Waikato Principal's Association 2024 Kaupapa
Courageous
Leadership
Welcome to the Waikato Principals' Association
Welcome to 2024.
The Waikato Principals’ Association (WPA) is the collective voice for primary and intermediate school principals in the greater Waikato region.
WPA is a strong lobby and support group that has influence at both the local and national level
The WPA is a strong and viable professional organisation that has a history of successful service, initiatives and representation of principals’ interests in addressing the needs of primary and intermediate school education in New Zealand.
Waikato Principals' Association 2024 Kaupapa Responsive Leadership - Whakatauki
Mātai ki te rangi, homai te kauhau wānanga ki uta, ka whiti he ora.
Look beyond the horizon, and draw near the bodies of knowledge that will take us into the future. Responsive leaders concentrate primarily on the people within their school. Instead of imposing personal views, responsive leaders create a shared vision. They diagnose, often from factors outside their control, what the school needs and work with colleagues on developing common strategies for addressing those needs
“In front of the gain line”
2024 Waikato Principals' Association Events
Making Connections Day Term Three 29th August FMG Stadium Waikato
Making Connections Day Term Four 31st October FMG Stadium Waikato
Waikato Principals’ Association Annual Christmas Dinner
Friday 22nd November 5.30pm 2024
Making Connections Day Term 4 31st October , FMG Stadium, Waikato. Dawn Lawrence, Raelene Castle and Ministry of Education
Dawn Lawrence – Te Tiriti o Waitangi relationships and practice
Inclusion requires systems, structures, policies and practices to adapt to the needs and aspirations of the people they serve, and create spaces and places in which all groups and individuals feel safe, respected, visible, accepted and a sense of belonging.
The primacy of relationships and the potential to enact transformative change when collective aspirations are given life through collective action. Working in ways with educators and communities that positions diversity as strength and understands learning as a life-long, iterative process of ‘becoming’ not a predetermined destination.
Raelene Castle – Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Lessons In Leadership
Raelene is the Group Chief Executive of Sport New Zealand. She joined the organisation in December 2020 after seven years working in Australia as Chief Executive of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and then Chief Executive of Rugby Australia. She was previously Chief Executive of Netball New Zealand from 2007 to 2013.
Before beginning her career in sports administration, Raelene built a successful corporate career in communications, sales and marketing. This included general management and other senior roles at Telecom New Zealand (now Spark), Bank of New Zealand and Fuji Xerox.
Raelene has held several governance roles in sport, previously serving as a board director of the ANZ Championship Netball, International Federations of Netball Associations, SANZAAR Rugby and the World Rugby Council.
She also has a rich sporting background as a former representative-level netball, tennis and lawn bowls player.
Raelene was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in 2015 for services to Business and Sport.
Ministry Of Education Curriculum Leads | NZSTA Planning and Reporting
Updates understanding key to principals planning and preparation for 2025.
Schools and kura have until the beginning of 2027 to start using the fully refreshed curriculum, although they must use the refreshed mathematics and statistics and English learning areas from the start of 2025.
Guidance and requirements for consulting with your community, developing and publishing your planning and reporting documents as part of your wider planning and reporting process.
Christmas is coming, so let's celebrate!!
This year the WPA are holding their annual Christmas dinner at Camarosa Eatery, on Friday 22nd November from 5.30pm. Register now for a great night out with your colleagues and partners.
WPA Rotorua Retreat 2025
The Waikato Principals’ Association Executive are excited to announce the annual Rotorua Retreat planning is well under way for 2025!! The 3 day conference will be held at Sudima Hotel Lake Rotorua from Wednesday 19th March till Friday 21st March 2025. This event will be featuring two outstanding guest speakers to keep you motivated and entertained throughout the event, Andy Jones and Cale Birk.
Andrew Jones – Biography
Huddle Learning System Director and Founder, Andrew Jones is an expert in learning design and educator professional development. Andrew has been working in schools in a range of school settings as a teacher, principal and leadership coach for almost 30 years. In 2009 he led the closure and regeneration of four failing schools in the northern suburbs of Melbourne and he has a Masters Research Degree in Learning Leadership. Andrew now consults regularly with practitioners, researchers and policy makers across Australia and New Zealand as well as in the Pacific Islands, Europe, United States and Canada.
Cale Birk – Biography
Cale Birk is a former teacher, school leader and District Head of Innovation from Kamloops, BC. As the Imagineer of the Observable Impact Model and author of “Navigating Leadership Drift”, “PLC 2.0 – Collaborating for Impact in Today’s Schools”, “The PLC 2.0 Toolkit” and “Changing Change Using Learner-Centered Design”, Cale helps districts, schools and industry leaders answer the question “What is our observable impact?”, the observable changes in practice that make the difference for all learners.
Registrations are now open, with an Early Bird deal – register before 30th November 2024 for $800.00 single room. Registrations on or after 1st December 2024 $850.00 single room.
The cost of this Principal-only retreat includes accommodation, breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and also includes Thursday nights poolside mix ‘n’ mingle drinks and dinner.
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