Teachers at Chatham High, Taree walk out over school staffing crisis
3 May 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation members at Chatham High School in Taree walked off the job today over the NSW Government’s failure to properly staff their school and other public schools in rural and remote parts of the state.
John Dixon To Serve His Last Day As Federation’s General Secretary On May Day
1 May 2021
Section: Media Release
State Council of the NSW Teachers Federation will farewell General Secretary, John Dixon today,1 May, 2021 — May Day.
Farewell to a firebrand
1 May 2021
Section: News
It is somewhat fitting that Federation General Secretary John Dixon’s initiation as a fighting force in Federation ranks early in his teaching career was heralded by an almighty boom.
Warm up your vocal cords for a May Day song session
30 April 2021
Section: News
Release some feel-good chemicals and express your passion for workers’ rights by singing along to some great union songs this May Day.
Federation lends weight to oppose TAFE cuts
28 April 2021
Section: News
Member teachers at Wollongong and West Wollongong TAFE campuses have met to condemn proposed job losses at TAFE campuses across the state, calling the cuts “a sham”.
Binge on some of these movies for May Day
25 April 2021
Section: News
It might have been through your family, your friends or through your workplace that you were first introduced to the collective power of a union.
Teachers at Gilgandra High walk out over school staffing crisis
22 April 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation members at Gilgandra High School walked off the job today over the NSW Government’s failure to properly staff their school and other public schools in rural and remote parts of the state.
Global body puts climate in classroom
22 April 2021
Section: News
Education International, representing 32.5 million teachers and education support personnel worldwide, has launched a global campaign to ensure climate education becomes as fundamental as teaching reading and writing.
Casual teachers and maternity leave
22 April 2021
Section: Columns
Casual teachers are not entitled to access paid maternity leave in the same way as permanent and temporary teachers on an engagement can.
NSW schools will need 11,000 teachers as enrolments soar
20 April 2021
Section: News
NSW must recruit 11,000 teachers just to meet the record number of public school enrolments predicted over the next decade, a new report has found.
New research shows thousands of additional teachers needed in NSW
20 April 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW needs to recruit a minimum of 11,000 teachers by 2031 to meet record enrolment growth and the number rises to almost 14,000 if the student to teacher ratio is lowered to the national average, new research to be released today reveals.
Teachers must get higher priority in vaccine roll-out
16 April 2021
Section: News
Federation has continued to pursue the interests of members regarding the roll out of the Covid 19 vaccine since August last year. This has included representations to the Federal Health Minister, NSW Minister for Education and alongside our colleagues at Unions NSW and the ACTU and AEU nationally.
Reduce the admin burden with actions, not rhetoric
Changes to administrative tasks over the past three years have saved principals just 10 minutes a day and just four minutes a week for teachers.
Report confirms failure of schools planning
12 April 2021
Section: News
A new report has found that the State Government has short-changed public schools in favour of private schools and election promises.
School at centre of fire recovery
11 April 2021
Section: News
Wytaliba’s story of renewal from the climate- induced bushfires of 2019–20 is far from over, but it is clear from the dedication of Federation members that the public school will be an essential component of community restoration.
Federation supports review of work laws
10 April 2021
Section: News
Federation last week wrote to the NSW Government calling on it to support proposed changes to work health and safety (WHS) laws to provide better protection for workers from psychological injury and sexual harassment in the workplace.
Numbers count when it comes to action
10 April 2021
Section: Columns
Union members’ ongoing commitment to Federation’s campaign for additional release from face-to-face teaching for infants and primary schools was rewarded in 1983.
Is technology enhancing the learning relationship?
9 April 2021
Section: News
Teachers were noticing children sitting together in the mornings looking at their screens, “not talking together; really being alone together”, Alberta Teachers’ Association Executive Staff Officer and Associate Coordinator Philip McRae recalled at Federation’s recent Principals’ Conference.
NSW Government fails to build enough schools and recruit sufficient teachers
8 April 2021
Section: Media Release
The release of the Auditor-General’s Report into school infrastructure raises serious concerns about the lack of planning being undertaken by the NSW Government for the provision of public education.
Your voice is needed
6 April 2021
Section: News
Every day, as teachers, we try to be an example to our students. We want to inspire them to be caring global citizens, and your union is here to help you with that mission.
Call for inquiry into half-baked Scone sale
1 April 2021
Section: News
Federation has secured a promise from the NSW Labor Opposition to establish a parliamentary inquiry into the sale of TAFE campuses after the under-the-counter sell-off of the Scone college.