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 one week of training with the Institute.
Judy Grose
President
president@glassernz.org.nz
Judy has been a member of the WGI-NZ for many years and has been using Choice Theory and Reality Therapy in her school and personal life with great success. She achieved Certification in October 2009 in Melbourne . As the principal of Wilford School, a multicultural full primary school of 300 students, she has organised for all her staff to completed the Basic Week. She hosts basic week training at Wilford School at least once a year for her staff and other schools and organisations.
Judy has worked with other schools throughout New Zealand supporting them in implementing Choice Theory and Reality Therapy. She has shared her passion by presenting at a variety of national and international conferences. The number of schools which are getting involved in the Wellington Region is increasing which is great.
In 2008 Judy visited some schools in Adelaide to see how they had changed their school culture through the introduction of Choice Theory. Her paper Developing a Positive Quality School written about this visit was presented in the WGI-NZ newsletter in September 2009
She lives in Petone near the sea with her husband and Keeshond dog. She loves walking, gardening and reading.
Faye Mayo
Secretary
secretary@glassernz.org.nz
Faye has been acting principal at Wilford School. She is very involved in the Intermediate Syndicate, choir, netball, G.A.T.E and coordinator of PTA. She has a strong interest in gifted education and working with students with Dyslexia.
She hopes that the WGI-NZ will again have a strong membership numbers.
Faye is a proud nana of two gorgeous boys and enjoys collecting antiques, art and wine and attending the theatre.
Carol Glover
Treasurer
treasurer@glassernz.org.nz
Carol was first introduced to the work of Dr Glasser, specifically Choice Theory and reality theory, 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 was also lucky enough to be given the opportunity to undertake her practicum - which consolidated her learning from the Basic Week Intensive Training. Carol now works part-time as a relief teacher and has 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 programmes.
Bette Blance
Publicity & Promotions Officer
promotions@glassernz.org.nz
Bette is the newsletter editor of both the Choice In Action for the William Glasser Institute - New Zealand and of the Voice of Choice for the William Glasser Institute- Australia and. As part of her role in the New Zealand Institute she will produce four online newsletters a year. A sharing of articles across the Tasman will be a feature of this synergistic link.
Bette loves to write and present the ideas for implementing Choice Theory in classrooms. Her passion for education being the best that it can be has been a life-long quest for quality.
Kerry Lowe and Janene Huggard
Resource Co-ordinators
resource@glassernz.org.nz
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 have been providing the resources for the William Glasser Institute-New Zealand to purchasers.
Norah Jennings
Regional Co-ordinators for the Institute are the principal contact for training opportunities in their regions. All co-ordinators are volunteers.
The Regional Coordinator's Welcome Pack can be accessed through the Members Login.
Sherry Cochran
Auckland
auckland@glassernz.org.nz
Sherry moved to New Zealand in 1990. She has been teaching for 25 years and was Reality Therapy certified in 1998. Sherry works with high risk students in a private residential school and appreciates the benefits of non-coercive discipline. She prides herself on being a 'Leader' not a 'Boss'.
Vacancy
Bay of Plenty / Coromandel
whitianga@glassernz.org.nz
Bette Blance
Waikato
waikato@glassernz.org.nz
Bette Blance has returned to New Zealand after 30 years of living on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Bette has been a primary and secondary teacher in both New Zealand and in Queensland. For ten years she was an adviser in effective learning and teaching with Education Queensland where she first came in contact with the work of Dr William Glasser. She was Reality Therapy Certified in 1994 and is currently an Advanced Practicum supervisor. As the Waikato Representative Bette works to engender interest in the theory and practice of Dr Glasser's work.
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@glasser.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
wellington@glassernz.org.nz
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.
Vacancy
Marlborough
Judith Matthews
Canterbury
canterbury@glassernz.org.nz
Judith worked at Richmond school in Christchurch for 5 years where she was introduced to the work of William Glasser. She had great fun working with Shar for a year but is presently taking some time away from education to spend more quality time with her husband who has to work away from home for long periods. Judith is involved with a lot of voluntary organisations and is currently training in mediation with a group whose aim is to keep young people in safe education. She loves to spend time with her friends, walking her dog, reading and finding new places to eat.
Vacancy
Otago