Experienced Leaders Summit Te Kēmu Getting in the Game Staying in the Game What is the Game Plan?

Why leadership matters ... Lifting student achievement depends on significant improvements in the quality of teaching. As leaders of teaching and learning, our principals are a critical point of influence on the quality of teaching delivered by the 80,000 teachers in classrooms across our system. International research suggests that an ‘outstanding’ school principal can lift student achievement by over 20 percentile points compared to an ‘average’ principal. Our system can do more to ensure all principals can, and do, focus effectively on improving the quality of teaching to lift achievement for every student.

Ngā Pātai? Given what you know about being an experienced tumuaki what does the Ministry need to consider to support you in your job? What support will help you to assist new tumuaki so they don’t have the challenges you had as you grew in your position? Thinking about the staff in your kura, what should the Ministry do differently to assist your staff to be the quality teachers you want? New staff in your kura will often come with ‘gaps’ in their learning and understanding. What are the different supports you would like the system to provide for them?

Tū Rangatira ... ... promotes cultural regeneration, kaupapa Māori philosophies, aspirations and valued learner outcomes. ... embeds the vision that a Māori identity will not fade: it is derived from ancestors, passed down from generation to generation, and lives on in our mokopuna. ... develops a leadership style and commitment to education that nurtures mokopuna to realise their full potential as Māori – to know who they are, to speak with a Māori voice and to protect Māori cultural wealth for future generations. ... recognises that through language, culture and knowledge, mokopuna grow to know their identity as tangata whenua.

What we know about the current system ... What we know is that there are lots of different contexts in which principals work 2446 Principals in New Zealand 2116 in primary schools, 330 in secondary schools. Many of them work in small schools 15% of principals account for over 50% of the total student population. Around 50% in schools with less than 200 students and 30% of principals have less than 100 students   Many – especially in primary are teachers as well Most of these in primary schools and with significant teaching responsibilities). The main formal reward structure for principals is linked of size of school (and there may be other things we want to recognise and reward or incentivise

What we know about the current system ... Salaries are mostly influenced by roll size – averages: Primary $115,720 Secondary $145,207 Area school $123,858 New principals filled approx half of all vacancies (194 vacancies total in 2009, 219 in 2010)

Evidence shows ... Effective schools have leadership that is strategic in addressing challenges and has established clear expectations around achievement information. Leading teaching and learning is where principals are best placed to impact on achievement Only one third of secondary schools had effective improvement processes, and   51% of primary schools responded with “more- of-the-same” to underachievement. (ERO 2014)