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

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Nef 331.8809944 EDU
Created/Published
Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
Issue
Vol. 80 No. 06 (24 May 1999)
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24
Notes
Page 13 date misprinted.
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Contents

EDUCATION JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION 1
Private school salaries overtake public 1 , 3
Extra $756 million to private schools 1 , 3
$800 million deficit for public schools 1
NEWS TAFE Children’s Centres victory 2
Changing of the guard 2
Stuvac and HSC day marking 2
Officers 2
Executive 2
Signatures call for 12 month HSC delay 3
Why is additional time needed for implementation? 3
The government for private schools 3
Survey supports TAFE part-time campaign 4
Teacher shortage looms 4
Advertising 4
Action on East Timor education sector follows visit 5
Stop the massacres 5
Advertising 5
Trinity Grammar’s privatisation grab opposed 6
How does your school compare to Trinity Grammar? 6
Bilingual rights defended in NT 6
Kemp fudges apprentice figures 6
Our Fed Reps 6
Concerns over manual handling training 7
HSC ESL priority issue for SIG 7
Virtual protest against VSU 7
Keeping us safe and healthy 7
Reith’s second wave dumps workers 8
in BRIEF 8
Arbitration on ACE wages and hours 8
Special garden part of the Journey of Healing 9
Aquilina supported on ‘pranks’ 9
private school, public purse 9
Teacher housing tenants happier 9
The President Writes A week in the politics of education 10
LETTERS to the Edutor What’s Federation’s staffing policy? 10
Salary should attract young males 11
Classroom learning environment 11 , 16
Scotched 16
Carbon Copy Reith’s jobs schemes 11
Speak for yourself 11
Catering to needs 11
Advertising 11
ADMINISTRATION Annual Conference delegate vacancies 12
Goulburn Teachers Association 12
Tree Levy Committee 12
Advertising 12
Alternative banking commended 12
Elections at June Council 13
Advertising 13
Trade Union Training program 14
Advertising 14
Some background information about trade union training courses 15
TAFE TAFE negotiations unsatisfactory 15
The boss on class sizes 15 , 16
VIEWS HSC implementation doesn’t add up yet 16
What now for public education and salaries? 16
REVIEWS Theatre The art of theatre 17
cheap WINE Canada’s ice wine secret 17 , 18
Advertising 18
FILM Term 2 escapist fare 19
Advertising 19
Computer Corner Drag and drop for an easy website 20
up, up and Away Falling in with the pack 20
Websute Make a donation over the 'net 20
The H-Files Mr Yen's World 21
Advertising 21
Advertising 22 , 23
DT SMITH 23
SHOE 23
THOSE WHO CAN’T 23
INSIDE 24
Free to homes and classrooms 24
A television free week 24

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EDUCATION  

JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION  

Agreement No. PP255003 00104  

Vo 1. No. May 24. 1999  

Private school salaries overtake public  

by Sue Simpson  

Education Minister John Aquilina  

can no longer claim NSW public  

school teachers are the highest  

paid in Australia following the  

implementation of the Association  

of Independent Schools award.  

The Association of  

Independent Schools (AIS) award  

covers teachers in about 300 so-  

called elite pnvate schools. As  

of May this year, four year  

trained teacher covered by that  

award who reaches the top of the  

 

incremental scale (step 13) is 1.6  

■  

per cent ahead of teacher in  

public school who has just  

reached step 13. On May 1, 2000  

the same teacher will receive  

$53,817 which is 7.25 per cent  

ahead of the current rate of pub-  

lie school teacher on step 13.  

Under the AIS award, experi-  

enced four year trained teachers  

have access by means of sue-  

cessful panel interview to the  

Senior Teacher (ST 1) classifica-  

tion. As of May the ST is paid  

4.8 per cent higher than an experi-  

enced public school teacher on  

step 13. On May 1, 2000 the same  

teacher will be paid $55,518  

which is 10.6 per cent ahead of the  

current rate of public school  

teacher on step 13.  

During the election campaign  

the Minister defended his record  

in delivering 17 per cent salary  

increase to public school teachers  

in the last salaries award. He also  

gave commitments that negotia-  

tions would not be as protracted as  

last time and that the new awards  

would be in place before June 30.  

Time is running out if the  

Government is to negotiate in  

good faith. The 17 per cent  

increase is now looking dowdy  

beside the salaries of four year  

trained teachers in private  

schools.  

Public school teachers should  

not be paid less than teachers in  

private schools.  

Comparing the salaries and  

conditions of teachers under dif-  

ferent awards of the NSW  

Industrial Relations Commission  

can be difficult. While salary rates  

must be seen in the context of  

range of condition clauses in  

awards, the AIS award reveals  

starkly that the Federation’s claim  

for minimum 7.5 per cent per  

annum is hardly unreasonable.  

Teachers in AIS schools may  

also receive above award pay-  

ments relating to weekend work  

and extra curricular activities.  

Teachers at Abbotsleigh receive  

the highest girls’ school above  

award payment at around 10 per  

cent. Teachers at boys’ schools  

may receive special payments for  

additional duties such as coach of  

the first eleven cricket team.  

Four year trained teachers in  

Catholic systemic schools still  

have access by panel interview to  

the STI classification although it  

is being phased out over three  

years to bring them into line with  

public school teachers. These  

teachers are currently earning  

more than their experienced pub-  

lic school colleagues are.  

All these private schools  

receive NSW Government fund-  

ing to the tune of 25 per cent of  

the cost of educating child in  

public school in addition to gener-  

ous interest rate subsidies. And  

there is no lessening of the sub-  

sidy if their teachers are paid rates  

above those in public schools.  

Because of the legislation in  

the Education Act guaranteeing  

private schools the 25 per cent  

subsidy, any increase in public  

school teacher salaries has direct  

flow on in increased subsidies to  

private schools.  

continuedpage  

37 days to go, Mr Minister  

Extra $756 million to private schools  

by Sally Edsall  

The Federal Government will  

hand an extra $756 million to pri-  

vate schools over the next four  

years.  

The Federal Budget has  

revealed there will be an immedi-  

ate increase of $72 per student for  

the very wealthiest private pri-  

mary schools. This is because the  

Government has guaranteed that  

no private school will be any  

worse off and have guaranteed  

base rate of $72 more than present  

amounts.  

Catholic schools will receive  

an additional $4lB million and  

non-Catholic private schools an  

extra $338.2 million.  

Federal Education and Training  

Minister Dr David Kemp was  

quoted in the Sydney Morning  

Herald (May 13) saying that the  

new subsidy to private schools  

was “part of bigger strategy”.  

“The ability to support parents’  

choice of private school is, from  

“More families will have  

real choice in schooling  

options”  

“The objective is to give  

parents choice”  

“Choice is what drives  

quality”  

David Kemp,  

7.30 Report, May 12  

the Government’s point of view,  

major driver for reform in the gov-  

ernment sector at the state level,”  

he said.  

Dr Kemp said the plan was to  

produce competitive environ-  

ment which would force state edu-  

cation ministers to “push ahead  

with the reform process and stop  

being intimidated by unions”.  

The Federal Government con-  

tinues its drive to expand the pri-  

vate sector, and ultimately leave  

public school system as safety  

net meant only for the most disad-  

vantaged.  

In 1997, public schools  

received 34.6 per cent of recurrent  

funds. By 2002 —03, this will be  

down to 29.5 per cent.  

The changes announced in the  

Budget are in addition to the  

money being taken away from  

public education by way of the  

Enrolment Benchmark Adjustment  

mechanism. By 2001 —2 that will  

be around $4O million.  

How the new funding  

system will work  

Socio-Economic Status (SES)  

score will be determined for each  

school with the exception of  

Catholic systemic schools. It will  

apply to non-systemic Catholic  

schools such as St Ignatius and St  

Aloysius.  

The SES score will determine  

the school’s level of funding.  

SES index for an individual  

student will be determined by refer-  

ence to data on family and house-  

hold income, occupation and educa-  

tion of all the households in the  

Census district in which that student  

normally resides.  

For these schools, the new funding  

means immediate minimum boosts  

The data from all the Census  

districts in which the school’s stu-  

dents normally reside is manipu-  

lated statistically in order to get  

SES score for the individual  

school.  

It should be noted that the  

information for an individual stu-  

dent does not relate to that stu-  

dent’s particular family circum-  

stances, but to those for the  

Census district as neighbour-  

hood. This means family could  

be the wealthiest in poor area  

and attract funding to their school  

on the basis of their neighbours’  

circumstances.  

continued page  

$800 million deficit for public schools  

In 1996 the Federal Government  

spent 73 cents on public schools  

for every one dollar that was spent  

on private schools (itself consid-  

erable worsening of the position  

for public schools since the mid-  

eighties). By 1998 this had  

declined to 61 cents. As result of  

the windfall private schools are to  

receive in the 1999 Budget, which  

will be progressively imple-  

mented to the year 2002, the fig-  

ure will go down to something  

like 57 cents!  

In 2003 private schools will  

receive over $3.2 billion. By 2001  

simply restoring government  

schools to the 1996 ratio of 73  

cents in the dollar would mean an  

additional sum in the region of  

$4OO million for government  

schools. By 2003 this figure will  

be nearer $BOO million.  

Roy Martin, AEU Research Of&cer  

Cranbrook  

32,000  

Knox Grammar  

35,000  

Sydney Grammar  

50,000  

Trinity Grammar  

40.000  

Newington Prep  

38,000  

Sceggs Redlands  

42,000  

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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 July 26, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-689941516

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