The plan has been sent to the Education Review Office and Ministry of Education, which has set a deadline for the board to resolve the issues raised in the report by Dunedin education consultant Cleave Hay, or face the possibility of statutory intervention.
ERO was at the school with a team of four for five days from Monday, August 11, and board chairman Garry McLeod said the review ''went generally well''.
It could be up to six weeks before ERO's findings were finalised and the board received a draft report.
ERO was monitoring the board's progress working through the Hay report recommendations, Mr McLeod said.
Parents of pupils at the school were sent a copy of the action plan on Thursday, along with an edited version of the Hay report, on August 8.
It lists nine actions required, along with how they would be completed, target dates, comments, expected outcomes and performance measurements.
Board members and outside experts have been allocated the various actions.
Actions to review
The nine actions are to review (with target dates in parenthesis). -
• All the matters in the Hay report (September 30). School-based systems, including pupil achievement, learning support and associated administration (October 31 or earlier, depending on ERO report).
• Employment processes, including policies, procedures, appointment records and associated administration (September 30).
• Staff welfare, including policies, procedures, communication and associated administration, including full consultation with staff (September 30).
• Pupil welfare, including policies, procedures, disciplinary procedures, community engagement and associated administration, with wide consultation with staff, pupils, parents/whanau and outside agencies (September 30).
• The rector's performance in the light of the Hay report and any agreed reviews, so as to reflect any agreed performance improvements, outcomes and strategies, including first-time principal mentoring (appraisal by September 30, finalised by October 30 depending on ERO report).
• Staff who have left in the past 12 months, contacting them and offering exit interviews to identify an further areas for investigation/review (August 30).
• Governance practices and performance of the board of trustees, assisted by the New Zealand School Trustees Association or internally using association indicators (October 30, depending on ERO report).
• Complete and satisfactorily process all formal complaints received by the board (September 15).
