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Board Responsibilities as Employers: Guide to Employment Practices in Education Sector

This comprehensive guide provides an overview of the employment cycle in educational settings, covering key responsibilities of boards as employers. It includes support, resources, and advice available from NZSTA advisers, a help desk, and relevant websites. Learn about the employer obligations, decision-making between fixed-term and permanent roles, recruitment processes, and handling employment cease issues. Ensure good faith practices and understand the key relationships between the board, principal, and staff. Stay informed on board policies, professional development, and performance management systems to maintain a positive school culture aligned with the mission and objectives. Get insights into disciplinary processes and seek advice from the NZSTA throughout the employment journey.

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Board Responsibilities as Employers: Guide to Employment Practices in Education Sector

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  1. What We Will Do • Responsibilities of Boards as employers • Overview of the employment cycle • Support, assistance and resources available

  2. Assistance • NZSTA • Advisers in the regions • Help Desk 0800 STAhelp • Website www.nzsta.org.nz • Trustee Handbook • MOE • Regional offices • Website www.minedu.govt.nz • Resourcing Handbook • Mediation service

  3. Who is the Employer • The BOARD • Education Act • s75 – BOT discretion • S76 – Principal discretion • S65 – Appoint,suspend,dismiss staff • Delegations • S66 - in writing

  4. Board The responsibility remains with the Board. It needs assurance that the Principal is acting responsibly in line with board policy. The Principal is acting on behalf of the Board even when acting under delegation. Key Relationships Principal Staff

  5. Employer Obligations • Good employer • Good faith “Good faith means dealing with each other honestly, openly and without misleading each other”

  6. Fixed Term or Permanent How do you decide? “Genuine reasons based on reasonable grounds”

  7. Establish Need School Mission & Objectives School Culture Legislation & Emplymt Agmts Board Policies

  8. Employment Ceases Disciplinary/competency Process NZSTA advice Recruitment Advertising Selecting Professional Development $ • Terms & Conditions • CA • IEA • Perfce Mgmt • System • JD • Prof stds School Mission & Objectives School Culture Legislation & Emplymt Agmts Board Policies

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