CWCPA Page 5 of 5 24 June 2016
CANTERBURY WEST COAST SECONDARY PRINCIPALS’
ASSOCIATION INC.
EXECUTIVE MEETING
HELD ON FRIDAY 24 JUNE 2016 AT 8.00AM AT BURNSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
PRESENT:
P Holstein (President), A Brokenshire, B Kearney, H Romana, M Wilson, K Paterson, N Hill, N Wilkinson and
A Johnston
WELCOME: To K Paterson (new Executive member)
CONGRATULATIONS: To B Kearney for Prime Ministers Award.
APOLOGY: J Boyle
1. Minutes of Previous Executive meeting
Motion: Moved President
That the minutes of the Executive meeting held on 3 May 2016, having been circulated, be approved as a true and correct record. Carried
2. Matters Arising
2.1 Level of Support Provided by NZSTA Advisor
· Coralanne Child has indicated that she is receiving concerns over level of service as are our members.
ACTION: P Holstein/N Wilkinson to contact National Office and express our concerns
2.2 Property Matters
· M Wilson said how pleased he was personally in terms of clarification received from Coralanne Child and David Hobern that schools do have the right to determine their own pedagogy in terms of property matters.
2.3 Website Update
· Oscar Russo has set up the website well. Will find time for him to present at a CWCSPA meeting
· He is still working on the front page
· Has shown N Wilkinson how to change Principal’s details and how to put Executive Minutes on etc.
· Is not live yet
· Oscar to be told that we want to launch it at next Principal’s meeting – 12 August
ACTION: N Wilkinson to send the Executive the link so they can view it.
MOTION: Moved M Wilson Seconded A Brokenshire
That a koha of $1,000.00 be paid to Oscar for his work. Carried
3. AUGUST 12TH CWCSPA MEETING DRAFT PROGRAMME
9.30am Welcome
9.40am Superintendent John Price (Police Chief)
10.10am Website Launch – booked
10.30am Morning Tea
11.00am Richie Wards- MOE Education Advisor for Schools on Health & Safety
ACTION: N Wilkinson to:
· Send out email to Principals asking them what issues they are facing and costs.
· Ask Richie Wards to bring templates
12 noon Reports and Issues
12.30pm Lunch
(Executive were happy with the above programme)
4. SEPTEMBER 9TH CWCSPA DRAFT PROGRAMME
9.30am Welcome
9.40am Reports and Issues
10.00am Morning Tea (earlier as Cheryl Doig is coming from Nelson)
10.30am Kevin Knight and the case for status quo
11.00am Cheryl Doig and the case for change
11.30am Barbara Kavanagh and her case (will have to pay her flights)
12 noon Reflections from Speakers and Reports and Issues
12.30pm Lunch
5. OCTOBER 28th CWCSPA MEETING
Suggested duplicate June 24 programme – meeting was cancelled
ACTION: N Wilkinson to ask the other two Principals’ groups if they can join us on 28/10
6. 2017 PROGRAMME
Linda Tame has offered to host us at Lincoln University to hear about their views and plans for “teaching” in the future.
ACTION: N Wilkinson take Linda up on her offer to host us in 2017
7. RACE NIGHT – Friday 29 July at Addington Raceway
· Booked and about to invite registrations – looking for a minimum of 15 Principals but can accommodate as many as we like
· Silks suite hire to be paid by Cyclone – they are sending 2 representatives and paying for drinks
· Methven sponsors invited to attend – Konica, Class and Arena – with some contribution to drinks on the night
· Buffet meal at $35 a head arranged for 7pm
8. POSSIBLE MELBOURNE TRIP
· Suggested be held Week 2 (10-12 May 2017
· Think 20 – 25 Principals will attend
· Allow approx. $150 for meals per person
· Potential programme
Arrive 9am and head to accommodation, meet with John Hattie and Katherine Henderson around 1pm, free time after and own arrangements for dinner that night
Thursday – school visits in morning and afternoon, reflection time late afternoon, group dinner at night
Friday – school visits until midday – out to airport to check in by 2pm
MOTION: Moved B Kearney Seconded N Hill
That the Association subsidize the trip at $1,000 per each member of the Association. Carried
ACTIONS:
1. Bruce Kearney’s architect is Melbourne based will ask him re suggested schools to visit.
2. Anyone with ideas of schools that should be visited on the trip to come back to Neil Wilkinson
3. N Wilkinson to send out notice of registering interest to attend as we have to make a group booking.
4. Think people may be able to come back later than the Friday afternoon if they want to
9. WHEN ARANUI HIGH SCHOOL CLOSES
· There are indications that up to 25 staff will seek to take the “Retraining” option
MOTION: Moved B Kearney Seconded P Holstein
That the Executive offer to compile a centralized list of teachers who are seeking the “Retraining” option that will be circulated to schools for consideration to meet the needs of the Collective.
Carried
NOTED: This does not bind Boards to take any of these teachers
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10. DELVING DEEPER 2017
· Date planned – 6 April 2017
· This year’s version will cost the Association approx. $2,700 from MOE provided funds
· Feedback from people who attended - enjoyed
· Numbers from Primary/Secondary schools – similar
11, GROW WAITAHA
· Has met to plan further Community of Practice opportunities following on from completion of the current series.
· Will provide further opportunities in Terms III & IV for sharing
· Next year looking at a more detailed theme for some
12. NETWORK SUSTAINABILITY
· Understand the schools in the rebuild have agreed on their numbers to rebuild to – think will be shared at the next meeting
· Need to consider our next steps
· Peter Hughes and Katrina Casey doing things differently around enrolment schemes and zoning
· Jim Greening is coming down in the next holidays
· We are saying this should be done as a whole – not individually
· Should also be done for Intermediate and Primary as well
· Working group to put some options together
ACTION: The Executive request that N Wilkinson approach Coralanne Child to request that P Holstein attend this meeting to represent the CWCSPA
13. POSSIBLE SPONSOR
· Mark Ayers (PhotoLife’s South Island Manager) is keen to support our organization and would also be an opportunity to showcase what PhotoLife can do for schools.
Executive said they were happy for him to sponsor when a suitable occasion arises.
14. 2017 MEETING DATES
· February 24 and April 7
· June 23 – check date of Mana Korero in 2017 to avoid clash
· August 11 and September 15
· November 3
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15. MEETING WITH PETER HUGES AFTER 24 JUNE PRINCIPALS’ MEETING
· P Holstein and M Wilson were to meet with the Peter – the purpose was to raise issues at a higher level. Buildings, Enrolment Schemes and support to attract overseas teachers was on their agenda.
· Regarding the process of attracting International, teachers – MOE are happy to look at a range of issues but nothing has been progressed.
· Can we get support to attract teaches from Auckland to come down to Christchurch?
16. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR PERIOD ENDING 17 JUNE 2016
The following was tabled:
· Income Statement
· Balance Sheet
· Statement of Movements in Equity
· Equity at 17 June 2016 - $141,823
The following was noted:
Income to date: $30,360
Expenditure to date: $31,616
Net Deficit to date ($1,616)
ACTION: M Gordon in future to show as a separate item the Westpac Investment $80,000 MOE grant and what has been spent from it to date.
Motion: Moved President
That the above Financial Report be received. Carried
17. GENERAL BUSINESS
17.1 K Paterson discussed a letter from Novopay re the issue of part-timers doing relief. She said they have a number of part-timers on their staff who ask for additional hours. STCA states that relievers must be paid a minimum of 2 hours per day and if they only work 1 hour of relief a given day must still be paid for 2 hours.
· The Executive discussed this and said:
· The part-timers should not be put down as relievers
· Suggested she contact Harrison Stone regarding this issue
· M Wilson will flag this at Executive meeting of SPANZ next week
· If Novopay threaten to take money out for this payment suggest get Harrison Stone to write to them and block this happening.
· The Executive expressed concern about her situation and asked to be kept informed of developments
17.2 Canterbury Education Forum
· Meets 3 or 4 times a year
· N Wilkinson attends on CWCSPA behalf
17.3 School Support Reference Group – Christchurch/North Canterbury
· There are 4 meetings a year
· S Sidaway was the CWCSPA representative
· There are 2 more meetings this year – 10/8 and 26/10
· B Kearney to attend on behalf of the Association
ACTION: B Kearney to attend the above meetings
17.4 Canterbury Cross Sector Forum
· M Wilson attends 4 times a year
17.5 Property Sector Forum
· H Romana attends
Meeting closed at 10.15am
SIGNED…………………………………………………………………..DATE…………………..
PRESIDENT
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