TBCS - Succession Planning - Judy-Anne

BOT training with Sue Roughton in Nelson

Succession planning is the strategic, systematic and deliberate effort to ensure readiness, recruitment and retention.


Identify skills desired, put some names on the table, shoulder tap, advertise for skills required- but carefully as you don't want to influence things the wrong way!
Put things a different way- what's in it for you? A chance to learn new skills, and give back to the community

Getting ready- organise a governance manual for new trustees with copy of charter, trustees register, last 3 sets of minutes etc
Do a board skills audit
Send potential trustees to the Aspiring Trustees workshops next term
Discuss the Code of Conduct for trustees, regularly

Worthwhile to send BOT to conference and NZSTA courses

Consider what your outgoing board's legacy will be

Good idea to set up a different email address for board stuff- can be confidential info involved

If others have 500 children but struggle to get 5 parent reps maybe we are doing really well with 46 students and 3 reps.

The importance with which the board is viewed, can be seen by the amount of effort dedicated to board recruitment, orientation and training.
Nathan Garber


The training is certainly available and it is always good. The challenge is to get our board members along.

Lots of things that need to be checked on, to see if they are in place for our new board.I feel we need to up our game!

Action Steps:

Invite potential trustees to NZSTA trainings

Have charter consultation meeting

BOT Spot in Newsletter- let people know what the Board is about

Ensure clear delegations are in place- make recommendations to the board, who then make the decision

Good idea to have two trustees on committees

Ensure new trustees folders are ready

TBCS - NZSTA Training - Judy-Anne

NZSTA Training on Strategic Planning and Review
Envisioning a desired future.

Every student matters
Every moment counts

One of our goals : engaging our community

Strategic plan - every 4 years
Annual plan sent in annually!

NELPS


Questions  / possible actions raised for me
. We need a more serious meeting with our proprietors re our shared vision for the future
Do we need to change our Vision? Mission? Never can remember which is the top one!

Check ERO website re raising student achievement

Is it worth getting ideas from other schools for Vision, Mission, Values?
There are some good goals in the handout from this meeting.

Next steps:
Meet with the proprietors
Develop a good charter? For 2019  - it will be important for 2020!

Steve - Beginning Principal getting ready for ERO

My beginning principal adviser Cleve Shearer in his meeting with me today pointed out the necessity of looking at what the BOT members were doing in regard to self reviews?
He also pointed out the six sections of the ERO Board Assurance Statement and Self Audit Checklists that should be completed.
He asked if my BOT would be able to articulate their understandings of the school programmes/running and how we intended to meet the targets set.
I may have to look into this further in discussion with my BOT chair.

Next Step will be to ask the question of the BOT.