Staffing Issues in Remote Rural Schools - What Can New Zealand Learn from the Australian Experience?
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https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v4i2.389Abstract
Isolated rural schools in New Zealand have always had difficulty attracting and retaining appropriate staff but under the "Tomorrow's School's" regime, the situation has become much worse. Schools in New Zealand are governed by a Board of Trustees, comprising members of the local community and these Boards are charged with the responsibility of employing staff and monitoring their performance. There are few incentives to attract and retain teachers in remote areas and so the fields of applicants are often small and finding a suitable applicant can be a real problem. Appointing suitable applicants is difficult but retaining them in rural areas is even more of a problem and monitoring performance is almost impossible for a Board of Trustees with little or no expertise in the area of performance appraisal. The Education Review Office carries out school reviews every two to three years and reports to the Minister of Education on the performance of the Board of Trustees.
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