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. 93 No. 11 (19 Nov 2012)
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Contents

EDUCATION Journal Of The New South Wales Teachers Federation 1
Raising community awareness 300 regional jobs cut 1
Cuts cause chaos in TAFE The employer has failed to properly consult TAFE teachers about job cuts and changes to course offerings. 1
EDUCATION 2
Executive 2
Officers 2
Contents 2
Advertising 2
Job cull in TAFE begins 3
VET policy undermines public provision 3
Advertising 3
Our Fed Reps 3
What’s On 4
Advertising 4
Community action for local workers 4
MP joins teachers on Gonski campaign trail 4
Transfers protected until term 2, 2016 School staffing agreement protects permanency, transfers and class sizes. 5
In their words 5
In brief 5
Seaboard states follow suit Coalition governments use same tactics in making cuts to public education. 6 , 8
Join the campaign to save art in TAFE 6
Association spotlight Hornsby Teachers Association 6
Use social media to help campaigning 7
Advertising 7
Cuts are damaging, in any language 8
Advertising 8
Speak out against cuts, community told Tell the government you want public education empowered. 8
Build on union's cultural and linguistic diversity 9
Advertising 9
School counsellor retraining 10
Flying lesson 10
Advertising 10
Cyclists promote public education on ride 11
Radioactive legacy Waste from uranium mining would remain dangerous long after the O'Farrell Government is gone. 11
NSW Uranium Free Charter 11
Further cuts to US budgets 11
Advertising 11
Enlivening grassroots participation 12
Teacher unionists jailed in Bahrain 12
Advertising 12
Closed purse for transition support 13
Philanthropy in US education now about leverage Giving to education shifts away from programs to policy. 13
Empowering role 13
Advertising 13
Politicians can’t empower principals A public school model of principalship has been, and should always be, about collegial and shared leadership. 14
letters CHANGE OF LOCATION 14
FICTIONAL RELIGION 14
SOCIAL SECURITY CONCERNS 15
GUISE OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY 15
Advertising 15 , 16
features 17
AAA rating til »ut ahead o services Despite the NSW Budget being in surplus, it's unlikely the Government will reverse the $1.7 billion cuts to public education without strong community campaigning against the cuts. 17 , 18
Auditor-General’s findings 18
Inside 17
Paper Plane 18
Australian workforce trends Productivity growth, innovation, participation rates, regional issues and skills. 18
Retired Tbachers Association 19 , 20
SOCIAL NEWS 19
Stories from the bush 19 , 20
In brief 20
Class of’58... you are requested to commence duty. 20
Shhhhh! Queers in the library Libraries can play passive, active and transformative roles. 21
Reading list 21
In the library 21
Advertising 22
reviews 23
Film 23 , 24
Inside 23
Computer corner 24
Advertising 24
Theatre 25 , 26
Book Tenant in the Cathedral: The Lord Bishop and the Count 25
Book Bullying of Staff in Schools 26
Corkscrew 26
Australian Wine Companion competition 26
administration 27
Biennial Council elections 2013-2014 27
Inside 27
Advertising 27
2013 Trade Union Training Program – semester 1 28
About course content 28
Background information 29
Advertising 30 , 31
DT SMITH 31
Snapped in and out of class 32

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EDUCATION  

Journal Of The New South Wales Teachers Federation  

Agreement No. PP255003 00104  

Why Duncan went door to door  

 

Plus  

Social media  

Uranium II  

I'radii Union Training  

November 19, 2012 Vol 93 No 11  

Raising community  

awareness  

300 regional jobs cut  

Teachers continue to engage members of the public about the Putting Students First campaign, for example at the Fairfield  

Markets (above). See stories about attempts to stop the funding cuts to public education on pages 6,7 and 8.  

Dennis Long  

Editor  

On November 6, the Department  

of Education and Communities an-  

nounced statewide restructure  

with details of cuts to 300 teach-  

ing and administrative support  

positions.  

The O'Farrell Government  

seems determined to press ahead  

with the cuts despite the discov-  

ery of an extra $1 billion found in  

the state's finances through the  

identification of alleged budgetary  

errors. The NSW Budget is now in  

surplus.  

In media release on Novem-  

ber 7, Federation President Maurie  

Mulheron said:  

"Unfortunately for students  

and staff in our public schools, the  

state government's cuts contin-  

ue. Despite statements by Educa-  

tion Minister Piccoli that so-called  

front-line services won't be affect-  

ed, these cuts include positions  

held by qualified teachers who  

are leaders and experts in their  

professional fields.  

"At time when there is new  

Australian Curriculum to be im-  

plemented, when schools are call-  

ing for greater professional sup-  

port, the removal of expert subject  

specialists is appalling.  

"With more than three quar-  

ters of million students and over  

50,000 teachers depending on such  

support, these cuts are grossly  

unfair and counterproductive.”  

Regional areas have been hit the  

hardest, with not one curriculum  

specialist in English, mathematics,  

science, history or any other sec-  

ondary or primary subject area left  

in location outside Sydney. Feder-  

ation noted that there will be only  

one primary and one secondary spe-  

cialist adviser in each curriculum  

area left for the entire state.  

“Only 28 per cent of respondents stated they would have  

voted for the Coalition if they had known about the cuts  

to education funding.”  

PAGE 17: AAA rating still put ahead of services  

Cuts cause chaos  

in TAFE  

The employer has failed to properly consult  

TAFE teachers about job cuts and changes to  

course offerings.  

Joan Lemaire  

Senior Vice President  

The Australian Education Union  

(NSW) has notified the TAFE Com-  

mission of dispute over the ‘con-  

sultation’ processes occurring  

in almost every Institute regard-  

ing cuts to teaching positions and  

courses available to students.  

There has been no genuine con-  

sultation with either TAFE teach-  

ers or AEU (NSW). In each Insti-  

tute the consultation processes,  

procedures and timeframes have  

been undertaken in different ways.  

However, the result is the same:  

teacher and head teacher positions  

will be deleted and/or teachers  

may be required to teach in other  

locations and there will be massive  

cuts to courses offered.  

AEU (NSW) met with the Man-  

aging Director of TAFE NSW about  

the consultation process and the  

manner in which the consulta-  

tions have been undertaken. Spe-  

cific details of proposals to delete,  

amalgamate or realign courses and  

course delivery across the 10 Insti-  

tutes including the list of faculties,  

the number and names of full time,  

equivalent part time casual and  

temporary positions affected have  

been sought, along with proposed  

timeframes. AEU (NSW) has stated  

that there must be negotiation re-  

garding both the timeframe and  

process.  

Under the guise of “business”  

or other reviews, TAFE teachers  

have been informed of proposed  

cuts in courses which span the  

breadth of TAFE delivery including  

HSC, English for speakers of other  

languages, commercial cookery,  

food technology, sciences, vehicle  

trades, business, hospitality, hair  

dressing and printing and optical  

dispensing. In almost all Institutes  

teachers and head teachers in these  

areas have been told that positions  

will be deleted. Many have been  

informed that they will have to  

reapply for remaining positions.  

In the Hunter Institute, for ex-  

ample, it is proposed that ship  

and boat building won’t be deliv-  

ered and that head teacher and  

two teachers will "no longer be re-  

quired". Cuts are also proposed to  

HSC delivery, commercial cater-  

ing and nutrition, information and  

technology and range of other  

courses.  

In some Institutes in Sydney  

there are proposals to amalgam-  

ate courses and offer them on only  

one site. In South Western Sydney  

Institute courses in vehicle body  

repair and refinishing are offered  

at Campbelltown, Wetherill Park  

and Granville. It is proposed that  

these courses will only be deliv-  

ered at the "Centre of Excellence” at  

Campbelltown College.  

In addition to these changes,  

fine arts courses (including sculp-  

ture, visual arts and ceramics)  

across all Institutes will be impact-  

ed by the Government’s decision to  

withdraw funding subsidies. This  

change will result in huge fee in-  

creases which will be prohibitive  

for the majority of students.  

The TAFE Commission Act re-  

quires TAFE to provide education-  

ally or vocationally disadvantaged  

students with access to TAFE, sup-  

ported and facilitated by range  

of specialist services. TAFE is also  

required to provide basic and pre-  

vocational education and training.  

Some of the courses or programs  

hardest hit by the "reviews” are in  

equity areas like Outreach, mul-  

ticultural and disability services  

which support students who may  

already suffer educational disad-  

vantages.  

The impact of the proposed cuts  

in TAFE are key element of the  

Putting Students First campaign  

and are being discussed in commu-  

nity forums.  

Note: TAFE members are cov-  

ered by the Fair Work Act and rep-  

resented by the NSW branch of  

the Australian Education Union.  

All Federation members are also  

members of the AEU NSW.  

PAGE 3; Job cull in TAPE  

begins  

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