NSW Teachers Federation: Education Online: November 2008 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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November 2008

The President Writes

Government not serious about good faith negotiations
Teachers must stand together to demand negotiated settlements on staffing, standards and salaries which acknowledge the value of the profession.

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Campaigns

2009 to begin with more industrial action
Members have voted overwhelmingly to stop work on January 28-29 over salaries, staffing and qualifications.

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Campaigns

Interstate teachers win salary increases
Industrial action for teachers in other states and territories has led to better salary rates.

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Campaigns

Teachers want real value pay increases
The NSW Government's 2007 wages policy does not reflect inflationary forecasts.

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Campaigns

Appointments by transfer save time and money
DET's staffing changes actually increase employee related costs.

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Campaigns

Disbelief and anger over TAFE salaries offer
TAFE members have reacted to the NSW Government's salaries offer with disbelief and anger, especially given that such an attack was called "fair and reasonable" by the Director-General Michael Coutts-Trotter.

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Industrial relations

IRC under a cloud
The future for the state's Industrial Relations Commissioners is uncertain.

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Elections

President elected unopposed
Bob Lipscombe has been elected unopposed as Federation President.

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Workload

Reject excessive primary programming
All schools should regularly evaluate programming formats and requirements to ensure workload is managed and formats assist rather than hinder teaching.

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Early childhood

Pre-school opportunity knocks
Federation has written to Education Minister Verity Firth suggesting that the Department of Education and Training should take over ABC Learning Centres in certain locations.

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Equity issues

PAS funding spread thinly
The Priority Action Schools program has been expanded, but there's a catch.

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Funding

Awards highlight gap in resourcing
Once there was a time when public school building projects won architecture prizes.

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Equity issues

Alliance seeks fairness and justice
Unions NSW has initiated a project to create a citizens' coalition to provide a voice to express common values and aspirations for a fair and just Sydney.

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