Call centre volunteers required
3 April 2019
Section: News
Members keen to see properly resourced public schools have been taking to the phones to inform fellow teachers of what’s at stake when it comes to voting at the federal election.
Submission calls for new assessment to replace NAPLAN
29 March 2019
Section: News
The original, stated purpose of NAPLAN and the My School website have been “terminally corrupted”, the Australian Education Union asserted in its submission to the of the Council of Australian Governments’ review of NAPLAN data.
Federation member in running for global award
21 March 2019
Section: News
Rooty Hill High School humanities teacher Yasodai Selvakumaran has been named among the top 10 teachers in the world and is now vying for the $1 million Global Teacher Prize.
Federation supports student action on climate change
14 March 2019
Section: News
The NSW Teachers Federation supports the right of young people to join together to protest about the need for urgent and sustained action on climate change. This is their democratic right.
Dash of history to be preserved in library
13 March 2019
Section: News
A significant chapter in Federation’s early history will be preserved after the family of the second President presented artefacts and documents from the era to the union’s library.
Election: funding breakthrough
11 March 2019
Section: News
Federation helped gain a significant step towards fair funding of public schools after an announcement over the weekend that a Labor state government would fully fund the public system.
Trauma-informed education
9 March 2019
Section: News
Childhood trauma and toxic stress are recognised as the world’s leading health epidemic and only recently have its consequences and remedies started trickling down to education policy and practice, members were told at March’s Principals’ Conference.
Funding for public schools must come first
7 March 2019
Section: News
The State Government should be prioritising the construction of public schools, Federation President Maurie Mulheron said today, in response to the Berejiklian Government’s promise of an extra $0.5 billion for the Catholic and independent systems.
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.
Use your professional wisdom to shift the mindset in your school for the better
5 March 2019
Section: News
You have a key role to play in shifting schools and young people to a creative mindset, principal members of Federation were told by Pasi Sahlberg
NSW Greens
4 March 2019
Section: News
Education is a right, not a privilege. Public education is in the Greens’ DNA and it will always be a fundamental commitment of the Greens NSW. That’s why we believe in universal, high quality free public education from early childhood right through to school, university and TAFE, and adequate support for the educators that serve our communities.
NSW Liberals and Nationals
4 March 2019
Section: News
Providing a universal, high quality education to every child — regardless of race, religion, circumstances or background — is at the heart of our social contract. It is at the heart of the NSW Liberals and Nationals education policy platform. In years gone by, the regulation of teachers by governments has been characterised by distrust and hostility (the 1872 the Rules for Teachers even dictated how many nights per week could be used for “courting”, and required teachers to clean chimneys).
2019 campaign priorities
4 March 2019
Section: News
The campaign priorities outlined here are by no means an exhaustive list nor are they necessarily in any particular order. Rather, these are the major issues, determined by members at Federation’s democratic decision-making forums, that we will continue to campaign for in the forthcoming elections, and beyond.
There’s nothing casual about teaching
3 March 2019
Section: News
Systems, Applications and Products’ (SAP’s) website states: “SAP is at the centre of today’s technology revolution. The market leader in enterprise application software, SAP helps organisations fight the damaging effects of complexity, generate new opportunities for innovation and growth, and stay ahead of the competition.”
Lid needs lifting on wage restriction
1 March 2019
Section: News
Overturning the NSW Government’s salary cap is a key priority for Federation during 2019.
Workload campaign gains traction
28 February 2019
Section: News
The Department has responded to Federation’s campaign to prioritise teaching and learning with the release of a special edition of School Biz “Reducing the Administrative Burden” on 7 December, 2018.
Our students cannot wait any longer
28 February 2019
Section: News
A NSW public school student starting kindergarten this year will reach year 12 having spent their whole school life in a deliberately under-resourced sector, unless the $14 billion funding cuts introduced by the federal Liberal-National government are reversed.
Association Spotlight: Lake Wallis
27 February 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Our schools are situated on the Mid-North Coast, approximately a three-hour drive north of Sydney.
Your Workplace Contacts
26 February 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Glenwood Public School’s Federation Representative Tom Gough took on the position to fight for a claw-back of lost working conditions for teachers.