TAFE reimagined as a flexible vocational education provider, responsive to local needs
15 March 2019
Section: News
Groups cognisant of the critical role TAFE plays in the strength of local communities discussed concepts to rejuvenate and modernise the public educator provider at a roundtable hosted by Federation this week.
Workload burden and how to fix it highlighted to federal MPs
7 March 2019
Section: News
Members’ concerns about excessive workload have been conveyed to a federal inquiry into the status of the teaching profession.
Union connects with new teachers in the outback
6 March 2019
Section: News
New Federation members are praising the one-day Beginning Teachers Conference they attended in Broken Hill at the weekend.
Serendipity forges deeper knowledge of union’s history
12 December 2018
Section: News
The union’s connection with one of Federation’s founders grew stronger earlier this week when four grandchildren of an early president came face-to-face with the union’s centenary banner, featuring his image.
Phonics and the literacy journey, part 3: A compelling case for poetry every day
9 November 2018
Section: News
Use poetry, song, literature, drama and the visual arts every day in your classroom to help students’ oral language development, lecturer in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, Dr Kathy Rushton says.
Phonics and the literacy journey, part 2: Go from the meaningful to the abstract
8 November 2018
Section: News
Laughing kids learn, curriculum consultant David Hornsby reminded teachers attending the Centre for Professional Learning’s course, Understanding the Role of Phonics in the Literacy Journey.
Phonics and the literacy journey, part 1: Start with quality, literary texts
7 November 2018
Section: News
The purpose of reading is to make meaning of text in the broadest sense, so that should be a priority from the moment a child is born, Professor Robyn Ewing told K-6 teachers at a Centre for Professional Learning literacy course recently.