Advice on working conditions
A range of advice leaflets and information can be found in the Knowledge Centre.
Need individual advice or urgent assistance?
Members should contact Professional Support:
(02) 9217 2100
Aboriginal Education
We must all work together to create an environment where Aboriginal teachers, students and their community feel respected and acknowledged.
The union has a long history and tradition of supporting the rights of Aboriginal students and their communities.
Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country
Federation’s leaflet outlines how you can respectfully perform the ceremonies and explains their cultural significance.
Uluru Statement from the Heart
We are proud to support the Uluru Statement from the Heart. In 2017, more than 250 Indigenous delegates met near Uluru and decided on a roadmap to achieve a voice to Parliament, treaty and truth telling.
Aboriginal Education — 25 Year Approach: The Way Forward
Members Only
More resources to assist with making a positive contribution to Aboriginal education are exclusively available to members. This resource, our Aboriginal Education — 25 Year Approach: The Way Forward, incorporates the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Strategy template and includes a range of activities suitable for the workplace, stage or facility and classroom.
Casual and temporary teachers
Over the decades Federation members have worked together to achieve improvements in employment rights for casual and temporary teachers, who play a vital role in the delivery of quality education within the public education system. Casual and temporary teachers should be aware of their working conditions and entitlements.
Resources
Members Only
TAFE
Members Only
Members have exclusive access to an extensive range of information and advice leaflets relevant to employment with TAFE NSW. Documents cover:
- Leave
- Recruitment and selection
- Transfers
- Teachers’ rights, including workers compensation and complaints handling
Women in Education
Members Only
We have developed a range of advice leaflets to assist women members with aspects of teachers’ rights, including:
Women’s program
Multiculturalism and anti-racism
Federation rejects racism.
As a union of educators, all Federation members are responsible for organising, opposing, acting and educating against racism in all its forms.
Members Only