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

Mrs. Pauline Duthie, Principal — Image by: Columba College

Mrs Pauline Duthie
Principal
principal@columbacollege.school.nz

Mrs Julie Elliotte

Head of Boarding and International Students

jelliotte@columbacollege.school.nz

international@columbacollege.school.nz

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

Julie Sabiston — Image by: Kelk photography

Ms Julie Sabiston

Academic - Dr Sally Henderson and Ms Lauren Stirling

Pastoral - Mrs Julie Elliotte

Finance - Ms Julie Sabiston

Overview and Marketing - Mrs Pauline Duthie

Fees and Enrolments

Attachments

Interactive student application for enrolment Oct 21 PDF, 2.5 MB

Fees Schedule - International Students - 2023 PDF, 1.7 MB

Interactive student application for enrolment Oct 21
PDF, 2.5 MB

Fees Schedule - International Students - 2023
PDF, 1.7 MB