24-hour TAFE strike draws attention to Government inaction
2 November 2022
Section: News
They don’t give a bugger about TAFE teachers, TAFE students or TAFE as an institution but they give a bugger about their own cushy nest; they all want to get re-elected in the March election. We need to loudly talk about why we’re not going to re-elect them.â€
TAFE crisis comes to Minister’s electorate office
31 October 2022
Section: News
Only yesterday a teacher said he was offered $150K plus a vehicle to come back on the tools. I can guarantee you Mr Henskens, this is not an isolated incident.â€
TAFE rallied outside the Minister’s Ku-ring-gai electoral office in Wahroonga, to voice their dissatisfaction with his failure to engage in good faith bargaining for the new TAFE enterprise agreement since TAFE NSW’s proposed enterprise agreement was rejected by employees in August.
Teacher shortage snag in Federal Budget’s TAFE offerings plan
27 October 2022
Section: News
The State Government needs to fix the teacher shortage before TAFE NSW will be able to offer the additional fee-free courses funded in the Federal Budget, Federation Deputy Secretary (Post-Schools) Phill Chadwick said.
Improvements to parental leave now accessible
25 October 2022
Section: News
Enhancements to paid parental leave were made available for NSW public service employees, including teachers, from 1 October 2022. It expands on the previous provisions introduced in 2021 to provide greater access to paid parental leave, regardless of gender.
Get RED-dy for day of action
7 October 2022
Section: News
Federation has called on members to stand up and stand out for a day of action on Wednesday, 12 October, including a rally outside the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) in Parramatta.
Federation welcomes Labor promise to tackle teacher shortage
7 October 2022
Section: News
Federation has welcomed NSW Labor’s pledge to tackle the statewide teacher shortage, committing to negotiate over uncompetitive wages and unsustainable workloads.
All the drama and democracy
29 September 2022
Section: News
It’s not often your students get to stamp, laugh, shout and boo as part of an engaging and enriching lesson about democracy and drama.
Guides for setting up a safe, inclusive spaces in secondary schools launched
20 September 2022
Section: News
Comprehensive information and ideas for teachers and students on how to start up a Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) in a secondary school are now available online.
Casual Teachers’ pay guaranteed on Queen’s holiday
20 September 2022
Section: News
NSW Teachers Federation has secured a guarantee from the Department of Education for casual teachers engaged to work on the public holiday on 22 September, set aside as the National Day of Mourning for the Queen.
Union supports campaign for World Cup legacy for migrant workers
13 September 2022
Section: News
For every goal that’s scored in the upcoming World Cup in Qatar, around 39 people will have died, former Socceroos captain Craig Foster told Federation Council on Saturday.
YES vote to PABO will force Government to revise TAFE salaries and conditions offer
9 September 2022
Section: News
Congratulations to TAFE members for their overwhelming support of Federation’s campaign to protect salaries and working conditions and stop the casualisation of TAFE’s workforce.
Star your school library on social media
23 August 2022
Section: News
Has your school library gone all out for Book Week this year? Is the library a place of wonder and new educational experiences for your students?
Unions play critical role in disclosing reality: Crabb
16 August 2022
Section: News
The counting, monitoring and recording that unions do to make sure experiences don’t go untold is really important, particularly for women, ABC journalist Annabel Crabb said recently.
#WeWontWait lobbying efforts achieve extra time and money that will save lives
15 August 2022
Section: News
The introduction of 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave into the National Employment Standards will save lives.
Response to media reports on Government’s re-announced teacher policy
12 August 2022
Section: News
We have a crisis in New South Wales -a teacher shortage crisis that has hundreds upon hundreds of classes merged, split or sitting in playgrounds under minimal supervision. As a result, thousands upon thousands of students are having their learning disrupted every day.
Opposition to the chaplaincy program to step up
6 July 2022
Section: News
The campaign to demand that money allocated to the School Chaplaincy Program be re-directed to funding the employment of school counsellors with teaching qualifications and experience will be reinvigorated.
Rorris illuminates government overfunding of private schools
5 July 2022
Section: News
A new report authored by senior economist Adam Rorris has revealed the NSW Government is overfunding NSW private schools by almost $850 million, while choosing to underfund public schools by $2 billion every single year.
Ensuring the highest quality public education
5 July 2022
Section: News
Delegates have endorsed a plan for Senior Officers to develop a campaign to build support for a new bilateral agreement, which will include enough funding to ensure all public schools are funded at 100 per cent of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS).
Ensuring a world class public education system for NSW.
4 July 2022
Section: News
Delegates at Annual Conference have reaffirmed Federation’s commitment to ensuring the NSW government meets its obligations to provide highly qualified, specialised, professional and well-paid teachers, and a well-resourced, world class public education system for all students in NSW public schools.
State Election 2023 – The change TAFE needs
4 July 2022
Section: News
Federation Annual Conference today approved a recommendation to redouble its calls on the Perrottet Government to abandon its obsession with ideological cuts to TAFE NSW.
Edtech’s COVID intrusion a taste of the future
4 July 2022
Section: News
The extraordinary surge in the use of edtech in home schooling during the COVID pandemic should be seen as the future in the making†where, at its worst, teachers are classroom managers†in a system led by artificial intelligence (AI), Federation’s Annual Conference was told today.