Tag: Teachers
Teachers renew attack on Myschool site
Education bodies in Tasmania have joined forces to oppose the Federal Government's Myschool website.[MORE]
Catholic teachers strike won't affect all schools
Catholic Education says there will be no strike action next week in the schools it operates in the Archdiocese of Brisbane.[MORE]
School principals call for funding overhaul
Primary school principals are calling for a nationwide, single funding model to ensure government, private and Catholic school students are assessed according to individual needs.[MORE]
Catholic schools stand by pay offer to teachers
The Queensland Catholic Education Commission (QCEC) is standing by its pay offer to teachers, despite the threat of a teachers' strike next Wednesday.[MORE]
Flood impact restricts teaching
The Queensland Teachers Union says teachers have found it difficult to resume lessons now that floodwaters have receded in many parts of the state's south-west.[MORE]
Catholic teachers strike set for Wednesday
Dozens of Queensland Catholic schools are expected to close next Wednesday with teachers announcing a strike. [MORE]
Teacher union report card backs Govt
The Education Union has released a checklist of commitments met by the State Government but denies it is an ALP endorsement ahead of Saturday's election.[MORE]
Union battle over Labor's education plan
Premier David Bartlett has again tried to get Tasmania's post-year 10 teachers on-side, only three days from polling day, in an action that has been called 'desperate'.[MORE]
Teachers on social networking site 'investigated'
Education Queensland (EQ) says it is investigating how photos of two Darling Downs teachers from south-east Queensland were posted on a social networking website. [MORE]
Teachers demand reform rollback
Tasmania's post-year-10 teachers have vowed to hurt the Premier at the ballot box, over his changes to the college system. [MORE]
Teachers stand firm on college protest
The education union in Tasmania has rejected the Premier's latest attempt to win its support for changes to the post year 10 education system.[MORE]
NSW TAFE teachers end industrial dispute
New South Wales TAFE teachers have voted to end their long running dispute with the State Government over pay and conditions.[MORE]
TAFE denies teacher shortage
TAFE Western, in western New South Wales, says it is not experiencing a teacher shortage, despite advertising new positions.[MORE]
Catholic school teachers taking industrial action
Teachers at some Catholic Schools around Queensland are taking industrial action from today in a bid to win a better wages deal.[MORE]
Teachers quit over new curriculum
The Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) says most of the teachers who have left two Cape York schools in the state's far north were not prepared for a new curriculum.[MORE]
Teachers move protest day
Tasmanian teachers protesting against the Government's new post year 10 system have agreed to March on a Sunday to avoid disrupting classes.[MORE]
Jury acquits teacher accused of sex with student
A former Wimmera teacher has been found not guilty of having a sexual relationship with a student.[MORE]
Teachers' strike plea from Greens
The Tasmanian Greens are urging teachers to reconsider their planned strike against the Government's post year 10 education changes. [MORE]
Industrial dispute looms at UTas
The University of Tasmania's education faculty could be disrupted by industrial action in a dispute over class sizes.[MORE]
Teachers focus on reef education
More than 40 teachers from around north Queensland have a speed date planned of a different variety with marine professionals in Townsville tonight.[MORE]
My School graduates to My University
The Federal Government has unveiled plans for a new website rating Australia's universities, based on the My School site launched last month. [MORE]
Catholic teachers threatening OT action over pay claim
Queensland Catholic school teachers are threatening to refuse overtime for a week from Monday over a pay claim.[MORE]
Academic defends curriculum's Aboriginal content
The professor behind the history element of the new national curriculum denies an overemphasis on Indigenous history.[MORE]
New curriculum 'blots out British heritage'
The Opposition says Australia's British heritage has been ignored in a new national curriculum.[MORE]
