Once a month we meet to "chew the fat." Our board meetings are the "think tank" aspect of the school and its' future development.This is the time when we examine the progress we have made towards achieving our strategic goals and have the opportunity to look at student data, curriculum development, board audits, policies and procedures.
This year in May a new Board of Trustees will be elected. Robin Vincent has been our Board Chair person over the past three year term. He has been a loyal support for me and a great listening ear. Robin has been passionate about making our school a shining star amongst the schools in our area. Sadly both he and Louise will not be standing again after May and I shall miss them personally. Amidst the work we have had a lot of laughs.
Duane Major and Rosemary Goodyear will be co Board Chairs until at least after the next Board election. Double trouble for me, but also double thinking and support!!!
Together we have had regular training and we are always looking for ways to improve our school.
This year we have refined our strategic goals to three:
Encourage innovation in teaching and learning
Revitalise the physical environment
Strengthen our profile in the community and create stronger ties with our Maori and Pacifika families
We are in the process of working out what that means in detail for us by including the ideas and dreams of our staff, students and community.
We know it will include a continued commitment to teacher and support staff professional learning, refurbishing the swimming pools, fundraising and planning for a new exciting playground, revisiting the school uniform, designing new school signs and letter heads, keeping the edge on ICT development and pedagaogy, completing our school curriculum and ensuring that all of our school families have a genuine sense of belonging to something special. We decided together with the staff and children that our motto of
Attitude, Adventure, Achievement
pretty much said it all.Being a Board of Trustees member at our school is never boring! We are all highly motivated, opinionated, dedicated, irrepressible,creative, high-spirited and humorous.
Our qualifications and experiences represent a wide spectrum of our community.
- Robin Vincent; electrician
- Duane Major;Youth Pastor
- Dr Rosemary Goodyear; statistician:
- Louise Russell; Quality manager
- Charmaine Satchy-Galvin; lawyer:
- Dave Mathieson; accountant
- Janice Krammer: teacher
- and then there's me, Marriene Langton, Principal and very proud to lead the team at West Spreydon School.
A just cause for wearing lycra.
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