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Multicultural Education

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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.

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  Share a meal this Refugee Week

  June 17, 2019

  Federation continues to be a proud sponsor of the Refugee Council of Australia’s Refugee Week. This year’s theme, “A World of Stories”, will be marked by schools and TAFE colleges across NSW from Monday 17 June to Saturday 23 June.

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  Multicultural Matters

  June 17, 2019

  On 22 May, more than 80 teachers from across the 14 Sydney and regional Intensive English Centres (IECs) came together to discuss matters affecting teachers in IECs and the broader multicultural education area.

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  Federation members stand with refugees

  April 10, 2019

  ​Federation is again proud to endorse, support and promote this years’ Palm Sunday Rally and March. It comes at a time that is critical to both refugees and asylum seekers themselves seeking our humanity and compassion, as well as the continuing discussion in Australia and context of a looming federal election.