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

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Nef 331.8809944 EDU
Created/Published
Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
Issue
Vol. 91 No. 02 (8 Mar 2010)
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Contents

EDUCATION Journal ofthe New South Wales Teachers Federation 1
More league tables signal a new low Unions nationwide committed to non-cooperation with NAPLAN if government refuses to act. 1
Gillard condemned 1
Angry TAFE teachers stand up for their rights Town Hall strike meeting calls on State Government to negotiate for an overdue fair settlement. 1 , 5
Premier agrees to 1
EDUCATION 2
Executive 2
Officers 2
Contents 2
Advertising 2
Public education forum in Canberra 3
For the record 3
Primary Activists Conference Funding available to attend gathering that will develop strategies for campaign on staffing, conditions and release time. 3
Our Fed Reps 3
Advertising 3
Test fraud rings warning bells Evidence of schools tampering with test papers alarms the Greens. 4
Second wave of naming and blaming Local newspapers deepen the divide in rural, regional and suburban areas with irresponsible reporting on My School data. 4
Resources needed for national curriculum Teachers are disappointed that the national curriculum has been developed without real consultation with the teaching profession. 5
BER – revolution or rip-off? 5
Advice sought on national curriculum Members to help inform Federation's submission to ACARA consultation process. 6
NSW Coalition pledges 900 extra teachers 6
Revised assessment and review schedules DET adds competency standards for teachers and leadership competencies for executive teachers. 6 , 8
Pilot for increased school-based conflict Department adopts break or break-through approach that pits teachers against principals. 7
Devolution pilot: the truth revealed DET document shows reducing investment in public education is its real agenda. 7 , 8
Federation represented at Fair Day 8
Dissenting voices help union movement evolve Workers Out! Mardi Gras float a testament to hard-won change and acceptance. 8
Communities campaign for special needs Two Sydney forums address inadequate funding and resources to coincide with new Parliamentary inquiry. 9
Special education trial to be finalised soon 9
Advertising 9
Well oiled for the new year 10
In brief 10
Board of Studies rebuked over release of HSC marks Ombudsman criticises refusal to reveal cut-off marks and a lack of transparency. 10
Advertising 10
New website for Federation Representatives Online or paper registration mandatory for access after planned March 13 launch. 11
Jeans for Genes Day 11
Advertising 11
In brief 12
ANZELA Conference 2010 Scholarships available to teachers of legal studies from rural areas. 12
Q&A: service transfers 12
Rally for same-sex marriage rights Australia is lagging behind many other Western countries in terms of much-needed law reform. 13
Advertising 13
Growing Up Fast and Furious Media violence conference to address impact on children's health and wellbeing. 14
Tenants satisfied with THA service in western NSW But greater demand for stock and location issues emerge from visit to several communities. 14
Iranian Kurdish teacher on brink of execution 14
Lantern for HIV/AIDS 15
Advertising 15
Curriculum approach is classic Gillard Lack of consultation and inadequate time to prepare for changes symptomatic of education minister out of touch with how schools operate. 16
letters WASTE TREATMENT 16
BUNDED TO GENITAL MUTILATION 17
IN SUPPORT OF A FELLOW DEMOCRACY 17
GILLARD'S POSTURING IS JUVENILE CARBON COPY 17
Advertising 17 , 18
features 19
Why take the teacher out of the librarian? With the burden on classroom teachers growing ever more onerous, the axing of the teacherlibrarian at Loftus PS is wrong-headed and regressive. 19
Inside 19
Paper Plane 20
Retired Teachers Association 20 , 21
Social news 20
TAFE campaigning and qualifications AEU's annual council meeting dares to hope that “education” maybe back in vogue. 21
In the library 21
Advertising 22
your say 23
League tables hurt the environment Promoting cult of competition thwarts children from developing a critical approach to corporate greed. 23
Witness Venezuelan democracy in action 23
Advertising 24
reviews 25
Film 25 , 26
Inside 25
Computer Corner 26
Advertising 26
Theatre 27
Federation Library 27
Corkscrew 28
Advertising 28
administration 29
Elections to be conducted at Mat eh Council 29
2011 Tree Levy 29
Advertising 30 , 31
DT SMITH 31
Snapped in and out of class 32

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EDUCATION  

Journal ofthe New South Wales Teachers Federation  

Hie Aussie tradition of burnt  

chops and beer 10  

Plus  

BE roll-out  

National curriculum 5,6  

Fed Reps website 11  

March 8, 2010 Vol 91 No  

More league tables  

signal new low  

Unions nationwide committed to non-cooperation with NAPLAN if  

government refuses to act.  

Bob Lipscombe  

President  

With private entrepreneur pub-  

lishing 854 pages of league tables  

online, teachers interstate are  

preparing to implement the Aus-  

tralian Education Union (AEU)  

Conference decision of non-coop-  

eration with the 2010 NAPLAN.  

Representatives of all branches and  

affiliates who met in Melbourne  

on March all made it clear they  

would implement the decision if  

the Federal Government failed to  

take action to prevent the future  

publication of school league tables.  

While the AEU Conference deci-  

sion gives the Federal Government  

until the national union's federal ex-  

ecutive meeting on April 12 to intro-  

duce measures to prevent the pub-  

lication of league tables, the signs so  

far from the Government are not en-  

couraging. Far from talking about  

such measures, Deputy Prime Min-  

ister Julia Gillard appears more con-  

cerned with attacking teachers and  

expanding the significantiy flawed  

My School website to include such  

things as measures of bullying in  

each school, together with measures  

ofparent-teacherinteraction. Unfor-  

tunately, one useful measure, that  

of total school resources original-  

ly promised to be on the site when  

launched continues tobe missing.  

The recent publication of the  

854-page Australian School Ranking  

has only added to the concern of  

teachers, principals and many par-  

ents. Launched online for down-  

load at cost of $97, this publication  

ranks every school in Australia on  

numerical list, and then provides  

lists of the "Bottom 100 Suburbs for  

Primary Education", the "Bottom  

100 Suburbs for Secondary Educa-  

tion" and over 90 other ranked lists.  

In move that reflects the hypocri-  

sy of the Government when it comes  

to die publication of league tables, it  

appears that action is being threat-  

ened against the publication because  

it is being published for profit Fur-  

ther, the chief executive of the Aus-  

tralian Curriculum, Assessment and  

Reporting Authority, Peter Hill, was  

reported to have expressed concerns  

that the publication promoted “mis-  

leading conclusions". With no similar  

action against newspapers, it appears  

that die Government must view these  

as charitable undertakings whose  

league tables don't promote mislead-  

ing conclusions.  

Increasingly Federation is re-  

ceiving reports that can only  

cause concern. Some real estate  

agents are now using the league  

tables to promote particular areas  

and schools, while many schools  

are now reporting that parents  

are using both league tables and  

misleading data on the My School  

website as basis for changing  

their child's school.  

In all the publicity since the  

launch of the My School web-  

site and the subsequent publica-  

tion of league tables, Federation  

has made it clear that teachers  

are not opposed to the provision  

of reliable, accurate and useful  

information to parents and the  

community. This includes infor-  

mation being made available on  

the web. It has also been made  

clear that teachers are not oppos-  

ing NAPLAN and recognise that  

many see it as useful diagnostic  

tool. However, if government in-  

action makes it necessary, teach-  

ers will not cooperate with the  

2010 NAPLAN. With government  

plans to make the 2010 NAPLAN  

results available later this year,  

without teacher action further  

damaging league tables could  

appear as soon as this September.  

Members should note that action  

on NAPLAN will be determined at  

the AEU executive meeting on April  

12. Until that date, the normal prep-  

arations for NAPLAN should pro-  

ceed. More detailed advice is being  

distributed to all schools.  

PAGE 4: Shame and fraud  

Gillard condemned  

Henry Rajendra  

City Organiser  

Outraged at the Federal Education Ministers irresponsible move to release  

NAPLAN test results without the necessary legislative protections, St Mar-  

ys-Mt Druitt teachers demonstrated outside Mt Druitt TAFE during her visit  

to the college. Julia Gillard, unwillingto meet the rallying teachers, snuck into  

side entrance, avoiding loud objections to her policy of naming and sham-  

ing school communities. Aleah McNamee,Tregear PS Federation Repre-  

sentative, pointed out: "How is it possible to have an education minister that  

is supposedly opposed to league tables but provides the data and means for  

the construction and publication of them. Go figure.”  

Angry TAFE teachers  

stand up for their rights  

Town Hall strike meeting calls on State Government  

to negotiate for an overdue fair settlement.  

Justin Ballis  

The strength of Federation's po-  

sition in the ongoing TAFE dis-  

pute was dramatically reinforced  

when members sent message of  

defiance to the State Government  

in their strike action at Sydney's  

Town Hall on February 11.  

It was, as TAFE Teachers Asso-  

ciation President Rob Long point-  

ed out, history-making occasion  

at an historic venue. Over 3000  

teachers at the meeting, backed by  

others at regional centres, unani-  

mously declared their willingness  

to continue the campaign against  

the Work Choices-style changes to  

their working conditions.  

With representatives of many  

other unions on hand to lend soli-  

darity, teachers vented their fury  

at the Department of Education's  

(DET's) and the State Govern-  

ment's attempt among other  

unfair measures to impose  

20 per cent increase in workload  

to fund an average 1.5 per cent  

salary increase above the 2.5 per  

cent funded by Treasury.  

The mood was already mu-  

tinous when President Bob  

Lipscombe and the Secretary of  

Unions NSW, Mark Lennon, ad-  

dressed teachers, but members  

were brought to their feet when  

Federation Vice President Geoff  

Turnbull denounced the Labor  

Government for betraying its  

trade union heritage and DET for  

entering negotiations under false  

pretences.  

"The responsibility for today's  

strike rests squarely with the  

State Government, the Education  

Minister and the Director-Gener-  

al of Education, all of whom have  

failed throughout this dispute to  

negotiate in good faith," said Mr  

Turnbull, head teacher at Rand-  

wick TAFE.  

"By contrast the NSW Teach-  

ers Federation has negotiated  

in good faith for many months  

in an attempt to resolve this dis-  

pute. Indeed, in January last year  

Federation identified savings  

that more than met the salary in-  

crease that we received above 2.5  

per cent.  

"However, from the outset of  

the negotiations it was obvious  

that the Department was after  

our conditions, and that they  

would pursue them in the Indus-  

»  

Premier agrees to  

Bob Lipscombe  

President  

Following the very well supported  

industrial action by TAFE teach-  

ers reported here, Premier Kristina  

Keneally agreed to meet with the  

Federation President, Senior Vice  

President and General Secretary.  

At the time of publication, discus-  

sions were continuing with the  

NSW Government in an attempt  

to resolve the TAFE dispute.  

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