Principals and boards

• Christchurch earthquakes
  The Ministry of Education's response to the Christchurch earthquakes including announcements and updates. For early childhood education services, schools, parents, international students and their parents, tertiary students
• Charters
  Includes information on the new process for sending charters to the Ministry, incorporating National Standards and planning and reporting.
• Effective governance 
  Help for boards of trustees with their roles as guardians and leaders including publications, resources, flexitbility in board structures, schools boards of trustees.
• ENROL and enrolment
  Information about ENROL - the electronic enrolment management system.
• Enrolment schemes
  Guidelines and useful documents for schools.
• Legal obligations
  These include safe physical and emotional environment for students, National Education Guidelines, charters, annual reports, financial management and reporting, roll returns, being a good employer, emergency management planning, role of the board of Te Kura Kuapapa Māori, school programmes located off-site, safety and education outside the classroom (EOTC), boards of designated character school and integrated schools.
• Managing school resources
  The board of trustees manages operational funding, staffing, school property and transport, as well as payroll, recruitment and teacher performance.
• The New Zealand Curriculum 
• Property toolbox
  Five and 10 year property plans, boilers, cash for buildings programme, dental clinics on school sites, network noticeboard, forms and templates, state schools, independent schools, integrated schools, early childhood education, property management information system (PMIS), preferred suppliers scheme for project management services.
• School finances
  How to prepare schools’ financial statements and general financial management information.
• School transport
  Information about eligibility, entitlement zones, bus routes, school bus safety, and assistance for students with special needs.
• Support for boards
  Help for boards of trustees to address issues such as interventions in schools, improving attendance, school support, schooling improvement and training and support.
• Supporting students
  Information on attendance, career education and guidance, enrolment, managing student behaviour, stand-downs, exclusions, exemptions and expulsions, traumatic incident management support, scholarships and bursaries.