Members share positive reactions to #MoreThanThanks campaign on social media
20 September 2021
Section: News
The public education community took to social media last week, enthusiastic about the launch of the union’s More Than Thanks campaign.
It’s time for more than thanks
16 September 2021
Section: News
Thousands of teachers and principals across the state joined a special broadcast to launch Federation’s new wages and workload campaign, More Than Thanks, this morning.
Naomi’s special field of knowledge
15 September 2021
Section: News
In testing times, Careers Adviser Naomi Toogood has gone to great lengths to practise what she teaches.
Part teacher, part parent: life in lockdown
10 September 2021
Section: News
Primary teacher Rebecca Clements recalls a sense of “excitement” in her household during the school holidays before Sydney went into lockdown.
Leaders see path out of teacher crisis
8 September 2021
Section: News
Teaching and education leaders presented a strong vision for an end to teacher shortages in NSW and a more equitable and stronger future for public education during a special broadcast to parents and families across the state last night.
Bring the House into your students’ homes
7 September 2021
Section: News
The Parliamentary Education Office has a range of online curriculum-aligned civics and citizenship teaching resources, suitable for primary and secondary years.
Latham report fails teachers and gender-diverse students
7 September 2021
Section: News
NSW Teachers Federation has condemned One Nation’s war on trans and gender-diverse students expressed in a biased and misleading report of a NSW parliamentary committee written by One Nation MP Mark Latham.
TAFE teachers and related employees have voted to accept a new enterprise agreement, to expire in a year.
3 September 2021
Section: News
Members are to be congratulated for defending their working conditions in this new EA, however members’ attention should now turn to the future.
Making movies
2 September 2021
Section: News
A good movie can provide some welcome relief during lockdown, so how about getting your class to make their own?
Take action on Equal Pay Day towards improving pay status
30 August 2021
Section: News
Our profession is undervalued and underpaid. On Equal Pay Day (31 August) show your support for action on the recommendations of Gallop Inquiry, including a salary increase between 10 and 15 per cent in the next wages agreement.
Support for casual members during pandemic restrictions
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting all of us, but, in many ways, it is those in precarious employment who are the most affected.
How to respect your transgender students
26 August 2021
Section: News
A transgender, or trans, person, is someone who does not identify with the gender that they were assigned at birth. When they were born, a doctor looked at them, made a judgement based on their physical features and wrote “male” or “female” on their paperwork.
TAFE members: Vote YES in enterprise agreement ballot
25 August 2021
Section: News
Federation has defended all existing working conditions for TAFE teachers and related employees during negotiations for a new enterprise agreement.
Expression of Self: Navigating pronouns in schools
25 August 2021
Section: News
By changing one word in a sentence or by introducing yourself in a way that asserts your preferred pronouns, you might well help change a little piece of the world for the better.
Time-saving resources for remote learning prep
25 August 2021
Section: News
Looking to save some time as you prepare lessons during lockdown? Check out these resources.
Wear purple on 27 August and foster year-round support of LGBTIQ youth
24 August 2021
Section: News
Research shows that 75 per cent of LGBTIQ youth will be bullied just for being who they are.
Civilians in Afghanistan need our support
24 August 2021
Section: News
As the world continues to watch the distressing images from Afghanistan, we feel a mix of horror, distress and even anger, as we try to comprehend the extent of the crisis and the emerging ramifications of the Taliban seizing control of the country.
Indian teachers falling victim to COVID
20 August 2021
Section: News
An estimated 1600 teachers in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh lost their lives to COVID-19 after being seconded to work as polling officers during elections at the height of the country’s second wave, according to the local teachers’ union.
Norfolk Island members lose patience over school’s uncertain future
19 August 2021
Section: News
Members at Norfolk Island Central School plan to take industrial action if their demands related to the future of their workplace are not met quickly.
Staffing crisis stop-work meetings reach 73
19 August 2021
Section: News
The NSW Government’s failure to address the state-wide school staffing crisis continues into term 3 with teachers at Karabar High School becoming the 73rd to walk off the job this year.
G7 girls’ declaration headline
18 August 2021
Section: News
While G7 leaders backed the Girls’ Education Declaration made at the summit in June, financial pledges to the Global Partnership for Education are below the amount needed to ensure the most vulnerable have access to education.