Educator profiles

Lynn Klapporth

2009 was a year of major personal growth for me in so many ways. Being used to the collegiality of working on a school staff, going solo was a huge challenge and sometimes quite lonely but the positive outcome has been that I have met so many amazing teachers, principals, DPs, APs, support staff, administration staff and grounds staff. I have become so much more confident in approaching people and have had to develop interpersonal skills to deal with the huge range of personalities.

My technical skills have also greatly improved and the mobile capsule has become a very good friend! We understand each other and I know just how hard I can push before it rebels! Needless to say, Harold and I are inseparable.

What an honour and a privilege it has been to take the Life Education messages out to the wonderful children in Central Auckland. On a daily basis I am so grateful to be able to do a job I love and to be able to spend quality time with so many of our youth. Their responses to the modules and Harold are amazing and reinforce what we already know – Life Education makes a huge impression on children and our messages are taken away and applied in later life.

The year ahead looks promising with most of our schools booking again and some of our biennial schools making requests to become annual schools. The timetable is fully booked and we are looking forward to seeing in excess of 7000 students in 2010. This year should be another exciting year for Harold in Central Auckland.

I am humbled by the commitment and dedication our amazing Board of Trustees displays on an ongoing basis. Their tireless efforts are inspirational, their selflessness quite remarkable. Without them we would not exist and I would like to acknowledge each member for their generous contribution of time and energy. Thank you so much!

Our awesome sponsors cannot go unmentioned. Some of them have visited the mobile capsule and we hope to see more of them in 2010. We are eternally grateful for the financial, personal, product and service support we receive it makes such a difference to know that respected companies in the business community see and endorse the value of what we do. Long may these associations last and may all our sponsors have a prosperous 2010.