Staff Meeting, February 19th

 

Staff Meeting 19/2

Agenda

1)    Charter Goals

-          Analysis of variance

-          NCEA discussion

2)   Appraisal Processes

3)   Reviewing start of the Year

-          Waananga Akotahi

-          Monitoring Attendance

-          Building Relationships

-          Contacting home

RCR – Air con issues; JCEA changes from five assessments to four; changes are being reviewed.

Charter goals: main points in the terms of learning and achievement.

-          Improving engagement and retention of Y11, 12, 13 – primary focus on Māori students.

Seniors:

-          Increase the number of Y11, 12, 13 students on the roll.

-          Raise school achievement

-          Strengthen tracking in Akotahi

-          Strengthen pathway development

-          Importance of developing culturally response pedagogy

Junior

-          Raise achievement in literacy & numeracy by two levels.

-          Continue the focus on literacy & numeracy

-          Culturally responsive pedagogy

-          Strengthen relationships with Whaanau

Raising the achievement of Level 2 Māori students, strategies.

MCH

Appraisal Document

Values – PP will be sent by MCH

The code applies to all teachers – Commitment to students/Whaanau/community

The sets out shared expectations and remind us of our obligations.

The standards apply to all teachers.

BMA

Lifting expectations because the ‘honeymoon’ period is over!

Akotahi – pros and cons in groups

-          Attendance (is the process clear and easy? What has been working well?

-          What is engaging your students in Akotahi time?

-          Have the mini chats and the calls home been received positively by the students and the Whaanau?

DSU

KMAR

When you are marking attendance, you can use the little circles on the right to add a note – e.g. late…

2^nd – note to another teacher

3^rd – pastoral notes

4^th – negative: wants this to change to a positive points system. Can also add a comment