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. 10 (4 Sep 2000)
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EDUCATION JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION 1
Collegiate negotiations but no moratorium 1
Staffing certainty sought 1
Meeting condemns Callaghan plan 1
Funding bias speeds drift to private schools 1 , 2
PAGE 3: Co-operation the answer 1
NEWS DET’s tardiness over child protection causes alarm 2
Call for increased primary RFF 2
Windfall opposed 2
Officers 2
Executive 2
DET admits guilt in OH&S case 3
In BRIEF 3
Advertising 3
Co-operation not collegiates the answer 3
Seaforth rally hears new plan 4
TAFE casuals child protection win 4
Advertising 4
Scully acts on road safety around schools 4
What happened to the super offer? 4
Advertising 4
Keeping us safe and healthy Committee gets things moving 5
Don’t sell yourself short on transfer codes 5
Q&A 5
Advertising 5
Homework issue remains contentious 6
Private school, Public purse 6
Advertising 6 , 7
The President Writes Teachers must campaign on shortages now 8
LETTERS to the Editor 8
Where’s the uproar now? 8
What about the boys? 8
Just a slip-up 9
Concentrate on industrial agenda 9
Seek defeat of security Bill 9
Advertising 9
ADMINISTATION Biennial Council elections 10
Eric Pearson Study Grant details available 10
FINANCE Check your super 10
Happily onto second loan 10
RETIRED Retired Teachers Association 11
Advertising 11
Advertising 12
VIEWS The light at the end of the darkest tunnel 13
REVIEWS Cheap WINE Toasting the dearly departed 13
Website Celebrating the wonderful world of teaching 13
Early spring 13
Advertising 14
Up, Up and Away All you could ever want 15
Computer Corner Learn to type underwater 15
Advertising 15
Something other than sport 16
Treatre One wedding and a funeral 16
It’s the hours and the holidays Mr Yen's World 17
Las VCGAS of the Bidgee Is that a suburb of Sydney? 17
Advertising 17 , 18 , 19
DT SMITH 19
SHOE 19
THOSE WHO CAN'T 19
INSIDE 20
Coasting the coast for kids 20
Teachers’ Day recognises efforts with different cultures 20

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EDUCATION  

JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION  

Agreement No. PP255003 00104  

Voi. 81 No.lo September 4, 2000  

Collegiate negotiations but no moratorium  

by Jennifer Leete  

Negotiations are under way  

with the Department of  

Education and Training and the  

Ministry around state-wide  

policy framework for the provi-  

sion of secondary education but  

the Minister has not agreed to  

moratorium on the announce-  

ment and implementation of  

collegiates.  

Federation has had number  

of meetings with the  

Department of Education and  

Training and the Ministry on  

the matter of the Collegiate  

Education Plan, including one  

meeting with the Minister.  

Federation’s Senior Officers  

have argued for moratorium  

on the announcement of any  

further collegiates to provide  

for:  

• an education summit regard-  

ing the provision of secondary  

education in the public system  

•an independent review of  

operating collegiates  

• negotiations with the  

Federation around state-  

wide policy framework to  

address issues of staffing, cur-  

riculum and working condi-  

tions.  

Education Minister John  

Aquilina has not dismissed the  

possibility discussions would  

involve some kind of review  

or evaluation of existing colle-  

giates along with access to  

appropriate research evidence.  

He has said he would proba-  

bly be announcing only one  

more collegiate during 2000 (it  

is likely to be on the Central  

Coast) and argues this provides  

the opportunity for negotiations  

to occur during term 4, 2000.  

In terms of the state-wide  

campaign, Federation has asked  

members in all secondary  

schools to meet and express  

their support for moratorium.  

Federation Organisers are avail-  

able to assist as needed.  

Decisions from such meetings  

should be communicated  

directly to the Minister and  

local Member of Parliament.  

Educational change cannot pro-  

ceed on the basis of “roll of  

dice”. Public education students  

deserve better.  

Jennifer Leete  

is the acting  

President.  

Staffing certainty  

sought  

In discussions with the  

Department of Education and  

Training and the Ministry,  

Federation is seeking to resolve  

centrally some urgent staffing  

and resourcing issues for  

number of collegiates which are  

planned to be implemented  

soon including: Dubbo,  

Northern Beaches, Oatley, and  

Callaghan in Newcastle.  

Teachers affected by these  

announcements have had to live  

with uncertainty about future  

staffing arrangements and  

future working conditions.  

Federation is not prepared to  

have such matters negotiated at  

devolved local level where  

state-wide entitlements and  

guarantees can potentially be  

undermined.  

Teachers in Dubbo in partic-  

ular have faced this uncertainty  

for long time. The collegiate  

in Dubbo was announced in  

1998 but because of delays in  

having the senior site capital  

works completed, it will not be  

underway until 2002.  

Federation expects to have  

the urgent staffing matters  

resolved in the next few weeks.  

Meeting condemns  

Callaghan plan  

Teacher John Leahy and parent Annette Parkes discuss their concerns about the  

Callaghan Collegiate plan.  

by Kerri Carr  

public meeting of concerned  

teachers, students and parents has  

condemned the Department of  

Education and Training’s handling  

of the announcement of the  

Callaghan Collegiate in Newcastle.  

Under the plan, Wallsend and  

Waratah Technology high schools  

would cater for years to 10 and  

Jesmond University High School  

would teach only years 11 and 12.  

There was some support for the  

proposal at the meeting, but the  

majority had reservations and there  

were complaints about the nature of  

consultation leading up to the  

announcement of the collegiate.  

Waratah High School teacher  

John Leahy told Education the prob-  

lem was not necessarily that the idea  

of collegiate was bad, but that  

there were still issues to be  

addressed.  

He is concerned some teachers  

will not be given the option to teach  

at the year 11—12 campus.  

“When trained, trained to  

teach years to 12, not just to 10.”  

Mr Leahy said class sizes was an  

issue.  

“At the moment teach small  

chemistry class and can monitor  

what they’re doing.  

“A collegiate structure is likely to  

result in larger class sizes.”  

Consequent to class sizes, Mr  

Leahy is concerned about the impact  

on teacher numbers.  

Ms Leahy said it was unknown  

whether the new arrangements  

would improve student outcomes, as  

was the impact of the lack of year 11  

and 12 students who normally act as  

role models for younger students.  

Annette Parkes has son in year  

at Jesmond High School and is  

against the proposal.  

“He wants to stay there but all the  

principals [of the three high schools]  

want them all to move out,” she told  

Education.  

“I’ve only just bought the uni-  

forms that should have lasted him  

another three years.”  

Ms Parkes said one of the reasons  

she sent her son to Jesmond was the  

smaller class sizes. She is concerned  

the collegiate plan will mean he’ll  

end up in larger classes.  

The public meeting passed sev-  

eral motions.  

“Clearly DET officers have been  

pursuing political agenda,” one  

motion declared. “There has been  

barely pretence at consultation  

with teachers or parents in the  

school communities affected. The  

DET has treated parents and teach-  

ers with contempt and has failed to  

consult and inform the community  

of the educational rationale for the  

proposal.”  

The meeting expressed dissatis-  

faction with the inappropriate time-  

frame and lack of funding guarantee  

provided to establish the proposed  

collegiate.  

There were calls for DET to  

immediately provide the research  

base and rationale for all collegiates  

so the school communities could  

consider them for consultation and  

response.  

The Minister and/or DET was  

called upon to immediately release  

detailed budget for the Callaghan  

Collegiate for the first five years.  

Funding bias speeds drift to private schools  

by Sally Edsall  

The drift to private schools,  

assisted by Federal funding bias,  

will result in large numbers of  

forced transfers from government  

schools in areas where there are  

numerous private schools.  

Federation has received reports  

most government high schools in  

the Blue Mountains face large  

numbers of forced transfers and  

government schools in the Penrith  

area are similarly suffering.  

Of equal concern is the new  

trend in primary schools with the  

message getting out that to get  

into certain private high schools  

you must have already been  

enrolled in certain private primary  

schools. It is starting to have an  

effect with students suddenly  

leaving the primary schools  

resulting in loss of staff.  

This movement will be exacer-  

bated next year as the new  

Howard Government funding sys-  

tem for private schools com-  

mences. The NSW Government  

has made submission to Senate  

inquiry, pointing out the richest of  

the private schools will be the  

benefactors of huge increases in  

funding.  

This funding change far out-  

strips the impact of the Enrolment  

Benchmark Adjustment.  

In the last Budget the Federal  

Government announced it would  

change the way the amounts allo-  

cated to private schools are deter-  

mined. No longer would  

school’s assets and other wealth  

be taken into account. At present  

the so-called “less needy” schools  

are not funded as much as the  

“more needy” because they have  

greater resources of their own,  

including property, investments,  

fees income and so on. That has  

formed the basis of so-called  

“needs-based funding”.  

That is to be replaced with  

continued page  

PAGE 3: Co-operation the  

answer  

DET pleads  

guilty in  

OH&S case  

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N.S.W. Teachers' Federation & New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation. (1919). Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation Retrieved August 19, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-680907004

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N.S.W. Teachers' Federation and New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation. Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation Sydney: The Federation, 1919. Web. 19 August 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-680907004>

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