRF, please contact Mary Geary directly
Excluded children and IRF policy when re-enrolled in a school
• children receive IRF on re-enrolment
• a long term plan needs to be developed while the IRF is utilised.
Special Education Issues
Patrick Crowley
• waiting times are variable dependent on need at time – up to three months for communication, much
less for other services.
• behaviour work linked closely to RTLB service, tries to be very responsive
• ORS - new ORS cases are picked up straight away. Current ORS cases are approached dependent on
capacity
• There have been one or two staffing issues in the past year. Currently fully staffed, with some new staff
still in training
• SE works with 1200 children a year
• the referral process has been remodelled to try and help
• the Ministry are not comfortable about a 90 day wait for any SE service
GSE provision around supporting children who have been excluded
• these are high priority children, this is a high risk time for a child
• if there is a support concern about a particular child or delay, contact the SE service manager directly.
• three layers of support for excluded children
o IRF
o SE local team
o Intensive Wrap Around (IWA) – a recent service funded by residential school closures
• The ‘Intensive Wrap Around Service’ is managed from Christchurch. Part of SE but under PB4L banner.
National manager for this service is David Pluck. Local applications are more complex at present
because there is no local person to manage this process. Admission to IWS is coordinated by a regional
selection panel. IWS may involve a package of support and services around a student with extreme
behaviour issues.
• A concern around the time taken with IWS and non-local personnel was raised. The children that this
includes are extreme and need support while IWS is instituted.
• There has been confusion around the criteria for IWS. The infrastructure around IWS is still being
"built". Funding for this service is coming from different places. Contact SE / Pat Crowley for further
information.
• Overall, Otago made limited use of residential schools and so IWS may 9in time) be of significant benefit
to Otago children.
Transition of Excluded Students
• Whetu and Mary have discussed an Invercargill model
• documents presented at the meeting have been scanned and included electronically with this report.
• Invercargill schools manage the transition of excluded students very successfully
• investigations are being made in setting up a reference group to progress this matter.
PaCT and easTTle
Web conference with Chris Harwood (moEd Wellington) who confirmed:
• PaCT almost finished development of reading and writing components
• About to commence testing with teachers
• expecting to have a National trial in September 2013 or slightly later
• reading aspects have taken longer to develop than anticipated, due to receptive nature of reading.
PaCT PLD and Roll Out
• Terms three and four - initial workshops to explore moderation
• specific PLD in 2014 to strengthen and support schools in OTJ process.
• mandated in 2015 and used in all schools by 2016
• Misgivings evident among principals present regarding reliability of the data
• Concern was expresses about the potential for MoEd or media to see PaCT data as credible – which it
will not be given the subjective nature of inputs.
PACT as a Defacto Set of National Standards?
• MoEd – No, PaCT is an indicative set of illustrations that show what teaching and learning might look like
at a particular stage in learning.
• PaCT is a check point. Not a new curriculum or test
• Will national standard achievement results be derived directly from the PaCT tool?
• PaCT tool is designed to assist teachers in forming OTJ. Teachers are still able to override the PaCT
rating.
• The current MoEd template will be still used to communicate Nat Standards data to moEd – PaCT will
not deliver this directly.
• SMS providers are being engaged to make data harvesting by schools a more automatic process.
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Schools need to continue to communicate with their own communities about National Standards data. easTTle
• easTTle in 2012 was generating grossly inflated results
• NZCER requested to review the tool and re calibrate the tool to reflect curriculum levels – has done so
• no intent to make results better or worse.
Education Counts Data (National Standards Data)
• This will be published at the end of June
• Generally, data received in the Otago region suggests high performance (or perhaps simply high scores).
• Data reported through Annual Report is the basis of data released
• Boards of Trustees are responsible for privacy issues as Annual Report is a public document.
• If privacy of data has not been considers and a school wants to amend data, resubmit data with an
accompanying email explaining why
• New data will be uploaded and amended as soon as possible by EIAA
• email to - [email protected]
Review of Teachers Council
• please respond by 14th July
Next Meeting - 27th August, 10 am
Attached Below – Models of Support for Excluded Students
Discussion: Concern was raised that IRF funding is too limited and that there seems to be little
communication between MoE and SE. Whetu is having ongoing discussions with Sally Ellison and will raise
these concerns with her.
PACT: OPPA has been approached to make a stance.
Motion: OPPA Executive strongly advises Principals and Schools to boycott PACT, and endorses the position
of NZPF, NZEI, NZAIMS, and the NZ Catholic Schools Association
Moved: Whetu Cormick
Seconded: Brent Caldwell
Carried
Relieving Pool – (Chris)
This whole year has been tough on the Relievers and I have never known it to be this slow ever before. Up
until today (16 June) I have only placed seventeen relievers into eight different schools this term. I have
ninety-four relievers on my books but not all of these have paid their registration fees as yet.
SE Liaison – (Brent)
Minutes of Special Education/ OPPA Liaison Meeting held at Mornington School
Tuesday June 11, 9.15am.
Present: Brent Caldwell, Pat Crowley, Tony Hunter, Verity Harlick, Bill Gilmore.
Apologies: Vicki Nicolson, Whetu Cormick, Debbie Smith Sally Ellison and Richard Newton.
Staffing Update: Behaviour team staffing down 0.8. Waiting list for Severe Behaviour – 2
children on list and only waiting a short time (due to co-operation of RTLB). Awaiting sign off in
Christchurch to back fill Bill’s role (he is currently in an acting role). Christchurch approval required
for all Dunedin SE appointments. Staffing has been an ongoing issue for the past 18 months. Tony
suggested that SE be staffed like schools with an annual entitlement.
RTLB are picking up the caseload that is not being handled by Severe Behaviour. There is an
increasing number of programmes on their plate PB4L, Gateway, SLS etc.
Action: OPPA to write Adele Peart-Baillie/Jean Martin about concerns on under staffing,
restrictions on appointments by local office and the impact on RTLB and teachers,
students.
Maori and Pasifika Group Update: Special Ed advisor with a focus on M&P Achievement
Position to be advertised. OPPA may be involved at some stage. Position will focus on the 44%
Dunedin Māori and 33% Pasifika students who do not achieve NCEA Level 2. Pat also met with
Secondary principals who presented their data.
Action: Nomination for OPPA Rep for appointment committee and the MAP the Future
Otago reference group.
Legal responsibilities to do with custody issues Issue where RTLBs are compelled to appear
in court or have their documentation used.
MoE can provide a legal opinion for schools if requested (Pat happy to approach MoE legal team)
although use NZSTA.
Exclusion: Interest in North Island decision over the exclusion and subsequent MoE / BoT stand
off. Re-direction may be affected by location and opportunity to access other schools. SE are
traditionally not consulted over these cases. T
Tracking Behaviour Cases from Region to Region: Verity asked if there is a formal process
or systems for tracking Severe Behaviour Cases. Usual practice is to inform offices when children
who are currently on behaviour roll move.
IRF: Recent allocations have asked for written a plan prior to a decision being made.
Next meeting: Tuesday 13 August, Mornington School 9.15am
Discussion: Brent will write the letter to Adele Peart-Baillie/Jean Martin on behalf of the OPPA
Nomination for OPPA Rep for appointment committee and the MAP the Future Otago reference group will be
advertised on the email tree.
Otago Youth Wellness Trust/ Strengthening Families – (Jennifer)
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Term One Data - Maria Noonan following up on concerns identified from Term One attendance data.
Referrals - Reasonably high case load of referrals at present.
MOE Funding – OYWT has received funding from MOE to undertake projects.
a. Transition – especially Year 6 to Year 7
b. Māori & Pasifika Achievement – in relation to attendance
c. Professional Development – to enable more consistent approach to access attendance data
ERO – (Alistair)
OPPA ERO LIAISON MEETING 10 JUNE 2013
Notes and Discussion Topics
• Charter Schools
o The initial understanding is that ERO is to review Charter schools, however no recent
information or confirmation that ERO is to undertake this role
o There is no formal understanding or guidelines at this point
• Christchurch School closures
o Discussion was had about the concept of Cluster Schools - this is where schools that are
forming new schools have an input of funding to cluster together during the amalgamation,
reformation process
• PACT Tool
o ERO approach, tell us what you are using and what you are finding
o The approach is to identify the changes and what the school is doing with assessment and
findings rather than look at the tool used
• Board of Trustees
o With recent elections ERO is happy to talk with prior Board members to help with continuity,
particularly in coming reviews and for schools that have a number of changes in Board
members
• Charters
o ERO investigate the alignment of the Charter and may comment on the Charter, even
though the Ministry say it complies
 Charter is the guiding document for the school that gives direction to where the
school is going.
 ERO wants the Charter to be a living, live document and expects schools to adjust
these across the course of the year as changes occur, such as target groups altering
etc.
 However, be aware that if changes to Charters are made the Ministry needs to be
informed
• ERO is aiming to talk to other Principals Associations across our region more regularly
• Notifications have been sent out for schools to be reviewed during the rest of the 2013 year, with a
potential of roll over for some into Term 1
o Schools should receive at least a couple of months’ notice
o REMEMBER.... don't wait for notification, if you have a review coming and want to sort the
date, make contact with the ERO office they are happy to help
• Self-Review workshops
o The OPPA seminar committee is following this option through
• Office of the Auditor General has just released a report - "Education for Maori: Implementing Ka
Hikitia - Managing for Success".
National Reports
• Remember to look on website, these are on there
o Accelerating Progress of Priority Learners in Primary Schools
o Working with Te Whariki
o Priorities for Children's Learning in Early Childhood Services
o Board Employment Responsibilities: Linking Charter Targets to Appraisal in Primary Schools
o Mathematics in Year 4 to 8: Developing a Responsive Curriculum
o Inclusion of Children with Special Needs in Early Childhood Services
o Evaluation at a Glance: Transitions from Primary to Secondary School
National Evaluation Topics
• These are available on www, or ask ERO
o Raising Achievement
o Maori Success
o Success for Pacific: Student achievement
o Provision for international students - in applicable schools
• ERO School Questionnaire
o This is online and is an opportunity for schools to complete two questionnaires, one
representing the views of the board of trustees and one representing the views of the staff.
o The criteria for schools' review cycles are changeable, refer back to these, as they may
change between visits
School Traffic Safety – (Jennifer)
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6.
Quick Stop Trial to alleviate congestion outside George Street School - Map developed showing
suggested points for parents to park, then walk with children, also suggested points for children to
meet parents.
Cycle Skills Training Programme Levels 1 & 2 completed with Brockville, Musselburgh & Pine Hill.
Programme to be started Term 4 at Carisbrook and Bathgate.
Bike Library Update – survey results from South Dunedin cluster indicate need for bike library.
BEATS Study – Built Environment and Active Transport to School.
Dr Sandy Mandic and Claire Hodge, School of Physical Education, University of Otago reported on
proposed multi-disciplinary study – Health/Transport/Safety. Initial survey to be conducted with 2000
students across 12 schools.
High Risk Schools – Arthur Street has now been added to the top 12 High Risk Schools. Template
has been developed from issues identified by schools as well as those identified by Ron Minnema and
team. Main issues looked at – crossing opportunities, school frontage, bus stops, parking, intersections,
supervision, number of entrances. Template to be tested on Bathgate School, then revised and used in
the other 11 schools. Programmes of work will then be developed.
Junior Neighbourhood Support Update – Goal: Student ‘buy-in’ a priority. Focus for this term –
supporting schools to raise profile of project/increase ‘fun factor.’
NZEI Principals’ Council Report – (Stephanie)
The Council met on the 22nd and 23rd of March
PaCT – Progress and Consistency Tool: NZEI, NZPF, NZAIMS, and the Catholic Schools Association have
come out with a joint statement asking schools not to engage with this tool at all. The government has
mandated it’s use from 2015. Data will be able to be directly taken from the tool by the Ministry of
Education.
Review of the Teachers Council: We met with Graham Stoop. Whilst NZEI supports the strengthening of
teaching as a profession the following areas are of concern with the review:
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The recommendation that teachers be licensed to operate within a narrowed scope of practice
- The fundamental idea that ‘a teacher is a teacher is a teacher’ is replaced with the requirement
that a registered teacher licensed to work in a junior school setting, for example, might have to
retrain or reapply for a practising certificate to enable them to work in senior primary, or kura, or
junior secondary, or literacy/numeracy support, and vice versa
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A lack of professional representation on the governing body
- Reducing the number of Council members to 7 or 8 will make it that much less likely that all
sectors of the teaching profession will have an effective representative voice on their own
professional body
- Requiring all Council members to have previous governance experience is highly likely to result in
few if any practising classroom teachers gaining a seat on the new Council
- The possibility that the very body set up to govern the teaching profession will be run by people
with little or no understanding of current trends, challenges, and opportunities being experienced at
the coalface of the teaching profession
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The licensing of untrained ‘Authority to Educate’ instructors to teach alongside trained, registered
teachers
- This undermines the integrity of both initial teacher education and the professional status of the
teaching profession
- It opens the way for charter schools to more ‘legitimately’ employ untrained teachers
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It moves away from a high trust model to one of greater central control
- It opens the way for league tables of ‘effective’ principals and early childhood professional leaders
- It opens the way for student assessment data to be used to evaluate teacher and principal
effectiveness, and to link this data-driven accountability to teacher and principal appraisal and
attestation
Positives in the review – There will be one set of standards
- It will be an independent professional statutory body
Submissions need to be in by the 14th of July. We would encourage as many people as possible to give
feedback.
Collective Agreements – Performance Review /Career Structure: Many people will already be
fulfilling the requirements for moving up the career structure through their appraisal processes. It is not
intended that this is additional documentation. The Council is drawing together possible formats that will be
available on the website.
More information will be sent out shortly about the Advanced Classroom Expertise Teacher positions that
were created during the Primary Teachers negotiations.
Privacy Concerns re National Standards Information: NZEI have been discussing this with the privacy
Commissioner. He has directed them to a set of very clear and robust protocols around handling data. The
legal team have asked to urgently meet with the schools division to ensure that best practice is carried out.
Living Wage: “A living wage is the income necessary to provide workers and their families with the basic
necessities of life. A living wage will enable workers to live with dignity and to participate as active citizens in
society” The CTU have calculated that an hourly rate of $18.41 is required to provide a living wage. As
leaders in our communities NZEI would ask that all schools consider moving over time to ensuring that all
their employees receive a living wage. The Principals’ Council fully support this position.
NZEI Conference: “Beyond the Standards”: The local Otago Branch is prepared to subsidize two
Principals to attend the conference in Napier (25th – 27th Sept) $500 per person is available and will cover
registration costs. Visit http://principalconference.org.nz.
The Area Council will also fund an Otago Principal to attend (Flights and Accommodation included). This
person would need to be prepared to join an organizing committee for the 2015 Conference which is to held
in the southern region.
Principal to Principal:
Remember to take the time to read the P2P – It has the most up to date information for Principals.
Next meeting June 16/17 August
Child Youth & Family Liaison Group – (Brent)
Nothing to report.
Discussion: What are the burning issues for schools?
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Lack of communication
Lack of action
Lack of transparency
High turnover of staff
Gateway assessments
Resource Teachers of Literacy – (Bernadette)
The two RT Lit teachers in the Dunedin area are currently working with 35 children, either directly or
indirectly and 10 children are on the waiting list, all of these children having been referred this year. After
children have had their allotted number of weeks with the RT Lits the Ministry has said they must be
referred on, though the destination of that referral is not all that clear. The ‘Evaluation’ of the service is still
pending nation-wide and we are not yet sure if our area will be one of the areas to be evaluated in depth.
Bernadette Newlands and Verity Harlick
Saturday Morning Music Classes – (Bernadette)
Classes are going well at all Centres, both in Dunedin, Mosgiel and in Central Otago.
New violins and other equipment are being purchased. Classes are preparing for a concert at the end of the
term and next term the Annual Demonstration Concert will be held on Sunday the 22nd of September, back
in the Dunedin Town Hall. Novopay continues to be a huge source of frustration for Aart Brusse, the Director
of SMMC with historic problems proving very difficult to resolve.
Bernadette Newlands and Libby Cleverley
Community Trust of Otago Liaison – (Richard)
The Community Trust of Otago is currently reviewing its policies in regard to education grants and
donations. As part of this process, I was invited to attended an education sector consultation forum on
Thursday the 23rd of May. This forum was briefly signaled at our last meeting.
The three hour meeting was attended by about 35 education representatives from across the city.
The trust was seeking input from education stake-holders so that it could clarify and further define its core
purpose in regard to education. Those present provided a rich variety of feedback. The importance placed
on support for children from under-resourced families, educator PLD, and technology was clear from
responses made.
The meeting concluded with a request for those who attended to complete the Trust’s online consultation
survey.
The consultation survey has been forwarded to all schools. OPPA members are encouraged to complete the
survey if they have not already done so.
~ Richard Newton
Sponsorship – (Andy)
Have just secured a new sponsor - Envirowaste
Workplace First Aide are coming back on with us.
Camp Trust– (Steve)
Both Bannockburn and Waianakarua Camps are closed for the winter but the Trust has been busy with other
matters. Our recent AGM has seen a change to the way that we handle bookings. From now on Enid Grant
(with the help of Marion Carter), 12B Riccaraton Road, East Taieri, Dunedin, for bookings and "snail mail".
Lesley Rae at Abbotsford School will still handle electronic Invoices and Payments.
The attached photos also give you some idea of recent developments with our $100,000 Bannockburn
upgrade. To help bridge any potential temporary low cash-flow, we have increased our overdraft facility
with the bank up another $5000 to now be $10000.
The improvements are impressive and are a credit to all involved.
We thank the OPPA for their continued support.
Steve Hayward
Verbal Reports:
Maori Liaison – (Whetu)
Polyfest is in September. A meeting for teachers wil be held on the 25th of July at Bathgate Park at 4.30
Information coming out from Tainui School
Keeping Dunedin Active – (Alistair)
Information is being sought on how schools manage out of school use of their grounds.
RTLB Liaison – (Steve)
Concern that a huge workload is being pushed onto RTLB. This will continue with the loss of SLS teachers at
the end of the year.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
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NZPF Conference Subsidy
3 applications for the subsidy have been received
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Accommodation NZPF Conference
Principals are making their own arrangements
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Review of the Teachers Council
Stephanie to prepare a submission. Jenny offered support.
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Sub-Associations
Members of sub-associations are able to stand for, and have representation on the OPPA executive
through the annual election process. OPPA supports sub association presidents to attend the Moot.
We will look for ways to improve collaboration with sub associations. It may be possible to meet in sub
association areas for one meeting in the year. The seminar committee will communicate with subassociations around seminar content.
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School closures due to snow conditions
Whetu has been asked for comment about the process by the ODT. He will continue to handle this.
Meeting closed at: 3.30pm
Next meeting date: Thursday 15th August - Lunch at 1pm, meeting at 1.30pm.
Mornington Presbyterian Community Centre
ACTIONS:
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Jan - arrange a care package for Melissa Bell
Chris - discuss the financial report template with Bryce
Whetu - advertise the Wilson McCaskill seminar
Brent – write letter to Adele Peart-Baillie/Jean Martin
Whetu – advertise the Nomination for OPPA Rep for SE appointment committee and the MAP the
Future Otago reference group
Whetu – PaCT statement
Stephanie – submission to the Teachers Council