Safety and wellbeing concerns before IRC
3 December 2020
Section: News
The Department has failed to adequately address Federation’s concerns regarding the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic and Federation recently escalated the matter to the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC).
Learning and support teachers
3 December 2020
Section: Columns
There are multiple roles teachers fill in contributing to the support of students with disability and additional learning and support needs including the learning and support team, the classroom teacher and the Learning and Support Teacher (LaST).
Teachers add value as agents of social inclusion and cohesion
Every day, schools, principals and teachers play a critical and invaluable role in their communities by contributing to society’s social-inclusion outcomes.
Intensive English Centres forum
2 December 2020
Section: Columns
Future action for fortifying the longterm outlook for intensive English centres (IECs) was considered by more than 120 members during an in-person/ Zoom forum on 5 November.
If you don’t try, you never even have a chance
2 December 2020
Section: Columns
“We were all optimistic about getting real improvements in our salaries and everyone was on board and worked creatively together,”
A year to reflect upon
1 December 2020
Section: Columns
At about this time 12 months ago, years of drought and environmental mismanagement were culminating in a perfect storm that would bring loss, damage, fear and pain as large swathes of NSW terrifyingly burned out of control.
Film reviews
1 December 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
Honey Boy, The Peanut Butter Falcon, The Leunig Fragments, Undertow, A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, The Biggest Little Farm
Book Reviews
1 December 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
Bad Girls Throughout History, Fight Like a Girl and Yassmin’s Story
Workplace contacts
30 November 2020
Section: Columns
Talk about the deep end and being thrown in head first! Natalie Amacha is a first-time Federation Representative in possibly the most chaotic school year in the history of the profession.
TAFE Monday Minute
30 November 2020
Section: News
On Friday, at the 11th hearing of our Enterprise Agreement Bargaining Dispute in Fair Work, TAFE NSW and the NSW Teachers Federation came to an agreement which would enable the TAFE Teachers and Related Employees Enterprise Agreement 2020 to be finalised.
Association spotlight: Dubbo Teachers’ Association
30 November 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
In 2017, Dubbo held its first Pride march for LGBTIQ people in the area. Our association was privileged to design and commission a flag to march in the parade with teachers dressed in rainbow.
Workplace contacts
30 November 2020
Section: Columns
Bianca Hewes, Northern Beaches Secondary College
From crisis comes innovation to change nature of environmental education
29 November 2020
Section: News
One area of the NSW public school system particularly affected by COVID- 19 restrictions was the state’s 25 environmental and zoo education centres.
UK: COVID runs riot
28 November 2020
Section: News
With the COVID-19 crisis still raging, teacher unionists in the UK have deplored the falling school attendance rates and presented a plan to secure safe schools and ensure quality education during the pandemic.
ARIA award rocks Wilcannia
27 November 2020
Section: News
With Sarah Donnelley being voted the Telstra ARIA music teacher of the year came deserved recognition but not, she says, for herself. She claims those winning votes are for the children of the remote western NSW town of Wilcannia on the banks of the Darling.
There’s nothing casual about teaching: Professional learning and mandatory training
27 November 2020
Section: Columns
There is a fundamental responsibility for schools to support the professional learning of all staff, including casual and temporary teachers.
Solar Our Schools
26 November 2020
Section: News
Stately Kirribilli House gained a pink, solar-powered cubby house delivered by a convoy of parents and children on 30 September, carrying an urgent message: Solar Our Schools.
EAL/D support is falling short
25 November 2020
Section: News
English Language Provision is an important component of school planning and the allocation of specialist EAL/D teachers should be a priority if schools are to support the educational needs of their EAL/D students.