1406 Operations Policy Review Report - Personnel - 25 June 2014

Personnel Policy

• • The Kaikohe East Board's Personnel Policy is part of the board's Operations Policy and is published on the school website.

  • It is restated here for board member's convenience:

Personnel

The board delegates responsibility to the principal all matters relating to the management of staff. Therefore the principal may not fail to:

• • Ensure that personnel policies and procedures comply with current employment legislation

  • Ensure that staff are managed in a sound, fair, and respectful manner in accordance with the terms of their current employment agreements

  • Ensure that all employees’ rights to personal dignity, safety and access to an approved and fair internal grievance process are maintained

  • Take reasonable steps to protect staff from unsafe or unhealthy working conditions

  • Ensure that all required staff are registered or have a current Limited Authority to Teach

  • Ensure that all staff have an annual performance appraisal

  • Provide a smoke free environment

  • Provide Protective Disclosure protection

Principal's Interpretation

• • My interpretation of the board's requirements in this area is that the board wants to be assured that it is acting as a good employer and meeting all its obligations to its employees.

Data to Verify that the Policy Interpretation is Being Fulfilled

• • The Personnel section of the online staff handbook contains procedures that are developed in consultation with staff to ensure that the board's requirements are met.

  • All staff were given the opportunity to respond to a survey of their perceptions of whether or not the principal is meeting the requirements of the policy.

Survey Results Summary

Comment

As a teacher Aide I don't have knowledge about the authority to teach and also unsure about last question is there an other meaning maybe it's referred to under something else.

Conclusion

• • Survey results suggest that the board's requirements are being met. 

  • The results of this survey, and the previous reports (6 December 2011 and 9 April 2013) indicate that staff need to be made aware of the Protected Disclosure provisions from time to time. This will be discussed at a full staff meeting along with a discussion to clarify that grievance processes are covered in the relevant collective contracts.

Chicky Rudkin

Principal