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. 81 No. 09 (21 Aug 2000)
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Contents

EDUCATION JOURMAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION 1
Profession demands collegiate moratorium 1 , 3
Coming ready or not 1
Aquilina to review dubious private schools 1
NEWS Starting with assessment? Start with the necessary resources 2
Best practice 2
Public education moves up ALP agenda 2
Tears still fall over Mt Druitt case 2
Officers 2
Executive 2
COLLEGIATES Research challenges the collegiate model 3
How does your collegiate rate? 3
New assessment and reporting add to primary workloads 4
DET bypasses union on chemical safety 4
Advertising 4
Walk against weapons 4
Mobiles to provide in-built relief 4
Advice on annual reports to be issued 5
Advertising 5
Is your school library understaffed? 5
Are your support classes discriminated against? 5
Advertising 5
Conference to talk about jobs for the girls 6
Staysafe to receive submission on 40km/h zones 6
Teacher education report imminent 6
Advertising 6
Farmers defend small schools 6
Joy workers on strike again 6
Changes to Sex Discrimination Act rejected 7
Community service legacy 7
Advertising 7
Parvovirus B19 an OH&S issue in schools 8
Rural teachers talk incentives 8
Falling funds, more students in VET 8
Advertising 9
The President Writes Where’s the respect? 10
LETTERS to the Editor 10
Trees for Billabong Creek 10
Question for Education First 10
Unforgettable 10
Get on Kemp’s back 11
Textbook scandal 11
Doesn’t add up 11 , 12
Advertising 11
ADMINISTRATION 2001 Tree Levy submissions sought 12
Advertising 12
VIEWS Age eligibility for bonus branded discrimination 12
Sea of Hands 12
RETIRED Retired Teachers Assocoation Second Friday of each month, 1.30 pm. Teachers House, Mary Street, Surry Hills Sydney. 13
Advertising 13
FINANCE Super fund supports equal rights 13
Aussie’s loss is Jill’s gain 13
Peace and relaxation for the adventurous 14
Advertising 14 , 15 , 16
Beware the union elimination agenda 17
Keeping us safe and healthy Growing school has growing pains 17
Advertising 17
More arms makes us poorer-not safer! 18
Advertising 18
Testing times are upon us 19
Tribute to dedicated unionist 19
Final goodbye to public education advocate 19
Our Fed Reps 20
Suffer the Iraqi children 20
Parliamentary Inquiry into WTO 20
In BRIEF 20
Advertising 20
Why business can be bad for education 21
Advertising 21
GST war against economic democracy 22
cheap WINE Cowra gold 22
Theatre Ruby waxes lyrical 23
Up, Up and Away Long day’s journey into night 23
Advertising 23
Bloody films! 24
Computer Corner Realise your dreams at a cost 24
Mr Yen's World Corruptus Vision CrockTel TV guide 25
On the long road of time LAS VGGAS pf the Bidgee 25
Advertising 25 , 26 , 27
DT SMITH 27
SHOE 27
THOSE WHO CAN’T 27
INSIDE 28
Lending a hand with silkworms 28
Women’s campaign to ‘march’ around the world 28

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EDUCATION  

JOURMAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION  

.........  

Va 1. 80 0.9 August 21, 2000  

Profession demands collegiate moratorium  

by Maree O’Halloran  

Teacher unionists demand mora-  

torium on the announcement and  

implementation of new colle-  

giates and rigorous evaluation of  

current collegiate groupings.  

The Government’s Collegiate  

Education Plan is being imple-  

mented with increasing haste and  

with only facade of consultation.  

It would appear that the State  

Labor Government continues to  

enjoy the lack of public scrutiny  

of the major educational change  

being forced by collegiates.  

While Department officials  

continue to argue that collegiate  

groupings are established as  

result of local community needs,  

it is apparent that the groupings  

are viewed by Government as  

specific strategy to prevent enrol-  

ment shifts to the private sector  

the very argument used by  

Metherell to promote specialisa-  

tion within the public system.  

The risk the very large risk  

is that collegiate groupings will  

exacerbate any enrolment shift to  

the private sector. Enrolment  

shifts encouraged by funding  

transfers to the private system and  

the proliferation of market-  

based notion of education as  

“human capital” and “commod-  

ity” will not be overcome by  

structural changes in the system.  

Collegiate groupings have  

attendant welfare, alienation and  

safety issues for students. If par-  

ents choose private schools  

because, among other things, they  

perceive their children as vulnera-  

ble and in need of special care,  

then collegiates may not necessar-  

ily be the remedy.  

Indeed, the Catholic system has  

renewed the concept of 7—12  

schools in its strategic thinking.  

The strongest arguments for  

collegiates appear to be the  

increased curriculum offerings  

available. Yet recent research in  

the United States shows that when  

students are part of smaller and  

more intimate learning communi-  

ties, they are more successful (see  

Wayne Patterson’s article on page  

3).  

Teachers embrace change that  

is in the best interests of students  

and adequately resourced. Now is  

the time to pause and reflect on  

the success or otherwise of colle-  

giates, to ensure sure foundation  

for the public education system.  

When collegiate is  

announced in an area, it is natural  

for teachers to be concerned about  

continued page  

Coming ready or not  

by Jennifer Leete  

The Department of Education and  

Training has travelling show  

which is currently bringing colle-  

giates, super-schools, multicampus  

schools, senior and junior high  

schools (call them what you will) to  

school communities across NSW,  

whether they want them or not.  

One of the most recent to be  

announced is the so-called  

“University Collegiate” in  

Newcastle. It involves changing  

three existing 7—12 high schools  

into one senior high school and two  

junior highs. Jesmond High School  

would become senior high with  

very close links to Newcastle  

University.  

As each announcement is made  

the DET seems less and less com-  

mitted to even pretending there has  

been genuine consultation with the  

school communities affected.  

It is possible that the creation of  

senior high school in the area may  

be really good idea. It could be  

really bad idea.  

The point is there has been no  

educational research base to under-  

pin any of the proposals. There has  

been no clear exploration of the edu-  

cational issues which exist, let alone  

valid conclusions about the solu-  

tions.  

Parents at Jesmond High School  

have raised protests about proposals  

to turn the school’s current year  

away to the other schools in 2001. In  

particular, they have pointed at the  

huge expense of school uniforms  

which will now have to be re-pur-  

chased. The Minister’s response, as  

reported in the Newcastle Herald on  

August 8, is real evidence of gov-  

ernment making decisions on the  

run. “Parents will be given  

voucher or cheque for about $135,  

about the cost of one set of new  

school clothing,” the newspaper  

reports.  

As well, the same parents have  

been told that if they don’t want to  

transfer their children to the junior  

campuses they have been told by  

district superintendent Laurie  

Tabart that they would not be forced  

to change campuses. However, the  

Newcastle Herald then quotes him  

as saying: “However if the student  

numbers fall the curriculum will be  

affected. We’ll try to overcome the  

negative effects, but obviously we’d  

like to see students attend the cam-  

pus where they will have access to  

the most opportunities.”  

On July 27 many local  

Federation members attended  

combined after school meeting at  

the Newcastle Workers Club. Their  

decisions included call for the  

DET to immediately commence  

negotiations with Federation to  

develop state-wide industrial  

agreement around the implementa-  

tion of the collegiate education plan,  

and call for implementation of the  

proposal to be delayed for 12  

months.  

Members in the three schools  

have banned any implementation  

pending the outcome of discussions  

with the DET.  

Jennifer Leete  

is the acting President  

Aquilina to review dubious private schools  

by Chris Goudkamp  

The Government is to conduct an  

inquiry into the standards of independ-  

ent schools an inquiry which  

Federation feels is long overdue.  

The inquiry comes as result of  

concerns being expressed about the  

current criteria used to enable private  

schools to be established and main-  

tained.  

Federation has written to  

Education Minister John Aquilina  

welcoming the decision to review the  

establishment, financial viability and  

teaching standards of independent pri-  

vate schools in NSW.  

Federation General Secretary John  

Hennessy told Mr Aquilina:  

“Federation members on the Board of  

Studies and Federation Officers have  

done much research on the deficien-  

cies of the current registration stan-  

dards in the new independent private  

schools compared to those expected of  

the public system.  

“The Federation would call for the  

inquiry to be established and complete  

its work as soon as possible.”  

Federation has sought meeting with  

Mr Aquilina to discuss the matter.  

The union believes deficiencies in  

the mechanisms and rales for estab-  

lishing new private schools have led to  

the establishment of private schools of  

dubious quality.  

In NSW the Board of Studies is  

responsible for registering new  

schools using the requirements of the  

Education Reform Act of 1990. New  

schools receive virtually mbber stamp  

approval from the Board because there  

are only very minimal requirements  

needed before schools are given regis-  

tration.  

good example of the minimal  

registration requirements for private  

schools concerns the employment of  

teaching staff. In the Education  

Reform Act of 1990 the only require-  

ment is to have teaching staff with the  

necessary experience or qualifications  

(or who are supervised by teaching  

staff with the necessary experience or  

qualifications). This means that virtu-  

ally anyone can be teacher in these  

private schools.  

To add to the problem, the Howard  

Government has abolished the New  

Schools Policy of the previous Labor  

Government so there are now no set  

regulations proposed schools have to  

meet before being granted funding  

from the Federal Government. This  

means that schools of dubious creden-  

tials, sometimes referred to as garage  

schools, receive substantial federal  

and state funding without any mean-  

ingful quality control.  

Federation believes that an inquiry  

into the educational viability of these  

schools is long overdue. There is lot  

of anecdotal evidence concerning  

these schools. Many of them have  

only very small enrolments (there are  

no minimal enrolment requirements).  

Some of them are fundamentalist  

Christian Schools or other religious  

schools whose teachings have little to  

do with the syllabus requirements  

faced by public schools.  

Although these schools are very  

generously funded by both the Federal  

and State Governments some of them  

do get themselves into financial diffi-  

culties and few have had to close.  

Chris Goudkamp  

is the acting Senior  

Vice President.  

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