Support staff week - Te Wiki o ngā Kaiāwhina Tautoko
This week we have been celebrating and acknowledging all our talented and amazing support staff and the valuable contributions they make, so our school can be the best it can. For example
Working with learners
Supporting teachers
Keeping our school environment safe and clean
Managing accounts and finances
Managing office responsibilities
Supporting senior leadership
Keeping our library stimulating and inviting
And all those little extras that we as a school are very grateful for.
We have celebrated this week with too much food, personalised letters and cards and special photos, messages from our learners.
Over the last three - four years, hard work by the Ministry of Education, New Zealand School Trustees and the New Zealand Educational Institute, Support Staff across New Zealand have finally been recognised financially for their worth in schools by achieving pay equity.
As teachers we are fully supportive of support staff achieving pay equity. Which is so well deserved..