Your say: Teachers should be educating prison inmates
29 September 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
The Black Lives Matter movement has exposed the divisions of racism globally.
Union’s micro event adds volume to student-led climate change advocacy
28 September 2020
Section: News
Federation is proud to support student climate activists who are prepared to act to protect their future.
Federation adds name to joint letter to Premier
28 September 2020
Section: News
In an open letter to the NSW Premier, Federation has joined with experts to call for urgent action to address youth mental health in response to a rise in youth suicides in such a calamitous year.
Federation’s Women’s Conference
25 September 2020
Section: News
To maintain a sense of connection and solidarity with members despite the pandemic, Women’s Conference was held as an online webinar in August.
Department unilaterally waters down pre-requisite for approval to teach
24 September 2020
Section: News
Federation shares the Department of Education’s commitment to ensuring there is an adequate supply of graduate teachers to fill positions in NSW public schools, but under no circumstances should the quality of graduate teachers be compromised, Deputy President Henry Rajendra said.
Urgent need for more school counsellors
20 September 2020
Section: Media Release
Enough is enough. A school counsellor to student ratio of 1:500 is well overdue.
Wear yellow to support student climate strike
17 September 2020
Section: News
Student climate activists are holding another action on 25 September, the last day of term 3.
Update — Student Behaviour Strategy
17 September 2020
Section: Administration
The Department continues to show utmost contempt for the profession, disregard for student learning and an abrogation of their duty to provide teachers and students a safe workplace.
Minister asked to intervene on inadequate behaviour strategy
16 September 2020
Section: News
Federation has sought the intervention of the Minister to instruct the Department to suspend the consultation period and ensure a thorough examination of the student discipline policy to be held in term 4.
Research: ‘sizeable’ pay rise for teachers to regain standing
15 September 2020
Section: News
Sydney University research has shown the need for a “sizeable increase” in teachers’ wages to be competitive in the present Australian labour market and to attract and retain quality teachers in the face of a looming shortage.
Evidence mounts on the value of teachers’ work
14 September 2020
Section: News
The first round of public hearings by the Gallop Inquiry heard from academics and researchers who validated teachers’ claims that they were “overworked, underpaid and undervalued”.
Profile: Gwabegar Public School
14 September 2020
Section: Member’s Voice
Gwabegar Public School is an 8-point school located in the heart of the Pilliga Forest, the oasis in the scrub, in the state’s north-west and is 250 kilometres north of Dubbo.
Casual Vacancy for Deputy Secretary (Communications & Administration)
14 September 2020
Section: Administration
Nominations are hereby invited for the following position, Deputy Secretary (Communications & Administration).
A 10-15% increase in teacher salaries needed to ‘restore relativities’
10 September 2020
Section: Media Release
As reported in today’s Sydney Morning Herald, research conducted by Professor John Buchanan from the University of Sydney Business School has found an alarming decline in teachers’ salaries when compared to other professional groups.
Federation joins celebrations for Wear it Purple Day
9 September 2020
Section: News
Federation joined more than 750 schools and universities as well as a range community organisations, corporations and government departments to recognise and celebrate Wear It Purple Day on 28 August.
Help ensure children get the support they need
9 September 2020
Section: News
Support the call to ensure children and families seeking asylum have access to a social safety net during the COVID-19 pandemic this week — National Child Protection Week — by participating in the refugee rights movement’s No Child Left Behind’s National Week of Solidarity events.
Economy-wide benefits of wage increases outlined to inquiry
8 September 2020
Section: News
The case against freezing teachers’ salaries was made on day 5 of hearings for the “Valuing the teaching profession — an independent inquiry”.
Win as IECs to be put in hibernation
6 September 2020
Section: News
With the closure of the world’s borders and a halt to Australia’s immigration and humanitarian intake programs, intensive English centres (IECs) face uncertainty over enrolment numbers and the resulting reduction in specialist staffing.
Hearings make case for change
5 September 2020
Section: News
The scope and magnitude of change to teaching, driven by a dedication to pedagogy, can be illustrated by the ability – and willingness – of the profession to embrace change.
Public expectation puts teachers on mental health frontline
4 September 2020
Section: News
The expectations parents and the wider community place on teachers has put them on the very frontline of managing an emerging youth mental health crisis that is expected to grow by up to 30 per cent over the next decade, the inquiry into the value of teaching has heard.
Why teachers have ordered an independent inquiry into the value of their work
4 September 2020
Section: Columns
If there is a silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be the lessons we learn. Many of them will be about ourselves — our ability to adapt, endure and make sacrifices for the common good.