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. 90 No. 02 (2 Mar 2009)
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EDUCATION Journal of the New South Wales Teachers Federation March 2, 2009 Vol 90 No 2 1
$3.5 billion for NSW public schools 1 , 4
Rudd commended 1
Salaries and staffing settlement finalised 1
EDUCATION 2
Contents 2
Advertising 2
An eye on staffing codes 3
Educators help fire victims 3
Name: Lachlan Erskine Workplace: Cabramatta HS Fed Rep: 3 years 3
Ready for Rudd infrastructure funding 4
Challenges and threats to be confronted 4
In brief 4
Wise policy requires wise spending 5
World crisis hits education 5
Advertising 5
Small schools set a good example 6
Advertising 6
Equity advocate to speak at Women's Conference 6
Dress colourfully for women's march 6
Inquiry needed into HSC special provisions 7
New Deputy President 7
Advertising 7
Green and charitable 8
Still celebrating, still struggling 8
In support of GLBTI rights 8
Comfortable about speaking his mind 9
Advertising 9
Good start to the year 10
Campaigning for early career teachers 10
Advertising 10
Music from the movement 11
Financial crisis affects social security 11
Second jobs need approval 11
What you read Top five website stories in January 11
The NSW Government must act to support early career teachers 12
letters SINCERE THANKS 12
OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN 13
LUDICROUS SYSTEM 13
SILKWORM CHAMPION 13
BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER 13
Carbon copy OUTRAGEOUS 13
Advertising 13 , 14
features 15
Demountables in deplorable condition 15
Advertising 15
Inside 15
Paper Plane 16
Advertising 16
Retired Teachers Association 16
Education brought me independence 17
Breaking the colour bar in rural rugby league 17
Dynamic mix of acts 17
Advertising 18
reviews 19
Film 19 , 20
Inside 19
Computer corner 20
Advertising 20
Theatre The War of the Roses Part 1 and Part 2 21
The Removalists 21
In brief 21
Advertising 21 , 22
Corkscrew 22
administration 23
New Teachers TAFE course 23
Trainee Teacher Scholarships 23
Board of Studies industry curriculum committees 23
Inside 23
Advertising 24
Affiliated bodies for 2009 25
Other elections to be held at March Council 25
New England Regional Equity Committee 25
Advertising 25 , 26 , 27
DT SMITH 27
Snapped in and out of class 28

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EDUCATION  

Journal of the New South Wales Teachers Federation March 2, 2009 Vol 90 No  

Agreement No. PP255003 00104  

How Terry tried and failed to  

avoid meetings  

 

Bushfire appeal  

Leaving age  

Secondjobs  

March 2, 2009 Vol 90 No  

$3.5 billion for NSW public schools  

NSW public schools will receive $3.5 billion to be spent on infrastructure over three years under the  

Rudd Government's stimulus plan.  

Gary Zadkovich  

Deputy President  

On the February 9, Federation's  

Senior Officers were called to  

Ministerial briefing on the imple-  

mentation of the Rudd Govern-  

ment's $14.7 billion infrastruc-  

ture investment package.  

The meeting was addressed by  

Education Minister Verity Firth,  

Director-General Michael Coutts-  

Trotter and Assets Management  

head Alastair Hunter.  

$lO billion of the total pack-  

age will go to the nation’s public  

schools, consistent with the pro-  

portion of enrolments.  

Key points made in the briefing:  

•NSW has been allocated $5.3 bil-  

lion. Public schools will receive $3.5  

billion to be spent over three years.  

•The economic stimulus package  

is primarily about jobs. The fact  

that schools have been identified  

as the recipients of this job crea-  

tion investment is secondary to  

the main purpose.  

•There are strict 'milestones'  

for spending the money. If mile-  

stones are not met, the Federal  

Government claims it will take  

the money back. (It remains to  

be seen whether they will do that  

to school with half-completed  

hall or library.)  

•Principals will be asked to recon-  

sider their school's maintenance  

PAGE 4: Ready for Rudd  

funding  

and building works priorities in  

consultation with staff and par-  

ents, and then re-submit these.  

•Representatives of each of the  

parent, principal and union  

groups will be invited to partic-  

ipate in state level Monitoring  

Committee that will meet reg-  

ularly to oversee implementa-  

tion.  

•A Coordinator-General will  

oversee the implementation of  

the economic stimulus package  

across all government depart-  

ments. (The former Olympic Au-  

thority Deputy Director-Gener-  

al, Bob Leece, has subsequently  

been appointed to this role.) The  

Department will have its own Co-  

ordinator-General to deliver the  

investment in schools.  

•The State Government will  

enact new legislation to ensure  

that local Councils do not unduly  

delay school building projects.  

(This was subsequently an-  

nounced by the Premier on Feb-  

ruary 18.)  

•Schools will be allowed contin-  

gency plans for when higher pri-  

orities cannot be met because  

of the unavailability of skilled  

tradespeople and contractors.  

Schools will be able to switch to  

other priorities on their list.  

•The Federal Government has  

stipulated that this funding will  

not he available for air-condition-  

ing or heating. It appears that the  

installation of new floor cover-  

ings will be allowed.  

•The 200 schools with demount-  

able libraries will be the first pri-  

orities for new buildings.  

-Standard designs will be used  

>>  

Rudd commended  

Kevin Rudd with Minto Public School students Teryce Paratainga and Shivonne Boniface on February 17. Mr Rudd was at the  

school to talk about library upgrades and new school halls as part of the economic stimulus package. The school has library in  

demountable and no school hall. Luke Fuda/Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser  

Federation has welcomed the Fed-  

eral Government’s $1 billion invest-  

ment in the nation’s public schools.  

Federation Council on February 14  

commended the Rudd Labor Govern-  

ment and congratulated teachers,  

principals and parents "for the years of  

campaigning and lobbying to achieve  

this outcome".  

fax to Federation Representatives  

in schools on February 20 urged mem-  

bers to express their appreciation to  

federal Members of Parliament  

Public school communities have  

lobbied for decades for increased  

investment in capital works, facilities  

and maintenance.  

While secondary school com-  

munities will not receive funding to  

the same levels as primary schools,  

andTAFE colleges are denied much  

needed additional investment, the  

infrastructure funding package  

amounts to the largest single such  

investment in public schools in more  

than 30years.  

Federation will continue to work  

with the principal and parent groups  

comprising the Public Education Alli-  

ance to ensure that the federal schools  

recurrent funding model is changed  

to one that more fairly addresses the  

needs of public school students.  

Salaries and staffing settlement  

finalised  

Dennis Long  

Editor  

New school and TAFE awards  

were 'made' in the Industrial Re-  

lations Commission before com-  

mission vice president Michael  

Walton on February 19. The new  

awards are based on the salaries,  

staffing and standards settle-  

ment endorsed by members on  

February 6.  

Members attending the Feder-  

ation broadcast meetings voted  

overwhelmingly for the Ex-  

ecutive recommendation. The  

vote was 16,124 in favour and 399  

against with 105 abstaining. Meet-  

ings were held at 251 venues.  

Federation was pleased with the  

attendance figures. The union au-  

thorised minimal supervision in  

all schools and many schools were  

granted exemption from the action  

due to swimming carnivals.  

Federation Council formally  

endorsed the settlement on Feb-  

ruary 14.  

Council congratulated all  

members who participated in  

the campaign and their prepar-  

edness to take further industri-  

al action if negotiations were  

not successful.  

As consequence of the cam-  

paign Federation has achieved:  

•real salary increases for all  

school teachers and permanent  

and temporary TAFE teachers  

•salary increases for part time  

casual teachers in TAFE  

•a new staffing agreement in  

schools  

•three year agreements on sala-  

ries and staffing.  

Council also endorsed action  

taken to flow on the increases in  

salaries and allowances to mem-  

bers in all workplaces.  

Good start  

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