Amendments to the 2021-2023 School Staffing Agreement
5 June 2023
Section: News
Recent changes announced to the Staffing Agreement, including access to service transfers, mark the culmination of longstanding Federation policy to…
Casual teachers must replace absent colleagues
2 June 2023
Section: Columns
Splitting classes, receiving additional students to supervise in your classes, not receiving release from face-to-face (RFF) or having to take…
Crisis response and recovery
24 May 2023
Section: Columns
Know Your Rights: Education Quarterly, Issue 6 2023 Federation continues to engage with the Department on behalf of members’ health…
Annual Conference Delegate (Insufficient Nominations Election) – E2022/168 and E2023/103
23 May 2023
Section: Administration
Nominations are called for: Nominations, which must be in writing and comply with the registered rules of the Organisation, may…
Perrottet plan to cut teaching qualifications rejected by expert panel
23 March 2023
Section: Media Release
An expert panel chaired by former NSW Department of Education secretary Mark Scott has rejected the NSW plan for a…
Why Perrottet is not the way
20 March 2023
Section: News
10 reasons why a re-elected Premier would be bad news for teachers and public education. All the research shows workloads…
A role in Federation for you!
14 March 2023
Section: News
You can make your union strong and at the same time build your knowledge and involvement in Federation by becoming…
Branch Conference Delegate – E2022/168
27 February 2023
Section:
Scheduled Election Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 Nominations are called for Branch Conference Delegate from each of the following Associations: Nominations,…
25 March – the future of public education is at stake
22 February 2023
Section: Columns
What is at stake for teachers in this election?
Everything.
Vacant teaching positions soar to almost 3000 in NSW
27 November 2022
Section: Media Release
New figures showing the number of vacant permanent teaching positions in NSW public schools has soared to almost 3,000 are…
Solidarity with the people of Iran
24 November 2022
Section: News
Federation stands in solidarity with the global trade union movement, which has condemned the brutal and murderous repression of the people of Iran by a regime that has systematically violated the human rights of women, political activists, including the leaders of education unions, and the LGBTIQA+ community.
Branch Council Representatives (Insufficient Nominations Election) – E2022/87
24 November 2022
Section: Administration
Nominations are called for: Bathurst– Branch Council Representative (1)Blacktown– Branch Council Representatives (2)Blayney/Molong– Branch Council Representative (1)Camden– Branch Council Representatives…
The Restrictive Practices Framework
23 November 2022
Section: Columns
Federation recognises that every attempt must be made to minimise, reduce and eliminate the use of restrictive practices in schools and is committed to working towards this goal.
Age discrimination
22 November 2022
Section: Columns
Age discrimination is against the law. It is defined by the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board as when you have been treated unfairly because of your age or because you are the relative, friend or colleague of someone of a particular ageâ€.
New hope for the system, but…
21 November 2022
Section: Columns
Unions and educators have deliberately been excluded from skills policy decision making, but this looks set to change, based on announcements from federal Labor.
Statement from the Heart to our children
21 November 2022
Section: Columns
The campaign for a constitutionally enshrined Voice is the most important campaign in our lifetimes.
Interim approval to teach long term implications
20 November 2022
Section: Columns
In 2019, the Department of Education changed the processes for gaining approval to teach in NSW public schools in a misguided attempt to address teacher supply issues.
Shots at Qatar’s cup toll
19 November 2022
Section: News
For every goal that’s scored in the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar, about 39 people will have died, former Socceroos captain Craig Foster told Federation’s September Council.
Support for newly arrived EAL/D students and their teachers
18 November 2022
Section: Columns
Newly arrived students will often require initial intensive English language support, and ongoing English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D) support but this can’t be the only focus of schools upon their enrolment.
Clarification of duties given to casual teachers
15 November 2022
Section: Columns
With the teacher shortage hitting crisis point in NSW, casual teachers are in high demand more than ever.
Premier’s court-ordered pay deal ignores cause of teacher shortage crisis
11 November 2022
Section: Media Release
The Perrottet Government has today used the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) to force its wages cap onto public school teachers without any meaningful negotiation with the profession.