Historic school photos to feature in centenary exhibition
22 August 2018
Section: News
As part of the union’s centenary celebrations, Federation has undertaken a year-long research and curatorial project to bring you Unity! Strength! Justice! — an exhibition that tells the stories of Federation’s 100 years of activism in support of public education.
Fair Funding Now! national week of action to focus on community campaigning
21 August 2018
Section: News
Market stalls, P&C meetings and face-to-face conversations with parents and community members at the school gate will be the focus of a national week of action in the Fair Funding Now! campaign from 3-9 September.
History Lesson: Salaries campaigning: An endurance test requiring all members
21 August 2018
Section: News
In the early 20th century, growing numbers of teachers began realising that the only path to salary justice was to organise and fight for the right to appear before an independent tribunal, rather than rely on the sympathetic promises of politicians.
Affordable housing for teachers
20 August 2018
Section: News
A residential project planned for Miranda will provide affordable housing for teachers and other key workers in the Sutherland Shire, Federation General Secretary John Dixon told August Council.
There’s nothing casual about teaching
19 August 2018
Section: News
For those casual teachers who received a Working With Children Check (WWCC) in 2013, the process for renewals began from June 2018.
High Court action supported by Federation
19 August 2018
Section: News
The Teachers Federation has joined in legal action to the High Court, initiated by Unions NSW, in response to the NSW Government’s attempt to severely limit the capacity of unions to vigorously and publicly articulate matters on behalf of members in the context of the forthcoming state election campaign.
Association Spotlight: Barrier
17 August 2018
Section: Member’s Voice
The Barrier Teachers Association serves Broken Hill, Menindee and Wilcannia and boasts a 95 per cent membership rate. Many of our new teachers originate from the NSW east coast and they find the TA’s social network supportive and welcoming.
Your workplace contacts
16 August 2018
Section: Member’s Voice
Encouraging members to understand their working rights and empowering them to speak up is an essential role of being a school Fed Rep, according to Diane Dass from Kellyville High School in Sydney’s north-west.
Staffing relief for drought-affected schools
16 August 2018
Section: News
Federation has successfully achieved a staffing moratorium for drought-affected public schools.
Meal allowance claim forms
15 August 2018
Section: News
Teachers working outside usual hours now have a mechanism for claiming a meal allowance directly from the Department of Education.
Independent expert review of NAPLAN operations established
15 August 2018
Section: News
Following further controversies surrounding NAPLAN an independent external expert review of NAPLAN has been established.
Turnbull Government to send unqualified teachers into classrooms
3 August 2018
Section: News
Putting unqualified teachers in front of a class of students would have devastating consequences for a child’s education — it…
Phonics research review confirms NSW syllabus approach
30 July 2018
Section: News
In response to the increasingly politicised arguments regarding the teaching of reading in schools, Federation commissioned Professor of Teacher Education and the Arts at the University of Sydney, Robyn Ewing, to publish a review of relevant research into teaching reading and literacy, and the role phonics plays within it.
Local unity essential in global fight against school privatisation
13 July 2018
Section: News
The rise in commercialisation of public schools around the world must be opposed through union solidarity, according to Education International project director Angelo Gavrielatos.
Quality school infrastructure — an issue for state and federal governments
12 July 2018
Section: News
Federation rejects the unilateral imposition of open-space learning on new and existing schools.
Salaries and funding among campaign issues for NSW state election
11 July 2018
Section: News
Federation will campaign for a significant breakthrough in teacher salaries in the next award — without trade-offs — Federation’s Annual Conference determined.
Change the Rules: Overturn the NSW Public Sector Wages Policy
10 July 2018
Section: News
Federation will campaign with other public sector unions and Unions NSW to overturn the NSW Public Sector Wages policy and restore the right of public sector workers to pursue wage claims in the Industrial Relations Commission unfettered by Government policy, Annual Conference determined on Monday.
Federation has a key role to play in ACTU’s Change the Rules campaign
10 July 2018
Section: News
Federation has an essential role to play in the Australian Council of Trade Union’s Change the Rules campaign, ACTU Secretary Sally McManus told the union’s 100th Annual Conference.
Australia must learn lessons from UK education system
10 July 2018
Section: News
Parallels between the challenges facing teacher unions in the UK and Australia emphasise the benefits of teacher solidarity across borders, UK National Education Union Joint General Secretary Kevin Courtney said at Federation’s Annual Conference.
Schools funding conversations with parents urgent
9 July 2018
Section: News
The best chance of achieving the objectives of the schools funding campaign is for Federation members to speak to parents in their school community on return to school,Federation President Maurie Mulheron told Annual Conference.
Enhanced staffing — not cuts — needed to improve quality and equity
9 July 2018
Section: News
Federation is calling on the State Government and Education Department to improve permanent staffing levels in all settings, in support of a high quality/high equity public school system.