2022 PA CONFERENCE 22-23 June 2022 - Piecing the puzzle Rutherford Hotel Nelson - SPANZ
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2022 PA CONFERENCE 22-23 June 2022 Rutherford Hotel Nelson Piecing the puzzle
Tuesday 21
JUNE
5.00 - 7.00pm Registration desk open
Welcome networking drinks Matai Foyer
Come and join us for a
complimentary welcome
drink, then enjoy an evening to
yourself or make an impromptu
group for dinner. Enjoy!
Wednesday 22
JUNE
8.00am Registration desk open Matai Foyer
8.30am Plan for the day
Jo Hickey Matai 1, Ground Floor
8.40am Keynote address
SPANZ Executive welcome
Jeff Smith Matai 1, Ground Floor
9.00am Keynote address
Five steps to be a confident speaker
Diana Thomson Matai 1, Ground Floor
10.00am MORNING TEA Matai 2, Ground Floor
10.20am Workshop Session 1
11.30pm Workshop Session 2
12.30pm LUNCH Founders Heritage Park
3.30pm Workshop Session 3
6.00pm Drinks and dinner Riwaka Foyer, Ground Floor
7.30pm Keynote address
Jo & Sue
WORKSHOPS
Prior to conference you will have selected your workshop preferences,
please refer to your email confirmation from Eventbrite.LUNCH Founders Heritage Park www.founderspark.co.nz To enjoy the beautiful Nelson sunshine we are shaking things up and going out for lunch. Please join us at Founders Heritge Park in the Granary Room for a delicious lunch. You will have time afterwards to explore the park at your leisure, or pop into Nelson City for some sightseeing or shopping. Buses will take us to lunch at 12.30pm, you will then have the option to either walk back into town (approximately 30 minutes) or take one of the buses back from 1.30pm.
WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOP 1 – 10.20am
Topic Presenter Room
Gain credibility and confidence Diana Thomson Matai 1, Ground Floor
with every answer
Risk - Roadmap to safety in Chris Ponga Waimea Room, Level 2
schools
KAMAR Tom Wilkinson Heaphy Room, Level 2
Refresh your Te Reo Anton Matthews Riwaka Room, Ground
Floor
WORKSHOP 2 – 11.30am
Topic Presenter Room
Gain credibility and confidence Diana Thomson Matai 1, Ground Floor
with every answer
Revolutionise your digital Emma Riddell Waimea Room, Level 2
workspace
TBC TBC Heaphy Room, Level 2
Refresh your Te Reo Anton Matthews Riwaka Room, Ground
Floor
WORKSHOP 3 – 3.30pm
Topic Presenter Room
TBC TBC Matai 1, Ground Floor
Revolutionise your digital Emma Riddell Waimea Room, Level 2
workspace
KAMAR Tom Wilkinson Heaphy Room, Level 2
Risk – Roadmap to safety in Chris Ponga Riwaka Room, Ground
schools Floor23
JUNE
Thursday
9.00am Workshop Session 4
10.00am MORNING TEA Matai 2, Ground Floor
10.30am Workshop Session 5
11.40am Workshop Session 6
12.40pm LUNCH Matai 2, Ground Floor
1.45pm Keynote address
Cam Calkoen Matai 1, Ground Floor
2.45pm Prizegiving / Conference close
Suzy Acar-ReynoldsTHURSDAY WORKSHOPS WORKSHOP 4 – 9.00am Topic Presenter Room HR recruitment, issues & Kate Lethbridge & Matai 1, Ground Floor questions Maynard Scott Education law Gretchen Stone Waimea Room, Level 2 Body language Steph Holloway Heaphy Room, Level 2 WORKSHOP 5 – 10.30am Topic Presenter Room Resilience Sarah Ferguson Matai 1, Ground Floor HR recruitment, issues & Kate Lethbridge & Waimea Room, Level 2 questions Maynard Scott Body language Steph Holloway Heaphy Room, Level 2 WORKSHOP 6 – 11.40am Topic Presenter Room Resilience Sarah Ferguson Matai 1, Ground Floor Education law Gretchen Stone Waimea Room, Level 2 Body language Steph Holloway Heaphy Room, Level 2
Keynote BIOS
CAM CALKOEN
Cam Calkoen dreams of a world where everyone is inspired to
embrace their opportunity and our physical being is no barrier
to succeeding in our dreams and aspirations. It is dreams
that have brought the world to what we see today and our
aspirations that will propel it into the future.
No one can walk and talk at birth. Some people like Cam, are
presented with this likelihood for the rest of their lives. He chose
to defy the odds, and now showcases what can be achieved
when we identify a challenge, leverage our opportunities and
uniqueness, and indeed live for awesome!
Born with Cerebral Palsy Cam was told that his biggest challenges would be the way
he walks and talks, he dreamed big becoming an athletic gold medalist, highly effective
charitable fundraiser, social entrepreneur and now a globally renowned inspirational
speaker who ignites a connection and clarity between inspiration, dreams and people.
Through strength of human attitude and potential Cam chose to embrace the challenges
he was born with, and harnesses his gifts to live in the pursuit of excellence and make life
as awesome as it can be.
He is a living example that life is what we make it, and the values needed to achieve
awesomeness are simple – we need to believe! In doing so, we leave no stone unturned.
Through charisma, stories and artistic flair Cam’s presence sees people identify the
unturned stones on the path, he ignites, inspires, enlightens and delights others by
modeling what it looks like to dream big and achieve more!
JO & SUE
Jo and Sue are prepared to sit in the muck and dirt of life.
Through their own stories of adversity they carry powerful
messages of vulnerability, resilience and ownership. As
passionate advocates for transformation and change they
co-founded ImpACT-Mental Health and are published authors
of the popular book HATE MYSELF HATE MY LIFE. Their podcast
series ‘Pods with Posh and Pool’ was established to disrupt the
theory that everyone has perfect lives. As public speakers they
challenge the status quo, leaving no one in doubt as to the power
of reprogramming the algorithms of life.DIANA THOMSON
Through her brands Speech Marks Coaching and the She Says
So woman’s public speaking course, Diana focuses on helping
women speak up, be heard and feel confident.
Over 10 years she’s gone from a struggling silenced expat
wife in Singapore to a confident workshop presenter and
international relocations consultant, then on to being a public
speaking coach, speaker and author of Anyone Can Speak
Confidently! The recipe to public speaking success.
Through her journey as a Toastmaster (Competition winning)
Speech Evaluator then co-founder of She Says So, Diana has found
some universal truths on why women question their ability to be a confident speaker.
She has also discovered ways to overcome these. Whether it’s speaking to one person or
a whole room she will help you develop tools to feel confident and articulate.Workshop BIOS
DR SARAH FERGUSON
Dr. Sarah Ferguson is the Executive Director of Breathe Repeat.
She holds a PhD in Computational Optics from the University
of Georgia as well as two BSc (Cum Laude) in Physics. Her
passion is for learning and understanding how things work,
and this especially applies to wellness in relation to peak
performance. She spent many years working with the best
and the brightest in her field and can speak first-hand to the
symbiosis between personal and professional flourishing.
Currently, Sarah works closely with businesses and schools
delivering corporate wellness programmes, and works one-on-one
with private clients. She founded Breathe Repeat as a way to formally offer research-
based mindfulness programmes that benefit the business and the individual at the s
ame time.
STEPH HOLLOWAY
Steph Holloway is a body language and communication expert
who has worked internationally with over 10,000 people and 1,200
businesses. She was the founder of Elemental Potential, and
creator of the world’s first practical model for compassionate
assertiveness in 2012.
Her work is all about helping people to be better communicators -
with the goal to heal, inspire, and educate....and she believes that it
usually happens in that order!
Steph uses unique teaching methods, humour, and storytelling to
help people fully grasp how compassionate assertiveness and body
language awareness used together will always give you an edge in life.
KATE LETHBRIDGE
Principal Advisor – Employment Practice has been with NZSTA
over 16 years in various capacities as an advisor. Kate has a
keen interest in keeping good records and maintaining good
HR practice so as to assist Executive Officers to navigate
answers and anomalies in the complex world of employment
between a school, board and MOE.ANTON MATTHEWS
First and foremost, Anton is the proud father of three beautiful
tamariki and husband of Jess. Born and bread in Ōtautahi but
with whakapapa back to Te Rarawa, he links to the far north in
Ahipara too.
Anton owns and operates Hustle Group, an organisation
comprised of Hustle Hospitality which has several local eateries
and a handful of food trucks; as well as Hustle Education
which delivers workshops, mentoring and coaching in business
development, te reo Māori and Māori cultural competency.
Hustle Group also maintains strong community ties through their
charitable trust, Angitu, which has a particular focus around creating
opportunities for rangatahi Māori (youth) to experience success as Māori.
Hustle Group is focussed on developing its own people, building intergenerational wealth
for future generations, sharing Māori culture and language with the community and
only ever saying ‘yes’ to something that works towards making Hustle Group a greater
organisation as apposed to just a bigger organisation.
CHRIS PONGA
I bring a lot of good practical examples focussed on schools to
this workshop based on my research and writing about case
law and my engineering and health and safety university
education, background and experience. I am a copywriter and
although I’ve worked in health and safety for years much of
my time was spent writing about it. Through my research as a
copywriter I touch on what’s happening in schools around the
world and I’ve used this knowledge in other workshops I have
presented, focussing on safety in schools, safety in technology in
schools and safety governance in sports. As a director of a college I
sit on the Board of Proprietors and the Board of Trustees. I have been on
the boards of charitable organisations including regional sports bodies so I bring insights
into student and staff needs both from a practical and governance perspective.
Safety in schools
Have you ever been privy to a lot of different information and the first port of call for all
types of health and safety related issues and questions? Well now you get to ask the
questions in this health and safety workshop which will really help you to understand
what you have to deal with. And we only talk about the good stuff, nothing gory, that’s
a promise. Health and safety is a huge and complex challenge for most schools, but this
workshop will break it down into bite sized chunks. You’ll touch on topics like health and
safety in EOTC, provider and contractor safety, student and staff safety, mental health and
little bit about safety around the property.
Please bring along your questions to the workshop, or if you’re shy email your questions to
me prior: chris@chrisponga.co.nz.EMMA RIDDELL
“Knowing what you don’t know is more useful than being
brilliant”.
Emma Riddell is a wife, mother, breast cancer survivor, self-
taught, self-confessed geek who probably has a spreadsheet
for that! After working 16 years in the Early Childhood industry,
five and a half years as the Executive Officer at Riccarton
Primary School, and much to her children’s relief, she finally
graduated to High School in 2020, at Papanui High School as their
Payroll Manager. She is driven to find the best and most efficient
way to perform repetitive tasks, saving time and stress levels.
Being a hardcore Microsoft user she didn’t even realise that ‘Google’ was a ‘thing’ outside
of being a search engine and Gmail, so when she joined the Riccarton Primary Team back
in 2016 she embarked on a steep learning curve. Since then she has discovered a plethora
of tips and tricks to make the daily grind that much more bearable.
Come and join her to find out some practical solutions for:
— Life in the cloud: successful collaboration
— Gmail: taming your emails
— Cyber-security
— Google Drive: navigating the do’s and don’ts of sharing
— Chrome basics
— Avoiding digital clutter
— GCal: some neat tricks for calendar events
— Chrome extensions and other Add-on’s like Adobe for Google Drive & TRELLO to
name a couple.
Sorry Microsoft, it was good while it lasted.
MAYNARD SCOTT
Maynard joined NZSTA in 2021 as part of its Advisory and
Support Centre where he was a first point of call for Assistants,
Executive Officers and Secretaries who had HR enquiries.
He is now a member of the National Employment Team,
assisting the Principal Advisor – Employment Practice with
employment law and human resource matters including
ensuring appointment resources are fit-for-purpose and
reviewing NZSTA’s advice around recruitment. He enjoys hearing
the experiences of those at the coal face hiring, appointing and
administrating and empowering them in their roles as HR leaders.GRETCHEN STONE
Gretchen Stone is a partner of Harrison Stone and is an
employment and education law specialist. As well as providing
legal advice to SPANZ principals, Gretchen is the Honorary
Solicitor for the Auckland Primary Principals’ Association.
Gretchen has expertise across all areas of employment and
education law including health and safety, social media,
student discipline, surrender and retention within the school
environment, restructuring processes, and performance
management and disciplinary processes for professional and
non-professional staff. Gretchen also provides support,
representation and advocacy for principals where there is a breakdown
or issues in the relationship with the Board of Trustees.
TOM WILKINSON
Tom Wilkinson is a secondary school teacher from Cashmere
High School in Christchurch. Tom spends most of his day as
a Head of School looking after the Year 11 cohort and is also
heavily involved in the use of KAMAR student management
system within Cashmere. When not at school Tom spends
most of his time coaching football with Cashmere Technical.
Tom has a keen interest in pastoral and administrative
systems within schools and developing them to be effective
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