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. 89 No. 02 (10 Mar 2008)
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EDUCATION Journal of the New South Wales Teachers Federation 1
Teachers united in opposition to staffing plan There is widespread teacher anger, concern and unrest over the proposed changes to the statewide staffing system. 1
Federation ready to negotiate The union has sought meaningful negotiations on a new staffing agreement. 1
EDUCATION 2
Executive 2
Officers 2
Contents 10/3/2008 2
Advertising 2
Storm no deterrent in staffing system campaign A local MP has given assurance he will raise teacher concerns about changes to the staffing system with the Minister after a rally outside his office. 3
Advertising 3
Our Fed Reps Name: Mishelle Gouganovski Workplace: James Busby High School Fed Rep: two years 4
Transfers stopwork shows support for students Concerned for the educational opportunities of their pupils, teachers have taken action. 4
What you read 4
To both ends of the earth, salaries are the issue In the context of the salaries campaign in NSW, JOHN DIXON looks at the teacher salaries campaign in England and Wales. 5
TAFE teachers oppose attack on qualifications 5
Death and disability award application 5
WA drops local selection Western Australia has put a blanket ban on local selection. 6
Reward for sacrifice The staffing system has mutual benefits. 6
Restructure by stealth First it was EPAC investigators, then staff support officers and now AMES positions. 6
Call for 1000 permanent teachers to lighten load Federation is calling for more permanent teachers to lessen the workload. 7
Some beginning teachers miss out on release time 7
Advertising 7 , 8
'Teacher-centred' courses announced Federation has joined with the University of Sydney to provide professional development courses for teachers. 8
Win for Arts Unit program coordinators An annual allowance and limits on workloads are part of a new settlement. 9
Advertising 9
A turning point for the nation A young voice hopes the lives of Aboriginal people will begin to improve. 10
Excursion to be part of history MARK GOUDKAMP and fellow teachers took a busload of students to the opening day of Federal Parliament in Canberra. 10
Still the best medicine Laughter is being used to raise money for Stewart House. 11
ESL teacher awarded an OA 11
Advertising 11
Fill it to the brim Schools have shown their support for a teacher's 'school in a box' charity venture. 12
Dragonboaters make a splash for public education 12
Union taps into social network Federation is one of the first unions in Australia to add a Facebook application to its website. 13
Advertising 13
Coles and Woolies the winners in Alice Springs You can't lay-by a fridge under the conditions of the Northern Territory intervention legislation. 14
Advertising 14
Spend this Easter with the folk The National Folk Festival is welcoming for solos, groups and families. 15
Folk Festival winners 15
Federation Library 15
Advertising 15
Women still losing out, here and abroad 16
Register now for Women's Conference 16
Permanency win for TAFE The conversion from temporary to permanent status for two TAFE teachers is actually a win for many. 16
Keep the art in Cooma A country community is losing the only arts and craft training facilities left in the region. 17
Attendance at association meetings on the up 17
Surprising numbers for super sacrifice SASS members have been slow to take up salary sacrifice. 17
In brief 17
Statewide staffing needs improvement, not axing 18
letters SMILE IN HER VOICE 18
TEACHER EXCHANGE 18 , 19
SOLIDARITY BRIGADE 19
ELECTRICITY PRIVATISATION FORUM 19
Carbon copy 19
Advertising 19 , 20
features 21
Other workers and their pay claims BRENDA SEYMOUR takes a look at public sector and other teachers' salaries claims, as Federation continues its campaign. 21
Inside 21
Retired Teachers Association 22
No Joe 22
Are you in the right membership category? 22
Good Vibrations 23
Paper Plane 23
Advertising 23
Qualification downgrade threatens quality The NSW Education Minister has defied the deputy PM. 24
Nothing to crow about Is TAFE NSW efficient or just plain deficient in funding? 24
Doubts remain on TAFE review The latest DET paper outlining proposals for TAFE is an improvement, but still leaves a lot wanting. 24
your say 25
Change to way of life needed Urban food gardens are key to Cuba being an inspiring example of a low energy society. 25
Climate Change/Social Change conference 25
Advertising 26
reviews Film 27
No title 27 , 29
Inside 27
Advertising 28
Computer corner 29
Theatre Shout! The Legend of the Wild One 30 , 32
Advertising 30
Corkscrew 31
Advertising 31 , 32
Photocompetition 32
Theme: "The profession of teaching" 32
administration 33
Elections to be held at May Council 33
Changes to TUT course dates 33
YET – in schools – in TAFE conference 33
Special Interest Groups for 2008 33
Advertising 34 , 35
DT SMITH 35
Snapped in and out of class 36
Membership and recruitment news 36

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EDUCATION  

Journal of the New South Wales Teachers Federation  

Agreement No. PP255003 00104  

All beginning teachers need release time  

 

Plus  

Arts Unit coordinators  

President Writes ia  

Your say 25  

March 10, 2008 Vol 89 No  

Teachers united in  

opposition to staffing plan  

There is widespread teacher anger, concern and unrest over  

the proposed changes to the statewide staffing system.  

Chifley College Senior Campus Federation Representative Michael de Wall explains to Channel 10 news reporter James Boyce his  

concerns for the State Government’s proposed attacks on the staffing system. Michael de Wall, with other St Marys-Mt Druitt  

Federation Representatives, joined demonstration by Rooty Hill High School teachers at their school voicing their opposition  

to the Government’s proposal. Channel to later broadcasted the rally on its nightly television news program.  

Gary Zadkovich  

Senior Vice President  

In schools in the major towns and  

cities, and on the coast, teachers  

are speaking in strong support of  

their colleagues working in sub-  

urban and country schools that  

rely on transfer system to at-  

tract and retain staff.  

Many of these teachers have  

served in the harder to staff lo-  

cations at some time in their ca-  

reers. They know the importance  

of transfers to teachers, students  

and school communities.  

In western NSW, teachers seethe  

at the proposal that incentive and  

service transfers can be blocked by  

directors and principals using the  

'exceptional circumstances' power  

of veto. Teachers in schools with  

declining enrolments worry that  

nominated transfers are jeopard-  

isedby this power to block transfer  

appointment  

Teachers everywhere under-  

stand how these changes set the  

pre-conditions for the future im-  

plementation of the Howard Gov-  

ernment agenda of principals' hire  

and fire, individual contracts, lim-  

ited tenure and performance pay.  

They also understand that the  

principle of equity is at the heart  

of this dispute; it's about ensuring  

that all public school students,  

wherever they live, are taught by  

qualified teachers.  

Victoria's public schools showthe  

effects of the policies of deregula-  

tion and devolution. In state that  

has expanded local selection and de-  

volved teacher salaries into school  

budgets, the differences with NSW  

are stark. More teachers in Victo-  

ria are in non-permanent employ-  

ment. After eight years service, Vic-  

torian teachers atthe top ofthe scale  

receive sll,oooper annum less than  

their NSW counterparts.  

Western Australia has abandoned  

the expansion of local selection and  

reverted to transfer system to over-  

come an extensive teacher shortage.  

Things are so desperate in Western  

Australia that the government has  

resorted to paying $lO,OOO to pri-  

vate recruitment company for every  

teacher supplied.  

The campaign in defence of  

statewide staffing system based  

on transfers is one part of great-  

er campaign to protect public ed-  

ucation teachers' qualification  

standards, to address teacher  

workload andbetter meet student  

needs through the employment  

of additional permanent teach-  

ers, and to achieve significant  

salaries increase that properly  

recognises the value of teachers'  

contribution to our society.  

On March 8, Federation Coun-  

cil was due to consider develop-  

ments in the campaign. If stop-  

work Sky Channel meetings were  

deemed necessary, it is likely they  

will be held on Tuesday April 8.  

Federation ready  

to negotiate  

The union has sought meaningful  

negotiations on new staffing agreement.  

Federation wrote to Director-Gen-  

eral of Education and Training  

Michael Coutts-Trotter on Febru-  

ary 21 seeking negotiations on  

new staffing agreement.  

The letter said (in part):  

"Having completed the sched-  

ule of meetings arranged after  

the Teachers Federation lodged  

dispute notification in the NSW  

Industrial Relations Commission  

on 30 November 2007, the Federa-  

tion hereby seeks to arrange fur-  

ther meetings to negotiate new  

Schools Staffing Agreement, to be  

effective from 28 April 2008.  

"You would be aware of the  

widespread concern in public  

school communities over the pro-  

posed changes to current staffing  

procedures that were publicly an-  

nounced through the media on  

February 2008. There is signifi-  

cant industrial unrest amongst  

teachers which the Federation be-  

lieves will inevitably lead to dis-  

ruption and disputation.  

"As indicated previously, the  

Federation is prepared to ne-  

gotiate on changes that would  

genuinely improve the current  

statewide staffing system.  

"In particular, the Federation  

seeks the implementation of on-  

the-job assessment as prerequi-  

site for promotion through local  

selection, genuine appeals proc-  

ess, new incentives to attract and  

retain teachers in rural and iso-  

lated schools and more clearly de-  

fined, transparent employment  

and promotion practices.  

"The Federation is prepared to ne-  

gotiate on the means by which cur-  

rent procedures could he improved  

in ways that do not diminish, dis-  

mantle or abolish the essential struc-  

tures and processes of statewide  

staffing system, and that continue to  

ensure the equitable distribution of  

teachers to all students in all schools."  

The letter identified issues raised  

by the Department that the Federa-  

tion is prepared to negotiate on:  

•new incentive arrangements  

that may apply to particular  

schools, in addition to the current  

incentive transfer scheme  

•the Department's undertaking,  

consistent with current policy  

on ensuring teacher quality, to  

identify poor performance and  

to work with teachers, executives  

and principals to remedy it  

•procedures to better support  

schools in achieving balance in  

the method of appointment used  

to fill school positions (incentive  

transfer, permanent employment  

program, service transfer, nomi-  

nated transfer, graduate recruit-  

ment program, general employ-  

ment list, etc.)  

•staffing codes used to denote par-  

ticular school requirements for  

the appointment of teachers  

•composition of selection panels  

•the review process conducted by  

the Tripartite Committee.  

The union letter noted that:  

"The current system gives the  

employer the discretion to balance  

teacher appointments to schools  

whilst maintaining responsibili-  

ties and obligations with regard to  

Equal Employment Opportunity;  

targeted employment groups such  

as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is-  

lander teachers, graduate recruits  

and casual and temporary teach-  

ers; and specific recruitment and  

retraining initiatives in shortfall  

subject/curriculum areas.”  

The letter also noted "the De-  

partment has sound personnel  

management and educational  

rationale for the use of all these  

methods of appointment" but that  

Federation believes that the pro-  

posed changes announced on Feb-  

ruary "contradict this rationale”.  

The letter concluded by asking  

for further dates for negotiation to  

achieve new staffing agreement  

before the expiry of the current  

agreement.  

PAGE 3; Storm no deterrent in campaign  

PAGE 4s Slopwork shows support for students  

PAGE 6: WA drops local selection  

PAGE Reward for sacrifice  

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