Members walk out over woeful staff planning
13 May 2021
Section: News
Classes taught by different teachers over several weeks, teachers forced to teach outside their subject area, teach combined classes or leave students under minimal supervision.
Concord High staff walkout as staffing crisis hits metro schools
12 May 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation members at Concord High School walked off the job today and are calling on the Education Department to urgently deal with the staffing crisis at their school and hundreds of other schools across the state.
Years 7 and 8 audiences sought to critique playwrights’ works
12 May 2021
Section: News
Teachers of English, History Depth Studies and Drama may be interested in this free and highly participatory experience for their years 7 and 8 students, which will combine theatre and democracy online and in the Riverside Theatres, Parramatta.
Project Officers share fervour for Federation
10 May 2021
Section: News
When you’re passionate about something, you want to announce it.
Put it in your diary: Federation broadcast for school members on 9 June
7 May 2021
Section: News
The improvements to teachers’ working conditions and salaries achieved in negotiations for the new schools award will be commensurate to our strength and determination on the ground, Federation president Angelo Gavrielatos said yesterday (5 May).
Teachers at Chatham High, Taree walk out over school staffing crisis
3 May 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation members at Chatham High School in Taree walked off the job today over the NSW Government’s failure to properly staff their school and other public schools in rural and remote parts of the state.
Farewell to a firebrand
1 May 2021
Section: News
It is somewhat fitting that Federation General Secretary John Dixon’s initiation as a fighting force in Federation ranks early in his teaching career was heralded by an almighty boom.
Warm up your vocal cords for a May Day song session
30 April 2021
Section: News
Release some feel-good chemicals and express your passion for workers’ rights by singing along to some great union songs this May Day.
Binge on some of these movies for May Day
25 April 2021
Section: News
It might have been through your family, your friends or through your workplace that you were first introduced to the collective power of a union.
Teachers at Gilgandra High walk out over school staffing crisis
22 April 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation members at Gilgandra High School walked off the job today over the NSW Government’s failure to properly staff their school and other public schools in rural and remote parts of the state.
Casual teachers and maternity leave
22 April 2021
Section: Columns
Casual teachers are not entitled to access paid maternity leave in the same way as permanent and temporary teachers on an engagement can.
New research shows thousands of additional teachers needed in NSW
20 April 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW needs to recruit a minimum of 11,000 teachers by 2031 to meet record enrolment growth and the number rises to almost 14,000 if the student to teacher ratio is lowered to the national average, new research to be released today reveals.
NSW schools will need 11,000 teachers as enrolments soar
20 April 2021
Section: News
NSW must recruit 11,000 teachers just to meet the record number of public school enrolments predicted over the next decade, a new report has found.
Teachers must get higher priority in vaccine roll-out
16 April 2021
Section: News
Federation has continued to pursue the interests of members regarding the roll out of the Covid 19 vaccine since August last year. This has included representations to the Federal Health Minister, NSW Minister for Education and alongside our colleagues at Unions NSW and the ACTU and AEU nationally.
Reduce the admin burden with actions, not rhetoric
Changes to administrative tasks over the past three years have saved principals just 10 minutes a day and just four minutes a week for teachers.
Report confirms failure of schools planning
12 April 2021
Section: News
A new report has found that the State Government has short-changed public schools in favour of private schools and election promises.
School at centre of fire recovery
11 April 2021
Section: News
Wytaliba’s story of renewal from the climate- induced bushfires of 2019–20 is far from over, but it is clear from the dedication of Federation members that the public school will be an essential component of community restoration.
Is technology enhancing the learning relationship?
9 April 2021
Section: News
Teachers were noticing children sitting together in the mornings looking at their screens, “not talking together; really being alone together”, Alberta Teachers’ Association Executive Staff Officer and Associate Coordinator Philip McRae recalled at Federation’s recent Principals’ Conference.
NSW Government fails to build enough schools and recruit sufficient teachers
8 April 2021
Section: Media Release
The release of the Auditor-General’s Report into school infrastructure raises serious concerns about the lack of planning being undertaken by the NSW Government for the provision of public education.
Your voice is needed
6 April 2021
Section: News
Every day, as teachers, we try to be an example to our students. We want to inspire them to be caring global citizens, and your union is here to help you with that mission.
Teachers walk off the job as NSW Government fails to solve school staffing crisis
30 March 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation members at Forster Public School walked off the job today over the NSW Government’s failure to properly staff schools in rural and remote parts of the state.