Karen Ferguson's Page

What a cold evening in the south tonight. I have just come home from attending a National Standard Presentation from The Teaching Staff of the College I work at as a Teacher Aide. The presentation for the parents of year 7 & 8 students was just so well done and so easy to understand, the parents asked heaps of questions and are right behind the hard work teachers are going through to work through the process of send out mid year reports. WELL DONE!!

On a fresh sunny Friday morning 7 NZEI Members from across all sectors had a meeting with Michael Woodhouse Dunedin South MP in his very warm office. (1 HOUR) The meeting went very well, he listend to us all as we talked of our feelings on the so called NATIONAL STANDARDS. Stories were told and examples of how students are coping now at our schools. I had the chance to have my say as far as the impac on SUPPORT STAFF within our schools and the effect NATIONAL STANDARDS will have on us… Continue

Great turn out this morning and again this afternoon THANK-YOU to everyone who made the time to leave your school and join us, Congratulatios to those of you that found a Support Staff Button on their seat Please wear them everywhere. Voting went well and those who rasied questions about what to do! eg: Go to Fair Go to get a FAIR DEAL!!! I will take it to the SSNCKT meeting in Wellington on 20th November. Thank you once again for coming,it was so nice to meet you all.

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June 10th we are holding a Buffet Dinner at The Leisure Lodge, Dunedin at 7pm. Our Guest Speaker is Kaitrin - The Story Teller. All are Welcom. Please RSVP to: Jan Letts by Fax 03 4774097 by Wednesday 3rd June.

The Ten of us who were unable to fly home went out for Dinner on Saturday night, a great networking experience was had by us all as the rain keep falling and the WIND BLEW outside.