Board - Principal - Teachers - PTA
Board: The ‘WHAT’
Governance- Accountable for the schools performance - to ensure that every child is able to
attain his or her highest possible standard in educational achievement
Complies with legal and policy requirements
Clear outline for delegations to the
Principal. Board & Principal form the Leadership Team with each role
documented and understood.
The Principal reports to the Board as a whole
with committees used when a need is identified to contribute to Boards work -
e.g. property, finance
Proactive in decision making but does not involve
itself in administrative details of the day to day running of the school.
Enhancing student achievement is its focus.
Management
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The Boards chief executive in relation to the
school’s control and management.
The Board delegates all authority and
accountability for the day to day operational organisation of the school.
Complies with policy and directions and has
complete discretion to manage as the principal thinks fit the school’s day to
day administration
Teachers:
Trained
and certificated to teacher in a State or state-integrated school -
Employed
by the Board to educate the students of the school. They promote best
teaching practice and strengthen the use of an inquiry approach to teaching and
learning, in order to achieve the shared achievement challenges to life student
achievement.
There is nowhere in their contract an
expectation of anything else over and above their core function - teaching
students. However, teachers at Tatuanui often go 'above and beyond' in their commitment to build positive and effective home - school relationships in the best interest of the students.
PTA:
Parents
& Teachers Volunteer Group -
A voluntary non-profit organisation to support
the Board/Principal by being involved in the school.
Aim is to bring into closer relationships the
home and the school for the benefit of the children.
The link between the school and the wider
community
Run their own accounts and are an autonomous
body - though looking to the welfare of the school!
The child is at the centre of everything
parents and teachers do.
In best practice, PTA, Board and Staff
communicate closely and regularly so that all sectors of the school community
are working effectively toward achieving common goals. If everyone is pulling
in the same direction, rather than being at odds with each other, a lot more
can be achieved.