Private and secondary employment
13 November 2023
Section: Columns
Know Your Rights: Education Quarterly, Issue 8 2023 Teachers undertaking private and secondary employment have a responsibility to ensure that…
Meetings about teaching practice
11 August 2023
Section: Columns
Know Your Rights: Education Quarterly, Issue 7 2023 Discussions between teachers and their immediate supervisors about teaching practice should be…
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…
Permanent appointments
25 February 2023
Section: Columns
Know Your Rights: Education Quarterly, Issue 5 2023 When seeking approval to teach, I specified teaching subjects for approval and…
Health and wellbeing are important in the workplace
10 November 2022
Section: Columns
Federation has a long history of activism in the work health and safety space, to the point where today we have an increasing number of schools with elected Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) and active Work Health and Safety committees.
You’re called to a meeting: FAQs
11 August 2022
Section: Columns
What are my rights when I am called to a meeting?
Procedures for complaining about a staff member’s behaviour
10 May 2022
Section: Columns
The Department’s Staff Complaints Procedure encourages teachers to raise concerns directly and informally with the other staff member in the first instance, however, this does not need to happen before the matter is pursued further.