| Public education |
Open in the outback
Narraweena Public School celebrated Education Week with an Outback Open Day. |
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| The President Writes |
Confronting the issues
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| Vinson Inquiry |
Vinson looks to the future
Declaring that schools are “our future”, Inquiry into public education in NSW head Professor Tony Vinson has launched the third release of chapters from the Inquiry at Tempe High School. |
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| Politics |
CityRail rejects class sizes ad
“Too political” was the verdict from City Rail when the Federation sought to place billboards about the benefits of smaller class sizes K–3 in railway stations as part of its campaign. |
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| Working conditions |
Class sizes — are only NSW children different?
South Australia and Western Australia have recently implemented programs which show the governments in those states understand the research evidence on smaller classes. |
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| Campaigns |
National Party frontbencher says class sizes the biggest issue
Members of Macleay River TA have met with Oxley MP Andrew Stoner at Kempsey to talk about class sizes. WAYNE WEBBER reports. |
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| TAFE |
Success in class support campaign
Teachers at Goulburn and Moss Vale TAFE colleges have been successful in their campaign to achieve decent levels of class support in the arts and media sections after hastily implemented cuts were made early in term 3. |
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| Staffing |
Mobility and transfer points discussed
The staffing agreement committed Federation and DET to further negotiations on a range of matters. ANGELO GAVRIELATOS gives an update. |
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| Teacher shortage |
Unavailability of casuals must be documented
Federation Representatives and principals must continue to register the unavailability of casuals every time a casual teacher cannot be employed. |
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| Equity issues |
Actions outlined on anti-racism education
The Stand up! Speak out! anti-racism education conference held on September 7 explored ways in which Australia and Australians represent themselves, who we are and who we want to become. |
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| Sky Channel |
Are you ready for October 23?
The Sky Channel meetings on October 23 will hear Professor Tony Vinson deliver the overall findings of the independent Inquiry into the provision of public education in NSW and deliver his plan for public education. |
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| Professional issues |
Hoist on our own petard
Teachers should be encouraging teachers of the future, not putting them off, writes JOHN DIXON. |
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| Occupational Health and Safety |
Advice regarding violent students
Advice for Federation members concerning the enrolment of students with a documented history of violence is now available as a handout from Federation’s Communications Room. |
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| Unionism |
Financial status is important
Federation fees are a small price to pay for professional indemnity, writes CAROL HOWARD. |
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| Campaigns |
Prisons members lobby MPs
Federation members in the Corrective Services Teachers Association, who work in prisons across NSW, have begun lobbying local MPs around the level of provision delivered to inmates. |
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| Awards |
Children’s centres teachers catch up
Teachers in TAFE Children’s Centres will receive a total of 19 per cent in salaries increases from 2002 to 2004. |
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| Rural and remote |
Thumbs up for permanent mobile teacher program
Experience of schools in north west NSW indicates programs utilising permanent mobiles are an essential service for rural and remote schools. |
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| Public education |
Teachers: the heart of learning
More than 140 people gathered in a celebration of public education at the Tweed Heads/Ballina district awards presentation on September 9. |
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| Equity issues |
Shine a light on human rights
Amnesty International Australia’s Candle Day campaign will be held on October 18 and this year will shed light on the human rights atrocities occurring against women. |
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| Public education |
Education Week celebrated in Central West
Federation and the Department of Education and Training joined forces to promote public education in the Central West during Education Week. |
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| Community |
Embracing nature’s classroom
Education in the millennium is about life, our environment and how we exist within it. It is no longer restricted to a four-walled classroom where students are fed a strict diet of maths, English and science. |
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| Awards |
Temporary teachers’ award ignored
Some principals are not employing temporary school teachers properly under the current award conditions, reports BRENDA SEYMOUR. |
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| Professional issues |
Recent legal cases and teachers’ duty of care
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| Working conditions |
Part-time is the answer for Rebecca
Part-time teaching has been the answer for mother of three, Rebecca Hamment. |
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| Special education |
Special education failure is not inevitable
In the conclusion to his four-part series, “What’s special about special education?”, KEN JOHNSON looks beyond the usual resources to professional knowledge and the opportunity to use it. |
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| Community |
Public education in the spotlight
Public education was literally in the spotlight last month when some 2500 students from public schools in the Tamworth District featured in massed choral, dance and individual music performances entitled CAPERS — The Spectacular. |
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