Principals' sabbatical reports added in April 2011 look at:
- models of effective leadership enhancing learning, management and governance, monitoring effectiveness in schools. (Leo de Beurs, Pukeoware School)
- effective school governance. (Marty Gameson, Hororata School)
- the key elements of positive relationships between principal and staff in primary schools. (Paul Greenstreet, Coatesville School)
- how to lift student achievement in the second phase of principalship. (Morag Hutchinson, Green Bay High School)
- literature and case studies that discuss and clearly identify barriers to data driven improvement models in schools and how those barriers may be overcome. (Mike Jackson, Albany Junior High School)
- understanding the key competencies at the pre-school to school transition stage. (Janice Taylor, St Bernadette's School, Forbury)
- the potential role students can have in the development of our school as a 'positive learning culture which will produce students who are enthusiastic, contributing members of society.' (Alison Woollard, Carterton School).
