Focus on classroom teaching and learning
20 July 2024
Section: Columns
Early Career Insights: Education Quarterly, Issue 10 2024 All teachers enter the profession wanting to be the best teacher they…
Tips for the year ahead
5 May 2024
Section: Columns
Early Career Insights: Education Quarterly, Issue 9 2024 Your first few years in the profession can be exciting as you…
Beginning teachers and induction
29 November 2023
Section: Columns
Early Career Insights: Education Quarterly, Issue 8 2023 Federation has lobbied consistently for meaningful support and induction programs to be…
Tips for navigating accreditation
7 August 2023
Section: Columns
Early Career Insights: Education Quarterly, Issue 7 2023 Understanding accreditationTeacher accreditation is linked to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers…
Steer your PDP to align with professional goals
31 May 2023
Section: Columns
Early Career Insights: Education Quarterly, Issue 6 2023 If you’re an early career teacher, the Performance and Development Plan (PDP)…
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.
Our commitment to job security
15 August 2022
Section: Columns
Ahead of the state election, Federation will seek commitments from all major political parties to increase permanent teacher employment, as part of its ongoing campaign to stop the excessive use of temporary engagements.
What you need to know about Beginning Teacher Support Funding
17 May 2022
Section: Columns
While schools may not receive Beginning Teacher Support Funding until later in the year, this does not mean additional release from face-to-face (RFF) and mentoring shouldn’t be provided from the beginning of the school year to eligible teachers.