All changes to assessment and reporting must be led by the teaching profession, Conference declares
9 July 2019
Section: News
The recent NAPLAN outages revealed the “fiasco” the “flawed and corrupt” national testing tool had become, NSW Teachers Federation Annual Conference was told yesterday.
Forum to plot course to bolster TAFE
9 July 2019
Section: News
A national event on the future of TAFE is being planned by the Australian Education Union.
Top honour for Federation activists
9 July 2019
Section: News
Teachers who have given outstanding service to their fellow Federation members over many years were bestowed Life Membership of Federation at Annual Conference.
Additional permanent teachers will boost quality teaching and learning
8 July 2019
Section: News
Increasing the number of permanent teaching positions in the state’s public schools was the surest way to provide adequate classroom relief for teachers, address the high number of temporary teachers in the system and address the increasingly complex nature of student needs, Federation’s Annual Conference was told today.
Union commits to real growth in salaries, improved working conditions
8 July 2019
Section: News
Results of the schools salary survey of members were reported to Annual Conference and the Federation will now embark on developing a log of claims in preparation for salaries negotiations to begin in term 4 with the Department of Education.
TAFE award talks to be informed by member opinions
8 July 2019
Section: News
TAFE members will be surveyed in workplaces on a range of industrial and professional issues as Federation begins planning for the next enterprise bargaining agreement, Annual Conference determined on Monday.
The profession must claim its rightful place in education discussions
8 July 2019
Section: News
Teachers need to take the lead in debate on education policy, Australian Education Union Federal President Correna Haythorpe told delegates at Federation’s Annual Conference on Monday.
Still Jill podcast and ovarian cancer
8 July 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Still Jill is a five-chapter podcast by journalist Jill Emberson that recently won the Documentary and Storytelling category at the 2019 Podcast Awards.
Scholarship program shows $60,000 commitment to building the profession
7 July 2019
Section: News
A group of Federation student members have been presented with $4000 Future Teacher Scholarships, in a ceremony held at Annual Conference.
Push for available funds to improve teaching and learning conditions
7 July 2019
Section: News
Federation will campaign to ensure ongoing funding in the NSW public education system is best used to improve teaching and learning conditions, delegates affirmed at Annual Conference today.
Tributes celebrate influential contributions to union
7 July 2019
Section: News
The work of Lee Rhiannon and Dr Les Perelman in support of Federation priorities has been recognised with Champion of Public Education accolades.
Recurrent and capital funding key to essential resourcing and staffing levels
7 July 2019
Section: News
There are just not enough people employed in the NSW public education system, Federation President Maurie Mulheron declared at Annual Conference today.
Why it pays to belong: back at work, thanks to Federation
3 July 2019
Section: News
A teacher has praised the union for the “extensive professional support” afforded to them on their road back to full-time teaching after a protracted recovery from a work-related injury.
Federation intervention wins individual salary adjustments for members
2 July 2019
Section: News
A Federation member who voiced her frustration over the Department of Education’s failure to progress her on the salary scale in a post to the union’s Facebook page is glad she took the advice contained in the General Secretary’s reply — to contact her union for assistance.
Salary rise for prac teacher supervisors
1 July 2019
Section: News
Teachers supervising student teachers in NSW public schools will receive incremental daily rate increases of 13.3 per cent over the next three years.
NAPLAN must go
28 June 2019
Section: News
The announcement by the NSW Minister of Education, Sarah Mitchell, that she will be calling on the Education Council to undertake a full review of NAPLAN, with a view to replacing it, will be welcomed by teachers and principals across Australia.
A statement in support of our LGBTIQA+ students and colleagues
28 June 2019
Section: News
We are a union that champions equality because, as teachers, we want our children to grow up in a world that accepts all and celebrates diversity. After all, it is what we should practise, model and teach every day in our public schools.
Properties offered at below market rent to key workers, including teachers
27 June 2019
Section: News
An affordable housing program by First State Super is leasing 61 properties at up to 20 per cent off market rent at Epping for workers in frontline services, including teachers.
Election Notice- Casual Vacancy for Professional Officers (various positions)
26 June 2019
Section: Administration
Nominations are hereby invited for the following positions:
Country Organiser (1)
Research/industrial Officer (1)
Enabling Equity
24 June 2019
Section: News
And so we shift gears. The election outcome is a particularly bruising one for students with disability.
NSW Budget has no plan for TAFE growth
21 June 2019
Section: News
The meagre 3 per cent increase in spending on TAFE in Tuesday’s NSW Budget revealed the Berejiklian Government had no plans for any significant growth in public vocational education, Federation analysis of the documents reveal.