NSW government fails to address lack of funding and support for public schools
6 December 2020
Section: Media Release
Today’s announcement by the Berejiklian Government to replace the discredited ‘Local Schools Local Decisions’ (LSLD) policy with ‘The School Success Model’ is more about spin than substance. It is yet another attempt to blame teachers and principals for system failures and the lack of adequate funding and support in our public schools.
Media release: Teaching jobs at risk under Berejiklian plan, class sizes to increase
25 November 2020
Section: Media Release
Classroom teachers, executive, specialist and principal positions are at risk due to the Berejiklian Government’s decision to push ahead with public school closures in the Murwillumbah community.
Media release: Valuing the teaching profession – an independent inquiry
24 November 2020
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation will make the case for change in the salaries and working conditions of teachers and principals on the first day of hearings of an independent inquiry in Sydney today.
Media release: Teachers welcome extra catch-up programs for public school students
10 November 2020
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation welcomes the decision by the Berejiklian Government to fund a program of additional school-based support for students who have fallen behind in their studies because of the impact of Covid-19.
Teachers Oppose Murwillumbah School Closures
29 October 2020
Section: Media Release
Following decades of school building maintenance neglect, the NSW Teachers Federation believes the State Government is now inflicting punishment on children and their families in the Murwillumbah community by its decision to amalgamate local schools.
Parents, teachers and principals oppose new behaviour strategy
12 October 2020
Section: Media Release
Parents, teachers and principals have come together to voice their strong objection to the Department of Education’s mishandling of changes to the suspension and expulsion policy.
Parents, teachers and principals oppose new behaviour strategy
12 October 2020
Section: Media Release
Parents, teachers and principals have come together to voice their strong objection to the Department of Education’s mishandling of changes to the suspension and expulsion policy.
Students at risk due to a lack of school counsellors
11 October 2020
Section: Media Release
New research highlights the urgent need for more school counsellors in NSW with 98 per cent of teachers and 99 per cent of principals saying the number of students with mental health issues has increased in the last three years.
Urgent need for more school counsellors
20 September 2020
Section: Media Release
Enough is enough. A school counsellor to student ratio of 1:500 is well overdue.
A 10-15% increase in teacher salaries needed to ‘restore relativities’
10 September 2020
Section: Media Release
As reported in today’s Sydney Morning Herald, research conducted by Professor John Buchanan from the University of Sydney Business School has found an alarming decline in teachers’ salaries when compared to other professional groups.
Media release: Students with disability to increase by 50% within a decade
3 September 2020
Section: Media Release
A confidential NSW Department of Education disability strategy obtained under FOI laws has revealed inadequacies in planning for the state’s students with disabilities.
Media release: Valuing the teaching profession – an independent inquiry
28 August 2020
Section: Media Release
Valuing the teaching profession – an independent inquiry will begin public hearings on Monday 31 August in Sydney and continue until Thursday 10 September.
Media release: A cruel blow for students as Govt threatens school funding
25 June 2020
Section: Media Release
The Berejiklian Government must not be allowed to use students as pawns in its attempt to impose a wage freeze across the public sector.
Media release: New curriculum requires additional resources
23 June 2020
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has welcomed the unhurried approach and commitment to working with teachers in the development and implementation of the new curriculum.
Media release: Strong growth in public school enrolments
2 June 2020
Section: Media Release
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows continuing strong growth in public school enrolments and exposes the ideologically driven school funding policies of state and Federal governments.
Media release: Treasurer’s pay cut ‘deal’ is unacceptable
1 June 2020
Section: Media Release
Teachers will not accept the Treasurer’s latest attempt to impose a pay cut on the profession.
Media release: Teachers reject pay cut
27 May 2020
Section: Media Release
In the week of the full resumption of NSW public schools, teachers and principals have been rewarded with a slap in the face.
Media release: Normal school operations must end to put the health and safety of students and staff first
25 March 2020
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation Executive met this morning and unanimously endorsed the following:
Media release: Teachers and principals are not dispensable
23 March 2020
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation Executive met today and unanimously endorsed the following:
Media release: Coronavirus advice conflicting, contradictory and impossible
17 March 2020
Section: Media Release
Schools must be given clear advice on action to be taken in the event that health protocols necessary to control the spread of COVID-19 cannot be implemented.
Media release: Government-fuelled largesse – it’s obscene
8 March 2020
Section: Media Release
Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos says revelations of the “billion dollar private school building boom” further expose defenceless funding priorities of state and federal governments.