<h2><strong>The offer received this month is the biggest Claytons Offer I have ever seen: a non-offer, an insult. It treats principals with derision and contempt.</strong></h2>
<h3>No mention of the massive workload issues in our claim&#8230;</h3>
<p>A miserable pittance of 2-3 k a year over 3 years.</p>
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<p>It shows little understanding of the pressures of our job; in fact, it shows we are not valued in the slightest.</p>
<p><strong>It is an insult</strong> to all of us for the hard work we have had to put into providing an education for our children with a total lack of any resourcing.</p>
<p><strong>It is an insult</strong> to all of us as it expects us to carry on doing this on an offer that, at best, can be called pitiful.</p>
<p><strong>It is an insult</strong> because it certainly doesn’t not address the fact that principals are leaving the job in droves and there are not huge lines waiting to step up.</p>
<p><strong>It is an insult</strong> because the Minister and this government have been running Educational Summits filled with hope and parroting how they intend to change the educational landscape for kids. Great, but <i>on whose shoulders will they expect this work to fall?</i> On our shoulders, and they expect [us] to do this on a pittance.</p>
<p>I’m told reliably that the starting wage in the IT industry in Auckland is not far off $150k a year… This government, through its appalling offer, is telling NZ that my job &#8211; with 50+ staff, 400+ children, parents, behavioural and social problems to deal as well as having to put up with the incompetence of governments, Ministry and ERO &#8211; is nowhere as important as tinkering with a computer?</p>
<p>As a profession, we have always put our children first. This has always been used against us getting a fair and equitable return so that we have the current situation: a rundown profession, paid poorly with no one lining up for the role. Is that the best way to help our kids or is enough enough?</p>

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