Learning conditions should not be determined by a popularity contest
4 September 2019
Section: News
Public schools desperate for capital works funding have resorted to applying to a community grants program.
Enabling Equity
3 September 2019
Section: News
It’s Time to act for equality for students with disability
Quality education for all requires us all
2 September 2019
Section: News
Federation has launched a statewide campaign aimed at achieving tangible improvements and equitable resourcing for students with disability in public education.
Drop in VET students at odds with National Skills Week message
2 September 2019
Section: News
The continued decline in the number of students enrolled with nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) makes a mockery of the government’s National Skills Week, Australian Education Union Federal TAFE Secretary Maxine Sharkey said.
Women’s Conference: ‘The Power of our Voices’
1 September 2019
Section: News
The theme for this year’s Federation’s Women’s Conference was “The Power of our Voices”, with the aim to develop women’s activism and feminism through relevant keynote speakers, a panel session and workshops.
Women in education
31 August 2019
Section: News
Reproductive Health Care Reform — Decriminalising Abortion
Wear It Purple Day 2019
30 August 2019
Section: News
Federation joined with more than 750 schools, universities, community organisations and workplaces to celebrate Wear It Purple Day, and to show young rainbow people that they have respect, acceptance and support.
Overturned expenses decision to benefit others
29 August 2019
Section: News
Federation has successfully overturned a decision by the Department of Education that has led to members having certainty over their rights to access Transferred Officers Compensation when transferring under Section 51A.
Statewide solution to inequity involves raising the school staffing entitlement
28 August 2019
Section: News
System failures are denying the necessary resources and staffing that schools need to realise the potential of rural students, says Federation Acting Deputy President Henry Rajendra.
ACARA masks truth about NAPLAN data
28 August 2019
Section: News
ACARA’s ‘nothing to see here’ approach to the NAPLAN 2019 data release and its mishandling of the NAPLAN online debacle has reinforced yet again the need for a comprehensive review of the entire NAPLAN testing regime.
It’s time to close the gender pay gap
28 August 2019
Section: News
As public education teachers we believe in a fair start for all our students.
Unite to advance profession
27 August 2019
Section: News
Reach deep into your school and TAFE communities to build new relationships with the female colleagues in your workplace and strengthen those relationships that you already have, Federation Senior Vice President Amber Flohm told members participating in the union’s virtual Women’s Conference on 22 August.
Share your ideas for a better work life
26 August 2019
Section: News
Federation is not only an industrial union for all public education teachers and related employees in NSW, we are also the professional body for those teachers, educators and education-related professionals.
Management changes and compliance red tape hindering students and teachers
24 August 2019
Section: News
The recent resignation of TAFE Managing Director Dr Caralee McLiesh just nine months after the previous Managing Director moved on has highlighted the problems facing TAFE, its students, teachers and communities.
New courses for the CPL
23 August 2019
Section: News
The CPL has developed new courses for members that are being offered in Terms 3 and 4, 2019. Course topics include HSC history, HSC visual arts, technology and statistics for mathematics and science.
Support the student climate change movement on September 20
22 August 2019
Section: News
Members are encouraged to attend a workplace meeting on 20 September — the day of the student-led Global Climate Strike — to consider a motion on climate change that will be sent to state and federal politicians.
Vale Bill Ballantyne
22 August 2019
Section: News
Federation Life Member Bill Ballantyne was a courageous unionist and Organiser who led his colleagues in many Federation campaigns. He was never one to walk away from anything he believed was worth fighting for.
Members unite over unjust wages transition
21 August 2019
Section: News
NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell and her government colleagues from around the state have been hearing from Federation members that teachers want an immediate resolution to the standards-based pay inequalities for teachers in public schools, created by the NSW Government’s public sector wages policy.
Have your say on resourcing for students with disability and their schools
19 August 2019
Section: News
Your union wants to hear from school teachers about the extent of inadequate targeted support funding for students with additional needs, as part of the Time to Act campaign.
Richest schools get cream of government funding
13 August 2019
Section: News
The gaping divide between Australia’s four biggest-spending schools and the poorest 1800 schools has graphically exposed the Morrison Government’s handouts to rich non-government schools at the expense of the public system, Federation President Maurie Mulheron said.