Chief Executive update

Friday, March 7, 2008

Update 7 March - Staff Forum, Visit by Dr Morgan Williams, Leadership Team Open Forum..

Staff Forum
The next staff forum will be held in G106 12 - 1pm on Friday and will be a further discussion around our Teaching and Learning strategy (see documents attached).

Visit by Dr Morgan Williams
Breakfast - Friday 14th March
A reminder about the staff breakfast meeting on Friday 14th March from 7.45-9.00 am with guest speaker, Dr Morgan Williams, former Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment in 2007 - who will address the topic "Being Strategic about Sustainable Development".
Dr Williams will speak from approximately 8.15-8.25 am. Venue will be confirmed once we know numbers.

Please RSVP to Michelle Barron ............. for catering and venue purposes. All welcome.

Staff Development
One of our staff development priorities this year is education for sustainability. I would like to encourage staff to attend a workshop led by Dr Williams on Friday morning 9 - 11am at the Chamber of Commerce. This is open to all staff - academic and general, and as usual, there will be no cost. Dr Williams will discuss sustainable development, providing case studies of success. In addition to staff, our leading contractors and suppliers have also been invited to attend.

Please register with Steve Henry .................. as soon as possible as numbers are limited.
Leadership Team
A reminder that there is an opportunity for staff to attend Leadership Meetings on Monday mornings between 11.45 and 12.15 pm, to express your views, ask questions, discuss an idea. Let Jeanette know if you would like to do so.

Once again, thanks to Jean Young for taking advantage of this forum to bring to our attention significant matters around student refunds and providing the opportunity for a timely remedy.

NZ Association for Environmental Education Conference
The conference website now has presentations, papers and information from the recent conference held at St Margaret's College in Dunedin.
The information will be available at this address until 1st May 2008.

Teaching and Learning
A reminder - we do have the new teaching and learning innovation fund - refer to the attached documents.
Cheers
Phil