Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation

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Nef 331.8809944 EDU
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Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
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Vol. 38 No. 5 (1 May 1957)
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Contents

Education PAST PRESENT FUTURE Journal of the N.S.W. Teachers’ Federation 1
How To Organise For the EDUCATION CONFERENCE 1
Ensure Success Of Education Conference and Petition! 1
Action On Desperate Staff Position 1
TECHNICAL STUDENTTEACHER RATIOS: BOARD’S REPLY 1
Elect Your Delegates To The June 1 Conference! Arouse Public Interest and Support! 1
Federal and State Finance: Premier’s Address To Public Service Conference 2
PROVISION FOR BADLY RETARDED CHILDREN 2
Full Support Needed For Nation-wide Petition 2
Replies By Premier, Prime Minister, To Deputation Request 2
Organisations Supporting the Education Conference 2
Yass In Fight For School Accommodation 2
Advertising 2
“Growing Importance 01 Schools” – and Federal Aid: U.S. Report 3
WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE COMMITTEE'S REPORT SAID: 3
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: BOARD S STATEMENT 3
Promise Of a Better World: Anzac Day Message 3
Advertising 3
Education JOURNAL OF THE N.S.W. TEACHERS’ FEDERATION 4
JUNE 1 PUBLIC CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION: URGENCY OF ACTIVE INTEREST 4
Tardy Administration! 4
Social Studies Book for Infants 4
ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE MAY CIRCLE EARTH FOR YEARS 4
For Country Teachers Who Are Fortunate (Or Unfortunate) Enough To Own A Car 5
The Pupil Who Works At Spare-time Jobs 5 , 6
GALLIPOLI 1915 5
We Are Taxed 1/6 in the £ for What Few Of Us Can Get 6
Case For Equal Pay Submitted To Federal Government 6
Inspections: Withdrawal 01 System Sought 6
Appointment Of Subject Masters: Correspondence With Board 6
P.S.A.A.A. NEWS 6
Advertising 6
MA STRANGE PARADOX” IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM Newcastle Paper’s Editorial 7
SIZE OF CLASSROOMS AND COST PER PUPIL 7
FEDERATION AFFILIATES WITH ASSOCIATED COUNCIL FOR HEALTH 7
EQUAL PAY FOR TEACHERS Questions In the House 7
COMPLAINTS CONCERNING QUALITY OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES 7
FREE TEXT-BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS Money “Could Not Possibly Be Made Available” 7
N.E.F.’S ATOMIC AGE CONFERENCE: SYMPOSIUM OF ADDRESSES 7
CONDITIONS DETERMINED BY ARBITRATION Appeal to Premier 7
TRAVEL BY BUS TWO MILES OR LESS 7
JOURNALISTS’ CLUB SHORT-STORY, POEM COMPETITION 7
INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION ANNOUNCED 7
SYDNEY TEACHERS' COLLEGE Jubilee Endowment Fund 8
NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS' FEDERATION 8
COUNTRY ASSOCIATIONS ARE REMINDED 8
NEWCASTLE TEACHERS' COLLEGE REUNION 8
Advertising 8
DEPUTY HEADMASTERS’ ASSOCIATION 8
Advertising 8

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Education  

PAST PRESENT FUTURE  

Journal of the N.S.W. Teachers’ Federation  

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Vol. 38—No. 5.  

MAY 1, 1957  

Price Threepence.  

How To  

Organise  

For the  

EDUCATION  

CONFERENCE  

Its cause is worthy! It is badly needed! It must be  

successful!  

That’s the point: It must be AN OUTSTANDING  

SUCCESS!  

Unique in its Three Federations Front, it will only be final  

success if the smaller groups of Federation representatives, mothers’  

clubs and P. and C. representatives can inspire the larger outside  

groups with the importance of the occasion and the responsibility to  

attend and organise others to attend the Conference.  

Some essentials for teacher campaigning are as follows:  

There must be full and constructive co-operation between heads of departments  

and Federation representatives.  

Each member of the staff should be considered as an available agent.  

Campaigning around the school or district should be well planned and  

immediate.  

Hurstville Central Technical School found in practice that many men belonged  

to clubs or knew men in clubs or councils. direct personal contact was made this  

way. Then, when the literature was posted to the various clubs, etc., liaison was  

ready to push the case. Little time was lost and effective results were gained.  

Heads of departments can follow such approaches by well-timed "’phone  

conversation.  

Men or women in clubs or belonging to groups are more often ready to listen  

to those they know than to those they don’t know.  

However, no time can be lost, and all seeking to enlist delegates of any club  

or group must bear in mind that somewhere along the line there must be  

meeting before those delegates can, be appointed. This takes time! Now is  

the time!-  

good broad approach to the Conference could be the significance of the three  

Federations in common front against educational crisis. sound objective: To  

assure sufficient funds to meet the full educational needs in the financial year  

1957-58. Finally, it is State-wide Conference.  

It is your Conference.  

There is letter you can write.  

The ’phone is there to be used.  

Co to it!  

Nothing will happen if nothing is done.  

Ensure Success Of Education  

Conference and Petition!  

In resolution carried unani-  

mously the term meeting of  

metropolitan Federation repre-  

sentatives on April called on  

Federation members, school  

staffs and associations to do their  

utmost to ensure that the June  

1. conference. and. the. A.T.F.  

petition are outstanding suc-  

cesses.  

This, decision followed an expres-  

sion of “alarm at the desperate plight  

of education.”  

The meeting requested school staffs to  

plan immediately activities to ensure—  

• Maximum representation from citizen  

organisations at the conference, specifying  

school staffs, P. and C. associations, mothers’  

clubs, municipal and shire councils,  

churches, R.S.L. branches, civic, cultural and  

sporting bodies, trade unions, chambers of  

commerce, and so on;  

• Maximum number of signatures to the  

A.T.F. petition.  

The A.T.F. petition is referred to on  

page 2.  

The representatives’ decision has been en-  

dorsed by the Executive.  

Action On Desperate Staff Position  

unanimous resolution of the  

term meeting of metropolitan  

school representatives on April  

referred to “the desperate staff-  

ing position” caused by the  

rapid increase in the size of  

classes and the absence of relief  

staff.  

It said that with tens of thousands  

of children to be enrolled by 1960  

urgent action must be taken to—  

• Recruit and train thousands of ad-  

dr, ional teachers;  

Retain in the Service teachers at pre-  

sent employed.  

he meeting declared that “this situation  

be most effectively met by providing pro-  

onal salaries and working conditions for  

teachers.  

Therefore,” said the decision, “the meet-  

requests each school staff to co-operate  

'*■ its district electorate organiser in or-  

ganising—  

“• Teachers’ deputations to M.L.As re-  

questing support for our Salaries Claim and  

the objects of the June conference;  

“ • Letters to the metropolitan and local  

Press stressing the grave teacher shortage and  

the need for adequate salaries to retain the  

present staff and to recruit the thousands of  

additional teachers needed;  

“ • Action to secure delegates for the  

education conference on June 1.”  

The meeting also resolved: “In view of the  

prevailing teacher shortage, immediate steps  

be taken to build two teachers’ colleges at  

Chatswood and Wollongong.”  

Both resolutions have been endorsed by  

the Executive.  

TECHNICAL STUDENT-  

TEACHER RATIOS:  

BOARD’S REPLY  

Increases in student-teacher ratios  

in technical education, as reported in  

the previous issue, were discussed  

with the Public Service Board on  

March by deputation consisting in  

the main of members of the Techni-  

cal Teachers’ Association.  

On April the Board replied that it had  

given serious consideration to the representa-  

tions made, both by the deputation and in  

previous written statement of the case by the  

Federation.  

The Board’s letter said:  

“Following this consideration the Board  

is still of the opinion that the organisation  

of classes on the basis of recent decisions will  

result in the maintenance of class attend-  

ances not exceeding the previously approved  

student/teacher ratios. An examination of  

records in previous years has shown that the  

“fall out” numbers are much greater than  

the figures supplied by the Federation rep-  

resentatives at the recent Conference.  

“The Board does not see. its way to vary  

the decisions in question at the present time,  

but is always ready to examine any case  

where special circumstances exist.”  

Elect Your  

Delegates To The  

June Conference!  

Arouse Public Interest and Support!  

The Slate-wide Education Conference to be held in  

the Sydney Town Hall on June will have tremendous  

significance for teachers. It is essential that their utmost  

co-operation is forthcoming if the Conference is to be the  

outstanding success which its purpose and education's  

present serious plight demand.  

Finance allocations for educa-  

tion determine the teaching and  

working conditions of teachers.  

Activities this year have resulted  

in some additional funds being-  

made available, thereby arrest-  

ing to some extent the economy  

drive within the Service.  

But there can be no relaxa-  

tion of our efforts if worthwhile  

improvements are to be achieved.  

Substantial improvements de-  

pend on large additional  

financial allocation being made  

available.  

Parents as well as teachers are  

gravely concerned at the inabi-  

lity of educational facilities to  

cope with the increasing demands  

of rapidly-expanding society.  

The position has been greatly  

aggravated by the drastic eco-  

nomy measures which have re-  

sulted from the inadequacy of  

the Budget allocations and of  

loan funds provided for the  

erection of new school buildings.  

Funds allocated for educa-  

tional purposes at present can  

in no way provide the education  

essential for the welfare of the  

nation.  

The three sponsoring organisa-  

tions—the Federation of Parents  

and Citizens’ Associations, the  

Federation of Infants’ and Nur-  

sery School Clubs and the  

Teachers’ Federation are alarm-  

ed at the position and firmly  

believe that the utmost public  

support must be secured if the  

State and Federal Governments  

are to take urgent action to  

ensure that sufficient funds are  

made available for education.  

The Federation asks all school staffs and metropolitan and  

country associations to ensure that they are fully represented  

at the conference, and to seek the utmost support for the  

Conference from local citizens’ organisations.  

This is what the Federation  

asks you to do;  

School Staffs  

The co-operation of heads of  

schools and departments is particular-  

ly sought and it is recommended that  

meeting of the staff be held as soon  

as possible (if it has not already been  

held) to plan the following action:  

Election of the three delegates;  

Approach to local organisations  

urging them to be represented at the  

Conference. You will find that invi-  

tations have already been sent to  

many of them; where this has not  

been done, please forward the name  

and address of the secretary of the  

organisation so that an official invi-  

tation can be sent;  

The co-operation of the local P.  

C. associations and infants’ and nurs-  

ery school clubs should be sought;  

this will undoubtedly assist in achiev-  

ing maximum district representation;  

Securing of publicity for the June  

Conference in the local Press, giving  

special attention in your publicity to  

the local school conditions and the  

serious plight of education generally.  

Metropolitan Associations  

It is recommended that special  

time be set aside at the first meeting  

of the association to plan the follow-  

ing activities:  

Election of the five delegates to  

which each association is entitled;  

Impressing on members the im-  

portance of approaching organisa-  

tions in their suburb personally or by  

letter or deputation. joint discus-  

sion with representatives of local P.  

and C. associations and infants’ and  

nursery school clubs will assist in the  

effort to secure delegates from local  

organisations;  

Publicising the Conference in the  

metropolitan and suburban Press and  

over the radio, stressing examples of  

unsatisfactory conditions and educa-  

tion’s serious plight generally.  

Country Associations  

The Federation is particularly  

anxious that associations make the  

organisation for the Conference  

major activity, and it is recommended  

that special meeting of the associ-  

ations be called to plan these activi-  

ties:  

Election of the delegates; special  

consideration could be given to what  

financial assistance the association  

and/or members can give towards  

meeting expenses of ‘he delegates;  

Approaching personally, or by let-  

ter or deputation, local organisations  

with view to securing their co-oper-  

ation especially in the election of  

delegates; joint discussion with rep-  

resentatives of local P. and C. associ-  

ations and infants’ and nursery school  

clubs would assist in the effort to per-  

suade local organisations to elect  

delegates;  

Publicising the Conference in the  

local Press and radio, stressing local  

conditions and the serious plight of  

education generally.  

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