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Enabling Equity

It’s Time to act for equality for students with disability

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Quality education for all requires us all

​Federation has launched a statewide campaign aimed at achieving tangible improvements and equitable resourcing for students with disability in public education.

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Have your say on resourcing for students with disability and their schools

Your union wants to hear from school teachers about the extent of inadequate targeted support funding for students with additional needs, as part of the Time to Act campaign.

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Enabling Equity

And so we shift gears. The election outcome is a particularly bruising one for students with disability.

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Enabling Equity

I am writing this column on Budget day, having watched my old school’s submission to the original funding review, where teachers became filmmakers to speak directly to those on the review panel of the needs and aspirations of our students.

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Enabling Equity

Significant government announcements promise new hope for students with disability, their families and their schooling.

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Disability royal commission welcomed

Federation welcomes the vote in the Australian Parliament to establish a royal commission into the violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability.

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Symposium plans joint efforts to improve opportunities of students with disability

​Plans are afoot to establish an alliance of Federation, professional and community groups to advocate for improved educational opportunities for students with disabilities, a result of Federation’s Equity Matters Disability Symposium at the weekend.

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Federation to host disability forum this Saturday

The Equity Matters Disability Symposium will be hosted in Federation’s auditorium on Saturday, 17 November, from 10am to 1.30 pm, to be followed by delegates’ workshops from 2pm to 4pm.

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The power to transform lives

Childhood trauma is an epidemic and the single biggest health crisis of our times, a Centre for Professional Learning (CPL) conference was told today, and that crisis was even worse for children with a disability.

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Achieving equality with long-lasting benefits

There’s a story I’ve heard many times from a formidable leader in the specialist education field. The story is of twin students.

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Disability campaign mounts ahead of elections

​Federation is responding to the joint needs of students with disability and their teachers at every campaigning level, as advocacy intensifies ahead of the state and federal elections.

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Disability forum puts pressure on governments

In the Fairfield area, teachers have a strong history of being adept at recognising and supporting the learning for our students with disability.

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Union attentive to promised transformation of education of students with disability

Federation will be vigilant over changing approaches to the education of students with disability and hold the NSW Government and Department of Education to account, Claudia Vera, Officer with carriage of disability matters, told Annual Conference earlier this week.

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Allowance reinstated for itinerant support teachers

​Federation has successfully pursued with the Department the reinstatement of the teaching students with disabilities allowance for itinerant support teachers.

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Change afoot as NSW Government responds to Disability Inquiry recommendations

The Berejiklian Government has tabled its response to the recommendations of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Education of Students with a Disability or Special Needs in NSW.

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International Day of People with Disability

Our public schools are an important cornerstone for the progressive realisation that enables people with disability to be active contributors to society.

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Supporting teachers for equity

There are significant gains yet to be achieved for our students with disability. Progress toward equity is a must and

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TAFE Enterprise Agreement Joint Communique

TAFE Enterprise Agreement Joint Communique

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Federation joins call for rigorous review of Leading Learning 4 All resource

Prominent disability advocates, academics and organisations have penned an open letter to federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham regarding significant concerns about the Leading Learning 4 All (LL4All) resource, funded by the Commonwealth government and launched early this year.

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Strong basis exists for increased special education funding

Solid ground exists on which to conduct future campaigning for special education funding after the dumping of the Gonski needs-based schools funding model by the Turnbull government, Federation Annual Conference delegates heard today (Monday).

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