Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation

Call Number
Nef 331.8809944 EDU
Created/Published
Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
Issue
Vol. 93 No. 12 (10 Dec 2012)
Images
42
Notes
TAFE/School 2013 Calendar at issue end.
Page Notes
TAFE/School 2013 Calendar at issue end.
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Contents

EDUCATION Journal Of The New South Wales Teachers Federation 1
Premier says: 'Go your hardest!' Federation will continue to build broad alliances in support of the campaign to reverse funding cuts to public education. 1
Vote no in TAFE ballot Teachers should reject TAFE's proposed enterprise agreement. 1 , 4
Professional learning for members 1
EDUCATION 2
Executive 2
Officers 2
Contents 2
Advertising 2
Legislation introduced for schools funding reform 3
Advertising 3
Our Fed Reps 3
What’s On 4
Sandwiches give way to chants Liberal MPs castigated for supporting the TAFE cuts. 4
TAFE teachers vow to stop O'Farrell's attacks 5
In brief 5
Art community active in TAFE campaign 5
Empowering Local Schools to cut teaching positions The next staffing battlefield. 6
Dinosaurs at the zoo 6
Association spotilight Illawarra Teachers Association 6
Concern over the cuts to public education People at Tumbalong Park on November 18 explained why they attended the Putting Students First Community Day of Action. 7
'Vehement opposition' to education cuts Widespread anger unites stakeholders. 8
Communities stand up Some regional Community Day of Action events. 8
Not fair and not Gonski The State Government isn't being honest in the funding debate. 9
Serious focus behind fun day 9
In the Premier's face 10
Changes needed for NAPLAN 10
Piccoli backs out of forum Public education community is resolved to fight the cuts until they are overturned. 10
In brief 10
Book celebrates successes in Aboriginal education Case studies and personal stories from Aboriginal students and teachers. 11
Advertising 11
Keep Stewart House's doors open 11
2013 membership fees 11
Keep in touch and up to date You can update your details online. 12
Membership cards on the way 12
Fears for school counsellor provision Email, write or organise a delegation to your MP. 12
Ged Kearney to speak 12
Change to leaving age is a positive, but has downsides Managing disengaged students strains resources. 13
Capability over rote learning China changes direction on education. 13
Advertising 13 , 14
Cathy Cook's legacy 15
Global leader in community investment 15
We must celebrate what is achieved in public education Local MPs should be invited to presentation nights to remind them of how successful our schools are. 16
letters WHERE ARE OUR PRIORITIES? 16
THINGS COULD BE WORSE 16 , 17
NO KIDDING 17
WHY PRINCIPALS SHOULD BE EDUCATORS 17
GREEN FASCISM 17
Advertising 17 , 18
Carbon Copy NO END IN SIGHT 18
HIGH STAKES TESTING 18
Advertising 18
features 19
Continue working or retire? The Government's wish for us to work for longer may not be our desire. 19
Inside 19
Paper Plane 20
Ignore the age and appreciate the quality. 20
Advertising 20
Saving women from unnecessary suffering 21
Sufferers shunned 21
TAFE's work goes beyond the student 21
Class of ’58... you are requested to commence duty. 22
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? 22
A concerning spending model The UK Government is funding semi-independent state schools but doesn't require them to employ qualified teachers. 22
Advertising 22
Retired Teachers Association 23
In the library New resources 23
Advertising 24
Stories from the bush No min for seven weeks and the country is very dry and dusty. 25
Memories 25
Advertising 25
The year in review as seen in Education 26 , 27
Advertising 28
your say 29
How to dismantle a public education system The process has been underway since the 1980s. 29
Play a part rather than wait 29
Inside 29
Advertising 30
Health and environmental risks If the T4 coal terminal is constructed, it will mean more than 300 million tonnes of greenhouse pollution each year. 30
reviews 31
Film 31 , 32
Inside 31
Computer Corner 32
Twitter 32
Theatre 33 , 34
Book A threatened wonderland: the Gardens of Stone 33
Advertising 33
In brief 34
Corkscrew 34
Australian Wine Companion winners 34
administration 35
2013 Trade Union Training Program – semester 1 35
Inside 35
Are you in the right membership category? 35
Professional learning for Federation members Practical, tested and well researched approaches to issues that face teachers every day at the school level. 36
Content for CPL courses 36 , 37
Advertising 37 , 38 , 39
DT SMITH 39
Snapped in and out of class 40
NSW Teachers Federation TAFE Calendar 2013 41
NSW Teachers Federation School calendar 2013 42

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EDUCATION  

Journal Of The New South Wales Teachers Federation  

Agreement No. PP255003 00104  

Your 2013 school or TAFE  

calendar inside  

The year in review  

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December 10, 2012 Vol 93 No 12  

Premier says: 'Go your  

hardest!'  

Federation will continue to build broad alliances in support of the  

campaign to reverse funding cuts to public education.  

The Tumbalong Park crowd shows its support for the Putting Students First campaign.  

Maurie Mulheron  

President  

The success of thousands of con-  

cerned citizens, teachers, prin-  

cipals, parents and students at-  

tending Putting Students First  

Community Day of Action rallies  

has put the State Government on  

notice that the campaign to defend  

and advance quality public educa-  

tion system will continue.  

When the Presidents of 12 peak  

education groups, representing  

both government and non-gov-  

ernment sectors, warned Pre-  

mier Barry O’Farrell that the cam-  

paign to reverse the funding cuts to  

would continue for as long as nec-  

essary, he said: "Go your hardest.”  

Federation will continue to build  

broad alliances in support of the  

campaign as the impact of the cuts  

on the learning opportunities of  

students is experienced in schools  

and TAFE colleges. This will be  

supported by coordinated media  

and advertising campaign. Central  

to this will be community-based  

campaign groups established in  

electorates across NSW, supported  

by training and resources.  

Education faces funding cuts  

of at least $1.7 billion with  

an accompanying loss of  

thousands of positions, which will  

impact on every student in every  

school and TAFE college.  

The Government has imposed  

number of economic structural  

changes that are designed to per-  

manently diminish and weaken  

the public education system. All  

are based on devolved funding  

models that will allow the State  

Government to abrogate its respon-  

sibility to adequately resource and  

staff the public education system.  

These include Local Schools, Local  

Decisions and Every Student,  

Every School. Because TAFE is al-  

ready highly devolved, with TAFE  

Institutes operating on Resource  

Allocation Model (RAM), the State  

Budget cuts mean each Institute  

has to sack teachers and support  

staff, and cut courses.  

The Department of Education  

and Communities has been deci-  

mated. The recent dismantling  

of the regional structure, com-  

bined with the earlier gutting of  

head office, effectively means that  

schools are isolated and with little  

support.  

The most recent cuts in the  

schools portfolio will impact on  

all students particularly those  

with the greatest need for sup-  

port. There have been cuts to the  

number of positions held by expert  

teachers who develop the programs  

which support these students. The  

cuts include the loss of multicul-  

tural ESL positions, Community  

Information Officers, regional sup-  

port for low socio-economic status  

communities, Country Area Pro-  

gram consultants, Aboriginal edu-  

cation support, Reading Recovery  

tutors, student services, specialist  

curriculum support, sports pro-  

gram staff as well as the adminis-  

trative positions. The loss of these  

positions, and the expertise of the  

teachers holding them, will mean  

no state and regional coordinat-  

ed access and equity education  

programs.  

TAFE Institutes have initiated  

‘reviews’ that will target for cutting  

both trade and non-trade courses  

as well as the loss of 800 teaching  

and support positions. This figure  

does not include the incalculable  

number of part time casual teach-  

ing positions that will also go. At  

the same time the Government in-  

tends to replace teachers and head  

teachers in TAFE with new classi-  

fications called “tutor/instructors",  

who do not need to be qualified,  

and who will be paid less and made  

to work longer hours under worse  

conditions.  

Vote no in TAFE  

ballot  

Teachers should reject TAFE's proposed  

enterprise agreement.  

Joan Lemaire  

Senior Vice President  

All TAFE teachers are urged to vote  

against the TAFE enterprise agree-  

ment in the ballot which will be held  

December 12-14. The proposed en-  

terprise agreement represents TAFE  

managements' proposals. It is not  

supported by the Federation and the  

Australian Education Union (NSW).  

Voting against the enterprise agree-  

ment will prevent TAFE from im-  

plementing plans to replace TAFE  

teachers with lower paid tutor/in-  

structors and assessors, undermine  

job security and allow TAFE man-  

agement to decide whether or not  

head teacher positions will be estab-  

lished or maintained.  

Defeating 'die enterprise, agree-  

ment in the ballot will force TAFE  

management to return to salary ne-  

gotiations. The union will contin-  

ue to pursue salary increases in an  

agreement which will provide pro-  

tections around the number of teach-  

er and head teacher positions as well  

as opposing attempts to allow the  

core work of teachers to be delivered  

by lower paid and less qualified staff.  

The union entered into negotia-  

tions with TAFE on the basis that  

TAFE teachers should receive  

pay increase of 2.5 per cent with no  

change to working conditions. TAFE  

management, however, wanted fun-  

damental restructure of how TAFE  

courses would be delivered. The pro-  

posed enterprise agreement includes  

new classifications of staff as tutor/  

instructor 1, tutor/instructor and  

assessors who will do key elements  

of the work which TAFE teachers al-  

ready do, but they will be paid less,  

and have lower qualifications.  

The so-called “delivery teams”  

could include teacher and/or head  

teacher and numbers of tutor/in-  

structors and assessors. Rather than  

simply supporting teachers these  

proposed classifications attempt to  

break down the approach to teach-  

ing where qualified teachers develop  

and design teaching programs, de-  

liver them in manner which sup-  

ports and responds to individual stu-  

dent’s needs and assess the outcomes  

»  

Professional learning  

for members  

Denis Fitzgerald  

Director, Centre for Professional  

Learning  

Federation members can now apply  

for professional learning courses  

to be conducted in 2013 by the un-  

ion’s newly established Centre for  

Professional Learning (CPL).  

The union has been working for  

some time on developing means  

to assist the professional work of  

its members. The CPL has been es-  

tablished to provide high quality  

training and support for members  

in range of educational areas.  

The courses aim to provide practi-  

cal, tested and well researched ap-  

proaches to issues that face teach-  

ers every day at the school level.  

The CPL also aims to offer pro-  

grams that are useful across the  

spectrum of teacher’s career  

from the early years of teaching  

to the experienced and leadership  

levels.  

The program offering includes:  

•classroom management through  

effective teaching  

•English K-6  

•Mathematics K-6  

•What makes good school?  

•early career teachers  

•teaching special education  

students in mainstream classes  

•effective teaching in low SES  

communities  

•lifting achievement in Years 7-12  

•a major conference on English  

7-12.  

Pages 36-37: Full story.  

2013 program, course con-  

tent and application form.  

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