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Multicultural Education

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  Racism is a virus - there's an antidote

  March 05, 2020

  As a union of educators, all Federation members have the responsibility to organise, oppose, act and educate against racism in all its forms.

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  Harmony Day an opportunity to promote anti-racism

  March 05, 2020

  ​Harmony Day is a time when school communities can unite and promote inclusion.

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  Federation breaks staffing cap and secures additional EALD positions

  December 18, 2019

  ​Federation is proud to report that the arbitrary staffing cap, initially set in 1983, has been broken.

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  Power of the collective delivers IEC win

  November 28, 2019

  Member action at the local level and Federation’s representations to the Department will see a new Intensive English Centre (IEC) established in the northern NSW town of Armidale from the commencement of the 2020 school year.

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  Multicultural matters

  November 01, 2019

  ​For many people facing violence and oppression in their homelands, fleeing to another country in search of refuge is their only hope for keeping themselves and their families alive.

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  Multicultural Matters

  September 29, 2019

  Federation members are demanding 200 extra qualified, full-time equivalent permanent English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D) teachers in the 2020 staffing entitlement, to adequately match the needs of EAL/D students across the state.

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  Multicultural matters

  August 29, 2019

  EAL/D provision, Intensive English Centres and Adult Migrant English Program

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  Additional permanent EAL/D teachers to meet student need is long overdue

  July 18, 2019

  The number of students requiring specialist English language support has increased by 20 per cent over five years but not a single EAL/D teaching job has been added, Federation’s Annual Conference was told.