Western Heights PrimaryPrincipal’s Report to the Board of Trustees Date: 26 March 2008
Roll: 544
NAG 1: Curriculum requirements and student achievement
Pat Hutton has co-ordinated the Asttle tests for comprehension and Maths in the EWest cluster and our school has completed the tests. Results will be collated and shared with our staff and EWest PLL’s.
All GLOSS testing is complete in the school. PLL + Professional lead learners Jo-Ann Yukich and Patricia Jerkovich.
New Targets are to be accepted at this meeting along with the Strategic Plan for submission to the Ministry of Education.
NAG 2: Documentation and self review
The Self review sheet of the plan is to be discussed at this meeting as added components are the outcome of our BOT training last month and were the result of a discussion with the members who attended.
Policies: The ones due for review have been done. The BOT chair looked through them all and made recommendations for the teacher laptops and internet use.
We have made adjustments to the Behaviour Policy to include a statement about nil tolerance to bullying which was a separate policy.
Code of Practice: There are some policies being presented at this meeting. Changes to code were made 2007 and were accepted by Ministry in October.
Charter: BOT to be signed of for the Ministry as discussed at the last
meeting.
NAG 3: Personnel - employer responsibilities
Appraisal: Senior Staff performance management contracts have been done
and I have had a discussion with the caretaker/property manager. Tasks and
budget was very well managed last year.
Senior staff have met with their staff this month in the goal setting part of the
appraisal system.
The work we are doing with Tony Burkin in the Four Minute Walk through
programme will give us information to review our present system.
Office Staff: Joy Waddell and Margaret Gray are doing a self review of their
tasks and performance to bring to me later in the term. Joy is working long
hours at present, as working conditions a little trying at times, but all will be a
lot better when the building project is completed.
The Personnel Committee (Sandra and Trudi) had a meeting at the beginning of
March to look at staff changes for next term and the implications. We
recommend that Stella’s resignation be accepted and are pleased to have Nadia
Hutton back on the staff in a four day /one day job share.
The staff has been offered the library responsibility, as a fixed term management unit is attached to this task.
NAG 4: Financial and property management
New buildings report: Costing from QC.
February accounts to be discussed. Salary increases and arrears to be
addressed.
NAG 5: Health and Safety
Fire drill was done last week and each class have discussed lock down procedures.
Sturges Road Bridge: Update
Spence Road: Accident and follow up with WCC re signage.
NAG 6: Compliance/ Administration
Charter and Strategic Plan to be signed of for submitting to Ministry.
Discuss banked staffing in finance report. BOT to pass a motion that gives the
Principal the authority to manage the SUE and the banked staffing as she sees
fit and for the good of the students education.
General:
Extending High Standards:
Library computer programme ‘Cost’
Report received…….
