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Holidays Posted: 21 December 2004
The NSW Teachers Federation wishes all members a safe and joyous holiday season. [ READ MORE ]
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TAFE IRC decision Posted: 20 December 2004
At 4pm today ( Monday 20 December 2004) the Full Bench of the Industrial Relations Commission will bring down its decision in relation to the pay and conditions of part-time/casual teachers in TAFE. [ READ MORE ]
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Settlement in Corrective Services Posted: 07 December 2004
The Federation welcomes a settlement of a salary dispute with the Department of Corrective Services for 31 Senior Correctional Education Officers (SCEOs) employed in the state’s prisons. [ READ MORE ]
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Announcement fails Aboriginal students Posted: 01 December 2004
The Minister today failed to announce any initiatives that would make a positive difference to Aboriginal students and their communities [ READ MORE ]
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Heat, hypocrisy and children Posted: 30 November 2004
Maree O’Halloran, President, NSWTF accused Deputy Director-General (Schools) of the DET of hypocrisy in his media statements about schools, children and the heat. [ READ MORE ]
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Staffing system destroyed? Posted: 24 November 2004
On 18 November, 2004, the new Deputy Director-General (Schools), Mr Trevor Fletcher, declared that in his view 90% of all school vacancies should be filled by local selection with only 10% being available to meet “system needs.” The effect of this would be that the staffing system would be destroyed and job security/tenure would be lost! [ READ MORE ]
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Stopwork at Grahamstown Public School Posted: 24 November 2004
On Tuesday, November 23rd, teachers at Grahamstown Public School stopped work for one hour over noise issues at the school. Over 60 teachers, parents, other staff and community members gathered outside the school. [ READ MORE ]
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No more money for schools Posted: 24 November 2004
Whilst schools struggle and beg for resources to address the urgent educational needs of students, the number of 'fat cat’ bureaucrats in the Department of Education and Training continues to grow and grow. [ READ MORE ]
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Casual/Temporary/Part-time Survey Posted: 24 November 2004
The research project conducted by the Term 4 Anna Stewart Temporary Officers is drawing to a close. The research targets the level of union membership and participation of casual and temporary teachers in schools and TAFE colleges. [ READ MORE ]
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Maternity Leave Posted: 22 November 2004
The Federation has written to the Minister of Education and Training , Dr Refshauge seeking further discussions in regard to Maternity leave. [ READ MORE ]
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Developing English literacy skills Posted: 20 November 2004
Non-English speaking background (NESB) migrant and refugee students are suffering while the state and federal governments blame each other for a lack of English as a Second Language (ESL) programs funding.
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DET - Streamlined or up the creek? Posted: 19 November 2004
The Teachers Federation refutes the statement that ‘under the new Education Department restructure, administrative processes have been streamlined to enable more efficient service delivery’.
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Maintenance backlog exposed Posted: 19 November 2004
The Auditor General's Report, released in the NSW parliament on Wednesday, 17 November, highlights the inadequacies of this government's spending on NSW public schools.
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Casual teachers' court win Posted: 16 November 2004
Today the NSW Court of Appeal found in favour of 13 casual school teachers who have been discriminated against by the NSW Department of Education and Training. [ READ MORE ]
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Corrective Services salaries progress Posted: 16 November 2004
Industrial Relations Commission makes statement for Corrections Senior Educators.
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Excellence and Innovation Posted: 10 November 2004
The release of the DET consultation paper Excellence and Innovation ignores the recent report and recommendations of the Vinson Inquiry, the most comprehensive independent Inquiry into Public Education since the Wyndham Report. [ READ MORE ]
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Special Education Staffing Posted: 08 November 2004
Dr Refshauge has announced changes to the staffing of Special Education Schools and Classes. [ READ MORE ]
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Casual , Temporary and Part time Survey Posted: 04 November 2004
The Federation's 2004 Term Four Anna Stewart Officers are undertaking a research project exploring the barriers to union membership and/or activity, which casual and temporary teachers experience. [ READ MORE ]
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Corrective Services salaries case in IRC Posted: 04 November 2004
Final submissions were heard on Wednesday 3 November 2004 in the arbitration before the Industrial Relations Commission for additional work value increases to the salaries of Senior Correctional Education Officers from the Department of Corrective Services.
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DET Futures Project Posted: 01 November 2004
Federation will be providing advice to members in the next few weeks about key educational and industrial issues embedded in the consultation document so that Federation meetings can be held to prepare submissions. [ READ MORE ]
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