School Success Model replaces Local Schools, Local Decisions in name only
Today’s announcement on the replacement of ‘Local Schools Local Decisions’ with ‘The School Success Model’ continues the recent history of the abandonment of support for schools and the shifting of responsibility and blame away from the government and the Department onto the local public school.
Safety and wellbeing concerns before IRC
3 December 2020
Section: News
The Department has failed to adequately address Federation’s concerns regarding the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic and Federation recently escalated the matter to the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC).
Workplace contacts
30 November 2020
Section: Columns
Talk about the deep end and being thrown in head first! Natalie Amacha is a first-time Federation Representative in possibly the most chaotic school year in the history of the profession.
Workplace contacts
30 November 2020
Section: Columns
Bianca Hewes, Northern Beaches Secondary College
Association spotlight: Dubbo Teachers’ Association
30 November 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
In 2017, Dubbo held its first Pride march for LGBTIQ people in the area. Our association was privileged to design and commission a flag to march in the parade with teachers dressed in rainbow.
There’s nothing casual about teaching: Professional learning and mandatory training
27 November 2020
Section: Columns
There is a fundamental responsibility for schools to support the professional learning of all staff, including casual and temporary teachers.
Media release: Teaching jobs at risk under Berejiklian plan, class sizes to increase
25 November 2020
Section: Media Release
Classroom teachers, executive, specialist and principal positions are at risk due to the Berejiklian Government’s decision to push ahead with public school closures in the Murwillumbah community.
Media release: Valuing the teaching profession – an independent inquiry
24 November 2020
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation will make the case for change in the salaries and working conditions of teachers and principals on the first day of hearings of an independent inquiry in Sydney today.
Spectacle of public education talent
24 November 2020
Section: News
“The diversity of our students is one of our many strengths and our Public Schools Arts Festival showcases this wonderful diversity and creativity,” Inner City Teachers Association Secretary John Gauci said.
Joint action brings a change in behaviour
22 November 2020
Section: News
Federation, with the support of the principals and parents and citizens organisations, have worked together to shift the Department of Education’s intention to make unilateral changes to the suspension and expulsion policy from day 1, term 1, 2021.
Joint action brings a change in behaviour
22 November 2020
Section: News
Federation, with the support of the principals and parents and citizens organisations, have worked together to shift the Department of Education’s intention to make unilateral changes to the suspension and expulsion policy from day 1, term 1, 2021.
Private schools continue to benefit from special deal
19 November 2020
Section: News
New details have emerged confirming the NSW Government has been spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars helping private schools pay off loans as part of a subsidy scheme that was supposed to have been shut down more than a decade ago.
Petition supports the role of teacher-librarians
18 November 2020
Section: News
Federation’s call for all NSW public school students to have access to qualified teacher-librarians and well-resourced school libraries has been reinforced by a new online petition to Members of Parliament in the NSW Legislative Assembly.
Town’s teachers unite to shift fixed mindset on school closures
15 November 2020
Section: News
The NSW Government’s merger plan for schools in Murwillumbah is facing strong opposition from members in the four affected schools.
Pair top class in school of hard knocks
13 November 2020
Section: News
Yasmin Meakes and Mel Howard will be out to teach a bunch of unruly northerners a lesson or two when they take the field with the NSW Women against the Queensland Maroons in Friday’s State of Origin match.
Working above and beyond a flawed system
13 November 2020
Section: News
Complexity of student needs, staffing shortages and disadvantage are issues that are magnified in remote and regional settings, where government services, employment and distance all play a counter-productive role in the delivery of education.
More evidence of unprecedented change mounts before inquiry
12 November 2020
Section: News
Teachers in classroom and executive positions shared some of the challenges faced by the profession with the Gallop inquiry panellists on 11 November.
Bush issues left out back
11 November 2020
Section: News
Teaching in rural and remote NSW comes with its specific challenges and issues, as related by teachers from regional schools who gave evidence to the Gallop inquiry on 10 November.
Media release: Teachers welcome extra catch-up programs for public school students
10 November 2020
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation welcomes the decision by the Berejiklian Government to fund a program of additional school-based support for students who have fallen behind in their studies because of the impact of Covid-19.
Technology, communication and student needs highlighted as Gallop inquiry enters final week
10 November 2020
Section: News
The rise in the volume and complexity of student needs, changes in technology and the efforts teachers go to in order to communicate with parents and caregivers were again highlighted to the Gallop inquiry on 9 November.
House party recalls historic first gig
9 November 2020
Section: News
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the first performance ever given at the Sydney Opera House – before the construction of the sails had even begun.