Response to media reports on Government’s re-announced teacher policy
12 August 2022
Section: News
We have a crisis in New South Wales -a teacher shortage crisis that has hundreds upon hundreds of classes merged, split or sitting in playgrounds under minimal supervision. As a result, thousands upon thousands of students are having their learning disrupted every day.
Opposition to the chaplaincy program to step up
6 July 2022
Section: News
The campaign to demand that money allocated to the School Chaplaincy Program be re-directed to funding the employment of school counsellors with teaching qualifications and experience will be reinvigorated.
Rorris illuminates government overfunding of private schools
5 July 2022
Section: News
A new report authored by senior economist Adam Rorris has revealed the NSW Government is overfunding NSW private schools by almost $850 million, while choosing to underfund public schools by $2 billion every single year.
Ensuring the highest quality public education
5 July 2022
Section: News
Delegates have endorsed a plan for Senior Officers to develop a campaign to build support for a new bilateral agreement, which will include enough funding to ensure all public schools are funded at 100 per cent of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS).
Ensuring a world class public education system for NSW
Delegates at Annual Conference have reaffirmed Federation’s commitment to ensuring the NSW government meets its obligations to provide highly qualified, specialised, professional and well-paid teachers, and a well-resourced, world class public education system for all students in NSW public schools.
State Election 2023 – The change TAFE needs
4 July 2022
Section: News
Federation Annual Conference today approved a recommendation to redouble its calls on the Perrottet Government to abandon its obsession with ideological cuts to TAFE NSW.
Edtech’s COVID intrusion a taste of the future
4 July 2022
Section: News
The extraordinary surge in the use of edtech in home schooling during the COVID pandemic should be seen as the future in the making†where, at its worst, teachers are classroom managers†in a system led by artificial intelligence (AI), Federation’s Annual Conference was told today.
Federation to push all political parties to address climate emergency
4 July 2022
Section: News
Delegates have endorsed the roll out of a campaign to seek policy commitments from the major parties on how they will address the global climate emergency in the lead up to the March 2023 State Election.
International panel reaffirms solidarity between global educators
4 July 2022
Section: News
Four esteemed international educators shared their insights on a range of topics concerning the Asia-Pacific region on the second day of Annual Conference.
Activists honoured for contributions to our union
3 July 2022
Section: News
Today we celebrated 10 activists’ enduring commitment Federation, in a ceremony at Annual Conference.
14 initial teacher education students awarded $4000 Federation scholarships
3 July 2022
Section: News
The union awarded 14 Future Teacher Scholarships in a presentation at Annual Conference today (Sunday).
Inquiry head made education champion
3 July 2022
Section: News
The work of Dr Geoff Gallop AC, who chaired an independent inquiry into the teaching profession in NSW, has been recognised by Federation, naming him its 2022 Champion of Public Education.
Achieving excellence through early childhood education and sound system-wide staffing
3 July 2022
Section: News
Federation will seek commitments from all major political parties regarding an expanded public preschool provision, improvements to school staffing, an increase in permanent teacher allocation and a strong and effective non-school based teaching service in the run up to the state election in March 2023, delegates affirmed at Annual Conference.
Strategic plan approved for NSW election
3 July 2022
Section: News
Federation Annual Conference today approved a comprehensive plan to build broad community understanding†of the central planks of the More Than Thanks campaign, leading up to the March 2023 state election.
Voices from the regions too loud for the government to ignore
1 July 2022
Section: News
Yesterday’s actions covered all corners of the state, from Tweed Heads to the ACT and all the way out to Broken Hill.
Teachers jam Sydney CBD as unified strike covers state
30 June 2022
Section: News
More than 20,000 teachers from NSW public and Catholic schools marched on NSW Parliament this morning to protest wages, workloads and staff shortages in a united front not seen for 26 years.
A time for healing: Refugee Week 2022
21 June 2022
Section: News
While most of the world ground to a halt under the closures, lockdowns and restrictions of the COVID pandemic, the misery and danger for refugees mounted unabated.
Greens and Labor oppose Government’s Inclusive, Engaging and Respectful Schools policy
7 June 2022
Section: News
Federation has welcomed formal written support from the Greens and NSW Labor to oppose the Perrottet Government’s controversial Inclusive, Engaging and Respectful Schools policy.
Federation begins bargaining agreements for TAFE employees
3 June 2022
Section: News
Returning TAFE to being the preeminent provider of vocational education and training is integral to this State’s future productivity and prosperity.
Tweed Shire Council objects to Murwillumbah mega-school plan
3 June 2022
Section: News
The Tweed Shire Council has formally objected to the development application for the controversial Murwillumbah Education Campus.
Federation campaign seals Connected Community staff gain
2 June 2022
Section: News
After a robust Federation campaign, the Department has confirmed much-needed additional staff for the state’s 33 Connected Communities schools are in the process of being actionedâ€