(Posted Dec 14 2023) To all our wonderful WAESPAA Members, I have been waiting until pretty much the last moment to wish you all a wonderful holiday and a huge congratulations for surviving what was 2023. I know that the last few weeks of term 4 are crazy and delete any reserves of energy, so … Read more
(Posted Nov 21 2023) Kaya, I hope you are now moving to a point that your school is staffed for next year, although I know that some of you are still struggling. It will be a mad scrabble in these next couple of weeks to get all the contracts locked in and in HRMIS before … Read more
(Posted Nov 21 2023) Hello Everyone, On Thursday I will be attending a Preservice Teacher recruitment drive. If any of you have vacancies that you are still trying to fill, please can you email me back with the number of Teachers you need and what the role is e.g. DOTT. I am planning to have … Read more
(Posted Nov 2 2023) Kaya, I just wanted to drop you all a midweek email to let you know about two very exciting things that have happened in the education support world this week. We have some very brave souls in our membership, five of them jumped of the Rio Tinto Building on Sunday to … Read more
(Posted Oct 31, 2023) Kaya, WA Education Awards I want to start this week’s WAESPAA Connections with a huge congratulations to Joondalup Education Support Centre and Malibu School for becoming finalists in the Disability and Inclusion Category of the WA Education Awards. It is a huge achievement for both schools, I will be there on … Read more
(Posted Oct 15 2023) Happy Friday Everyone, It’s been an interesting week for me this week. My thanks to all of you who spoke with a member of the Executive about reduction of red tape and if you now employ someone to look after Therapists and/or liaising with the family and NDIS over pathway planning … Read more
(Posted Sep 21, 2023) Hello Everyone Only one day to go!! The Voice to Parliament referendum You will all be aware that The Voice Referendum is due in October. The Unions and Associations have already come out strongly in favour for the YES vote and have various campaigns happening. I have been attending various system … Read more
(Posted Sept 21 2023) Hello Everyone, I hope you all had a restful weekend. It was so good to see so many of you last week at our annual conference. Thank you to all of you for taking time out to spend on your own personal development and to reconnect to each other. In the … Read more
(Posted Sept 21 2023) Hello Everyone Only three days to go until our Conference – the line-up is looking good and the conference committee are working very hard to pull the last things together. Just a reminder if you are attending, and many of you are, to down load the App so that you have … Read more
(Posted Aug 8 2023) On Tuesday August 1, for the first time in Western Australia our four Principal Associations and the Principal’s Federation held a joint forum to begin a process of re-defining the role of the principal and school leaders. Each group was represented by five of their members which collectively included all levels … Read more