1. Association of Integrated Schools Conference
Brentwood Hotel 13 June 2017
Sector Enablement and Support Education Infrastructure Services Education System Policy

2. The Ministry Team Anne – Margaret Campbell - School Support
Bianca McCullough - School Support
Doug Ferry - School Governance
Sarah Taylor - Funding & Integrated Schools
Jennifer Fraser - Safety, Wellbeing and Engagement
Dominic Tay - Safety, Wellbeing and Engagement
Philippa Pidd - Education Network
Shane Coleman - Education Network

3. Education Infrastructure Services

4. Operational Practice Land and Property Services
Ministry point of contact for all property related matters
Funding
Policy One Funding
Policy Two Classroom Assistance Funding
Furniture and Equipment for New Square metres
Property Maintenance Grants
Operational
Site Plan Updates
School Property Guide advice for MRI Applications
New Education Act implications

5. What’s new for Site Plan Updates?
Management of the site plan application process has moved from Sector Enablement and Support team to the Operational Practice team in the Education Infrastructure Services group
The delegation for approving site plan updates has been shifted to a Group Manager level within the Ministry

6. Designations – State Integrated Schools
We are working through an integrated process with the Minster’s state schools around the various District Plan reviews and roll-overs. This is nationwide
Community use of designate schools – Policy work being undertaken around the co- location and sharing of school assets for community uses.
Reconciliation of the new Education Act – Impacts resulting from the PSCI repeal and changes in leasing agreements and growing need for community groups to use school sites and the ongoing environmental effects e.g. traffic, noise

7. School Support and Cohort Entry

8. The School Support team
A team of 6 staff at National Office in Wellington
Support a range of guidance for schools including the Vulnerable Children Act, Health and Safety at Work Act, Education Outside the Classroom, the Food Act and Hostel licensing
Most recently we produced the resource – Planning and preparing for emergencies and traumatic incidents
Support quality governance in Māori medium kura
Manage the Principal Recruitment Allowance
New but increasing programme of work to support digital safety in schools - including managing the Netsafe contract
We also set school terms and holidays
Implementation of Cohort Entry

9. Cohort Entry
The Education Act has been amended to enable schools to fully adopt cohort entry, following consultation with their community
If adopted, new entrants can start school as part of a cohort at the beginning of the term closest to their 5th birthday, or the beginning of a later term
Consultation must include:
Staff
Parents of current and prospective students
Local early childhood services
Schools will then consider whether their community find the policy generally acceptable, before introducing cohort entry

10. Cohort Entry cont...
Schools need to give one term’s notice of the change before the policy can take effect
Mid-term dates (cut off dates) will determine which term a child may start school under cohort entry
A child who turns 5 prior to the mid-term date is able to begin school at the start of that same term (or choose to begin school at the start of a later term)

11. Mid-term dates

12. What else?
The earliest students will enter a school under cohort entry will be Term 1, 2018
Children will be able to start school prior to turning 5 under cohort entry (approximately 4 years and 10 months will be the youngest age children will be eligible to start school)
Schools can choose to encourage parents to consider starting their child at the start of term after they turn 5, but cannot insist on it
Age 6 remains the compulsory age for attending school
To revoke cohort entry, you must follow the same process as for implementing it (consult with community, determine if revoking cohort entry is generally acceptable and give 1 term’s notice)

13. Any questions? Further information and support is available from:
New Zealand School Trustees Association - nzsta.org.nz
your local Ministry Education Advisor
Ministry of Education website - education.govt.nz

14. Improving Planning and Reporting

15. Improving Planning & Reporting
designed to increase accountability to parents, remove unnecessary complexity, and focus boards on what really matters for lifting achievement
Parents, family and whānau will also receive more specific information about what their school or kura aims to achieve for their children and the progress it’s making in achieving these aims.
A four-year strategic plan and an annual implementation plan will replace school charters.
The charter will no longer be required.

16. When do these changes come into effect?
The new planning and reporting framework will take effect no later than 1 January 2019.
The requirement for annual reports to be published on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the board takes effect on 19 May 2017.
Until the new framework comes into effect, schools and kura will be required to continue with reporting requirements under the NAGs and submit charters.

17. Strategic Plan
The strategic plan will set out the board’s strategy for achieving its objectives, having particular regard to any statement of National Education and Learning Priorities (NELP)*
The strategic plan will have to be produced and submitted once every four years.
Boards will be required to submit the strategic plan to the Ministry for review and approval and to publish it on the school website.
* NELP - Government of the day’s priorities to provide a high level, broad, and long-term direction for the system for education and learning

18. Annual implementation plan
Information about how the school or kura is implementing their strategic plan on a year to year basis.
The annual implementation plan will not be submitted to the Ministry
Boards will be required to publish their annual implementation plan on their website.

19. Development of regulations
Regulations will created under new section 118A
Will cover detail of new requirements
We will consult with the sector and the public about the new planning and reporting regulations
We expect the regulations to be promulgated by mid 2018
We will provide guidance including templates for the new planning and reporting documents.
NZSTA will assist boards with the new requirements

20. What about the NEGS and NAGS?
Various provisions that were previously in the National Administration Guidelines (the NAGs) or the National Education Goals (the NEGs) have been moved into the primary legislation, including the requirement to monitor and report on student performance.
The detail of these requirements will be set out in regulations to be developed.

21. In summary
Schools and kura will be required to meet three planning and reporting requirements:
a strategic plan every four years,
an annual implementation plan, and
an annual report.

22. Communities of Online Learning

23. Communities of Online Learning
Objectives
Increasing diversity and choice of educational provision
Enabling wider access to subject matter expertise
Providers
Any school, tertiary education provider or body corporate will be able to seek accreditation to become a COOL
Students
Students will be able to enrol in a COOL as a full-time student, or receive tuition in a specific subject from a COOL while remaining enrolled at their face-to-face school (or another COOL).

24. Communities of Online Learning
Types of COOL
Two types:
Enrolling – can enrol students full-time
Supplementary – provide tuition to students enrolled elsewhere
Accreditation
The Minister will have the discretion to:
accredit providers who meet a minimum set of criteria in the Act
set additional conditions on accreditation
vary and revoke accreditation
There will be two stages of accreditation: provisional and full. The process to gain accreditation will be set in regulations.
Regulations
Regulations will cover:
how the accreditation criteria apply to different types of COOL
criteria for enrolment at different COOL or types of COOL
which types of COOL can charge fees to which types of students
how student attendance and engagement will be measured, monitored and reported
requirements of COOL regarding planning and reporting
We will consult on the Regulations in early 2018.

25. Communities of Online Learning
If a school becomes a COOL…
Student
Student
If a school accesses tuition from a COOL…
Teacher
Teacher

26. Communities of Online Learning
It doesn’t have to be one or the other.

27. Communities of Online Learning
Implementation timeline
2017
Education (Update) Amendment Act 2017 receives Royal Assent
Preparation for consultation on regulations in early 2018
Begin transition of Te Kura into a COOL
2018
Consultation
Development of regulations
Development of funding system (alongside Funding Review)
Continue transition of Te Kura into a COOL
2019
COOL regime comes into force 31 December 2019 (at the latest)
Applications for provisional accreditation will be accepted once the regime is in force

28. Changes about the Ed Act can be found at
of-education/legislation/the- education-update-amendment-act/