Fully Registered Teacher Event 2019

Term 4 2019

Date: Thursday 21st of November 2019

Time: 5.00 pm -  7 pm.

Venue: Newmarket School

Focus: Fully Registered Teacher Event

On Thursday 21st of November, ACCoS hosted a ceremony for Graduating teachers in our Kāhui Ako.

Erin Hooper and Suzanne Parkinson two of our Across School Leaders coordinated the event, which was hosted at Newmarket Primary School.

In total nine teachers were recognised with completing their practicing certificates. Families of the newly certified teachers attended the evening and together we celebrated this important milestone in our profession.

Jill Farquharson, our lead principal, opened the evening and welcomed everyone. Then we had a speech from Madeline Gunn our expert partner.

Each school spoke about their new teachers and handed them a certificate of recognition from ACCoS.

Richard George, principal of Parnell District Primary School closed the evening

Auckland Regional Kāhui Ako Change Management Hui

Last Thursday, 13 June 2019 at  Alexandra Park, The Auckland Regional Ministry of Education office welcomed the opportunity to facilitate a Kāhui Ako Hui to bring together educational leaders across Auckland. Kāhui Ako / Communities of Learning are based on collaboration with education providers working together with community; making decisions by consensus, sharing good practice, ideas and resources. Effective change management enables a Kāhui Ako to identify and make the positive changes that support this way of working.

The outcomes for the hui included:

●      Celebrating Change Management work through presentations by Kāhui Ako leaders and their teams.

●      Supporting Kāhui Ako leaders in their roles as change leaders within Kāhui Ako.

●      Identifying and strengthening strategic, operational and cultural elements of managing change within Kāhui Ako.

●      Intentional sharing of current best practice between Kāhui Ako in the Auckland region to strengthen collaboration across all stakeholders.

From our Kāhui Ako, The Auckland Central Community of Schools, ACCoS, our lead principal Jill Farquharson our Lead Principal shared

“Auckland Central: The Journey - What created the change?”

Below you can check out her slides. 

ACCOS Report to Principals

Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa               Let us keep close together, not wide apart

Twice a term the twelve Principals involved in ACCoS  Kāhui Ako meet to hear and discuss reports offered by the eight Across School Leaders.  As a new member to the fold I was struck by the spirit of collaboration and support offered to feedback and guide us further in our journey with the Wellbeing Initiative.

On the morning Andy Lawrence and I fed back to the ACCoS team there were principals, deputy principals, Ministry of Education and private advisors, and fellow ASLs present to hear us provide clarification on our purpose and progress to date.

The privilege of having access to the wealth of experience and wisdom gathered was not lost and I felt like we left with a sharpened sense of focus and inspiration to develop the measures and tools we envision will support student and staff wellbeing in our learning community.

“Keep asking those curly questions,” Jill Farquharson, lead principal, responded to some probing questions from our guest Jay Stead. Jill elaborated that it is challenge, as well as support, that drives our growth as Kāhui Ako members.

Ministry of Education representative Kirsty Dowding fed back after the meeting that the organisational structures and communication systems that ACCoS have in place are a model for other  Kāhui Ako to work towards. Her comments affirmed the work that has been done to ensure ACCoS initiatives align with its founding vision.