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(d) develop and implement teaching and learning strategies to address the needs of students and aspects of the curricular identified in (c) above;

(e) in consultation with the school’s Māori community, develop and make known to the school’s community policies, plans and targets for improving the achievement of Māori students; and

(f) provide appropriate career education and guidance for all students in year 7 and above, with a particular emphasis on specific career guidance for those students who have been identified by the school as being at risk of leaving school unprepared for the transition to the workplace or further education/training.

NAG 2
Each board of trustees, with the principal and teaching staff, is required to:

(a) develop a strategic plan which documents how they are giving effect to the National Education Guidelines through their policies, plans and programmes, including those for curriculum, National Standards, assessment and staff professional development;

(b) maintain an on-going programme of self-review in relation to the above policies, plans and programmes, including evaluation of information on student achievement; and

(c) report to students and their parents on the achievement of individual students, and to the school’s community on the achievement of students as a whole and of groups (identified through NAG 1(c) above) including the achievement of Māori students against the plans and targets referred to in NAG 1(e) above.

NAG 2A
Where a school has students enrolled in Years 1–8, the board of trustees, with the principal and teaching staff, is required to use National Standards to:

(a) report to students and their parents on the students’ progress and achievement in relation to National Standards. Reporting to parents in plain language in writing must be at least twice a year;

(b) report school-level data in the board’s annual report on National Standards under three headings:

(i) school strengths and identified areas for improvement;

(ii) the basis for identifying areas for improvement; and

(iii) planned actions for lifting achievement.

(c) report in the board’s annual report on:

(i) the numbers and proportions of students at, above, below or well below the standards, including by Māori, Pasifika and by gender (where this does not breach an individual’s privacy); and

(ii) how students are progressing against the standards as well as how they are achieving.

These requirements do not apply to boards of trustees that are working towards implementing Te Marautanga o Aotearoa until 2 February 2011.

For the avoidance of doubt, the first annual report to which subclauses ii and iii apply is that which reports on the 2011 school year, except for boards of trustees that are working towards implementing Te Marautanga o Aotearoa when the relevant report is that which reports on the 2012 school year.

NAG 3
According to the legislation on employment and personnel matters, each board of trustees is required in particular to:

(a) develop and implement personnel and industrial policies, within policy and procedural frameworks set by the Government from time to time, which promote high levels of staff performance, use educational resources effectively and recognise the needs of students; and

(b) be a good employer as defined in the State Sector Act 1988 and comply with the conditions contained in employment contracts applying to teaching and non-teaching staff.

NAG 4
According to legislation on financial and property matters, each board of trustees is also required in particular to:

(a) allocate funds to reflect the school’s priorities as stated in the charter;

(b) monitor and control school expenditure, and ensure that annual accounts are prepared and audited as required by the Public Finance Act 1989 and the Education Act 1989; and

(c) comply with the negotiated conditions of any current asset management agreement, and implement a maintenance programme to ensure that the school’s buildings and facilities provide a safe, healthy learning environment for students.

NAG 5
Each board of trustees is also required to:

(a) provide a safe physical and emotional environment for students;

(b) promote healthy food and nutrition for all students; and

(c) comply in full with any legislation currently in force or that may be developed to ensure the safety of students and employees.

NAG 6
Each board of trustees is also expected to comply with all general legislation concerning requirements such as attendance, the length of the school day, and the length of the school year.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of October 2009.

HON ANNE TOLLEY, Minister of Education.

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The National Curriculum: Foundation Curriculum Policy Statements

Pursuant to section 60A of the Education Act 1989 (incorporating all amendments), the Minister of Education hereby publishes foundation curriculum policy statements:

Each board of trustees, through the principal and staff, must choose to implement the foundation curriculum policy statements based on either The New Zealand Curriculum 2007 or Te Marautanga o Aotearoa New Zealand Curriculum 2007

Each board of trustees, through the principal and staff, must develop and implement a curriculum for students in Years 1–13:

• that is guided by the Vision as expressed in The New Zealand Curriculum;

• that is underpinned by the Principles as expressed in The New Zealand Curriculum;

• in which the Values as expressed in The New Zealand Curriculum are encouraged and modelled and are explored by students; and

• that supports students to develop the five Key Competencies as expressed in The New Zealand Curriculum.

Te Marautanga o Aotearoa

Each board of trustees, through the principal and staff must develop and implement a curriculum for students in Years 1–13: