There’s nothing casual about teaching
11 November 2018
Section: News
Casual teacher booking processes.
Central Coast teachers mark centenary with donation
10 November 2018
Section: News
Teachers from the Central Coast associations are passionate about the kids they teach and supporting Stewart House, because they know first hand the help a 12-day program at Stewart House can be for children who are doing it tough.
Your Workplace Contacts
9 November 2018
Section: Member’s Voice
The tumultuous years of Terry Metherell’s control of the Education Ministry sowed the seeds of activism and fairness in a young Luke Di Salvia.
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.
NSW signs bilateral schools funding agreement
8 November 2018
Section: News
NSW has signed a bilateral agreement with the Federal Government that will deliver an additional $6.4 billion to public schools over the next ten years.
Association Spotlight: Blayney
8 November 2018
Section: Member’s Voice
Blayney is a small country town in the central west of the state, situated between Bathurst and Orange, the two regional centres in the area.
History Lesson: Local efforts at the core of union successes
8 November 2018
Section: News
Federation has long-standing staffing-related policies that seek to benefit students and teachers: a statewide staffing system built upon transfers, class sizes, permanency and the promotions system. But staffing improvements in these areas have only been achieved because of the contribution of teachers’ local activities.
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.
Labor releases details of $14bn school-funding commitments
1 November 2018
Section: News
The Federal Labor Opposition has released the school-by-school details of its commitment to $14.1 billion of increased funding for public schools.
Campaign skills sharpened at National AEU New Educator Conference
30 October 2018
Section: News
Common challenges and aims fostered new connections and bonds at the AEU National New Educators Conference in Adelaide on 28-29 October.
Record of NSW school life could be richer
30 October 2018
Section: News
The collection of photographs and documents detailing NSW public schools, students and teachers held by NSW State Archives would be larger had more material not been lost, thrown out, kept by schools or in private hands.
Nine in ten public school teachers use own money for student supplies: survey
26 October 2018
Section: News
More than nine in ten public school teachers use their own money to purchase supplies for their school or students, according to the latest ‘State of our Schools’ online survey.
Change the Rules — National day of action
19 October 2018
Section: News
Next week, on October 23, the ACTU will kick off a month of action for the Change the Rules campaign.
Max Taylor: Of coats and spies
17 October 2018
Section: News
Who would have imagined the role a humble jacket would play in Federation history? Speaking as part of the Unity! Strength! Justice! exhibition, former General Secretary and President Max Taylor spoke of the jacket’s vital role in the heady days of Federation militancy of the ’70s and ’80s.
Teachers Federation response to Labor promises on school funding
10 October 2018
Section: News
Labor’s pledge to substantially increase funding for public schools is a clear point of difference to the Coalition’s funding model which cuts billions of dollars from our schools, while making special deals with Catholic and Independent schools.
New polling shows private school funding deal could sink Morrison government
5 October 2018
Section: News
More than seven in ten undecided voters in specific marginal electorates across Australia disapprove of the Morrison government’s $4.6 billion special funding deal for private schools, according to new polling.
Review into mobile devices in NSW schools
4 October 2018
Section: News
A government review into the risks and benefits associated with the use of mobile digital devices, primarily smartphones, in NSW schools has been launched by the NSW Minister for Education.
Research Confirms Why Minister Stokes Must Continue to Oppose the Morrison Government’s Special Deal
2 October 2018
Section: News
Research commissioned by the NSW Teachers Federation by education economist, Adam Rorris, has produced further evidence supporting the need for fair funding of public schools.
New FOI data reveals PM’s school funding hypocrisy
26 September 2018
Section: News
New school funding data has revealed that Australia’s most disadvantaged government schools receive at least $10,000 less per student in government funding than equivalent Catholic schools.
Teachers to have say on design
24 September 2018
Section: News
The unregulated approach to school infrastructure projects is to come to a halt.