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
Issue
Vol. 81 No. 14 (11 Dec 2000)
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Contents

EDUCATION JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES THACHERS FEDRATION 1
March 15 will be Public Education Day 1
State Grants Bill nears passage 1
Parliamentary games 1
Bus to shuttle students to Dili 1
Lots of summer reading 1
NEWS No losers among the rich, but schools in need will lose 2
Officers Comprehensive model ‘the best’ 2
Passing of Shoe cartoonist 2
No title 2
Executive 2
Teacher education report suggests transfer system should go 3
Policy directions 3
Advertising 3
Time to campaign for extra primary executive release time 4
Integration under-funding exposed 4
Get in the casual swim 4
Advice on new teacher efficiency procedures 5
Retailer support crucial to stop homeworker exploitation 5
Advertising 5
Boys education debate generates heat, not light 6
Sewing the seed of reconciliation 6
Grants Bill dominates forum 6
Equitable outcomes sought for Aboriginal students 7
A properly resourced public sector we need to see that! 7
Advertising 7
Seaforth struggle into second year 8
Other milestones 8
Keeping us safe and healthy Training troubles trip committee 8
YEAR IN REVIEW 9
*mk\ Writes Misplaced priorities 10
Editor Another world 10
Super sorrow 10
How and where to go 10
Integration apology 10
Don’t forget lateral transfers 11
Grants Bill inconsistency 11
French connection 11
Guidance formula needed 11
Spot the difference 11
Advertising 11
ADMINISTRATION Casual vacancies on Council 12
Corrective Services, TAFE, St Marys-Mt Druitt 12
Carbon Copy Isolation issues over new HSC 12
Call for country equity 12
Special Education Restricted Committee 13
Prefer the knife 13
Stop the injustice 13
Have a closer look! 13
Trade Union Training program-semester 1 13
Advertising 13
FEATURE Public Education Lobbies a national awakening? 14 , 15
Charter 14
Hints for successful lobbying 15
Fed 15
Advertising 16 , 17
WORKING CONDITIONS Understanding your award Schools Clause 9 Teaching in more than one location 18
Advertising 18
Schools Clause 20 Teaching hours for years 11 and 12 in schools 19
East Timor school resources appeal 19
TAFE Clause 38 “Contribution to institute output requirements” and Schedule 13 “Strategies for maximising annual student contact hours (ASCH) in TAFE” 20
VIEWS Schools under review 21
Professional and principled 21
Aphrodite is proud 21
Advertising 22
Deaf culture, deaf community and education 23
Paradise on a penny 23 , 25
Website "lall on \ J J p~—»—— Ny " union 23
Advertising 24
REVIEWS cheap WINE It’s that time of year again... 25
books Memories of Armidale last century 26
Advertising 26
Theatre Lots of heart but where’s the soul? 27
Up and Singapore future imperfect 27
FIL M[?] Heroic tales of hens and men 28
Computer Corner The good and the bad of 2000 28
Fostering public education (or “Jingo bells”) Mr Yen’s World 29
LAS VEGAS of the Bldgee Classes suspended to clean up the water tank 29
Advertising 30 , 31
DT SMITH 31
SHOE 31
THOSE WHO CAN’T 31
INSIDE 32
Willyama pedals success 32
Women Councillors farewelled at luncheon 32
Open and shut 32

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EDUCATION  

JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES THACHERS FEDRATION  

Agreement No. PP255003 00104  

Vol. 81 0.14 December 11, 2000  

March 15 will be  

Public Education Day  

by Dennis Long  

Federation has chosen March 15 for major public  

activity to highlight the positive role of public educa-  

tion in Australian society and to dramatically outline  

the perils facing public education as consequence of  

the funding policies of the Federal Government.  

Public Education Day will:  

• highlight the place of public eduction in our society  

• indicate the need for public education to be properly  

funded by Federal governments  

• publicise the inadequate and unfair education funding  

policies of the Howard Government.  

There will be central event in Sydney and leaflets will  

be distributed from schools and colleges across the state  

in the afternoon.  

Federation is seeking the support and involvement of  

the parent and principal organisations for Public  

Education Day as well as prominent supporters of pub-  

lic education.  

The office of Education Minister John Aquilina has  

indicated support.  

Federation will co-ordinate visits to the local elec-  

torate offices of Federal Members of Parliament to  

deliver statement of support for public education call-  

ing for proper funding by Federal governments.  

Public Education Day is part of national cam-  

paign co-ordinated by the Australian Education  

Union (AEU). Activities in other states will take  

place on the same day.  

Federation is seeking to gain widespread support  

from the rest of the trade union movement for the  

public education campaign, in general, and March 15  

in particular.  

Dennis Long is the Editor.  

Turn to pages 16-17 to order  

your t-shirt  

State Grants Bill nears  

passage  

by Sally Edsall  

At the time of going to press  

Federal Parliament had not passed  

the schools funding bill, known as  

the States Grants Bill, but passage  

seemed inevitable.  

Once Federal Parliament  

resumed sitting on November 27  

series of messages was sent back  

and forth between the Senate and  

the House of Representatives.  

The Senate, where the Howard  

Government does not have  

majority, kept insisting that the 25  

amendments which it had carried,  

including abolition of the  

Enrolment Benchmark  

Adjustment (EBA) mechanism  

and re-distributing the increased  

funding from category schools to  

disadvantaged students, should  

remain.  

The House of Representatives,  

where the Government does have  

the numbers, would not support  

these amendments.  

Democrats Senator Lyn Allison  

said: “The Democrats will insist  

on every single one of the 25  

amendments made by the Senate  

earlier this month [November].”  

But it was expected the Bill  

would be passed, just prior to  

Parliament rising for the  

Christmas recess, as the ALP has  

made it known that eventually it  

would allow the Bill passage  

through the Senate unamended.  

Federation congratulates those  

teachers, principals and parents  

who have lobbied the politicians  

and formed public education lob-  

bies around the State.  

The Public Education funding  

debate is now firmly on the politi-  

cal agenda.  

The union will:  

□ Continue to lobby all political  

parties to adopt pro public edu-  

cation stance in the lead up to the  

next Federal election. In particu-  

lar, the Federation will continue to  

pressure the ALP to put public  

education at the centre of its edu-  

cation policies.  

□ Seek to gain widespread sup-  

port from the rest of the trade  

union movement for the public  

education campaign, in general,  

and the March 15, 2001 (Public  

Education Day) action in particu-  

lar.  

□ Liaise with ethnic newspapers  

and radio stations to further media  

coverage of this issue.  

Sally Edsall  

is Research Officer.  

Parliamentary games  

In one of those political games in  

which Parliament indulges from  

time to time, series of messages  

have been sent back and forth  

between the Senate and the House  

of Representatives, indicating the  

Upper House did not support the  

Senate’s amendments to the  

States Grants Bill.  

Just why this game continues  

to be played is one of those series  

of political tactics which remain  

shrouded in mystery, because the  

ALP has made it known publicly  

all along that it intends eventually  

to allow the Bill’s passage  

through the Senate unamended.  

Bus to shuttle students to Dili  

by Kerri Carr  

Federation’s former Public  

Education Bus, now in Dili, will  

make several trips between the  

city’s outskirts and the university  

each day when the National  

University becomes fully opera-  

tional. Once the university is fully  

operational, there will be up to  

4000 students attending univer-  

sity. The bus will shuttle students  

and education workers between  

Comoro in the western part of Dili  

and the university.  

Federation donated the bus, the  

Education Ministry paid the bill  

for transportation of the bus and  

Independent Education Union  

president Patrick Lee arranged  

transportation and was there to  

hand over the bus to the univer-  

sity.  

Mr Lee has been employed by  

the NSW and Victorian govern-  

ments to co-ordinate their East  

Timor assistance efforts.  

He has also been working in  

close co-operation with the NSW  

Teachers Federation and other  

teacher unions Australia-wide to  

assist their efforts for East Timor.  

Mr Lee said that when the bus  

arrived in Dili, APHEDA dealt  

with customs and had the bus  

driven to the university.  

Mr Lee then presented the bus  

to the university’s rector Dr  

Armindo Maia.  

Dr Armindo Maia and fellow East Timorese with the bus Federation  

donated to East Timor’s National University.  

Lots of summer  

reading  

This final edition for the year is  

packed with reading.  

There are seven pages of news  

plus two pages of year-end  

roundups.  

With public education fighting  

for survival and critical year  

ahead, we look at the Public  

Education Lobby movement.  

Gary Zadkovich looks at the his-  

tory and provides useful tips on  

how to get one started in your  

community. See pages 14 and 15.  

How many times have you  

been told that you must do some-  

thing at work because Federation  

agreed to it in the last salaries  

award? In the first of series, we  

publish the actual words of three  

clauses in the award with  

Federation advice on each. TAFE  

teachers will be interested in  

Clause 38 which relates to insti-  

tute output requirements and  

annual student contact hours.  

Schools Clause deals with  

teaching in more than one loca-  

tion and Schools Clause 20 covers  

teaching years 11 and 12 outside  

of core hours.  

The Views section of your  

journal has four opinion pieces.  

And we have 14 more letters  

and carbon copies, taking the total  

for the year to 221, the highest for  

at least 12 years.  

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