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Joanne Vaughan (Jo) commented on Ian de Stigter's blog post Great Reception from School Board!

"Great work Ian on taking a proffessional stand for Support Staff."

Nov 29, 2010

Sharyn Gibbons commented on Ian de Stigter's blog post Great Reception from School Board!

"Sounds like a great meeting Ian. Well done"

Nov 29, 2010

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Great Reception from School Board!

Meeting with the Education Subcommittee of MAGS School BOT, 24/11/2010 It would have been difficult to improve on the reception we received for our supportstaff submission about what the BOT could do to improve policies related tosupport staff employment. It was an informal occasion: the 4 support staff memberssat around a coffee table in the staff room together with the committeemembers.The chairperson, Dr Sally-Ann Harbison, described the role of the committee, welcomed the support staff…See More

Nov 25, 2010

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What a Fair Deal means to support staff at Mt Albert Grammar

We see the necessity to make progress on gender equity claims including:the recommended pay investigation for teacher aides;agreement to also evaluate the job content of other positions, and toarrange for subsequent reviews of support staff employment equity.We see the need to change funding arrangements to providejob security:for current operations grant-funded staff, and alsothose funded through separate schemes such as ORRS and Gateway.In line with the government’sinternational obligations,…See More

Nov 12, 2010

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Winning Friends and Influencing People

NZEI is looking to increase membership density among support staff, and with a particular need to do so in the secondary sector, where a lower percentage of support staff belongs to NZEI. Why do people join or notjoin? How can we help?My experience as a site rep is that secondary staff who join NZEI either have already been members at another school, or feel the looming threat of a personal issue, or do so as a well-thought through action after at least ayear of considering it.A particular…See More

Aug 12, 2010

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Great Reception from School Board!

Meeting with the Education Subcommittee of MAGS School BOT, 24/11/2010

It would have been difficult to improve on the reception we received for our support

staff submission about what the BOT could do to improve policies related to

support staff employment. It was an informal occasion: the 4 support staff members

sat around a coffee table in the staff room together with the…

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Posted on November 25, 2010 at 3:01pm — 2 Comments

What a Fair Deal means to support staff at Mt Albert Grammar

We see the necessity to make progress on gender equity claims including:

the recommended pay investigation for teacher aides;
agreement to also evaluate the job content of other positions, and to
arrange for subsequent reviews of support staff employment equity.

We see the need to change funding arrangements to… Continue

Posted on November 12, 2010 at 11:26pm

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At 9:04pm on August 10, 2010, Linda Jordan said…: Would be great to meet and discuss what your ideas are or you could email them to me. We will be in Wellington next weekend - Friday and Sat for the national exec advisory groups. It would be good if I had the ideas to take there where they can be discussed around the table or even over lunch or dinner.

At 6:32pm on August 10, 2010, Linda Jordan said…: You are so right Ian. We are trying to get people involved, but can not work out what is missing.

At 8:08pm on August 9, 2010, Linda Jordan said…: Great to see you here Ian. If you have any questions regarding the site let em know as I am an administrator too.

Linda Jordan