The Charter of
St Patrick’s
School
School Charter 2009 –2011
Our
The schools purpose “Quality Education in a Catholic Environment”
|
Our VisionFor our Children Through our influence and efforts we aim to help our children to: “ Develop according to their individual capabilities.” We aim to develop the following in our children: ü Respect ü Determination and Commitment ü Self Worth ü Compassion and Empathy ü
ü Honesty and Integrity ü Cooperation |
Our ValuesOur values are the important qualities we try to live by and show in the ways we ourselves go about our work and relationships with others in our school. Our School is a Roman Catholic School in which the whole School community through the general School programme and in its Religious instructions and observances, exercises the right to live and teach the values of Jesus Christ. These values are as expressed in the Scriptures and in the practices, worship and doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, as determined from time to time by the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Dunedin. |
Our People
Board of Trustees |
Staff |
Pupils |
|
Nicki Kitson Parent Rep. Fr Martin Flannery Prop Rep. Hank Oudhoff Prop Rep. To be appointed Prop Rep. Michelle Keene Prop Rep. |
12 fulltime teachers 2 part time teachers 3 RTLB’s 2 SLS Teachers 1 Secretary 5 teacher aides 1 cleaner 1 caretaker |
Maximum roll is set at 300. |
This Charter has been developed in consultation with
St Patrick’s School community and the Catholic Education Office.
National Education Priorities
St Patrick’s will meet the National Education Priorities by:
Success
for all
Robust child centred programmes based on the NZ Curriculum Framework and National Curriculum Statements.
A
Safe Learning Environment
A safe physical and emotional environment is maintained by monitoring, up dating and regular review of school policies, procedures and practices.
Improving
Literacy and Numeracy
Emphasis on Literacy and Numeracy programmes with appropriate professional development.
Better
Use of Student Achievement Information
A systematic approach to assessment is employed that ensures evidence of progress and achievement of students, and is used to inform next teaching steps and programme priorities for the future.
Improving
Outcomes for Students at Risk
By using effective assessment practices to identify and monitor students who may be at risk. Special learning programmes that cater for individual needs are developed. This may be for extension or remedial purposes.
Improving
Maori Outcomes
Identification of Maori students to be made at enrolment. By using effective assessment practices to identify and monitor students who may be at risk. Achievement of Maori students will be reported to the Maori community.
Reporting
Students achievements are reported on using a variety of methods. This may include BOT reports, reports to parents and reports to the community. Information is relevant and specific to the group being reported to.
Aims and Objectives
|
Area |
Title |
Aims |
Objectives |
||||||||
|
Student Performance |
Curriculum Content Student Progress and Achievement |
Provide all students with opportunities to achieve success in Religious Education and all the essential learning and skill areas of the New Zealand Curriculum. Gather information that is sufficiently comprehensive to enable the
progress and achievement of students to be evaluated. |
Each year the principal and staff will develop, revise or confirm the
school’s curriculum plan in collaboration with the Board. The school’s curriculum plan will identify the key purposes, principles and practices for assessing, recording and reporting on children’s progress and achievement. |
||||||||
|
School Performance |
Curriculum Delivery Self Review |
Develop and implement teaching and learning programmes. Maintain an ongoing programme of self-review in relation to the
policies, plans and programmes, including evaluation of information on
student achievement. |
Each year the principal and staff will develop, revise or confirm the
school’s curriculum plan in collaboration with the Board. The plan will
include specific objectives relating to the delivery of the curriculum. The Board will have a management plan for the review of the school. |
||||||||
|
Use of Resources |
Personnel Finance Property Community Partnership Strategic Planning and Self Review |
Develop and implement policies which promote high levels of staff performance, use resources effectively and recognise the needs of pupils. Be a good employer. Allocate funds to reflect the schools priorities. Monitor and control expenditure. Implement and maintain a maintenance programme to ensure that the
schools buildings and facilities provide a safe, healthy learning environment
for pupils and staff. Liaise and inform our school community. Implement a Strategic Plan to document how we are giving effect to
the National Education Guidelines. |
The Board will prepare policies and plans to appoint quality staff,
so that the school can supply education in accordance with the intentions of
this charter. The Board is committed to being a good employer. It will
support staff development and operate a fair and effective performance
management. The Board will prepare an annual budget to fund the schools
curriculum, personnel, property and administrative activities. The Board will
monitor and control income and expenditure throughout the year, and ensure
the preparation, audit and publication of annual accounts. The Board will comply with the conditions of any current asset management agreement as a good steward of the state, community and diocesan assets, and prepare and implement a plan of property maintenance and development, including provision for safety and hygiene. The property maintenance schedule remains part of this charter. The Board will have a policy concerned with promoting parent – community communications and involvement. The Board with the principal and staff will develop and operate a strategic plan for the management of its operational objectives and development goals. The Board will have a timetable for the ongoing review of its policies and plans. |
||||||||
|
|
Education Act: Our charter is required to meet these aims: 1) developing for
the school policies and practices that reflect 2) The aim of ensuring all reasonable steps are taken to provide instruction in tikanga maori (maori culture) and te reo maori ( Maori language) are provided for fulltime students whose parents request it. |
|
All school policies and plans will be implemented in ways that are sensitive to the cultural backgrounds, values and needs of individual children and their families. In consultation with the school’s Maori whanau/families the Board will develop and make available its policies, plans and targets for the advancement of the achievement of Maori students, as required by the National Education Guidelines. |
||||||||
|
Special Character |
To provide our pupils with an education which
promotes the religious beliefs, values and practices of the Roman Catholic
Church. To recognize the right of the Proprietor to
supervise the maintenance and preservation of the Special Character of St
Patrick’s School as provided in the Private Schools Conditional Integration
Act (1975) and the Integration Agreement for the school. |
|
To annually review the school’s Special
Character with the Proprietor and to report to the community. |
||||||||
|
St Patrick’s School Charter: Three Year Development Strategy Priority
Strategic Goals for period 2009 to 2011 This is a “Rolling Progressive Plan”. Each year’s Strategic goals and targets are
confirmed prior to the commence of the year and will reflect the varying
needs highlighted through the school’s pupil achievement analysis data. Strategic goals for subsequent years are
tentative, pending appropriate adjustments and confirmation at the
commencement of each given year.
Appropriate forms of documentation for each goal are expanded in the
school’s annual Operational Plan |
|
||||||||||
|
Year |
Area |
Goals |
Cost |
Who is Responsible |
Start
Date |
Finish date (Results Reported) |
|
||||
|
2009 |
Student
Performance |
Þ
To further improve pupil
achievement in Literacy. Þ
To further improve pupil
achievement in Numeracy. |
5000 |
Principal
and staff. |
Term
1 |
Term
4 |
|
||||
|
School
Performance |
Þ
To further develop teacher
expertise in Literacy. |
13,300 |
Principal
and Lead Teacher |
Term
1 |
Term
4 |
|
|||||
|
Resources
Management |
Þ
To implement the 2009 Asset
Replacement register. |
24,440 |
Principal |
Jan
30 |
Dec
18 |
|
|||||
|
Tentative |
|
||||||||||
|
2010 |
Student
Performance |
Þ
To further improve pupil
achievement in Literacy. Þ
To further improve pupil
achievement in Numeracy. |
5000 |
Principal
and staff. |
Term
1 |
Term
Four |
|
||||
|
School
Performance |
Þ
To further develop teacher
expertise in Literacy. |
13,300 |
Principal
and staff. |
Term
1 |
Term
Four |
|
|||||
|
Resources
Management |
Þ
To implement the 2010 Asset
Replacement register. |
25000 |
Principal. |
Term
1 |
Term
Four |
|
|||||
|
Tentative |
|
||||||||||
|
2011 |
Student
Performance |
Þ
To further improve pupil
achievement in Literacy. Þ
To further improve pupil
achievement in Numeracy. |
5000 |
Principal
and staff. |
Term
1 |
Term
Four |
|
||||
|
School
Performance |
Þ
To further develop teacher
expertise in Literacy. |
13,300 |
Principal
and staff. |
Term
1 |
Term
Four |
|
|||||
|
Resources
Management |
Þ
To implement the 2011 Asset
Replacement register. |
25000 |
Principal. |
Term
1 |
Term
Four |
|
|||||
St Patrick’s School Charter: Governance Strategy
|
Triennial
Effectiveness Review Programme |
Year
One 2009 |
Year Two 2010 |
Year Three 2011 |
|
|||||||||||||
Area |
Title |
Review Leader |
Review Team
|
Freq |
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
|
|
Board |
Strategic Plan |
Chair/Principal |
B |
Annual |
|
|
|
Nov |
|
|
|
Nov |
|
|
|
Nov |
|
|
Charter |
Charter |
Chair |
B-S-P |
Triennial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dec |
|
|
Curriculum
Plan |
Delivery |
Principal |
S-P |
Triennial |
Mar |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Content |
Principal |
S |
Annual |
Mar- Math |
May-Maori; Jun-P.E./ Health |
Aug-Sc; Sep-SS |
Nov-Eng |
Mar- R.E. |
May-Tech; Jun-Arts |
Aug-Eng; Sep-Sc |
Nov- Math |
Mar - R.E. |
May- Arts; Jun-Tech |
Aug-Math; Sep- Eng |
Nov-Sc |
|
|
|
Assessment |
Principal |
S |
Triennial |
Feb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reporting |
Principal |
S-P |
Triennial |
|
July |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Curriculum Policy |
Homework |
Principal |
S-P |
Triennial |
|
|
|
|
Feb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EOTC |
Principal |
S-P |
Triennial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aug |
|
|
|
Personnel |
P.M. Systems |
Principal/Chair |
B-S |
Annual |
Feb |
|
|
|
Feb |
|
|
|
Feb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Appraisal * |
Principal/Chair |
B-S |
Triennial |
Feb |
|
|
|
Feb |
|
|
|
Feb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prin Perf Agree |
Chair |
B |
Annual |
Feb |
|
|
|
Feb |
|
|
|
Feb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Good Employer |
Chair/ EEO |
B-S |
Triennial |
|
|
|
Nov |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EEO* |
EEO |
B-S |
Annual |
|
May |
|
|
|
May |
|
|
|
May |
|
|
|
|
|
Staff Appointments |
Principal/Chair |
B |
Triennial |
April |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sexual harassment |
Staff Rep |
S |
Triennial |
|
|
|
Nov |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Staff Leave |
Staff Rep |
S |
Triennial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sept |
|
|
|
Finance |
Financial Management |
Treasurer |
B |
Triennial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spec Ed Grant |
Principal |
S |
Annual |
|
|
|
Nov |
|
|
|
Nov |
|
|
|
Nov |
|
|
|
Budget Review |
Treasurer |
B |
Annual |
|
June |
|
|
|
June |
|
|
|
June |
|
|
|
|
|
M & R Units |
Principal |
S |
Annual |
|
|
July |
|
|
|
July |
|
|
|
July |
|
|
|
Property |
Property Management |
Property Committee |
B-S |
Triennial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August |
|
|
|
|
Health & Safety |
Property Committee |
B-S-P |
Triennial |
|
|
August |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
Community Consultation |
Sub Committee |
B-S-P |
Triennial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May |
|
|
|
|
|
Concerns and Complaints |
Principal |
B-S-P |
Triennial |
|
|
|
Oct |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Child Abuse |
Principal |
B-S |
Triennial |
|
|
|
|
|
April |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Emergency Procedures |
Principal |
B-S |
Triennial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oct |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Smoking* |
Staff Rep |
B-S |
Annual |
Feb |
|
|
|
Feb |
|
|
|
Feb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy |
Privacy Officer |
B-S |
Triennial |
|
|
|
|
|
June |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Protected Disclosures |
Principal |
B-S |
Triennial |
|
|
August |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Treaty of Waitangi |
Principal |
B-S |
Triennial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
August |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall Hire |
Principal |
B-S |
Triennial |
Feb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Display |
Principal |
B-S |
Triennial |
|
|
|
|
March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Governance & Management Plans |
Principal/BOT |
B-S |
Annual |
|
|
|
Nov |
|
|
|
Nov |
|
|
|
Nov |
|
|
*
= Mandatory |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B= Board of Trustees, S= Staff, P= Parents
* denotes this policy is mandatory
St Patrick's School
Annual Plan 2009
Directions and Priorities
|
Category |
Priority Goals |
Objectives |
Performance Targets |
|
Student Performance |
Þ
To further improve pupil
achievement in Literacy. Þ To further improve pupil achievement in Numeracy |
ü
Emphasize Literacy by focusing homework on
reading. ü
Continue “Lets Read” Programme. ü
Place children on the story room programme. ü Teacher Aides to support classroom teachers ü
Emphasis on number strand ü
Emphasize Numeracy by focusing homework on
numeracy. |
Literacy · Pupils reading at their chronological age
from Year 2. · 60% Yr 2 Chn working at 1iii of NZ
Exemplars. · 60% of Yr 4 chn working at level 2p Numeracy ·
By
the end of year 3, 80% of pupils operating at advanced counting or above with
at least 30% at early additive or above ( National data for decile 1-3
schools is 79% at advanced counting and 25% at early additive or above.) · By the end of Yr 6 at least 45% of pupils are at the advanced additive stage or above. ( National data for decile 1-3 schools is 24% at advanced additive or above.) |
School Performance
|
Þ
To further develop teacher
expertise in Literacy in the Junior and Senior Syndicates. |
Þ Upskill teachers |
|
|
Resources |
Þ To implement the 2009 Asset Replacement register. |
ü Replace items
as per the asset replacement schedule for 2009 |
|