Notice Amending the National Administration Guidelines N o t i c e Pursuant to section 60a of the Education Act 1989, the Minister of Education makes the following amendments to the National Administration Guidelines notified in the New Zealand Gazette on 29 April 1993, No. 58 page 1086 and on 27 June 1996, No 65, page 1634. The National Administration Guidelines are amended by deleting existing clause 1 and substituting the following clause: ``1 Each Board of Trustees is required to foster student achievement by providing teaching and learning programmes which incorporate the New Zealand Curriculum (essential learning areas, essential skills and attitudes and values) as expressed in National Curriculum Statements. Each Board, through the principal and staff is required to: i develop and implement teaching and learning programmes: a to provide all students in years 110 with opportunities to achieve for success in all the essential learning and skill areas of the New Zealand curriculum; b giving priority to student achievement in literacy and numeracy, especially in years 14; ii through a range of assessment practices, gather information that is sufficiently comprehensive to enable the progress and achievement of students to be evaluated; giving priority first to: a student achievement in literacy and numeracy, especially in years 14; and then to: b breadth and depth of learning related to the needs, abilities and interests of students, the nature of the school's curriculum, and the scope of the New Zealand curriculum (as expressed in the National Curriculum Statements); iii on the basis of good quality assessment information, identify students and groups of students; a who are not achieving; b who are at risk of not achieving; c who have special needs; and d aspects of the curriculum which require particular attention; iv develop and implement teaching and learning strategies to address the needs of students and aspects of the curriculum identified in iii above; v in consultation with the school's Maori community, develop and make known to the school's community policies, plans and targets for improving the achievement of Maori students; vi provide appropriate career education and guidance for all students in year 7 and above, with a particular emphasis on specific career guidance for those students who have been identified by the school as being at risk of leaving school unprepared for the transition to the workplace or further education/training.'' The National Administration Guidelines are amended by deleting existing clause 4. The National Administration Guidelines are amended by renumbering existing clauses 2 and 3 so that they become new clauses 3 and 4 respectively. The National Administration Guidelines are amended by inserting the following clause: ``2 Each Board of Trustees with the principal and teaching staff is required to: i develop a strategic plan which documents show they are giving effect to the National Education Guidelines through their policies, plans and programmes, including those for curriculum, assessment and staff professional development; ii maintain an on-going programme of self-review in relation to the above policies, plans and programmes, including evaluation of information on student achievement; iii report to students and their parents on the achievement of individual students, and to the school's community on the achievement of students as a whole and of groups (identified through 1 iii above) including the achievement of Maori students against the plans and targets referred to in 1 v above.'' This notice will take effect from 1 July 2000. Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of November 1999. NICK SMITH, Minister of Education.