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Why women need to lead for better remuneration and working conditions

The culture of education systems and their management structures, wages, working conditions and organisational practices transmit strong messages about the value placed on the contribution and participation of women.

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Teachers vindicated and validated

It was a privilege, on behalf of all Federation members, to be presented with the final report of the “Valuing the teaching profession” inquiry by its chair The Hon Dr Geoff Gallop.

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Welcome back

Welcome back to school year 2021. I hope you’ve had a restful break.

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Age discrimination

Age discrimination is against the law and is defined by the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board (ADB) as “when you have been treated unfairly because of your age or because you are the relative, friend or colleague of someone of a particular age”.

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Learning and support teachers

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).

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If you don’t try, you never even have a chance

“We were all optimistic about getting real improvements in our salaries and everyone was on board and worked creatively together,”

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Intensive English Centres forum

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.

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A year to reflect upon

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.

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Workplace contacts

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.

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Workplace contacts

Bianca Hewes, Northern Beaches Secondary College

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There’s nothing casual about teaching: Professional learning and mandatory training

There is a fundamental responsibility for schools to support the professional learning of all staff, including casual and temporary teachers.

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It’s time for the Government to make wellbeing in schools a priority

​A long period of drought, catastrophic fires and a disrupted school year amid the uncertainty, fear and anxiety attached to the COVID-19 pandemic has made for a perfect storm as far as the mental health of young people is concerned.

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Why teachers have ordered an independent inquiry into the value of their work

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.

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Steadfast support for closing the gap

In Australia, one person is born every one minute and 44 seconds — and based on current trends, two-thirds of those will attend public schools.

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There’s nothing casual about teaching: Employment catagories

Federation encourages all members to familiarise themselves with the different employment categories and how the classifications apply to casual and temporary teachers, to ensure all teachers are employed correctly.

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Effects of pandemic hit refugee students most

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every country around the world.

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Action gave way to action

The findings of the Vinson Inquiry handed down in 2002 had far-reaching effects for NSW teachers.

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Young People from Refugee and Migrant Backgrounds with Disabilities

What are the main issues and concerns raised by young CALD people living with a disability?

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Online safety

International research has identified that women and girls are subjected to very high levels of online abuse simply because they are women.

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Edtech and COVID-19

Almost as insidious as the disease itself, multinational corporations, international coalitions and education technology businesses have seized the opportunity of the COVID-19 disruption to extend their tentacles into public education systems.

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Black lives and what really matters

“We shouldn’t be importing the things that are happening overseas to Australia.” Such was Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s response to a question about a Black Lives Matter protest march in Sydney on 2 June.

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