Tasmania Tomorrow reforms worry teachers
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Tasmania's teachers union says the State Government is fast running out of time to resolve outstanding issues relating to its Tasmania Tomorrow reforms.
The Government will begin phasing out TAFE and senior secondary colleges from next year, replacing them with three bodies - academies, polytechnics and Training Tasmania.
Education Union and Education Department officials met yesterday to discuss how senior positions will be filled, and what responsibilities they'll entail.
The union's Leanne Wright says the Government's proposal is complex and will take time to analyse.
She says there's also still no agreement about teachers' pay and conditions, or registration and qualification issues:
"What we plan to do is have meetings with our members in the next couple of weeks, and we will put to them some ideas about action they might want to take if the matters of concern aren't resolved to our satisfaction, and then we'll take advice from the members about what they want to do," said Ms Wright.
The Premier David Bartlett says the draft procedure for filling senior roles will be issued to staff for feedback.
He says other outstanding issues will be discussed with unions at a meeting next week.
