NSW Teachers Federation: Education Online: August 2007 Index

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Curriculum approach is classic Gillard
Lack of consultation and inadequate time to prepare for changes symptomatic of education minister out of touch with how schools operate.
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More league tables signal a new low
Unions nationwide committed to non-cooperation with NAPLAN if government refuses to act.
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Angry TAFE teachers stand up for their rights
Town Hall strike meeting calls on State Government to negotiate for an overdue fair settlement.
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Primary Activists Conference
Funding available to attend gathering that will develop strategies for campaign on staffing, conditions and release time.
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August 2007

The President Writes

Teachers at work
Teachers create amazing teaching and learning environments for our children. This is often despite working in less than optimal conditions.

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Campaigns

Advertising campaign to push public education as election issue
Federation has launched a new campaign to get public education up and running as an issue in the federal election.

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Professional issues

Director-General breaches teacher trust
Federation has condemned Director-General Michael Coutts-Trotter for betraying the �trust and confidence of employees�.

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Salaries

Minister talks productivity savings and reforms
Any salary increases above 2.5 per cent must be funded through productivity savings or reforms, Education Minister John Della Bosca told Federation Council on August 11.

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Industrial relations

New ACTU Secretary ready to intensify IR campaign
ACTU�s new Secretary Jeff Lawrence has taken up the office vowing to stand up for working Australians and to intensify the campaign against the Howard Government�s industrial relations WorkChoices laws.

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Federation

Last chance to have your say about the journal
September 12 is the deadline for members wishing to make a submission to the current review of Education.

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Federation

Annual Conference decisions 2007
Federation's 89th Annual Conference was held July 1-3. Below are the links to the decisions.

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Campaigns

TAFE national claim calls for significant funds
Significant funding increases for TAFE form the Australian Education Union�s (AEU�s) TAFE claim, launched at Ryde TAFE, in the marginal Federal seat of Bennelong, on August 31.

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Campaigns

Teachers' resolve leads to promise for fence
Forty seven critical incidents was not enough for the Department of Education and Training to commit to a new perimeter fence for Airds High School, but the setting of a date for industrial action was.

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Funding

Priority schools survey deadline closes in
Schools who have received an invitation to participate in the NSW Department of Education and Training�s Priority Schools Programs survey only have until September 17 to reply.

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Campaigns

Teachers aim to support young people who combine school and work
Teachers at Annual Conference developed an action plan to help young workers through the challenges of combining school with work.

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Trade Union Training

Course to focus on teacher-librarian betterments
A campaigns course will be held in term 4 to develop a sustained and strategic political campaign aimed at achieving betterments for teacher-librarians.

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Finance

Where will your super go if you die?
LINDA BROOKER advises on how to make sure your superannuation goes to who you intend on your death.

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Federation

Membership converts asked to encourage others

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