DiscoverThe Principals (Aotearoa | New Zealand)Season 2, Episode 6 Getting every child through the gate: Turning around attendance
Season 2, Episode 6 Getting every child through the gate: Turning around attendance

Season 2, Episode 6 Getting every child through the gate: Turning around attendance

Update: 2025-09-09
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Student attendance has become one of the big challenges facing New Zealand schools. With new Attendance Management Plans becoming mandatory from 2026 and expanded attendance services on the horizon, principals are under increasing pressure to find effective solutions to chronic absenteeism. But some schools are beating the odds. In this episode, we sit down with principals who have successfully turned around poor attendance in their schools.


Hosted by Eleisha McNeill.


My guests are:



  • Mandy Dodds, tumuaki of Kumara School on the West Coast

  • Chris Bean, principal of Tangaroa College in Otara, Auckland

  • James Christie, tumuaki of Mauku School in the Franklin district


This podcast was produced for the Ministry of Education.


 


You can learn more by accessing the e-learning modules for principals on the Education LMS: https://training.education.govt.nz

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Season 2, Episode 6 Getting every child through the gate: Turning around attendance

Season 2, Episode 6 Getting every child through the gate: Turning around attendance

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