Is the Government's Counselling Support Package for Early Childhood Educators Enough? w/ NZEI Te Riu Roa: August 26, 2021
Is the Government's Counselling Support Package for Early Childhood Educators Enough? w/ NZEI Te Riu Roa: August 26, 2021
Is the Government's Counselling Support Package for Early Childhood Educators Enough? w/ NZEI Te Riu Roa: August 26, 2021Thursday, August 26, 2021
Yesterday, Minister for Education Chris Hipkins announced that early childhood teachers and support staff will be able to access three confidential one-on-one counselling sessions for free, to support them while COVID-19 restrictions are in place. News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston talks to Virginia Oakly, the Early Childhood Representative for NZEI Te Riu Roa about whether this policy provides enough support for the sector which constantly struggles with pay parity, support for relief staff and widespread feeling of being under valued.