The Q2 edition of Education Quarterly is now online and being sent out to members.
In this issue, we continue coverage of our new More Than Thanks — It’s Time campaign, we celebrate our Corrective Services NSW teaching members, bust myths about distance education and showcase one of our TAFE NSW photography teachers.
Our cover celebrates our distance education workplaces — read more about distance education teachers, students and parents on pages 20–21.
On Page 5, President Henry Rajendra lays out the political case for additional preparation time — and why the NSW Government can’t ignore the case for change.
Pages 6–7 cover the latest union news, including our efforts to lobby the State Government over preparation time, the campaign to defend Home School Liaison Officers and our fight for a fairer TAFE system.
Pages 8–9 are dedicated to our stalwart teaching members in Corrective Services NSW and the long fight to bring prisons back into public hands and re-establish the Corrective Services TA.
On pages 10–11, members tell us — in their own powerful and affecting words — how additional preparation time would change their working lives, while we lay out the case for fairer public school infrastructure funding on pages 12–13.
Pages 14–15 are dedicated to our early-career and established teaching members, while Federation Officers answer your burning questions in our Know Your Rights section on pages 16–17. In this edition, we answer questions about school assemblies, additional release time for beginning teachers, supervision duties, work health and safety and employment status. You can also access the answers and resources here.
On pages 18–19, our regular pullout poster showcases NSW’s distance education schools.
See Equity Matters on pages 22–23 for advice about what to do when a student requires high levels of support but misses out on a placement, how to support a non-binary student, dealing with sexual harassment and Personalised Learning Pathways. You can also access the answers and resources here.
On pages 24–25, champion the incredible work of our TAFE NSW photography teachers.
Our feature on pages 26–27 gives some helpful tips on consultation and dispute resolution in the workplace, while our Centre for Professional Learning (CPL) segment on pages 28–29 explores how to cater lesson plans for students with differing needs.
Our Online Book Club is up and running, and the next book revealed on page 30, alongside the popular What’s hot in the library spread.
And you might spot yourself in our Say Cheese! photography section on pages 32–33.
Finally, information about upcoming CPL and Trade Union Training courses and conferences can be found on page 34.