Set your principal and employees on the road to success with effective onboarding and induction processes which improve retention, engagement and performance.

Many hours are spent preparing and reading board reports, let’s make them work for us!   In this workshop, we’ll review the board objectives, roles & responsibilities and the legal reporting requirements of your board.  What should be included in the principal report and what other reports should the board receive?  How can all the board work together to develop the perfect reporting template and maintain a positive board culture? 

We’ll discuss those reports that can cause relational and employment difficulties if there is no policy in place to use the information and share it appropriately.

What employment knowledge do boards need to make a difference?

This session will focus on three important and topical areas that board members should know about – collective bargaining, contracting out (and back in again) and principal recruitment.

Create the difference and understand the principles of natural justice, focusing on being fair and flexible and what to consider before determining an outcome.

More and more boards are being challenged about fairness and bias, this session will work through the principles of natural justice as it applies to school boards. How do we ensure we are applying these principles in student suspension hearings, when managing complaints and employment matters?

The right leader can transform a school, making all the difference to its success.

The board (and possibly SLT) makes this critical decision. Learn the tools to enable this; minimise risks, ask the right questions and prepare effectively for the interview process to select the best leader for your school.

Hautū uses cultural responsiveness as an approach to tailor actions to the needs of your school and community. It aims to promote conversations and awareness at board level to develop a shared understanding of what it really means to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and how Ka Hikitia can fulfil the boards responsibility of ensuring that “Māori are enjoying and achieving education success as Māori.” 

In this session you will be using Hautū to review where you are at and where you want to be so your board can foster commitment to set and achieve goals, targets and expectations for and with Māori students and their whānau.   

Meaningful engagement with the wider school community is essential to ensuring your school meets the expectations and needs of all stakeholders.

During this session, we’ll explore effective strategies for consultation—how to engage authentically, structure activities that encourage participation, ask the right questions to gather valuable insights, and, most importantly, proactively use the information collected to inform decision-making. We’ll examine practical ways to build trust, foster collaboration, and create a school environment where every voice is heard and valued.

An overview of Te Pae Aronui’s work with Pacific parents and families including a Board resource

What constitutes a crisis? How do you prepare for the unknown? What is within our control and what isn't? Knowing your community and inter-agency support and backup.

The line between Governance and Management can create challenges for any board. Having a shared understanding of where this line is essential for the harmonious leadership of the school.

During the session we’ll unpack this principle and illustrate how a clear understanding of the different responsibilities can be applied in the areas of Finance, Property, and Student attendance to facilitate effective decision making and create a difference.

Clicks, Hacks and Risky Gaps: A Board Member’s Guide to School Cyber Security
Paul Rayner and Danielle Vandendungen

Rural School Governance update

Andrew King

Wellbeing

Ashlee Sturme

Womb to Tomb

Shona O’Keefe 

The 5 Cs of Effective Governance
Liz Clark

Governing requires calm, level-headed, curious, and enquiring individuals. This session will investigate a series of essential skills explored through practical scenarios to help elevate your leadership mindset.

Culturally Responsive Leadership B.E.S.T Practice

Dan George

Team Dynamics
Meredith Kennett

We deal with all sorts of people everyday. Why are we so different? How can learn to understand different perspectives? How might different people come together, connect and drive forward together?

Governance Pathways

IOD