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Schools

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  Students should be at the centre of reporting: submission

  April 04, 2020

  Academic growth and individual achievement should be the focus of reporting, Federation’s submission to the review of NAPLAN states.

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  Cleaners rewarded for extra elbow grease

  April 03, 2020

  Their job is rated as more hazardous than those in the construction and mining industry*, so when it became evident the Coronavirus had reached our shores NSW’s school cleaners knew they were on the front line.

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  How schools are scrubbing up

  April 03, 2020

  With best-practice hygiene measures important during the Coronavirus pandemic, school cleaners at the very forefront of the battle against the spread of the virus in schools have secured significant guarantees from the NSW Government to maintain their vital work.

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  Inquiry head makes plea to school teachers to tell their stories

  March 31, 2020

  Members of the profession are being asked to share the realities of their working lives for the inquiry investigating the value of teachers’ work.

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  Normal school operations must end

  March 25, 2020

  Federation has today called on the Government to stop delaying the inevitable and put the health and safety of students and staff first during the COVID-19 crisis.

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  24 hours: Federation in action

  March 25, 2020

  At the height of government-fuelled confusion over the operation of schools as COVID-19 spiked in NSW, Federation was able achieve some clarity in the interest of all our members’ health and safety.

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  Teachers and principals are not dispensable

  March 23, 2020

  In light of contradictory health advice from the Prime Minister last night and the failure of the NSW Premier to provide an unequivocal decision on schools, Federation regards the situation “a recipe for chaos”.

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  New schools’ Award approved by Industrial Relations Commission

  March 19, 2020

  The Industrial Relations Commission has handed down orders bringing the Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2020 into effect from 1 January, 2020.