Information for first-time principals
Kia ora and welcome to the first-time principals’ landing page. The resources, news, and discussions in this section focus on helping you to understand what it means to be a school’s educational leader.
John Hattie Highlights
Click the link above to access the John Hattie Highlights from the October Residential Course 2009
FTPP Residential Course Resources
With Residential Course Two 2009 now complete, presentations and other resources will be uploaded and made available over the following few weeks. To access these please click the heading above.
School principals lead and manage multiple and complex responsibilities. They are expected to improve the quality of teaching and learning in their schools in an environment in which change is constant. These are even greater challenges for principals who are new to the role.
Educational Leaders is one of the support tools that will deliver information about resources and learning opportunities offered by the Professional Leadership Plan 2009 – 2010.
If you are a first-time principal the following support is available for you:
- Online support materials in: problem solving and managing your school.
- Access to learning modules on: planning and reporting; teaching effectiveness and building trust in schools.
- Leadership and management advisers.
For principals enrolled in the First-time Principals Programme, a national induction programme for first-time tūmuaki and principals, there is a wide range of other support available including:
- The First-time Principals Programme website.
- Access to learning modules on: planning and reporting; teaching effectiveness and building trust in schools.
- Private discussion forums on the Educational Leaders website.
- Principals' sabbatical reports recently added 08/03/2010
- National Standards: leadership links 03/02/2010
- Enrolments now open for 2010 first-time principals programme 01/02/2010
- Principals' sabbatical reports recently added 28/01/2010
- Check out updated leadership events for 2010 15/01/2010
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