Certification

Certification is governed by FIE in Israel:

At the completion of each training, the Trainer sends to Israel the list of attendees who have completed the course and Israel issues the certificates.

January 2017 trainings:

FIE printed only 20% of the required course material, an unexpected and significant departure from the previous 50+ trainings delivered in NZ since 2014. All trainees had paid Israel the $250.00 plus GST for the training material, the expectation being to receive the full complement of course material.

Trainers - Josie Singer, Sharon Berenholtz, Diane Bourke, Nikki Maguire, Valerie Lovegreen and Anne Gaze - convened on the Tuesday of the trainings and agreed to instruct the authorized FIE printers to print the missing resources, time being of the essence. The printing cost was invoiced by FIE's printer at wholesale rate and personally paid for by Anne Gaze.

FIE insisted on a profit-margin of 90% on these extra printed materials and would not issue certificates until this profit was paid before certification was issued.

This was very disappointing. We have challenged this.

We have yet to have responses on (1) why only 20% was printed (2) how trainees were to deliver without this crucial teaching material, and (3) the justification of the full $250 material payment but non delivery of the required course material (Standard trainees, before extra printing was done, received just one of the five Teacher Manuals for their $250 plus GST payment).

Our Capability Advisors and Trustees including our auditors - Deloitte, Sir Pat Lynch and Lady Sheila Graham, our accountants - Bentleys, our lawyers - Greenwood Roche instructed the charity to cease the funding and support Feuerstein and their commercial arm FIE.

Your feedback and support is very much appreciated and your many suggestions well received; as is your continued advocacy, support and voluntary work championing our learning supported children - the reason we all get out of bed each day!

Keep up the great work you do - collectively we will make the transformational changes so desperately needed for our most vulnerable!

Anne Gaze

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2019 Regional New Zealander of the Year
2016-17 NZ Woman of the Year in Education
2018 UoA Sir Douglas Robb Honouree
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