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62% report teacher shortage Posted: 18 May 2008
Teachers have reported a severe shortage of casual teachers in many NSW communities. The results of a survey posted to a randomly selected group of teachers across NSW demonstrate that the problem is severe.
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Media blitz against Staffing changes Posted: 16 May 2008
The Federation, in the run-up to this week's industrial action on Thursday 22nd May, has resumed its extensive media campaign on Television, Radio and in the major newspapers in opposition to the DET's unilateral changes to staffing and qualifications. [ READ MORE ]
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Nirimba TAFE teachers stop work Posted: 15 May 2008
TAFE teachers at Nirimba College of Western Sydney Institute took stopwork action on Wednesday 14 May and held a protest rally at the front gates of Nirimba's Education Precinct. [ READ MORE ]
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NSW TAFE fees higher than other states Posted: 15 May 2008
The Federal budget this week has announced little new for TAFE and no relief to TAFE students who continue to face high TAFE fees. Research which compared TAFE NSW fees with other states and territories was launched this week by the NSW Teachers Federation.
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Mt Druitt TAFE stopwork Posted: 15 May 2008
Mt Druitt TAFE teachers stopped work on Tuesday May 13 in protest at the proposed downgrading of their qualifications. Teachers assembled outside the campus main gate and chanted with enthusiasm "Della Bosca get real, Cert IV no deal". [ READ MORE ]
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Federal budget Posted: 14 May 2008
Federal budget funds education election promises and no more [ READ MORE ]
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Jobs Advertised at Jobs@det -14th May Posted: 14 May 2008
The Teachers Federation is campaigning for an industrial agreement on staffing that maintains teachers' right to transfer and students' rights to quality public education. [ READ MORE ]
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24 Hour 'Staffing and Standards' Strike Posted: 13 May 2008
All members from schools, TAFE and AMES are directed to strike for 24 hours on Thursday 22 May 2008. On the day of the strike, members are requested to attend rallies or other local Federation organised strike day
activities and to generate publicity around the issues in dispute. [ READ MORE ]
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Real national students' test is budget Posted: 12 May 2008
There are two critically important things happening in Australian education tomorrow and both of them involve tests.
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OTEN TAFE teachers stop work Posted: 12 May 2008
TAFE Teachers from Western Sydney Institute's Strathfield Branch met with Ms Virginia Judge, Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Training, this morning at 11 am. The delegation of OTEN teachers raised three important issues. These were the downgrading of teacher qualifications to a Certificate 4; the latest instalment of Doing Business in the 21st Century and the increase in TAFE student fees.
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Statewide strike on Thursday 22 May Posted: 11 May 2008
On Saturday 10 May, the Teachers Federation State Council, comprising 300 teachers from across NSW, confirmed that the statewide strike on 22 May, called for at stop work meetings in April, will go ahead.
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Students @ Work website publicity Posted: 11 May 2008
The NSW Teachers Federation placed an advertisement today in The Sun-Herald and will place further ads in The Daily Telegraph on Monday 12 May and The Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday 13 May to publicise Students @ Work, a new website and public information service provided by public school and TAFE teachers to help students balance the competing demands of full time study and part time work.
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Moruya teachers stop work Posted: 09 May 2008
Teachers at Moruya High School took stop work action, walked out of the school and down to Moruya TAFE College to join their TAFE colleagues to protest against the state government's changes to aspects of public education provision in schools and TAFE colleges. [ READ MORE ]
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Keep TAFE professional Posted: 09 May 2008
TAFE teachers protested outside the Department of Education and Training head office today holding signs which stated 'Keep TAFE Professional - qualified teachers essential to our future'.
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Jobs Advertised at Jobs@det on 7th May Posted: 08 May 2008
The Teachers Federation is campaigning for an industrial agreement on staffing that maintains teachers' right to transfer and students' rights to quality public education. [ READ MORE ]
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TAFE teachers protest rally today Posted: 08 May 2008
TAFE teachers will demonstrate outside the NSW Department of Education and Training, Farrer Place, Bent Street, Sydney at 12.30pm today over the State government's attempts to downgrade TAFE. The government has increased TAFE student fees; moved to downgrade the teacher education qualifications for TAFE teachers and is pushing through a disastrous restructure of TAFE under the mantra of doing business in the 21st Century.
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Batlow teachers stop work over staffing Posted: 05 May 2008
Teachers at Batlow Technology Central School walked off the job today to continue their protest against the state government arbitrarily imposing changes to the way schools are staffed. [ READ MORE ]
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Seaforth TAFE Posted: 02 May 2008
The Teachers Federation continues to campaign for the retention of the Seaforth TAFE site as a public education facility. [ READ MORE ]
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Condobolin teachers stop work Posted: 02 May 2008
Teachers from Condobolin High School and Condobolin Public School stopped work today to protest against the State government's inability to provide the community with casual and temporary teachers.
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Students@Work website launch Posted: 01 May 2008
The NSW Teachers Federation is today launching a website that contains everything students, parents, teachers and employers would want to know about the world of work for today's teenagers. Students @ Work is a new public information service provided by public school and TAFE teachers to help students balance the competing demands of full time study and part time work.
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