Newspaper of the NSW/ACT Independent Education Union (vol 34 #2) April 2014
Print Post: 225007/0002 – ISSN: 0728-4845
Student teachers snap up memberships p9
Taking a stand on prac p13
Preschool funding struggle p11
RECOGNISE, RESPECT & REWARD
3Rs campaign for teachers in Catholic systemic schools
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It’s time for Catholic systemic school employers to Recognise, Respect and Reward their teachers says the IEU 3Rs campaign endorsed at March Council. Along with increased salaries, the campaign spells out the ways in which workloads are continuing to increase and sets out the conditions improvements that must be made to facilitate the new demands. IEU General Secretary John Quessy says increasing workload demands are compressing the time that teachers have available for lesson planning, review,
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mentoring and meeting expanding teaching and learning needs. “Government policy is changing the nature of teaching and the work of teachers and the claim associated with this campaign is part of the Union’s way of addressing it. “This is about Recognising our teachers as professionals, Respecting the work that they do and Rewarding them appropriately. In practice, this means increasing salaries and adjusting working conditions to provide teachers with adequate time and resources to focus on their core teaching work.”
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What can you do? Look out for campaign resources coming to your school soon. Over coming weeks organisers will arrange with Reps in Catholic systemic schools to deliver bulk copies of the 3Rs postcard for distribution among their colleagues. Reps are asked to prominently display these magnetised postcards – stick them on your fridges, filing cabinets, pin them to notice boards and display in all prominent places. Reps are also asked to give individual postcards to all IEU member colleagues.
All members can also: • Attend your chapter meetings and vote when required. • Talk to your colleagues about this campaign and share information. • Keep this campaign visible in your school. • Share your stories and photos with the Union via 3R@ieu.asn.au. • Stay up to date with all Union news via Facebook (like us at www.facebook. com/ieunswact), Newsmonth and the IEU website (www.ieu.asn.au).
Claim for teachers in Catholic systemic schools - Employers' response 'forthcoming' p4