For Our Future Campaign
Australia’s public schools are among the best in the world. They
deliver high quality education to millions of students every day.
But for too long they have been neglected by federal government, which allocates only one third of its schools funding to our public schools.
Everybody who cares about the education of our children and the
quality of public education in Australia is welcome to get involved.
Keep TAFE Safe!
Keep TAFE safe - don't let TAFE be privatised!
The Australian Education Union is calling on the Federal Government to abandon changes to TAFE funding that would undermine quality and push the burden of cost onto students.
The call comes with the release of new polling conducted for the Australian Education Union that shows 93% of Australians agree that providing extra funding to TAFE is essential to meet the skills crisis and ensure all Australians have access to low-cost training and education.
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Teacher Shortage Worries
Western Australia faces a teacher shortage of epic proportions. Recent reports have estimated that within a few years Western Austalia will be more than 2000 teachers short. DET already forces teachers to teach in subjects for which they have no formal training to plug the gaps! This situation MUST be addressed now! Unless the state government acts quickly and decisively to solve this situation, the future of public education is dire. Band-aid solutions will not work, the State Governmnet must listen to teachers and make teaching an attractive career choice before it is too late. They can start by acting on the recommendations of the TwomeyTaskforce Report and negotiating a fair and reasonable EBA with the union.
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Teachers' EBA
In Feb 2008 the existing EBA for teachers expired. DET presented an insulting EBA offer to teachers including a pay increase that was way under the inflation rate. Teachers overwhelmingly rejected the offer. In September 2008, teacher rejected another offer. The union has repeatedly tried to enter into serious negitiations with DET but to this point, DET has not presented a realistic nor fair EBA offer for teachers. It is time for all teachers to receive a real pay increase and attention paid to legitimate workload issues. The cost of this not being a fair and decent EBA are just far too great for all of our children.
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Early Childhood Education -
News
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Monday, 17 November 2008 |
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The latest draft Early Years Learning Framework has just been released, and is attached. Details of how to register are available on the DEEWA Office Of Early
Childhood and Care website. You can get this information by clicking here.
 Early Years Learning Framework (209.29 kB)
The dates for the Perth round of consultation forums has also been announced, as below.
- 20 November
- 3.00-5.00 pm & 6.30-8.30 pm
- Perth Convention Exhibition Centre
- 21 Mounts Bay Road, Perth
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Administrators -
News
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
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Women in Leadership strategy is offering a professional learning program on supervisory/peer coaching for school leaders (principals, deputies, head of learning area and program coordinators) prepared to coach aspirant female employees.
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New Educators -
News
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Friday, 07 November 2008 |
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The Australian Education Union will be conducting our annual on-line survey of beginning teachers over the next four weeks commencing Wednesday 5 November. To complete the AEU New Educators Survey 2008, please log into this site and then folow the 'online survey link' from the member menu or visit the Federal Website: www.aeufederal.org.au. Gathering ongoing information from new teachers through this survey assists the union to advocate the needs of teachers new to the profession and to develop solutions to issues like teacher supply and demand, pre-service teacher education, and supporting teaching standards. Receiving feedback on beginning teachers’ union membership and union participation will also assist in recruitment and in enabling the union to address the needs of beginning teachers. The survey is password protected. You can gain this password from the SSTUWA message forum or from your principal or union rep. The survey is open to all new educators in their first three years of teaching and will run from Thursday 6th November until Friday 6th December 2008  Be first to comment this article | Views: 54 | E-mail | Read more...
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Campaigns -
EBA Updates
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Thursday, 06 November 2008 |
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1. VOTING ON NEW PROPOSAL As has been set down, the West Australian Electoral Commission will conduct the ballot for the current Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. Ballots / voting slips will be posted from the WAEC on Wednesday 12 November 2008. The ballot/ vote will close at 10.00am Wednesday 3 December 2008. The electoral roll closed COB Wednesday 5 November 2008. Please ensure your voice is heard by voting on this package.
2.MEMBER INFORMATION FULL INFORMATION RE PROPOSED SALARY INCREASES In order to inform members of the detail of EBA4, full documentation associated with the PROPOSED SALARY & CONDITIONS FOR TEACHERS & ADMINISTRATORS: Replacement EBA & updated Award is available from this website on the front page. Members are encouraged to download this material and engage in discussion on the union message board. This information will be sent to Union reps and will be arriving in schools & colleges next week.
Various member forums will be held during the voting period in both the metropolitan and regional areas. Please attend these forums to gain the official SSTUWA position and details of the offer. EBA 2008 Update 87 (434.44 kB) |
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TAFE -
Negotiating News
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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 |
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Following our discussions with him and in keeping with the commitments he gave, Training Minister Peter Collier, has today, announced a six per cent interim pay increase for TAFE Lecturers who despite the State’s economic boom, have not had a pay increase since January 2007.
The Minister in his media statement (attached), openly acknowledges the vital role lecturers play in the State’s economy in providing training to 120,000 people each year.
The increase is in line with that recently given to State School Teachers and will be back dated to September 5. Contract and Permanent staff will receive the increase and back pay on Nov 27 and casual staff will receive it in the salary paid on December 11.
Negotiations between DET and the SSTUWA will resume early next week. Members will be advised of further details as they come to hand.
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Campaigns -
EBA Updates
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Monday, 03 November 2008 |
1. FULL INFORMATION RE PROPOSED SALARY INCREASESMembers are advised to view the full documentation associated with the PROPOSED SALARY & CONDITIONS FOR TEACHERS & ADMINISTRATORS:
This documentation includes: the replacement EBA, the Teacher Award, and the VOTE INFORMATION PACK.
Salary Proposed Consists of:
- 6% September 2008
- 5% October 2009
- Structural Adjustments for all (varied and up to 5.125%) February ’10
- 4% October 2010
Other aspects of salary include:
- Graduates commencing at L1.6 [at L1.5 under EBA 2006]
- Two additional increments to the automatic teacher salary scale with renumber i.e. L1.7 to be renamed L2.1 in 2010
- Advanced Skills Teachers moved to ST2 in February ‘10
- Teachers at L1.7 to L2.1 who are permanent or fixed term on the date of registration and maintaining continuous service to move from L2.5 to L2.7 [“jumping over” L2.6] at their anniversary date
2.VOTING ON NEW PROPOSAL
Ballots will be Mailed-out by the WAEC on Wednesday 12 November 2008. The Close of Poll will be Wednesday 3 December 2008.
EBA 2008 Update 86: Further EBA 4 Details 463.00 Kb
EBA 2008 - Offer 4 426.90 Kb
2008 Teacher Award 471.77 Kb
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Campaigns -
EBA Updates
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Monday, 03 November 2008 |
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Members are advised that Executive met on Friday 31 October 2008 to
hear a report back from the Union negotiators. Executive unanimously
endorsed the position reached in negotiations. The PROPOSED SALARY
& CONDITIONS FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS: Replacement EBA &
updated AWARD as negotiated and endorsed by Executive will be voted on by members.
Executive have voted unanimously to recommend that the membership VOTE
TO ACCEPT this proposed new set of working conditions and salary
improvements.
EBA 2008 Update 85: EBA Offer Number 4 Summary 456.05 Kb
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Public Access -
Media Releases
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Monday, 03 November 2008 |
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Members of the State School Teachers’ Union of Western Australia (SSTUWA) are to vote on a proposed new salary and conditions agreement within weeks.
The vote on the new proposal will be conducted by the WA Electoral Commission.
SSTUWA President Anne Gisborne said today that the Union’s Executive had unanimously endorsed the proposed agreement and have recommended to all members that they vote “yes”.
“In November 2007 we were offered a package worth $600 million, in December it went up to $829 million and by September this year it stood at $945 million. The current offer stands at over $1-billion dollars,” she said.
“The new agreement will include salary increases, increases in district allowances, the removal of the proposed 15 hours of unpaid professional development and increases in primary DOTT time,” said Ms Gisborne.
Ms Gisborne said that a number of other significant issues including career progression had also been addressed in the proposed agreement.
Authorised by David A Kelly, General Secretary, SSTUWA
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Campaigns -
EBA Updates
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Monday, 03 November 2008 |
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Members are advised that there will be an Urgent EBA Update sent to members and
posted on this site this afternoon. Please check back later today. Reps, please inform other members to visit this site for the latest update.
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