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Update of the Education Act 1989
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education.govt.nz
Overview of presentation
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This slideshow covers:
• The Education Act 1989 and why it needs to be updated
• Matters not covered in the consultation
• An outline of the five proposals we’re seeking your input on
• Information about the consultation on the update to the Education Act 1989.
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education.govt.nz
The Education Act 1989
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• Determines what matters in education
• e.g. establishes the right to free primary and secondary education.
• Tells everyone in education what they are supposed to do
• e.g. sets out a fair process for managing student behaviour.
• Supports schools, kura and early learning services to create effective environments for learning and achieving• e.g. sets standards for the safety and quality of the
teaching profession.
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education.govt.nz
Why update the Act?
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The Act is no longer doing the job it was designed to do. It needs to:
• Make it clear in law that raising the achievement of children and young people comes first
• Set a clear direction for education
• Make it easier for schools, kura, Communities of Learning and early learning services to collaborate and innovate
• Help parents, whānau and communities understand why certain decisions are made about education.
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education.govt.nz
What’s covered in the Update?
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education.govt.nz
What’s not covered under this consultation
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Matters that are not part of this consultation include:
• Tertiary education sector
• Self management of schools/kura
• Recent government initiatives such as National Standards, Partnership Schools, IES and the Education Council
• Changes that would increase government spending on education
• Content of Te Whāriki (Early Childhood Curriculum), The New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.
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education.govt.nz
Making sure everyone knows the goals for education
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The Act should have:
• A clear set of goals for education to describe our
aspirations for children and young people.
• A process for setting a national priorities statement for
early learning and schooling.
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education.govt.nz
Supporting boards to focus on what’s important
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The Act can support boards to focus on what’s important by:
• Making their roles and responsibilities clearer
• Improving the way they plan and report• Reduce red tape• Enable collaboration
• Developing a set of important indicators and measures to report on
• Giving more freedom and extra decision-making rights to schools, kura and Communities of Learning that are doing well
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education.govt.nz
Enabling collaboration, flexibility and innovation
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We want to know what you think about:
• What other alternative governance arrangements could be available
• Making it easier for schools to introduce cohort (group) entry
• Making attendance at school compulsory once children have started school before they turn six.
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education.govt.nz
Making every school and kura a great one
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Some more options could be put in the Act to help schools and kura get back on track.
For example:
• a performance notice
• a specialist audit
• asking a board to have different people on it
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education.govt.nz
Making best use of local education provision
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We want to make it easier for schools, kura and communities to understand why changes are being made to schooling arrangements by:
• Having a clearer process for area strategies in the Act
• Creating some guiding principles for opening, merging and closing schools
• Fine-tuning the way enrolment schemes are managed.
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Wrap up
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education.govt.nz
Wrap up
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What’s happening:
• The consultation runs from 2 Nov to 14 Dec 2015.
• Workshops/hui/fono are occurring all over the country, check out www.education.govt.nz/education-act-update
• You can make an online submission at consultation.education.govt.nz
• A final report with an analysis of the feedback will be available on the Ministry’s website in the New Year.
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