Waikato Principals' Association eNewsletter

15 November 2021

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A message from Lesley
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Kia Ora

Busy week this week for everyone – please take a read of our Monday Mailing for resources and information to support.

Nga Mihi
Chrissy Wakeman
Orini Combined School

A message from Lesley

Tēnā tātou katoa

Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa.

I want to acknowledge our Waikato colleagues who have been working at Alert Level 2 and I hope your term is going well. No doubt you will be busy preparing for the latter part of the term and looking ahead to 2022.

For those of us in Waikato who are currently at Alert Level 3.2, our immediate attention had been focussed on preparations for a return to school for more of our students from Wednesday 17th November as announced last week. This had been a somewhat challenging exercise, made easier by the support of colleagues. Thank you to the principals who were willing to share their ideas and organisational tips. This helped many of us with our decision making and preparations.

Of course we now no longer need the part-time/full-time rolls, the regorganised duty rosters and break times, the communication to parents about masks and staggered entry and exit times; as the announcement of a change to Alert Level 2 tomorrow at 11.59pm was made this afternoon. To say that I am angry and immensely frustrated right now is an understatement! I know that many of my colleagues who prepared for a part-time return on Wednesday are now feeling the same way. I have spoken with the Director of Education - Waikato this afternoon following the announcement to express these sentiments and asked that they be passed on.

November 15th is upon us all today and the vaccination mandate is in place. This too has created challenges for many of us and I hope you are getting the support you require to move forward with any staffing issues that may have arisen. Term 4 is always a busy time for schools and this term 4 has been unlike any other that we have experienced (and we still have four weeks or so to go).

Take care of yourselves. To support you with this, we have included a list of people and organisations that you can reach out to should you need.

Ngā manaakitanga

Lesley Lomas

Interim President

Principal Support

Principal Support Contacts
Organisation	Support	Contact
Evaluation Associates	Leadership Advisor Specific Support for Principals Principal Professional Learning Groups First time principal support	Brian Sheedy 027 207 4433 b.sheedy@evaluate.co.nz Stephen Blair 021 322 495 s.blair@evaluate.co.nz Judith Wootton 027 241 6427 j.wootton@evaluate.co.nz
NZEI	NZEI Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Principal Support Officer NZEI Te Riu Roa.	Di Pollard 027 493 3168 Dianne.Pollard-Williams@nzei.org.nz
	Waikato President NZEI Principals Council (Service provided for NZEI members)	Leo Spaans 0212223508 principal@hukanui.school.nz
	NZEI Regional Principals’ Support Team	Ian Leckie 027 839 0518
EAP Employment Assistance Programme	Confidential counselling with a focus on enhancing mental health and general wellbeing. EAP helps individuals understand and overcome a broad range of life and work issues in order to remain focused and productive when at work.. This service is paid for by employers. (Currently the cost covered by MOE)	Available for 3 months for all staff from 25 August 2021. Refer Ministry Bulletin 24 August 2021 - Workforce Wellbeing EAP services Contact 0800327669
Principals’ Helpline	Managed by Principal Support Officers and operates from 8.30am-5.00pm Monday to Friday	0508principal 0508 774 624 725
NZSTA	Support and advice on employment-related issues	0800 782 435 eradvice@nzsta.org.nz
	Support and advice on all other governance issues	govadvice@nzsta.org.nz
	Membership issues	feedback@nzsta.org.nz
Members of WPA Exec	Please feel free to reach out to any of the WPA exec team. They are there to listen and direct you to expertise that may be of help.	Names and contact details of Exec Available on WPA website
Media Consultant		Meredith Marshall meredith@captivate.co.nz 0274969535
Mentemia app	Led by Sir John Kirwan, Mentemia is your positive partner to mental wellbeing. An app to tackle everyday stress and anxiety in the workplace (no cost)	Mentemia.com/nz/home

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