Association Spotlight: St George Teachers Association
6 December 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Across the Association there are teachers with a broad range of teaching experience, including a significant number of temporary/casual teachers.
Money to TV star would be better spent on TAFE
6 December 2019
Section: News
TV host and tradie Scott Cam will be paid $345,000 (excluding GST) over 15 months for his role as National Careers Ambassador, while the Morrison government continues to undermine the TAFE system.
Retired Teachers Association news
6 December 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
The Retired Teachers Association congratulates Australian students who have taken part in positive action for climate change.
Theatre Review
6 December 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
One of the great and many joys of theatre are the different journeys it can take.
Spectacular teachers big part of blockbuster
4 December 2019
Section: News
It’s not just singing and dancing students that make for the wonderful vibe that spreads through the stadium during Schools Spectacular performances
Council report: 23 November 2019
4 December 2019
Section: Administration
Thursday, 9 April, 2020, will be the cut-off date for determining each local association’s financial membership, and therefore Councillor and Annual Conference Delegate entitlements for 2021-22.
Film
3 December 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Sorry We Missed You, Mrs Lowry and Son, Fisherman’s Friends,Judy and Punch and Knives Out
Rainbow connections in Parramatta
1 December 2019
Section: News
Parramatta Foreshore was recently filled with rainbows and fun at the 13th annual Parramatta Pride Picnic where locals celebrated LGBTIQ diversity.
Peace prize makes powerful point
1 December 2019
Section: News
There’s a shift underway in relation to the Sam Lewis Peace Prize.
Enabling Equity
30 November 2019
Section: Columns
Programming for students with disability in regular classes in mainstream schools
Union Bill busted
29 November 2019
Section: News
Federation and the ACTU have welcomed the defeat of the Morrison Government’s union-busting Ensuring Integrity Bill in the Senate.
National New Educators marks 10 years strong
29 November 2019
Section: News
The nation’s new educators recently descended on Sydney to learn about common issues across the country, and develop their knowledge and skills in activism.
Power of the collective delivers IEC win
Member action at the local level and Federation’s representations to the Department will see a new Intensive English Centre (IEC) established in the northern NSW town of Armidale from the commencement of the 2020 school year.
There’s nothing casual about teaching
27 November 2019
Section: Columns
On my visits to schools, and through enquiries fielded by Officers, conversations with members are often the focus on the nature of temporary engagements.
There’s nothing casual about teaching
27 November 2019
Section: News
What mandatory training must a casual teacher undertake?
Pressed for time? Consider these suggestions
24 November 2019
Section: News
Our desire for a balanced life — where we are able to enjoy work, personal interests, family, social and leisure activities — can be put out of kilter by our obligations.
Collective opposition to system-wide setting of school targets
22 November 2019
Section: News
Federation and principal bodies have presented a united front in response to the Department of Education’s imposition of further layers of target-setting, which will add to the workload of teachers in public schools.
Election notice: Branch Executive E2019/151
22 November 2019
Section: Administration
Election notice: Branch Executive E2019/151
Drought package bypasses government schools
21 November 2019
Section: News
Public schools have again been neglected by the Morrison Government — this time in its drought package.
Education: connecting members for 100 years
18 November 2019
Section: News
“The journal is essentially the teachers’ organ, written … in the interests of teachers, and its pages are open to all who wish to use them.” (1919 Annual Report)
Schools offer oasis to salve the suffering
17 November 2019
Section: News
Amid the heat, dust and despair, schools across drought-stricken NSW are serving as an “oasis” for their local communities.