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. 52 No. 07 (5 May 1971)
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education JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION 1
In this issue: 1
School maintenance cuts Urgent works to be done 1
New legislation in Parliament Long service leave and superannuation 1
Plans for action Specialist teachers in primary schools 1
education 2
Editorial Action on accommodation 2
The President Writes: 2
STOP PRESS 2
St. Marys North Primary Staff acts on classroom shortage 2
President goes to W.C.O.T.P. in India 2
Publicity and Action Fund How $150,000 was spent 3
Des Brady resigns 3
N.S.W. TEACHERS’ FEDERATION Nominations for election of Assistant General Secretary 3
New Federation officers 1971-74 3
Inspections Cttee. Representation withdrawn 3
Department bungling Examples of Inefficiency 3
Was it a strike ? “Black Friday” pay decision 4
Rand wick Infants Stewart House collection record 4
NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS’ FEDERATION Nominations tor election of Administration Officer and Organiser 4
Hamilton Primary School Modernisation needed now! 5
Technical Education Hit by economy measures 5
Advertising 5
Government is accused Double standard on inflation 5
Apartheid: What has it got to do with Australia? 6
Australian action for '71 6
Can sport be separated from politics? 6 , 7
Sports Demos A Lesson in Morals and Politics 7
An Opinion of South Africa’s Apartheid Policy 7
Legal position explained Teachers’ liability for accidents 8
Inverell High Staff threat wins heaters 8
Education Commission Orange Regional Conference calls for action 8
Letters to the editor: Victorian Teachers’ Strike 9
Victorian Teachers’ Strike 9
Federation Booklet 9
Summary Offences Act 9
Totalitarian Regimes 9
Gross National Product 9
Vietnam Views 9
Petty Restrictions 9
Truths 9
Colley Issue 9
Victorian Teachers 9
Class Sizes 9
Victorian Teachers’ Leader in Sydney 9
Advertising 9
Association Reoorts: Liverpool-Fairfield Teachers’ Association 10
Assistant Principals & Deputies’ Association 10
Retired Teachers 10
Advertising 10
Association Meetings 10
Principals’ Association 10
Manning River Association 10
Advertising 10
FEDERATION LIBRARY 11
Advertising 11
EDUCATION CROSSWORD No. 135 11
Advertising 11
Working Conditions resolution: Staffs refuse extras 12
Travelling allowances 12
Kingswood High School Staff rebel over stores 12
Wheeler Hts. Public Basements used as classrooms 12

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education  

JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION  

Vol. 52, No. 7.  

MAY 5, 1971  

Price: Three Cents  

Registered at G.P.0., Sydney, for transmission  

by post as newspaper Category B.  

In this issue:  

Publicity and Action Fund finalised.  

detailed account of how the $150,000 was  

spent page 59.  

Hamilton Primary School. Conditions at  

this school have been described as amongst  

the worst in the State page 61.  

Can sport and politics be separated? Four  

teachers give their views on apartheid and  

sporting tours pages 62 63.  

Teachers’ liability for accidents. The legal  

position is explained by L. K. McGowan,  

Correspondence Interviewing Officer  

page 64.  

Staffs refuse extras. selection of reso-  

lutions received from staffs implementing  

the Working Conditions resolution page  

68.  

School maintenance cuts  

Urgent works to be done  

Above: The playground at Gordon Public School, which has been affected by cuts in the  

school maintenance programme. Following the withdrawal of the workmen in late March,  

children have been unable to use the main playing area.  

During February the Federation became  

concerned that the anti-inflationary  

measures being considered by the Com-  

monwealth Government would adverse-  

ly affect the developmental programme  

for schools. It asked Mr. Askin for an  

assurance that the school building and  

maintenance programme would not be  

cut  

On March 1, Mr. Askin replied:  

“As announced in my policy speech,  

my Government’s plans call for greatly  

increased expenditure in the field of  

education, one aspect of which will be  

considerably expanded school build-  

ing programme.  

“The Government is firmly resolved  

to fulfil the promises which have been  

made, and any reduction in the over-  

all works programme which may be  

required will be restricted to areas other  

than the essential services such as  

education.”  

In the light of this categorical assur-  

ance, it was surprising to receive  

reports from the Building Trades Group  

of Unions that severe retrenchments  

had been made in school maintenance  

staff and that further cuts were pending.  

At the same time number of  

schools, such as Kogarah High and  

Hurstville South Primary reported that  

essential maintenance work- had been  

abandoned.  

Building programme disrupted  

Even if this proved to be temporary  

measure, the school building pro-  

gramme has already been seriously  

disrupted.  

Joint action taken with parent  

organisations, the Labor Council and  

Building Trades Group resulted in  

deputation on April to the Minister  

for Public Works, Mr. Davis Hughes.  

The Building Trades Group decided  

to call strike on the retrenchment  

issue on Thursday, April 22. This was  

called off as result of letter received  

from Mr. Hughes in which he said:  

“The Premier has authorised expendi-  

ture for the balance of this financial  

year for urgent and emergency works  

under the school maintenance pro-  

gramme. Arrangements have been made  

for the employment of all men in the  

Building Construction and Maintenance  

Branch, Sydney, so that there will be  

no retrenchments this financial year.”  

New legislation in Parliament  

Long service leave  

and superannuation  

During the February State election  

campaign Mr. Askin made number of  

promises concerning long service leave  

and superannuation. These promises  

are now being put into effect.  

The bill to amend provisions of the  

Teaching Services Act, 1970, relating  

to long service leave entitlements is  

currently before State Parliament. The  

following variations are important to  

teachers:  

(a) After ten years of service an  

officer shall be entitled to two months’  

leave on full pay or four months on  

half-pay.  

(b) For service in excess of ten  

years he shall be entitled to leave out-  

lined in (a) plus an amount of leave  

proportionate to his length of service  

after ten years calculated on the basis  

of five months on full pay or ten months  

on half-pay, for ten years served after  

service for ten years.  

In effect, this means that after  

serving more than ten years teacher  

is entitled to two months’ leave plus  

II days for each additional month in  

excess of 10 years’ service.  

(c) Any extended leave or benefits  

in lieu of this leave, taken prior to the  

above leave is deductible. There is no  

alteration to present provisions for less  

than ten years’ service.  

The benefits have been made retro-  

spective to January 1, 1970.  

Superannuation legislation  

Legislation concerning superannuation  

is to be presented in Parliament late  

in April. It will provide for an increase  

of 50c in the value of the superannua-  

tion unit from $2.25 to $2.75. The  

increase will be retrospective to Janu-  

ary 1, 1971.  

Payments to widows already in-  

creased by the extension of children’s  

pensions up to 23 years of age, if they  

are still being educated and also by  

proportionate share of higher unit  

value, will be further increased, retro-  

spectively again, to January 1, 1971.  

Effective from that date, widows’ pen-  

sions will be two-thirds of the male  

pension instead of five-eighths.  

Increases in salaries paid after retire-  

ment and retrospective to date prior  

to retirement have not previously  

attracted additional units of superan-  

nuation. Retrospective to January 1,  

1971, such increases will now attract  

additional units in the case of normal  

or breakdown of retirement and in the  

case of death of married male con-  

tributors.  

In the last-mentioned case, the widow  

will be given the option of accepting or  

rejecting units involved. This will be  

matter for her own discretion.  

The increase in unit value by 50c,  

the increase in widows’ pensions to  

66 S% of male pension and provision  

for units entitlement derived from  

retrospective increases in salaries will  

all be included in legislation.  

The legislation will also provide for  

valuations of the fund every three years  

instead of every five years, and periodic  

reviews as to the adequacy of super-  

annuation will be made.  

Plans for action  

Specialist  

teachers in  

primary schools  

The 1970 Annual Conference resolution  

on Working Conditions called upon the  

Government to “bring down! plans to  

provide specialist teachers in primary  

schools and to provide relief from the  

strain of face-to-face teaching by class-  

room teachers from the beginning of  

1972”.  

It also called upon “associations and  

school staffs to consider forms of action  

to be undertaken by teachers to secure  

the appointment of specialists in pri-  

mary and infants’ schools”.  

The Department has responsibility  

to provide quality education. The  

quality of education will be raised by  

the appointment of specialist teachers  

in certain fields, such as art, music,  

craft, science and physical education,  

so that children will benefit from the  

specially developed body of knowledge  

and competence that such specialists  

will be able to supply.  

This would result not only in  

improvement in the teaching of special-  

ist subjects but, when all teachers have  

time for preparation and marking, the  

approach to the basic subjects will be  

more thorough and creative and will  

lead to marked improvement in the  

quality of teaching in all subjects.  

As professional people, teachers need  

time away from pupils for correcting  

assignments, preparing, evaluating,  

diagnosing and planning. These skills  

are as much part of teaching as is  

the delivery of lesson, and to major  

degree they determine the educational  

value of what is done in the classroom.  

Therefore, the provision of relief  

from face-to-face teaching is an entirely  

justifiable industrial demand.  

Statement on specialists  

statement on specialist teachers sent  

by the Federation to all primary and  

infants’ schools asks staffs and associa-  

tions to consider number of matters.  

These include priorities for the  

appointment of specialist teachers, pro-  

motion rights, and arrangements for  

the use of specialist teachers in 3rd and  

4th class schools.  

number of forms of action are  

suggested in order to develop cam-  

paign around specialist teachers. Staffs  

are asked to consider supervising  

classes for various periods in order to  

devote such time to lesson preparation  

or marking.  

Teachers are also asked to consider  

□ demanding the formulation by the  

Department of detailed plan to  

train specialist teachers,  

□ refusing to programme instruction  

in specialist areas,  

□ refusing to accept supervision or  

inspection in specialist areas,  

□ refusing to teach lessons in specialist  

areas.  

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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 August 19, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-727264009

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