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In this rigorous programme you will hear about the practical implications of Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce Report and other timely updates, suspensions and expulsion, lockdown procedures, dealing with difficult parents, employment essentials you need to know, privacy and online essentials that are imperative for you to know right now. Stay for the afternoon and you will workshop the mechanics of a competent and comprehensive workplace investigations from ‘Oh No! to Let’s go’.
Attend and earn 6.5 CPD hours
Critical Education Law Updates
Chair: Leo Donnelly, Principal, Chen Palmer
9.00am to 9.45am: Education Sector Essential Updates: Managing Difficult Behaviour in School
Presented by Gretchen Stone, Partner, Harrison Stone
9.45am to 10.30am: Employment Law Round up: Cases and Legislation Affecting Your School
Presented by Sherridan Cook, Partner, Buddle Findlay
10.30am to 10.45am Morning Tea
10.45am to 11.30am: Health and Safety Management Systems: The Quality of Lockdown Procedures
Presented by Andy Evans, SafeSchool.co.nz
11.30am to 12.15pm: Preparing for Privacy Law Reform
Daimhin Warner will provide an update to his 2018 presentation on privacy law reform in NZ, with a particular focus on education. The Privacy Bill, which has now been through the Justice Select Committee process, will introduce mandatory privacy breach notification and more enforcement powers for the Privacy Commissioner. But the Select Committee has introduced other changes that will create new obligations on schools to more carefully manage student information. We now know what the new Privacy Act will contain, and what we need to do to prepare for it.
Presented by Daimhin Warner, Director, Simply Privacy
12.15pm to 1.00pm: Privileged Access to School Data: Privacy; ICT Contracts (terms and conditions); and Insurance
Schools are regularly using external ICT providers and platforms to manage and interact with school data. This is a privacy issue as well as a contractual issue. In this session you will explore:
Presented by Kathryn Dalziel, Barrister
Workshop: Conducting a Successful Workplace Investigation
If you’ve spent any time working in a school you know that seemingly anything can happen at any time and you need to know exactly how to handle an incident from when it first occurs all the way through the investigation process. Attend this seminar and consider the policies and procedures you need to have in place before an incident occurs and then work through the step by step process of completing an effective and comprehensive investigation. The panel will provide valuable insights on managing your school and the staff from the beginning of a workplace investigation to the end, making this a vital programme that is not to be missed.
Chair: Graeme Colgan, Barrister and Employment Law Specialist
1.45pm to 2.45pm: HYPOTHETICAL INCIDENT: Incident Management: What Must a School Have in Place?
Presented by Paul Robertson, Partner, Heaney & Partners
2.45pm to 3.45pm: The Workplace Investigation
Presented by Maria Green, Senior Associate, Lane Neave
3.45pm to 4.00pm Afternoon Tea
4.00pm to 5.00pm: Steps Following the Workplace Investigation
Presented by Kirsty McDonald, Partner, Duncan Cotterill
Grand Mercure Auckland
Level 2, 8 Customs Street East
Auckland 1010
New Zealand
Directions
Grand Mercure Auckland is a short 5 minute walk from the main train/bus station Britomart.
Parking
Parking is not included in you registration. Here are some options below.
The hotel has very limited on-site parking. There is a valet service which works on a 'first come, first serve basis', and is $40 per car.
Other surrounding parking options include:
Britomart Car Park - click here to view rates
Lumley Centre Car Park - click here to view rates