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. 07 (2 Aug 2010)
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Contents

No title 1
EDUCATION Journal of the New South Wales Teachers Federation Sorting out the parties in the Federal Election An assessment of the education policies of Labor, the Coalition and Greens. 1 , 4
BIENNIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 1
League tables: Conference puts government on notice 1 , 7
NAPLAN scores aren’t much help measuring achievement 1
EDUCATION 2
Executive 2
Officers 2
Contents 2
Advertising 2
Remove unflued gas heaters quickly 3
ATO warning for teachers Tax compliance program to focus on 'excessive' deduction claims. 3
Members are reading the journal 3
Our Fed Reps 3
Superannuation and the Federal Election 4
Q&A Transfer points 4
All parties must support investment in TAFE 4
Election candidate faces teachers 4
State Election priorities decided Release time and smaller classes the subject of lobbying campaigns in the lead-up to the March poll. 5
Forum denounces diversion of funds to private providers TAFE institutes overlooked in market-based approach to education. 5
National curriculum process flawed Draft documents for K-10 and 11-12 reflect undue haste and lack of consultation. 6
Making the most of the schools funding review 6
School funding review is crucial Rare opportunity to effect lasting change must be grasped. 6
Damned statistics NAPLAN test scores aren't much help with measuring student, school or teacher achievement, a recent symposium heard. 7
The marketisation of education in the UK Publicly funded academies cherry-pick students by class and ability. 7
UNICEF Day for Change 8
'Knock: them out for England’ Kevin Courtney from Britain's National Union of Teachers implored Australian teachers to cripple the league tables agenda before it was too late. 8 , 9
Academies: the worst-case scenario 8
How to run a successful boycott 9
Scholarships awarded 9
Welcome to country 10
Global education at a crossroads The economic crisis has intensified the need for systemic change for the benefit of the world's children. 10 , 11
Australia is a human rights laggard The Northern Territory intervention has exposed the lack of legal protections for Aboriginal people, says Larissa Behrendt. 11 , 12
Sweet sixteen 11
Advertising 11
Retreat by the sea needs your change Stewart House needs regular financial help from you. 12
Case studies 12
Teachers embrace socially responsible investment 13
Briefs 13
Advertising 13
Scope of equal pay audit too limited Opportunity to better address gender gap must be grasped. 14
Online survey of physical working conditions Results will be used to spearhead campaign for improvements. 14
Credit Union offers more choice New fee-free account to be available by December. 14
School Certificate review update 15
Let Federation Law work for you 15
Advertising 15
Senate releases interim P21 report Primary schools construction program bogged down by waste and mismanagement. 16
Condobolin schools recognised as hard to staff Local activism to keep qualified teachers finally pays off. 16
National Women's Library lunch 17
Briefs 17
Advertising 17
Shooters' bill puts marine parks at risk 18
What you read 18
DET plays zero-sum game with incentive schools 18
Advertising 19
Education policies cause concern Government tardy in addressing private-public disparity, while Abbott commits to seriously flawed funding formula. 20
letters PRINCIPALS' RELEASE AN RCENT ISSUE 20
THE PERILS OF MASS TESTING 21
FREE TRADE WARNING 21
STUDENTS TACKLE POVERTY 21
EMISSIONS: NOT ACTING WOULD COST MORI 21 , 22
Advertising 21
CULT OF PERSONALITY? 22
Low TACTICS 22
SMS WAS JUSTIFIABLE 22
ARTS TEACHERS ISSUE CALL TO ARMS 22
CARBON COPY 22
CURRICULA HASTY AND ILL-CONCEIVED 22
features 23
When waste turns great Playground food scraps help the garden grow. 23
Inside 23
Paper Plane 24
Tertiary colleagues fight for rights National union is seeking to clawback losses suffered during WorkChoices era 24
Retired Teachers Association 25 , 26
Social news 25
In the library 25
Class of’58... you are requested to commence duty. 26
Payment of excess teaching hours 26
Group set up for TAFE TES teachers 26
your say 27
The battle for Barangaroo Community groups are leading opposition to save this historic Sydney site from flagrant overdevelopment. 27
Advertising 27 , 28
reviews 29
Film 29 , 30
Inside 29
Computer corner 30
Advertising 30
Theatre 31
Books Posperity without Growth Economics for a finite planet 31
Books Radical Sydney 32
No title 32
Corkscrew 33
Books I Just Want to Be Me!: Building resilience in young people 33
Advertising 34
administration 35
Eric Pearson Study Grant 2011 The closing date for applications is Tuesday, October 12. 35
Inside 35
Advertising 35 , 36
Biennial Council Elections 37
New dates for Beginning Teachers courses 37
Federation Library 37
Advertising 38 , 39
DT SMITH 39
Snapped in and out of class 40

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Agreement No. PP255003 00104  

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Superannuation 4,13  

National curriculum  

Eric Person Study Grant 35  

August 2, 2010 Vo 91 No  

EDUCATION  

Journal of the New South Wales Teachers Federation  

Sorting out the parties in  

the Federal Election  

An assessment of the education policies of Labor, the Coalition  

and Greens.  

Gary Zadkovich  

Deputy President  

Federation has analysed the major  

political parties' education policies  

available to date for the August 21  

Federal Election. Of course, more  

policies may be announced as the  

election campaign proceeds.  

While Labor and the Coalition con-  

tinue to converge at the market-based,  

choice and competition end of the ed-  

ucation policy spectrum, the Greens  

again stand out for their advocacy for  

well-funded public education system as  

the foundation of Australian society.  

The review of funding  

for schooling  

The Greens and Labor deserve  

credit for supporting the schools  

funding review being conducted  

through 2010 into next year. The  

Greens go further than Labor by ad-  

vocating that public schools deserve  

greater government investment in  

new recurrent funding model.  

The Coalition supports the continu-  

ation of the discredited and corrupted  

Howard government funding model.  

Education spokesperson Christopher  

Pyne revealed the Coalition’s position  

in speech to the Christian Schools  

National Policy Forum (May 25,2010).  

He said:".. .the next Coalition govern-  

ment will take up the reins where the  

Howard government left 0ff...”  

BER, DER, national  

partnerships and Trade  

Training Centres  

Federal Labor deserves credit for  

its unprecedented investment in  

schools. Even though the econom-  

ic stimulus package was prompted  

by the global financial crisis, public  

school teachers generally appreci-  

ate that our schools have benefitted  

from Labor’s investment in capital  

works, maintenance, technology  

and teaching/learning programs.  

While the controversial NSW  

Director-General, Michael Coutts-  

Trotter, has deservedly been criti-  

cised for his flawed implementa-  

tion plan that eroded the Building  

the Education Revolution (BER)  

program’s value for money and  

gave rise to allegations of waste  

and mismanagement, Labor’s in-  

vestment has helped significantly  

in addressing the needs of long-ne-  

glected public schools.  

The Greens are supportive of  

continuing with Labor's invest-  

ments in these areas.  

The Coalition has pledged to cut  

$3.1 billion from these programs,  

including $968 million from Trade  

Training Centres and $425 million  

from the National Partnership on  

Teacher Quality. This is an appall-  

ing display of callous disregard for  

the value of education to Australia's  

economy and society. iC  

School league tables  

Despite the hitter dispute over the  

2010 NAPLAN tests, it is acknowl-  

edged that Labor agreed to work-  

ing party to develop ways to enact  

its commitment of "opposition to  

the misuse of student performance  

data including simplistic league  

tables". Federation expects Labor  

to honour this commitment, by en-  

suring that students and their com-  

munities are protected from being  

ranked as failures and losers in  

school league tables later this year.  

The Greens have consistently  

opposed the publication of school  

league tables and continue to sup-  

port the campaign to stop students  

and schools being treated this way.  

While the NSW Coalition opposes  

league tables, their federal counter-  

parts have not acted to prevent their  

compilation and publication.  

TAFE  

Both Labor and the Coalition con-  

tinue to undermine Australia's  

TAFE system through competitive  

tendering, privatisation, casualisa-  

tion, imposition of student fees and  

attacks on teaching and learning  

conditions. The Greens have made  

strong stand against these attacks  

and support major increase in  

•■.governmenLJnvestment in TAFE  

»  

BIENNIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS  

SEE PAGE 37  

Nominations are now sought  

from interested members in re-  

spect of the Council of the New  

South Wales Teachers Federation.  

Nomination forms can be ob-  

tained from the NSW Teachers Fed-  

eration or the Returning Officer.  

Nominations will need to be  

signed by two financial mem-  

bers of the relevant Association,  

or Associations in the case of  

grouped-association ballot.  

Voting  

Should more than the required  

number of nominations be received  

in respect of any of the Association’s  

entitlement, ballot will occur. The  

method of voting to be observed is  

exhaustive preferential.  

Important dates  

The Returning Officer, Neale  

Dawson, solicitor, who was ap-  

pointed by the Industrial Regis-  

trar to conduct the ballot, has ap-  

proved the following dates for the  

conduct of the ballot.  

Close nominations: noon,  

Wednesday, September 1.  

Ballot: if necessary, draw will  

be conducted at 10am on Friday,  

September 3.  

Voting material posted to eli-  

gible members: Wednesday, Sep-  

tember 15.  

Ballot will close at noon,  

Wednesday, October 13 and be  

counted on the same day.  

League tables:  

Conference puts  

government on notice  

Bob Lipscombe  

President  

The recent elevation of Julia Gil-  

lard to the prime ministership, the  

appointment of Simon Crean as  

her replacement as Minister and  

the calling of the Federal Election  

have added new elements to the  

campaign to stop the publication of  

school league tables. And as if the  

Labor Government's position hasn’t  

been bad enough, we now have the  

Federal Liberal/National Coalition  

calling for NAPLAN tests in each of  

years to 10.  

In advance of this these develop-  

ments, the Federation's 600-strong  

Annual Conference put the Feder-  

al Government on notice on league  

tables. It resolved overwhelmingly  

that the campaign to protect NSW  

school students and their commu-  

nities from the harm caused by the  

publication of school league would  

be resumed with the full resources  

of Federation and its membership  

if the Federal Government failed to  

honour the commitments it made  

to settle the 2010 NAPLAN dispute.  

The Annual Conference decision  

was made prior to the calling of the  

Federal Election but no one in the  

Federal Liberal/National Coalition  

should be under any illusion that  

the campaign would not resume if  

the Coalition failed to address the  

concerns of the profession on this  

most important issue. To this end,  

the Conference resolved that if the  

Federal Election was called before  

resolution had been achieved, Fed-  

eration would campaign strongly to  

obtain commitment from all par-  

ties to ensure that the publication of  

league tables would be stopped.  

As part of the Federal election  

campaign, all members are urged  

to take all opportunities to raise  

the matter with their local Member  

of Parliament and any candidates  

contesting their electorate. Mate-  

rial to assist with this, including  

email messages and other useful  

material, can be found on Federa-  

tion’s website www.nswtf.org.au ).  

Interestingly, even though the  

Federal Election has been called,  

the Senate inquiry into the admin-  

istration and reporting of NAPLAN  

testing established in May, follow-  

ing the lifting of the NAPLAN mor-  

atorium, will continue to operate  

until the day before the first sitting  

day of the new Parliament. In ad-  

dition, the working party com-  

prised of Australian Education  

Union (AEU), principal and parent  

representation that was established  

as part of the settlement to the  

NAPLAN dispute is expected to  

bring down its recommendations  

shortly after the election.  

national symposium in  

Sydney on July 23 added weight  

to the campaign. Arising from the  

symposium, Associate Professor  

Margaret Wu from the University  

of Melbourne has accepted an invi-  

tation to address Federation's Prin-  

cipals’ Conference on July 16. Her  

excellent presentation addressed  

the appropriate and inappropriate  

uses of NAPLAN data, including  

issues to do with the usefulness of  

'value-added' data.  

To further facilitate the continu-  

ing public debate on league tables  

and the Federal Government’s  

»  

NAPLAN scores  

aren’t much  

help measuring  

achievement  

Margaret Wu: “NAPLAN results  

should never be published.” See story  

"Damned statistics” page 7.  

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