Casual Teachers’ pay guaranteed on Queen’s holiday
20 September 2022
Section: News
NSW Teachers Federation has secured a guarantee from the Department of Education for casual teachers engaged to work on the public holiday on 22 September, set aside as the National Day of Mourning for the Queen.
Guides for setting up a safe, inclusive spaces in secondary schools launched
20 September 2022
Section: News
Comprehensive information and ideas for teachers and students on how to start up a Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) in a secondary school are now available online.
TAFE Teachers to Stop Work and Impose Work Bans
19 September 2022
Section: Media Release
TAFE teachers, frustrated by the failure of TAFE NSW to bargain in good faith around uncompetitive salaries, exploitation of casual employees and untenable workloads, will hold stop work meetings as part of protected industrial action and the first stop work in nearly 12 years.
We aren’t giving up and we aren’t going away
15 September 2022
Section: Columns
As part of our campaign, Fed Reps in recent weeks have been sending emails to their local MPs about the teacher shortages and the debilitating impacts they are having in schools.
Union supports campaign for World Cup legacy for migrant workers
13 September 2022
Section: News
For every goal that’s scored in the upcoming World Cup in Qatar, around 39 people will have died, former Socceroos captain Craig Foster told Federation Council on Saturday.
Relief Officers Election
12 September 2022
Section: Administration
Nominations are called for Relief Officer elections to establish a pool of Relief Branch Professional Officers who will be elected by Council at the October Council meeting.
YES vote to PABO will force Government to revise TAFE salaries and conditions offer
9 September 2022
Section: News
Congratulations to TAFE members for their overwhelming support of Federation’s campaign to protect salaries and working conditions and stop the casualisation of TAFE’s workforce.
TAFE teachers vote YES to Protected Industrial Action
9 September 2022
Section: Media Release
NSW TAFE teachers now join a growing list of State Government workers outraged by the Perrottet Government’s state wages cap of an insulting 2.53%.
TAFE teachers reject Perrottet’s salary cap
1 September 2022
Section: Media Release
At a time of a national skills crisis the Perrottet Government should be investing in TAFE and its teachers. As a result, TAFE teachers have rejected the NSW Government’s insulting 2.53 per cent salary cap in an Enterprise Agreement Ballot whose results were revealed today.
Election Notice: Branch Council Representatives – E2022/87
24 August 2022
Section: Administration
Nominations are called for Branch Council Representatives
Star your school library on social media
23 August 2022
Section: News
Has your school library gone all out for Book Week this year? Is the library a place of wonder and new educational experiences for your students?
New hope for public VET system Australia wide
22 August 2022
Section: Columns
There was a renewed feeling of optimism at the National TAFE Council Annual General Meeting in Melbourne this year as delegates reflected on changes to TAFE funding policy under a newly elected Federal Government.
EAL/D students deserve better from government
19 August 2022
Section: Columns
If the Department of Education is committed to its Multicultural Education Policy, it must act to fill outstanding English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) teacher vacancies, create additional permanent positions to address the rising numbers of EAL/D and refugee students
Maternity leave in schools
18 August 2022
Section: Columns
People often use the term maternity leave†to refer to a range of rights and entitlements related to pregnancy. However, those entitlements can vary depending on the nature of employment.
Teaching Aboriginal languages
17 August 2022
Section: Columns
Aboriginal languages can be taught in schools under the policy direction of the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and its Partnership Agreement 2020–2030 with the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG)
Unions play critical role in disclosing reality: Crabb
16 August 2022
Section: News
The counting, monitoring and recording that unions do to make sure experiences don’t go untold is really important, particularly for women, ABC journalist Annabel Crabb said recently.
Reform funding on need
16 August 2022
Section: Columns
The proportion of students with higher needs in NSW public schools has grown significantly. In 2002, one in 25 students had a disability; now one in five students in metropolitan schools and more than one in three in remote schools are receiving an adjustment to their support due to disability.
#WeWontWait lobbying efforts achieve extra time and money that will save lives
15 August 2022
Section: News
The introduction of 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave into the National Employment Standards will save lives.
Casual Vacancy for Branch Professional Officer – City Organiser
15 August 2022
Section: Administration
Casual Vacancy for Branch Professional Officer – City Organiser
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.
Response to media reports on Government’s re-announced teacher policy
12 August 2022
Section: News
We have a crisis in New South Wales -a teacher shortage crisis that has hundreds upon hundreds of classes merged, split or sitting in playgrounds under minimal supervision. As a result, thousands upon thousands of students are having their learning disrupted every day.