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Schools

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  Safety and wellbeing concerns before IRC

  December 03, 2020

  The Department has failed to adequately address Federation’s concerns regarding the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic and Federation recently escalated the matter to the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC).

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  Workplace contacts

  November 30, 2020

  Talk about the deep end and being thrown in head first! Natalie Amacha is a first-time Federation Representative in possibly the most chaotic school year in the history of the profession.

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  Association spotlight: Dubbo Teachers' Association

  November 30, 2020

  In 2017, Dubbo held its first Pride march for LGBTIQ people in the area. Our association was privileged to design and commission a flag to march in the parade with teachers dressed in rainbow.

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  There's nothing casual about teaching: Professional learning and mandatory training

  November 27, 2020

  There is a fundamental responsibility for schools to support the professional learning of all staff, including casual and temporary teachers.

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  ARIA award rocks Wilcannia

  November 27, 2020

  With Sarah Donnelley being voted the Telstra ARIA music teacher of the year came deserved recognition but not, she says, for herself. She claims those winning votes are for the children of the remote western NSW town of Wilcannia on the banks of the Darling.

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  Media release: Teaching jobs at risk under Berejiklian plan, class sizes to increase

  November 25, 2020

  Classroom teachers, executive, specialist and principal positions are at risk due to the Berejiklian Government’s decision to push ahead with public school closures in the Murwillumbah community.

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  Spectacle of public education talent

  November 24, 2020

  “The diversity of our students is one of our many strengths and our Public Schools Arts Festival showcases this wonderful diversity and creativity,” Inner City Teachers Association Secretary John Gauci said.

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  Media release: Valuing The Teaching Profession - An independent Inquiry

  November 24, 2020

  Following more than four weeks of public hearings featuring representatives of the teaching service and other experts we have reached the final day of hearings at Valuing the Teaching Profession – An Independent Inquiry.