Leading improvement of literacy K-6
26 April 2019
Section: News
Highly accomplished teachers will be coached on how to help colleagues get the most out of the NSW English K-6 Syllabus at an upcoming Centre for Professional Learning course.
School leaders up-skill on approaches to improving student outcomes at CPL course
23 April 2019
Section: News
Experienced and accomplished teachers who participated in the Centre for Professional Learning’s Leading the Lifting of Achievement in Years 7-12 course, left armed with new strategies to support their colleagues to improve practice and subsequently student learning outcomes.
Suggestions for dealing with school predicaments covered in CPL course
19 April 2019
Section: News
Members looking for ideas to deal with the challenges they may face as executives in schools were presented with a range of options at a recent Centre for Professional Learning course.
An understanding public commits to schools funding campaign activities
18 April 2019
Section: News
People from the far north coast of NSW have indicated they are ready to fight for what is right and just — true needs-based funding for every student in every public school.
New CPL course offers clarity on student assessment
17 April 2019
Section: News
In response to members seeking guidance on ongoing assessment processes that inform the learning cycle and support student learning, the Centre for Professional Learning last week offered a new course — Assessment K-6: Making Use of Meaningful Data.
Help grow union’s membership
17 April 2019
Section: News
As part of the continuing implementation of the Annual Conference Decision 2004, Recruitment and Activism and the Future of the…
Data spin and education cross-pollinisation
16 April 2019
Section: News
The need for teachers’ unions and the education research community to cross-pollinate is essential in an increasingly data-dense world if the best interests of public education are to be served, a summit held at Federation headquarters was told.
First CPL courses accredited at Highly Accomplished start
15 April 2019
Section: News
Federation’s Centre for Professional Learning has held its first courses accredited at Highly Accomplished for school leaders and aspiring school leaders.
Change the rules, change the nation
14 April 2019
Section: News
A strong showing is needed at May Day Change the Rules rallies to indicate to politicians that inequity will be an important issue for voters at the federal election.
Student suspension and expulsion procedures need improvement
13 April 2019
Section: News
The Department is conducting a review of the suspension and expulsion procedures and the discipline policy but at this stage there are no terms of reference.
Worry knots untangled for new primary teachers at CPL conference
12 April 2019
Section: News
The particular needs and concerns of new primary teachers were addressed at a Centre for Professional Learning Conference on 1 April.
School partners with community on park project
12 April 2019
Section: News
Members of the Gumbaynggirr community gathered to open the new park in Bellwood Aboriginal Reserve and remember the life of Caleb Jarrett, whose name the park now bears.
Women in Education
10 April 2019
Section: News
Workplace and Association role crucial for representation
Federation members stand with refugees
10 April 2019
Section: News
Federation is again proud to endorse, support and promote this years’ Palm Sunday Rally and March. It comes at a time that is critical to both refugees and asylum seekers themselves seeking our humanity and compassion, as well as the continuing discussion in Australia and context of a looming federal election.
Connecting communities through Aboriginal Education
10 April 2019
Section: News
The words of the Uluru Statement from the Heart resonated with the delegates at the Friday Night Forum of the annual Aboriginal Members Conference, especially one 11-year-old boy.
Workplace contacts supported with training
10 April 2019
Section: News
The work of the union is strengthened by members who stand for election in their workplaces with the aim of advancing our policies and strengthening the resolve of members to work toward achieving our goals.
Community concerns for Bega TAFE
9 April 2019
Section: News
Bega TAFE Federation members and the local community are still deeply concerned about plans to further build on the Bega Connected Learning Centre (CLC) site rather than the existing TAFE campus.
Funding choice is plain to see
8 April 2019
Section: News
What is at stake for every public school across Australia in the upcoming federal election was represented in a powerful visual statement on the lawns of Parliament House on Budget day.
No nearer to closing the gap
8 April 2019
Section: News
The defeat of the Morrison Government and a successful Fair Funding Now! campaign at the upcoming federal election will be critical to narrowing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples across many, if not all, of the targets of the Closing the Gap strategy.
Federation shows its colours at Mardi Gras
6 April 2019
Section: News
An estimated 500,000 spectators lined the footpaths, rooftops and balconies of Oxford Street to cheer on more than 12,500 marchers celebrating Sydney’s LGBTIQ communities on Saturday, 2 March.
Vale Barry Manefield
5 April 2019
Section: News
Former Federation President Barry Manefield was remembered for his ability to portray to the public a logical, caring and acceptable image of Federation’s campaigns.