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15 Aug 2024

Advice to your past self: reflections from Mt Cook School

AKO visited Mt Cook School in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington to talk to five NZEI Te Riu Roa members. We heard their reflections on their careers in education and the changes they’ve witnessed over time, and then asked them one powerful question: what advice would you give your past self starting out in the profession, knowing what you know now?

15 Oct 2020

Spilling the beans

Ally Kemplen is a teacher aide at Newton Central School in Auckland. She shares her memories of her favourite year at school, before talking with the current principal.

Covid-19 202020 Jul 2020

Member memories: Riselaw Road School and Macandrew Intermediate, Dunedin

Alison Kroon who has retired, but is still a highly sought after relief teacher, recalls her own schooling more than 50 years ago.