The Restrictive Practices Framework
23 November 2022
Section: Columns
Federation recognises that every attempt must be made to minimise, reduce and eliminate the use of restrictive practices in schools and is committed to working towards this goal.
Age discrimination
22 November 2022
Section: Columns
Age discrimination is against the law. It is defined by the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board as when you have been treated unfairly because of your age or because you are the relative, friend or colleague of someone of a particular ageâ€.
New hope for the system, but…
21 November 2022
Section: Columns
Unions and educators have deliberately been excluded from skills policy decision making, but this looks set to change, based on announcements from federal Labor.
Statement from the Heart to our children
21 November 2022
Section: Columns
The campaign for a constitutionally enshrined Voice is the most important campaign in our lifetimes.
Interim approval to teach long term implications
20 November 2022
Section: Columns
In 2019, the Department of Education changed the processes for gaining approval to teach in NSW public schools in a misguided attempt to address teacher supply issues.
Shots at Qatar’s cup toll
19 November 2022
Section: News
For every goal that’s scored in the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar, about 39 people will have died, former Socceroos captain Craig Foster told Federation’s September Council.
Support for newly arrived EAL/D students and their teachers
18 November 2022
Section: Columns
Newly arrived students will often require initial intensive English language support, and ongoing English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D) support but this can’t be the only focus of schools upon their enrolment.
Clarification of duties given to casual teachers
15 November 2022
Section: Columns
With the teacher shortage hitting crisis point in NSW, casual teachers are in high demand more than ever.
Premier’s court-ordered pay deal ignores cause of teacher shortage crisis
11 November 2022
Section: Media Release
The Perrottet Government has today used the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) to force its wages cap onto public school teachers without any meaningful negotiation with the profession.
Teachers burnt out, time poor: government survey
10 November 2022
Section: News
An alarming two thirds of public school teachers have told the NSW Government they feel burnt out, while just one in five say they have the time to do their job well, exposing the realities of the unsustainable workloads and uncompetitive salaries forced on the teacher workforce.
Election Notice Federal Conference – E2022/171
10 November 2022
Section: Administration
Nominations are called for: General Division- Federal Conference Delegate Representing the General Division (6)
Shock new government figures show high rates of teacher burnout
9 November 2022
Section: Media Release
Two thirds of public school teachers say they feel burnt out according to new NSW Government research that lifts the lid on the impact of unsustainable workloads and uncompetitive salaries.
Vacant teaching positions increase by almost 150 per cent in NSW schools
9 November 2022
Section: Media Release
New government figures show there are over 2,400 vacant permanent teaching positions in NSW public schools, an increase of almost 150 per cent since June last year.
COP 27 protest: A chance to stand beside First Nations and student climate activists
8 November 2022
Section: News
Federation has accepted an invitation from School Strike 4 Climate Australia to support and encourage members’ attendance at the Sydney Town Hall rally COP 27 Protest – Stop Australia expanding fossil fuels, climate justice now on Saturday 12 November at noon.
Risky business: workload and injury
A recent amendment to the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 makes it unequivocal in relation to the Department of Education and TAFE NSW’s responsibilities to respond to, manage and prevent psychosocial risks in the workplace.
Workload: the great sleight of hand
It is universally the case that the profession rightly bemoans the persistent collection of data in schools, its rise now repeatedly substantiated over a number of years as dragging teachers and principals away from their core business and what they signed up for: teaching and learning, progressing their students and public school communities. It’s a well-researched and evidenced phenomenon, known as the datafication of the teaching profession†and its insidious impact is being felt around the globe.
Election Notice – E2022/171
7 November 2022
Section: Administration
Nominations are called for:
Branch Council
– Federal Executive Member Representing the General Division (1)
Nominations, which must be in writing and comply with the registered
Our tireless efforts will save lives
4 November 2022
Section: News
Tireless lobbying over a decade has secured a new entitlement for all workers: paid family and domestic leave.
Rally for refugees and rights to education
3 November 2022
Section: News
Federation is calling on members to join a rally in Sydney on Sunday 6 November to demand the new Federal Government honour its promise to fix the refugee crisis that leaves thousands of families in limbo and prevents their children from further education.
The union’s Senior Officers have endorsed the rally and campaign demanding laws allowing permanent visas for thousands of refugees, promised by Labor at the election more than five months ago.
TAFE crisis comes to Minister’s electorate office
31 October 2022
Section: News
Only yesterday a teacher said he was offered $150K plus a vehicle to come back on the tools. I can guarantee you Mr Henskens, this is not an isolated incident.â€
TAFE rallied outside the Minister’s Ku-ring-gai electoral office in Wahroonga, to voice their dissatisfaction with his failure to engage in good faith bargaining for the new TAFE enterprise agreement since TAFE NSW’s proposed enterprise agreement was rejected by employees in August.
Bad news for the teaching profession on World Teachers Day
28 October 2022
Section: Media Release
The Perrottet Government has been caught out undermining its own entry standards to the teaching profession as part of its failing approach to tackling growing teacher shortages.