The management committee of the Institute meets four times a year. All committee members are volunteers who are members of the WGI-NZ and have completed at least a Basic Intensive Training with the Institute.
Bette Blance
President
president@glassernz.org.nz
Bette Blance, born in Morrinsville, has been studying and teaching Choice Theory since the 1980s. For over a decade she was a presenter of the Glasser-based professional development program Excellence in Teaching in Queensland schools. She is a Basic Intensive Trainer with the William Glasser Institute. Until recently she has been a Board member of the William Glasser institute-Australia and the editor of the newsletter Voice of Choice. In New Zealand she has been the Publicity and Promotions officer and is currently the editor of Choice in Action.
Bette has recently returned with her husband to Morrinsville to live in the home where she spent her childhood. Business interests in Queensland see them spending time between the two countries where Bette works in schools on the journey towards declaring as a Glasser Quality School.
She is a member of the Piako Toastmaster's Club, The Morrinsville Historical Society and the Morrinsville Lyceum Club.
Norah Jennings
Secretary
secretary@glassernz.org.nz
Norah is a classroom teacher at Koraunui School in Stokes Valley. She is the leader at the CTRT team at the school which has been a 'Glasser' guided school for nine years. Norah has a high sense of fun and enjoys providing her students with many FUN opportunites in learning adventures.
Norah achieved Choice Theory Reality Therapy Certification at the European Conference in Edinburgh in 2009
Carol Glover
Treasurer
treasurer@glassernz.org.nz
Carol was first introduced to the work of Dr Glasser, specifically Choice Theory and Reality Therapy, while working as a full-time new entrant teacher at Wilford School. Throughout her teaching career she has attended many training courses, but none have had such a profound effect on her, as this course had. It changed the way in which she taught and interacted with children; the ways in which she interacted with others, as well as encouraging her to take stock of her life. She has completed her Advanced Intensive Training and now works as a teacher with a sound and happy work/life balance.
She is married to Steve and has three busy sons - Lui (20yrs), George (14yrs) and Jake (12yrs). Her interests include travel, socialising, walking and decorating.
Barbara Hay
Training Officer
training@glassernz.org.nz
Barbara is the principal of Koraunui School in Lower Hutt. The majority of school staff have been undertaking Choice Theory training. In her quest for information about Glasser Quality Schools she has visited a number of schools in the United States and Koraunui School staff have now committed to working towards becoming a recognised Glasser Quality School in New Zealand. Barbara is keen to extend understanding and use of Glasser’s work to the wider community, in the hope of effecting positive change beyond the school gates, and is happy to help groups and individuals organise training programs.
Regional Co-ordinators for the Institute are the principal contact for training information about the Glasser Institute in their regions. All co-ordinators are volunteers.
The Regional Coordinator's Welcome Pack can be accessed through the Members Login.
Cassie Cross
Auckland
Cassie has read many of Dr Glasser's books, attended professional development programs and has applied the theory in her classrooms as a tutor of adult learners. She has attended Glasser regional meetings in Auckland and is keen to see the Institute in her area grow and develop as her firm commitment to making the world a better place for everyone who is important to her. She has recently undertaken her Basic Intensive Training and is enrolled in a Basic Practicum.
Judith Brown
Waikato
Judith originally hails from Wellington but has taught in different areas of the country and in many types of schools. She is presently teaching at Peachgrove Intermediate School in Hamilton and is part of the leadership team there.
She was originally introduced to Choice Theory during the 90s. It made total sense and she has retained her belief and interest in it since then. She has recently committed to further training and is completing her basic practicum this year.
Judith enjoys the gym, reading and is a member of the Decorative Arts Society.
Raewyn Thorne-Whiteman
Central
Kerry Lowe and Janene Huggard
Hawkes Bay
Kerry and Janene are both Resource Teachers for Learning and Behaviour in the low socio economic community of Flaxmere, a suburb of Hastings. Their Glasser training has been a great help in working with both children and teachers. They both have Certification and have been promoting the ideals of the Institute in their area for some time.
They love to travel and have been to many places around the world in their breaks from school. They also love to have fun with their two young grandaughters whose parents are Glasser 'naturals' without any intervention from Kerry and Janene .
Their hopes for the WGI-NZ is that the Glasser ideals take off in their local schools and can be seen as a growing support for teachers in classrooms.
Nicki Andersen Manawatu/Rangitikei
manawatu.rangitikei@glassernz.org.nz
Nicki is married to Duanne, mother to Daniel (15) and step-mum to Jesse (15) and Kristie (18). She and Duanne enjoy four-wheel driving and organising 4x4 fundraising events. Daniel and Jesse have just completed Year 10 at Feilding High School and Kristie has just finished her final year at PN Girls’ High School. Nicki is a registered Primary school teacher currently working as a Supplementary Learning Support Teacher assisting students and teachers with students who have special learning needs – and loving it!! She is currently working her way through her Basic Practicum and thoroughly enjoying the journey. She is looking forward to becoming more involved in the WGI NZ.
Mary Tucker
Wellington
Since undertaking her Diploma in Education of Students with Special Teaching Needs in Auckland in 1994, Mary has known about the work of Dr Glasser. She started her training in Choice Theory while working at Felix Donnelly College in South Auckland as the acting Principal and considered both Choice Theory and reality therapy to be a real and positive philosophy and practice for the seriously at risk students she was working with. She later moved to Christchurch for 18 months before travelling overseas, and while she was there she joined the management committee and continued her training. She then moved to London for 3 years and completed Certification while attending the 2005 Dublin Glasser Conference. She is now settled in Lower Hutt and working at Taita College where she is Head of Learning Support/SENCO.
Charlotte Whitlow Marlborough
Charlotte has been teaching for 17 years and a principal for 4 years. Originally from the UK, Charlotte participated in a teaching exchange in Perth, WA in 1998 where she met her husband Russell. She has now lived in NZ for 11 years, spending 6 years on Waiheke Island and 4 years in Canterbury. Her first principal position was at Windwhistle. She is now principal at Wairau Valley School, Blenheim.
Discovering Choice Theory when teaching at Waiheke, she completed her Basic Week in 2002 and Basic Practicum in 2003. She was a workshop presenter at the WGINZ Conference in Christchurch in 2006 and was delighted to hear Dr Glasser speak. Charlotte is passionate about making a difference in education and has the best interests of her students at heart. CTRTLM "just makes sense" to how she lives and works.
She enjoys walking her two dogs and going to the gym, genealogy and reading. Two of her aims in life are to visit Antarctica and to own a Harley Davidson motorbike.
Lyn Evans
Nelson/Golden Bay
nelson/goldenbay@glassernz.org.nz
Vacant
Otago