Legal & Governance Essentials for School Leaders 2022
Legal responsibilities and best practice for modern School Leaders
4 - 5 Jul 2022Ellerslie Event Centre, Auckland (Live or Virtual)
Event Details
- Conference - Wellington
- $1299 + GST
- 27 - 28 Jun 2022
- Conference - Auckland
- $1299 + GST
- 4 - 5 Jul 2022
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Agenda
8.30
Registration and coffee
9.00
Mihi whakatau
9.05
Opening remarks from the Chair
AKL: Colin Donald, Programme Manager, Leadership & Tui Tuia|Learning Circle, The University of Auckland
WLG: Kaylene Macnee, Tumuaki | Principal, Discovery School
WLG: Kaylene Macnee, Tumuaki | Principal, Discovery School
9.10
Educating in a world coexisting with COVID-19
- What are schools’ responsibilities and staff requirements around COVID-19 when the mandates are gone?
- Maintaining attendance, tackling absenteeism and establishing whether parents keeping their child home can be liable for prosecution
- Working and studying from home: Does this need to be kept as an alternative option for immunocompromised staff and students?
AKL & WEL: Fi McMillan, Senior Associate, Anderson Lloyd
9.50
Implementing Te Tiriti o Waitangi in education
- Examining Te Tiriti’s increasingly central role in education policy development and education delivery
- How should Te Tiriti be reflected at a school governance level
- Co-design with whānau & communities: Building a Tiriti based collective partnership at a school level
- How does Te Tiriti inform pedagogical practices in Aotearoa, and where do we still need to go?
- Embedding tikanga Māori into education
- Improving inclusivity for better learning outcomes
AKL: Dr Keri Milne-Ihimaera, Consultant, Keri Mihi Consulting
Responding to vulnerable students’ needs with the Managed Moves programmes
- Analysing the Managed Moves programme pilot and the key insights learnt
- Addressing health, wellbeing and social challenges students today face
- Reengaging at risk students and keeping them in education
- How does the Managed Moves programme align with the Learning Support Action Plan and the Alternative Education ‘Ideal’ Model?
WEL: Janette Searle, Development Lead, Managed Moves
10.30
Morning Break
11.00
Setting the responsibilities and relationship between schools and their Boards
- Understanding the role of a School Board: The difference between being accountable and responsible
- Clarifying the Board’s duties, rights, responsibilities and liabilities
- Managing conflict and defusing tense situations
- The board’s role in setting organisational culture
AKL & WEL: Alan Curtis, Educational Governance Consultant, Allscots Associates Limited
11.40
School Leader’s Panel: Applying the insights we have learnt over the last 2 years to overcome future challenges
- Managing high levels of anxiety and stress present in our communities – how can schools work with their pupils and families to alleviate this?
- Leading schools through challenging periods – what are the lessons we have learned?
- Looking after your own mental health and wellbeing
AKL: Haley Milne, Pouwhenua Principal, Kia Aroha College
Paeariki Mataroa-Johnson, Principal, Rongomai Primary School
Gregory Pierce, Principal, Orewa College
WEL: Andrew Murray, Principal, St Mary’s College
Joyce Adam, Principal, Miramar North School
Paeariki Mataroa-Johnson, Principal, Rongomai Primary School
Gregory Pierce, Principal, Orewa College
WEL: Andrew Murray, Principal, St Mary’s College
Joyce Adam, Principal, Miramar North School
12.30
Lunch Break
1.30
Auckland: Guidance on commercial contract management in the education sector
The session will include a review of the:
- Legal requirements relevant to school procurement
- The procurement process and options
- Contract and performance management
- Termination and transition
- Case studies of specific contract issues in schools
AKL: Greg Steele, Partner, Harrison Stone
Wellington: Examining the application of employment law within schools and what to consider beyond 2022
- Examining recent employment cases that could have an impact on schools
- How does stress leave differ from sick leave and when might it be required?
- Determining how long vaccine requirements can stay in new employment contracts
- Acting in good faith as an employer without being taken advantage of
WEL: Louise Robertson, Senior Solicitor, Buddle Findlay
Jessica Taylor, Senior Solicitor, Buddle Findlay
Jessica Taylor, Senior Solicitor, Buddle Findlay
2.10
Managing personal grievances and conflict in the workplace
Auckland
- Mediating conflict in a healthy manner to improve professional relationships
- Resolving personal grievances
- Intervening in staff bullying and misconduct with the appropriate response
- When does behaviour need to be reported and how to go about the proper disciplinary processes?
Wellington
- Understanding types of conflict that arise in the employment relationship
- Appropriate processes for addressing conflict in the workplace in a healthy manner
- When does behaviour need to be reported in cases of staff misconduct and bullying?
AKL: Tim Clarke, Partner, Bell Gully
WEL: Caroline Rieger, Director and Principal Lawyer, Black Door Law
WEL: Caroline Rieger, Director and Principal Lawyer, Black Door Law
2.50
Ensuring the financial welfare of teachers and staff
- Understanding fair pay agreements and what impact they will have on schools over the next few years
- What are the developments with pay equity to date, how do they impact schools and what will the future of pay equity in schools look like?
- Forecasting how inflation and steep increases in costs of living will impact on negotiating individual and collective terms and conditions of employment
- How employee benefits may be affected by not being a full time employee
AKL & WEL: Rachael Judge, Senior Associate, Simpson Grierson
Darren Gunasekara, Solicitor, Simpson Grierson
Darren Gunasekara, Solicitor, Simpson Grierson
3.30
Afternoon Break
3.50
Addressing teacher competency
- Identifying when competence concerns need to be reported to the Teaching Council
- What are the processes to take to support a teacher’s performance?
- Exploring mechanisms to identify potential competency issues early so as to provide support and prevent escalation
- Supporting teacher’s professional development
- Establishing expectations for Performance (Element A)
WEL: Prisca MacDonald, Team Leader, Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
Simon Cottle, Senior Advisor, Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
Simon Cottle, Senior Advisor, Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
4.30
Refining your workplace investigation processes
- When is it necessary for an investigator to get involved?
- Planning and conducting a fair and effective investigation
- Understanding the school leadership team’s role in the process
Auckland: David Fleming, Barrister, Fleming Singleton Law
Sarah Beshay, Staff Barrister, Fleming Singleton Law
Wellington: Andrew Scott-Howman, Barrister, Port Nicholson Chambers
Sarah Beshay, Staff Barrister, Fleming Singleton Law
Wellington: Andrew Scott-Howman, Barrister, Port Nicholson Chambers
5.10
Summary remarks from the Chair & Networking Drinks
9.00
Welcome back from the Chair
9.10
Supporting staff mental health and wellbeing
- Is there a crisis in teacher wellbeing - what needs to be done moving forward?
- Practical strategies for improving teacher wellbeing and improve work/life balance
- The impact of school leadership and practical approaches to build a positive school culture
- Recognising when staff need support – do you have the right systems in place to recognise when someone is struggling
- Identifying the appropriate processes to follow for staff who are experiencing mental health challenges
- Understanding the application of stress leave – when should this applied and how should it be managed?
AKL: Sarah McFetridge, Senior Associate, Bell Gully
WEL: Johanna Drayton, Partner, Dyhrberg Drayton Employment Law
Jordan Boyle, Senior Associate, Dyhrberg Drayton Employment Law
WEL: Johanna Drayton, Partner, Dyhrberg Drayton Employment Law
Jordan Boyle, Senior Associate, Dyhrberg Drayton Employment Law
9.50
AKL: Responding to vulnerable students’ needs with the Managed Moves programmes
- Analysing the Managed Moves programme pilot and the key insights learnt
- Addressing health, wellbeing and social challenges students today face
- Reengaging at risk students and keeping them in education
- How does the Managed Moves programme align with the Learning Support Action Plan and the Alternative Education ‘Ideal’ Model?
AKL: Janette Searle, Development Lead, Managed Moves
WEL: Implementing Te Tiriti o Waitangi in education
- Examining Te Tiriti’s increasingly central role in education policy development and education delivery
- How should Te Tiriti be reflected at a school governance level
- Co-design with whānau & communities: Building a Tiriti based collective partnership at a school level
- How does Te Tiriti inform pedagogical practices in Aotearoa, and where do we still need to go?
- Embedding tikanga Māori into education
- Improving inclusivity for better learning outcomes
WEL: Dr Keri Milne-Ihimaera, Consultant, Keri Mihi Consulting
10.30
Morning Break
11.00
Prioritising physical safety of teachers, staff and students
- When do outside resources need to be called in to deal with situations
- Prioritising safety when outside the classroom
- Delivering safe working and studying environments
AKL: Jessie Lapthorne, Partner, Duncan Cotterill
WEL: Olivia Lund, Partner, Duncan Cotterill
WEL: Olivia Lund, Partner, Duncan Cotterill
11.50
Keeping up to date with privacy procedures
- How to handle all the extra information that is now required to be collected?
- Establishing how COVID-19 cases in classes falls under the Privacy Act 2020
- Improving processes around privacy and when do breaches need to be reported
AKL: Mere King, Partner, Buddle Findlay
WEL: Rachael Schmidt-McCleave, Barrister & Mediator, Kate Sheppard Chambers
Dr Alison Gordon, Barrister, Kate Sheppard Chambers
WEL: Rachael Schmidt-McCleave, Barrister & Mediator, Kate Sheppard Chambers
Dr Alison Gordon, Barrister, Kate Sheppard Chambers
12.30
Lunch Break
1.30
Controlling the narrative: Building a cooperative relationship with the media
- Formulating a robust media strategy for a wide range of circumstances
- Making the first move: When is it best to approach the media first?
- Understanding the process for handling unfair attacks from the media
AKL & WEL: Jo Malcolm, Media and Crisis Consultant, Jo Malcolm Media
2.10
Supervising conflict and addressing the concerns of “difficult” parents
- Recognising the schools’ role in mediating for parents who want different outcomes for their child
- Finding support for schools when parents refuse to drop a case
- Working with School Boards to ensure their support
AKL: Leo Donnelly, Principal, Chen Palmer
WEL: DeAnne Brabant, Barrister & Mediator, Barristers.Comm
WEL: DeAnne Brabant, Barrister & Mediator, Barristers.Comm
2.50
Afternoon Break
3.10
Accommodating ‘troubled’ students and their right to an education
- Discussing exclusion and a child’s rights to education in a democratic society
- How can the education sector be more inclusive to neurodiverse students and those affected by trauma?
- Balancing priorities and protecting other students - ensuring their right to education is not put at risk
AKL & WEL: Perry Rush, Stakeholder Engagement | Leadership Consultant, Tui Tuia | University of Auckland
3.50
Getting the procedures around jurisdiction right
- Are schools always responsible for what occurs on their grounds regardless of whether it’s school time?
- Is a board of trustees responsible for any sexual assault or physical violence occurring in their schools?
- Aligning approaches with legal responsibilities
- Determining whether jurisdiction extends to activities outside of school
AKL & WEL: James Pullar, Partner, Taylor Shaw
4.30
Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference
