Paper Plane
10 November 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Entering a primary classroom for a secondary teacher can be quite confronting. In my new job, I am working across both primary and secondary and last week found myself taking a grade 2 class for a lesson.
How many students should be in my class?
10 November 2019
Section: News
The schools Staffing Agreement 2016–2020, between the Department of Education and Federation, notes: “Class sizes will be planned generally on the following basis and will have regard to the needs of the school”
Federation saves jobs
10 November 2019
Section: News
Federation Representative at Broken Hill High School Jason Bradley has witnessed first hand the benefits of the staffing moratorium negotiated by Federation
Retired Teachers Association news
9 November 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
The Retired Teachers Association strongly condemns Prime Minister Scott Morrison for his November announcement of federal legislation to ban protests.
Bill takes aim at workers’ rights
7 November 2019
Section: News
Legislation presently before federal Parliament represents a grave threat to unions and the fundamental human right for workers to organise and act collectively.
Association Spotlight: Armidale Teachers Association
7 November 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
The best thing our Association has done in the past five years has been to win employment protections for our high school teachers.
Retired Teachers Association news
6 November 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Have you recently retired from teaching or are you close to retiring? Retiring Federation members can maintain their interest in education by joining the Retired Teachers Association.
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.