Election Notice: Federal Delegates E2019/32
12 August 2019
Section: Administration
Election Notice: Federal Conference Delegates E2019/32
Government funding can stop TAFE decline
7 August 2019
Section: News
The best way to reverse the fall in enrolments in government-funded vocational education was to restore funding to TAFE and reinstate it as the primary provider of vocational education in Australia, Ms Sharkey said.
Festival and Federation celebrate young talent
5 August 2019
Section: News
Folk music is gaining a growing following among young performers, who will be supported by Federation at the Sydney Folk Festival in August.
Voice, Treaty, Truth of Uluru Statement begins in the classroom
25 July 2019
Section: News
Indigenous lawyer and human rights advocate Teela Reid urged the teaching profession to educate students about the real truth of Australia’s history and to embrace the Uluru Statement from the Heart at Federation’s Annual Conference.
Wear it Purple Day: empowering together
24 July 2019
Section: News
Wear it Purple Day will be held on Friday 30 August with the theme – Stand Up. Stand Out
Collectivism kicks goals for justice, says former Socceroos captain Craig Foster
19 July 2019
Section: News
There were calls for former Socceroo captain Craig Foster to be named Australian of the Year, even prime minister, after he saved the life of a young refugee footballer from Melbourne detained in Bangkok on trumped-up charges laid by the country he fled, Bahrain.
Additional permanent EAL/D teachers to meet student need is long overdue
18 July 2019
Section: News
The number of students requiring specialist English language support has increased by 20 per cent over five years but not a single EAL/D teaching job has been added, Federation’s Annual Conference was told.
Music to the ears
17 July 2019
Section: News
Teachers’ work to foster performing arts talent was lauded by Talent Development Project artistic director Peter Cousens during Federation’s Annual Conference.
Wider focus for TAFE would better prepare students for their working lives
16 July 2019
Section: News
New social policy is desperately needed for the vocational education and training sector says Centre for Future Work associate Pat Forward.
Union vows to escalate push for conditions to improve Aboriginal students’ outcomes
10 July 2019
Section: News
Federation has committed to intensifying its efforts to the close the gap in Aboriginal education outcomes, with a set of comprehensive policy objectives endorsed by a decision of Federation’s Annual Conference yesterday.
A woman’s right to choose
10 July 2019
Section: Member’s Voice
The topic of abortion still carries a lot of stigma. Raising the issue, or even disclosing, “I had an abortion”, is met with some kind of judgement and the eyebrows inadvertently going up.
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.