Association Spotlight: Moree Teachers Association
17 September 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Our community Moree has a population of a little under 10,000 people. We have a transient population at times and our numbers change depending on the strength of the local agricultural industry of cotton and wheat.
Film review
17 September 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Red Joan, Danger Close: the Battle of Long Tan and Happy as Lazzaro
Teachers signal their support for an inclusive society
13 September 2019
Section: News
Members have been volunteering to work on Federation stalls at several local LGBTIQ-related celebrations, including Newcastle Pride’s recent Fair Day.
Election of Relief Professional Officers for 2020
11 September 2019
Section: Administration
Nominations are called for the election of Relief Professional Officers for 2020.
Politicians unfairly banishing TAFE from vocabulary and funding
10 September 2019
Section: News
TAFE should not be dismissed by governments, as it has in the Council of Australian Government’s recent statement on Vocational Education and Training (VET).
Rowdy chorus of commonsense required
5 September 2019
Section: News
It’s never been more important for people with commonsense to start using their voices at full bore, writer and social commentator Jane Caro said.
Learning conditions should not be determined by a popularity contest
4 September 2019
Section: News
Public schools desperate for capital works funding have resorted to applying to a community grants program.
Enabling Equity
3 September 2019
Section: News
It’s Time to act for equality for students with disability
Drop in VET students at odds with National Skills Week message
2 September 2019
Section: News
The continued decline in the number of students enrolled with nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) makes a mockery of the government’s National Skills Week, Australian Education Union Federal TAFE Secretary Maxine Sharkey said.
Quality education for all requires us all
2 September 2019
Section: News
Federation has launched a statewide campaign aimed at achieving tangible improvements and equitable resourcing for students with disability in public education.
Women’s Conference: ‘The Power of our Voices’
1 September 2019
Section: News
The theme for this year’s Federation’s Women’s Conference was “The Power of our Voices”, with the aim to develop women’s activism and feminism through relevant keynote speakers, a panel session and workshops.
Women in education
31 August 2019
Section: News
Reproductive Health Care Reform — Decriminalising Abortion
Wear It Purple Day 2019
30 August 2019
Section: News
Federation joined with more than 750 schools, universities, community organisations and workplaces to celebrate Wear It Purple Day, and to show young rainbow people that they have respect, acceptance and support.
Facta Non Verba
30 August 2019
Section: Columns
The Latin motto at my school, Punchbowl Boys’ High School, was Facta Non Verba — deeds, not words. As young boys, we were told that people should be judged on their actions, not just their words.
Multicultural matters
EAL/D provision, Intensive English Centres and Adult Migrant English Program
Overturned expenses decision to benefit others
29 August 2019
Section: News
Federation has successfully overturned a decision by the Department of Education that has led to members having certainty over their rights to access Transferred Officers Compensation when transferring under Section 51A.
It’s time to close the gender pay gap
28 August 2019
Section: News
As public education teachers we believe in a fair start for all our students.
ACARA masks truth about NAPLAN data
28 August 2019
Section: News
ACARA’s ‘nothing to see here’ approach to the NAPLAN 2019 data release and its mishandling of the NAPLAN online debacle has reinforced yet again the need for a comprehensive review of the entire NAPLAN testing regime.
Statewide solution to inequity involves raising the school staffing entitlement
28 August 2019
Section: News
System failures are denying the necessary resources and staffing that schools need to realise the potential of rural students, says Federation Acting Deputy President Henry Rajendra.
Book Reviews
27 August 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
Little Frida, Just Flesh & Blood, Accidental Feminists, Some Kids series and Modern HERstory.