Strategic Plan
The Centre's strategic goals and objectives from 2006 - 2009 are in 13 distinct areas:
1. CURRICULUM - To provide high quality learning programmes that enhance the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values outlined in the New Zealand Curriculum and that are aimed at enabling deaf and hearing impaired children to achieve their full potential.
2. DOCUMENTATION AND SELF-REVIEW - To have an effective means of evaluating the school's programmes and activities, to ensure effective planning and reporting.
3. PERSONNEL - To provide a school climate that attracts the best available staff and promotes high levels of staff performance to support the Centre's goals, objectives, policies, procedures and plans.
4. FINANCE - To allocate and control income and expenditure in ways that effectively support the teaching and learning programmes.
5. PROPERTY - To have buildings and facilities that are appropriate to the programme needs of the Centre, are conducive to learning and teaching and that comply with the relevant health and safety requirements.
6. HEALTH AND SAFETY - To have buildings, facilities and procedures that are appropriate to the programme needs of the Centre, are conducive to learning and teaching and that comply with the relevant health and safety requirements.
7. LEGISLATIVE COMPLIANCE - To fully comply with all regulatory and legislative requirements as they relate to the Centre's operations.
8. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP - To encourage high levels of community involvement in the Centre's activities.
9. REGIONAL TEACHING AND SPECIALIST SERVICES - To provide regional teaching and support services to children in the early childhood and school sectors who are deaf or hearing impaired, their teachers and families/whanau in order to assist them to access Te Whaariki and the New Zealand Curriculum in their home districts.
10. EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES - To provide specialist early childhood services at the Centre to assist deaf and hearing impaired children under 5 years of age and their families/whanau.
11. RESOURCE AND TECHNICAL SERVICES - To provide Resource and Technical Services designed to improve the educational outcomes of children who are deaf or hearing impaired, their schools and families/whanau.
12. RESIDENTIAL SERVICES - To provide Residential Services for deaf and hearing impaired students who are enrolled at van Asch Deaf Education Centre.
13. ORRS FUNDHOLDER CONTRACT - To provide high quality coordinated specialist services and support for students at the Centre with high and very high special education needs based on individual education programmes.
The details are set out in the attached PDF document.
Strategic Plan.pdf