Key International Staff
Experienced, caring educators will look after you during your time at Columba.
The quality of pastoral care is a strength of the International Department. In addition to the normal issues of being a young woman, International students have the added pressures of living in a different culture, missing friends and family, and excelling academically in a foreign language.
Mrs Julie Elliotte is responsible for pastoral care. She is always available and every girl has a dedicated International student cell phone number. In addition, International students have ready access to the School Counsellor, the Careers Adviser, the School Chaplain, the year level deans, their form teachers and boarding house staff or homestay parents.
Importantly, in 1989 (revised in 2010) legislation was passed establishing detailed guidelines for the Pastoral Care of International Students. The Code is administered and monitored by the NZ Ministry of Education. Columba College is a signatory to the NZ Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students, and its International programmes and practices are designed to comply with the Code.
Meet the International Team
Ms Jenness Riethmaier
Acting Principal
principal@columbacollege.school.nz
Mrs Julie Elliotte
Head of Boarding and International Students
jelliotte@columbacollege.school.nz
international@columbacollege.school.nz
Ms Cher Shi
Business Administrator of International Students
Dr Sally Henderson
ESOL Tutor
PhD (Linguistics), MATESL (Illinois), RSA CELTA (Cambridge), BA (Hons)
Miss Lauren Stirling
ESOL Tutor
Grad. Dip. Of Teaching and Learning, Dip. for Graduates endorsed in English, Cert. of Advanced Chinese, MA (Applied Linguistics), BA (Linguistics) Cert. TEFL
Ms Julie Sabiston
Academic - Dr Sally Henderson and Ms Lauren Stirling
Pastoral - Mrs Julie Elliotte
Finance - Ms Julie Sabiston
Overview and Marketing - Mrs Marianne Parks