Deal is slush fund for rich schools
6 November 2019
Section: News
A federal parliamentary hearing has confirmed investigations by the Australian Education Union that the Morrison Government’s $1.2 billion Choice and Affordability Fund is the antithesis of needs-based funding — it’s a slush fund for private schools
There’s nothing casual about teaching
3 November 2019
Section: News
Maintaining accreditation at Proficient level to teach in NSW schools — and engaging in the performance and development process (outlined in the Performance and Development Framework) — should not be looked at in isolation.
There’s nothing casual about teaching
3 November 2019
Section: Columns
Which temporary teachers are eligible to receive a year of Beginning Teacher Support Funding?
New maths standard for aspiring primary teachers
1 November 2019
Section: News
The announcement from the NSW Education Minister requiring students sitting the HSC to achieve at least a Band 4 in mathematics in order to become a primary school teacher has been commended by Federation President Maurie Mulheron.
New mathematics standard for aspiring primary teachers
25 October 2019
Section: News
Today’s announcement from the NSW Education Minister requiring students sitting the HSC to achieve at least a Band 4 in mathematics in order to become a primary school teacher should be commended, Federation President Maurie Mulheron has declared.
Can you help solve this mystery?
23 October 2019
Section: News
Covered in pigeon poo and dust, an artefact relating to Barrier Teachers Association has been discovered in the loft of Broken Hill’s Trades Hall.
Federation welcomes potential of curriculum review
22 October 2019
Section: News
Federation will support ample opportunities to be involved in school curriculum change that was introduced slowly and was well-resourced, Federation President Maurie Mulheron says. “Good education reform takes time and gives the profession a chance to embrace it.”
ATAR: need to retain objective measure
18 October 2019
Section: News
The removal of ATAR would undermine the HSC and threaten academic standards, said NSW Teachers Federation President Maurie Mulheron in reference to media reports the national tertiary entrance system was under review.
Paper Plane
11 October 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
I made a monumental mistake this week. Actually, I made the same mistake twice. I failed to dress up.
Bundanoon Beginning Teacher Conference well received
8 October 2019
Section: News
More than 60 new teachers gathered at “the place of deep gullies” – Bundanoon – on Gundungurra land for a two-day Beginning Teacher Conference last month.
School Award negotiations and you
1 October 2019
Section: News
Bargaining is about collective power and strength.
Paper Plane
30 September 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
I am just home from a full day of professional development at my school. We got to start later than usual and finish earlier than usual, and yet I am still feeling like I’ve been hit by a bus. Sitting in a chair listening to people speak all day can really take it out of you.
Systemic change is vital to overcome rural divide
30 September 2019
Section: News
Federation has stepped up the campaign to address the growing divide between the learning outcomes and opportunities of rural and remote students and their metropolitan counterparts, calling on the Department to adopt structural solutions to overcome intersecting educational disadvantage.
Federation forces Department to fix the glitch
30 September 2019
Section: News
The union’s persistence has led to the Department of Education working to rectify the situation where about 9000 teachers working on part-time leave will be left without income for a period during the summer vacation.
There’s nothing casual about teaching
29 September 2019
Section: News
The way the Department of Education processes requests for casual approval after separation, due to retirement or resignation, has changed.
Write the wrongs: better use of resources to redress funding
27 September 2019
Section: News
While NSW public schools have a $622 million maintenance backlog and governments choose to instead pour money into private schools, members should be speaking regularly with parents about funding, Federation President Maurie Mulheron said.
Auditor-General’s Report: a lost opportunity if changes are imposed without negotiation with the teaching profession
27 September 2019
Section: News
The NSW Teachers Federation has argued that rigorous and consistent professional teaching standards must be applied, met and monitored
Are you being paid what you are owed?
26 September 2019
Section: News
While Federation is committed to rectifying the teacher pay disparity issue as a priority, it is clear some teachers are not being paid their correct salary under the existing arrangements.
Podcast interview raises key issues
25 September 2019
Section: News
Federation President Maurie Mulheron used the platform of Department of Education Secretary Mark Scott’s Every Student podcast to express the need for improvements in the areas of staffing and system-wide support for the work of teachers.
Teachers’ voice to drive negotiations
23 September 2019
Section: News
The collective voice of school members — who want enhancement of their profession’s status and support for their work — will be taken into upcoming Award and Staffing Agreement negotiations with the Department of Education.
Week of action gets traction
21 September 2019
Section: News
We came, we saw … they responded. It could be the catchcry that sums up Federation’s week of action over pay inequity for pre-2016 teachers.