THE WORKSHOPS
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Concurrent Session #1
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Enviro-schools - Workshop 1
There is increasing pressure, and often from
students, to take up the challenge of being an environmentally friendly
school. Heidi Mardon introduces her organisation’s approach
to assisting schools to meet the challenge.
Staffing Reviews – Workshop 2 - Presentation here
Is the staff in your area of responsibility doing the jobs needed. Are
you achieving the results you want. This could mean you need to
consider reviewing the staffing to match the needs of the school. This
workshop will give you ideas on how to decide on whether there is a
need to review, how to identify the required outcome of a review and
what criteria need to be set in place to achieve any required
change. Course facilitator will be provided by the Nelson
Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT).
Insurance - Workshop 3
Marsh Insurance will give us their ideas on what you need to be sure
your school has a least reasonable coverage & what you need to be
sure you do to mitigate claims, who to consult and how.
Critical Thinking - Workshop 4 - Presentation here
A workshop to develop the thinking skills to evaluate the ever changing
challenges of the EO. More of an advanced or big picture look at what
makes your job tick and what options are available to make changes.
There is an every growing need to position schools to take advantage of
new directions and we are often bogged down in the day to day jobs.
This is an opportunity to think outside the square and it is envisaged
that people will leave this workshop with the motivation to think
deeper about what schools are there for and what we as EOs can do to
facilitate student achievement. Course facilitator will be
provided by the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)
Concurrent Session #2
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Best Practice – Property – Workshop 1
An information sharing session, facilitated
by the Ministry’s property office to ensure that the information
is the best we can get
Payroll Matters - Workshop 2 - Presentation here
Datacom and the Ministry tag-team to make sure you know everything you need to know about staff payments and management thereof.
Getting the Most from your Bank - Workshop 3
Our sponsor, ASB, presents a generic session,
covering available products, electronic banking, credit cards, etc, all
the while ensuring you remain with Public Sector rules.
Internet Marketing - Workshop 4
Yesboss.co.nz will present a guide to how to marketing your school on
the internet to attract students from both locally and internationally.
A short course on what and what not to do that puts your name in there
for all to see.
Concurrent Session #3
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International Accounting Standards – Workshop 1
Here’s an opportunity to make sure you are
fully up-to-date with the new financial requirements. The
Ministry’s Christine Routledge presents the new models for 2007
reporting, highlighting the main changes.
Appraisal –Workshop 2 - Presentation here
How well do you do with your staff, do you set the standard? This
workshop will cover effective but manageable processes on how to set
performance standards, keeping the job level in perspective, what types
of format could be used etc. It is expected that attendees will leave
this workshop with ideas on the beginnings of a system they can use in
their workplace. Course facilitator will be provided by the
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)
Negotiating Skills – Workshop 3 - Presentation here
Do you negotiate well, are you earning as much as comparable level
staff in your school, does the local supplier always seem to be
charging you more than you feel he should. Many of us do not negotiate
well and some help would be welcome. Learn what is needed to get at the
very least a fair agreement when negotiating. Course facilitator
will be provided by the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
(NMIT)
Systems – Workshop 4 - Presentation here
This two-part workshop will give you a practical
head-start on how to make systems work in your office. Whether
you’re redesigning or making a fresh start, Michelle Rendall
offers her expertise to help you set up and maintain practical systems
to achieve excellent outcomes.
Are the events in your life leaving you feeling energized or helpless? – Workshop 5
Learn how to be mentally tough. According to Seligman in his book
Learned Optimism, “life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies
on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them
better”. Let Pat Armitstead help you examine the degree of
your positive or negative perception, and select a range of strategies
to help develop mental toughness or good mental hygiene.
Concurrent Session #4
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Fundraising/Marketing – Workshop 1 - Presentation here
Developing policy to maximise opportunities in the market place.
Fundraising is often subject to a piecemeal approach in schools and
Executive Officers need to have some tools to gather in the reins so
that income is maximised and “sponsors” well treated.
This is mostly likely to be useful for EOs who have relatively recently
come to the job. Course facilitator will be provided by the
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)
Excel Spreadsheets – Workshop 2
Much of the EOs work revolves around figures and an ideal way to
manipulate those is by way of a spreadsheet. This workshop will
enlighten attendants on such things as modelling, links between files,
graphing/charting, logic formula, annuities etc. The stage or level
will depend on delegate skill level and will need to be discussed with
the tutor at the time. Course facilitator will be provided by the
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)
Governance – Workshop 3
What is the connection between the Board the staff, the students. Do
you know what decisions are the responsibilities of the Board or the
Principal or you or how those decisions affect your relationship with
those people? Learn the difference between governance & management
and what that means to your relationship with the Principal.
Course facilitator will be provided by the Nelson Marlborough Institute
of Technology (NMIT)
International Accounting Standards – Workshop 4
Here’s an opportunity to make sure you are fully up-to-date with
the new financial requirements. The Ministry’s Christine Routledge
presents the new models for 2007 reporting, highlighting the main
changes.
Systems – Workshop 5 - Presentation here
This is a continuation of creating practical systems for your efficient office.
Concurrent Session #5
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Excellent Board Secretaries - Workshop 1 - Presentation here
What is a good Board secretary? Peter Yeoman, Tasman’s STA guru,
covers the bases and then facilitates a sharing session to identify
best practice.
Funding related issues – Workshop 2
A Q&A session, hosted by Chris Randall, Manager, Payroll Services.
If you have any questions you’ve already thought of related to
Resourcing, we’d like to get them before the conference, to
ensure the information made available is as comprehensive as
possible. Email your queries to seo2007@confer.co.nz
Fraud – Workshop 3 - Presentation here
Warren Johnstone, a partner at BDO Spicer in Christchurch and lecturer
in fraud at Canterbury University, is an expert in fraud and how to
detect it. His experience of auditing over 250 schools in the
last decade will be invaluable as he gives examples of frauds at
schools, together with handy hints for prevention
Leading a successful team! – Workshop 4
Whether you lead from the back or the front, your success is measured
by your ability to bring a team along with you. Here’s a
chance to sharpen up your skills of leadership, cooperation,
communication and initiative in a workshop that will take you out of
your comfort-zone, ever so slightly. Enjoy learning with an outdoors
flavour led by the experienced Charlie Martin of Whenua-iti Trust.
Job-sharing - Workshop 5 - Presentation here
Life-style choices made by some of our staff can lead to the need for
us to consider the option seriously. The EEO Trust helps out with some
models of how to manage job-sharing successfully.
Concurrent Session #6
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Contracting Support Staff - Workshop 1 - Presentation here
Sharpen up your skills on employment issues: Peter
Yeoman, Tasman’s STA guru, addresses the elements of Support
Staff employment contracts, from appointments (fixed term or
permanent?) to gradings and progression.
Crystal-ball gazing: It’s not what you do – it’s who you are! – Workshop 2
You’ve been EO-ing for years; you’re nearing burn-out;
here’s your opportunity to sit back, contemplate your navel (or
your crystal-ball), and come up with some lateral thoughts with which
to meet the future. Sheree Honeyfield-Smith offers some
tools and techniques to assist this process. She will facilitate your
capacity for self-exploration (naval-gazing) so that you may see more
clearly into your own “crystal-ball” (get clear about your
options and preferences).
Property Affairs Update - Workshop 3
Brian
Mitchell, the Ministry’s Implementation Manager, based in Wellington,
hosts a session on recent happenings and what’s in the pipeline – a
must for all delegates with property management responsibilities.
Leading a successful team! (Part 2 continued from previous session) – Workshop 4
This session is a continuation from Concurrent Session 5 - Workshop 4.
Security - Workshop 5 -Presentation here
Sprintquip will give us the low down on what security means to you, how
to protect from the issues like vandalism or breakins. This workshop
will provide a background on the types of equipment available &
what is required to design and implement a security system for your
school.
Concurrent Session #7
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Non-violent Communication – Workshop 1 - Presentation here
Do you feel bullied at work? Have others suggested you might be
doing the bullying?? Lynn Harris of EMACentral presents a
workshop on creating and maintaining safe work environments.
Identifying Excellence - Workshop 2
It’s often a goal, but what does it look like? Will you recognise
it when you’ve arrived? What does it mean on a day-to-day basis,
and what stops you being excellent?
The answers to these and many other excellent questions are posed in
this forum, hosted by our own excellent Executive Officer, Carol Rolfe.
Project Management – A Taste - Workshop 3 -Presentation here
You’re thinking property, aren’t you? But there are many
other opportunities for using project management skills. Carson
Group manage a wide variety of projects: they are prepared to share
their expertise to help you improve your ability to get through another
year.
Health & Safety – Workshop 4
The fines can be large for even small infringements of the law. A back
ground of the Ministry of Education Guidelines in the context of
general compliance in the school system. Ways to implement robust
systems that involve all parts of the school & methods to avoid the
pit falls that lead to non-compliance. How to recognise and avoid the
personal $60,000 fines. Course facilitator will be provided by
the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)
Payroll Forms - Workshop 5
The Ministry offers a forum to explore this year’s biggest
challenge in payroll management: how to use the forms effectively. This
is likely to be an opportunity for learning for all parties to the
equation.
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