Meet national and international obligations, policies, and guidelines
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Meeting your legal responsibilities and other obligations’
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Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Ki tua atu o te matapaki kōrero ko te mahi, offers trustees an overview of the Treaty articles to support BoTs with honourable governance that reflects New Zealand's dual cultural heritage.
Plan for bicultural practice
Plan for bicultural practice
Kilbirine School Board Chair, Chris Montgomerie explains how the BoT built an inclusive bicultural approach within the school.
Success for All strategy
Success for All strategy
Success for All – Every school, Every child is a strategy to support the goal of all schools demonstrating inclusive practices.
New Zealand Disability Strategy
New Zealand Disability Strategy
The strategy’s vision is of a society that values the lives and enhances the full participation of disabled people. It provides a framework to guide government agencies, which are required to report annually on what they are doing to realise this vision.
Objective 1 outlines obligations to encourage and educate for a non-disabling society.
Objective 3 outlines obligations to provide the best education for disabled people.
Objective 13 outlines obligations to enable disabled children and youth to lead full and active lives.
Source: The New Zealand Disability Strategy (opens in a new tab/window)
International obligations
International obligations
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
New Zealand schools are bound by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which New Zealand ratified in 2008. Article 24 relates to the education of people with disabilities.
Signatories to the convention are committed to ensure equal access to:
- primary and secondary education
- vocational training
- adult education
- lifelong learning.
Useful resources
Useful resources
The New Zealand Curriculum
Publisher: Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
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