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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. 95 No. 07 (4 Aug 2014)
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Contents

EDUCATION Journal of the New South Wales Teachers Federation 1
Gonski Week engages community in campaign Program successes show critical need for funding to continue beyond 2017. 1
Politicians speak up for TAFE 1
EDUCATION Contents 2
Teachers Federation House 2
Executive 2
Officers 2
Organisers 2
Organisational review of Federation underway 3
Work health and safety protections under threat 3
Correction Apprentice fee qualifications 3
Our Fed Reps 3
Baird Government cuts off appeal to High Court over salaries 4
Webinar session on TAFE trial positions 4
Celebrations reflect on TAFE’s achievements 4
School-aged and Indigenous students 4
Schools and public unite for National Gonski Week 5
Review to look at working and learning conditions 5
Gonski funding delivers for at-risk students 6
Advertising 6
Community wants LSLD plan for ESL to be reversed 6
Campaign kit 6
Bust the Budget now 7
Budget measures booed 7 , 10
Engage new members, says new GenSec 7
Advertising 7
AGS (Schools) retires 8
Teachers on MH17 mourned 8
Relay races towards recognition 8
High Court rules against chaplaincy funding 8
Courses in creative arts, science and literacy 9
Survey for school counsellors and DGOs 9
Advertising 9
Aid effort suffers blow 10
Teachers out of pocket for the basics of classroom kits 10
In brief 10
A guide to the future of standards and accreditation 11
WEAR IT PURPLE DAY AUGUST 29 2014 Wearing purple will speak volumes to rainbow students 11
Kinship website to understand Aboriginal culture 11
Sport tackles homophobia 12
Premier asked to stop Bridge St sale process 12
PISA star Shanghai could quit 12
Call to maximise use of professional judgement 12
Time to restore the balance 13
Non-attendance time rights asserted 13
Advertising 13
Teaching is rocket science 14
letters 14
BUILDING OUR FIGHTBACK 14 , 15
LSLD REPLICATED 15
SMALL SQUARE 15
REJECT FAIRY FLOSS 15
Carbon copy 15
Advertising 15 , 16
annual conference 17
Breaking the ‘classroom to gaol pipeline’ Don't thrust children with disabilities into 'dead-end bays', Vinson told Annual Conference. 17
Inside 17
Trainee Teacher Scholarships 18
Give your voice to quality education 18
Gloom over disengagement prospect The crisis for young Indigenous people risks becoming a catastrophe. 18
Magnificent start 18
Advertising 18
Boston's roadmap to needs-based funding Resource allocation must be sector-blind and based on measured need. 19
Gonski objectives 19
Extra $22 million for 'failed' Teach for Australia 19
New Life Members 20
Educational policies in an historical context 20
Funding TAFE is for the public good 20
Democracy in action 20
features 21
Budgets reveal anti-public sector mindset The NSW Government continues to deliver sustained cuts to the public sector, including public education, despite a positive outlook for the economy. 21 , 24
Cuts over four years 21
Inside 21
Paper Plane 22
Advertising 22
Retired Teachers Association 22 , 24
SOCIAL NEWS 22
War brought into the classroom 23
In the library New resources for loan 23
Advertising 24
Stories from the bush 24
your say 25
Signals crossed Overlapping portfolios but underwhelming progress on transport leave the public my stified. 25
Inside 25
Public interest traded off for private profit Call for no-go zones for coal and coal seam gas. 26
Advertising 26
reviews 27
Film 27 , 28
Inside 27
Computer comer 28
FREE DOUBLE PASSES! 28
Theatre 29 , 30
In brief 29
FREE TICKETS! for reading and writing wonderland 29
Advertising 30
Corkscrew 30
Advertising 30
administration 31
Vacancies for two Assistant General Secretaries 2013-2015 31
Duties 31 , 37
Inside 31
Trade Union Training program semester 2 This program contains information about Trade Union Training courses offered by Federation. Paid leave is available for union members attending these courses. Dates and details of the course are set out below. (See background information for more details). 32 , 33
Advertising 33
CPL program for semester 2 34 , 35
Advertising 35 , 36
Organisational review of the Federation 37
2015 Project Officers – recruitment and activism 37
Advertising 38 , 39
DT SMITH 39
Snapped in and out of class 40

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EDUCATION  

Journal of the New South Wales Teachers Federation  

Agreement No. PP2551000 07498  

Come to Charlie’s country 27  

Plus  

Standards 11  

Trade Union Training 32  

Professional development 34  

August 4, 2014 Vol 95 No  

Gonski Week engages  

community in campaign  

Program successes show critical need for funding to continue beyond 2017.  

Teachers at Keira High School know the benefits of Gonski school funding. While celebrating with cake, they called for the  

Abbott Government to fund the fifth and sixth years of the NSW Gonski agreement.  

Maurie Mulheron  

President  

Public school communities across  

Australia celebrated National Gonski  

Week from July 28 to August 1.  

National Gonski Week was  

launched in NSW at media confer-  

ence held at Rooty Hill High School  

on July 28 which generated wide-  

spread television and radio cover-  

age. Joining the Federation at the  

launch were Lila Mularczyk (NSW  

Secondary Principals' Council),  

Geoff Scott (NSW Primary Princi-  

pals' Association) and Angelo Gavri-  

elatos (Australian Education Union).  

The MC at the launch was Rooty  

Hill High School principal Christine  

Cawsey who spoke of the successful  

programs now being funded at the  

school with Gonski money. Joining  

the staff afterwards for morning  

tea were the school captains, parents,  

grandparents, community members  

and the local State Member of Parlia-  

ment, Richard Amery.  

But National Gonski Week was  

more than just celebration of the  

programs now being funded with  

Gonski money as the other impor-  

tant purpose of the week was to  

inform parents, caregivers and com-  

munity members across Australia of  

the critical need for this funding to  

continue for the full six years.  

Many parents and caregivers have  

been asking for more information  

about the Gonski funding model and  

its benefits. Federation provided  

range of material to schools, includ-  

ing 350,000 brochures and two short  

video clips, which assisted teachers  

when explaining the importance of  

the funding model. All these resourc-  

es are still available for download at  

www.nswtf.org.au/nationcd-gonski-  

week.  

Perhaps the most important mes-  

sage that was delivered to the com-  

munity concerns the fact that the  

Federal Government is planning to  

stop funding schools according to the  

Gonski model after 2017 and Com-  

monwealth funding will only be in-  

dexed at 2.5 per cent (currently 4.7  

per cent) an effective cut in real  

terms.  

Many parents and caregivers of  

students with disability also received  

important messages regarding  

threats to funding that will adverse-  

ly affect their children. The Federal  

Government has so far failed to al-  

locate the necessary funds for the  

Gonski disability loading from the  

beginning of 2015. Instead of keep-  

ing promise made prior to the fed-  

eral election to increase funding that  

recognises the true cost of educating  

students with disabilities, thousands  

of students with disability will miss  

out on high quality education.  

An unsuccessful attempt by the  

NSW Department of Communities  

to quash the activities with memo  

erroneously citing the Code of Con-  

duct was all hut ignored, although  

immediately following the issuing of  

the memo, Federation's website was  

visitedby tens of thousands who then  

went on to download the resources.  

Federation was grateful for the addi-  

tional publicity.  

One strategy being planned will  

involve the building of an alliance  

with other unions and communi-  

ty groups and placing the threats to  

Gonski within broader context of  

attacks on public education includ-  

ing the cuts to pre-school funding,  

the privatisation of TAFE and the  

dramatic increase in university fees.  

More information on these planned  

events will be publicised in the jour-  

nal and on the Federation website.  

Politicians speak up  

for TAFE  

Maxine Sharkey  

Assistant General Secretary (Post  

School Education)  

The week of National TAFE Day was  

significant time in the Stop TAFE  

Cuts campaign.  

At the National TAFE Day recep-  

tion in Federal Parliament House  

held by the Australian Education  

Union, Industry Minister lan Mac-  

farlane acknowledged the difference  

teachers make in students' lives.  

The following day, Federal Oppo-  

sition Leader Bill Shorten addressed  

TAFE supporters at Canberra Insti-  

tute of Technology, outlining why  

cuts to TAFE need to stop. He prom-  

ised Labor would be champions for  

TAFE.  

In NSW, the Upper House carried  

the Save TAFE Bill, to stop the Smart  

and Skilled training market, restore  

TAFE funding and freeze TAFE  

fees and money going to private pro-  

viders. Greens MPs were joined by  

Labor and the Shooters and Fishers  

Party to pass the bill.  

Greens MLC John Kaye said: "The  

battle to save TAFE from the free-  

fall collapse it experienced in other  

states has taken an important step  

forward.  

"Stripping TAFE of funding for its  

core courses and handing over to stu-  

dents to choose between providers is  

recipe for falling standards, shorter  

course offerings and the triumph of  

cheap marketing tricks over quality  

outcomes for the state.”  

Opposition Leader John Robert-  

son's Budget reply speech included  

much needed, timely and significant  

change in policy direction for TAFE.  

Mr Robertson acknowledged that  

"everyone deserves an education  

the chance to learn, to fulfil their  

potential in life, and contribute to so-  

ciety. Education is also key to eco-  

nomic prosperity, and equipping our  

workforce with the right skills is an  

urgent concern for NSW”.  

“In this time of technologi-  

cal change, with new jobs quickly  

emerging and replacing others, in-  

vestment in quality education is  

more important than ever," he said.  

"TAFE is key pillar of our public  

education system that ensures our  

young people can acquire the skills  

they need for jobs for the future  

through high quality, affordable vo-  

cational education and training.”  

Mr Robertson said Labor would cap  

TAFE fees at current 2014 levels, and  

increases would not go beyond CPI.  

"Mike Baird has vision for TAFE  

to run as business rather than  

public service," he said.  

Labor's pledge to cap student fees  

at current levels and abolish the NSW  

Government's Smart and Skilled  

changes acknowledged that high  

quality TAFE system is crucial to  

meeting the current skills shortage  

and ensuring all citizens can access  

the vocational education and train-  

ing (VET) that enables them to gain  

employment and contribute positive-  

ly to the nation's future.  

In light of the persistent high  

rates of youth unemployment and  

the Abbott Government's deci-  

sion to punish young people who  

cannot find work by denying them  

Newstart allowance for six months,  

the Labor call for review of educa-  

tion and training beyond year 10 is  

also timely. It is important to develop  

better ways of aligning the provision  

of VET with the needs of students,  

employers and industries.  

Teachers who have been calling  

for increased resourcing and sup-  

port for the delivery of VET in both  

schools and TAFE would hope such  

review would confirm the need for  

greater investment and coordination  

in this area.  

At the end of the day, the citizens  

of NSW rightly expect governments  

to provide high quality public edu-  

cation for all students, rather than  

turn this responsibility over to pri-  

vate education marketplace where  

making profit takes priority over  

providing quality VET courses for  

students.  

Vacancies for two Assistant  

General Secretaries  

See page 31  

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