DAY ONE – Parliament Banquet Hall
Wednesday 18 March
Demystifying whole school approaches and alcohol & other drugs
9.00am
Welcome and Mihiwhakatau
Mihiwhakatau
Kura Moeahu
Welcome & Opening Remarks
MC - Red Nicholson, Curative
Welcome Address
Hon Dr David Clark, Minister of Health
9.40am
Keynote address
Setting the scene
Judge Andrew Becroft, Children’s Commissioner
10.00am
Morning tea
10.30am – 11.30am
The Foundations: Schools and wellbeing
This session explored:
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How to create a positive school environment that reflects Te Tiriti ō Waitangi
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Youth development and involving young people
Why focusing on Te Tiriti ō Waitangi and student wellbeing is important
Mere Berryman (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Whare)
Professor at the University of Waikato and Director of Poutama Pounamu
Meaningfully engaging Māori students to promote wellbeing
Kataraina Davis (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahu) Consultant
Looking at alcohol and other drugs through a wellbeing and development lens
Ben Birks Ang, Deputy Executive Director Programmes, NZ Drug Foundation
11:30am – 12:30pm
A progressive pathway for learning
In this session we will explore:
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Health learning area and community consultation
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How my learning area can help students make sense of what they see and hear
Engaging students in shaping the direction of their school
Huntly College student leaders
How the health learning area is shaped to help students construct knowledge and skills, and how to consult the community about it
Dr. Jenny Robertson, Health Education PLD facilitator and resource developer
Developing students’ information literacy skills to discern truthful information from unhealthy or deceptive messages
Steve Langley and Ria Schroder, Collaborative Trust for Research and Training in Youth Health and Development
Using real life contexts to help students make sense of what they see and hear
Bridget Davidson, Assistant Principal, Otago Girls High School
12:30pm
Lunch and networking
1:30pm – 2:30pm
A progressive pathway for support
This session explored:
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Intentional opportunities to reflect on wellbeing and practice thinking critically
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How deans, school counsellors, and specialist services can create a progressive supportive pathway
Youth 19 Senior leader/health leader findings
John Fenaughty
Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland,
Faculty of Education and Social Work
Supporting student wellbeing with infrastructure and support pathways that create learning opportunities
Kim Gotlieb (Ngāi Tahu) Policy Advisor, Whakaata Tohu Tohu/Mirror Services
Working with service providers to offer a progressive support pathway that helps students get support early
Richard Talbot, Director of Student Services, Aorere College
How specialist services can work as part of a school pastoral care team
Tumokai Morgan, Youth Practitioner, Stand Up! and Amplify!
2.30pm – 3.30pm
Leadership structures that enable culture change
This session explored:
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Setting up the leadership for a whole school approach
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What you can expect to see in 1-2 years
Leadership structures that enable school development
Robyn Baker, Chair of the New Zealand National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
Setting up the leadership for a whole school approach
Sue Porter, Assistant Principal and Linda Miller, Principal, Otago Girls’ High School
Student voice can shape policy development
Dr. Annabel Prescott, youth health specialist and Manager Anamata Cafe
What works and what doesn’t work supporting schools, from an external facilitator’s perspective
Raquel Barbiellini & Mike Tuala, CAYAD Auckland
3.30pm – 3.45pm
Final reflections
3.45pm
Close with afternoon tea
DAY TWO – Parliament Grand Hall, Legislative Council Chamber, and Members’ Only Dining Room
Thursday 19 March
Co-designing solutions
9.00am
Welcome
9.15am
Workshops: Part one
Choose from three workshop streams
Leaders
School leaders to create statement of action – what needs to happen
Teachers
Health educators – what does progressive learning for alcohol and other drugs look like
Pastoral
Support staff – co-design new support approach
10.30am
Morning tea
11.00am
Workshops: Part two
Continuing an exploration of the stream you started in earlier in the day
Leaders
School leaders to create statement of action – what needs to happen
Teachers
Health educators – what does progressive learning for alcohol and other drugs look like
Pastoral
Support staff – co-design new support approach
12.30pm
Lunch and Networking
1.30pm
Reflecting back
Workshop participants were invited to present insights and learning taken from each workshop back to the whole summit
2.30pm
Closing remarks and Whakakapi
3.00pm - CLOSE OF DAY TWO