“The Premier thinks the answer is performance pay… Well let me tell you, Mr Perrottet, teachers are performing over and above the call of duty. They are just not getting paid.”
@AGavrielatos
#MoreThanThanks
#HearOurVoice
The Australian Medical Association is the peak professional body for doctors in Australia.
Yesterday the
@amapresident
had the following to say regarding the return of Yr12 students.
The premier must reconsider her decision to allow yr12 to return to face-to-face teaching.
What kind of gov admits it has no idea how many hours teachers spend on admin then boldly claims it has cut those hours by 20%?
The
@Dom_Perrottet
kind.
This is our letter to parents that the DoE doesn’t want them to read.
They're trying to stop the distribution of this letter so only their spin gets through.
Share it widely so parents know the real reasons why we have to stand up for students & the profession on May 4.
Mr Sharma,
Your comments denigrating teachers were no mere off-the-cuff remark. They were considered and written in an op-ed in a major newspaper. You didn’t apologise then, but now that those comments have caused you serious embarrassment, you offer a self-serving apology.
“We will keep campaigning until election day next March if we have to. Too much is at stake for us not to continue, for our profession, for our students and for their future. Premier,
#HearOurVoice
… teachers deserve
#MoreThanThanks
.”
@AGavrielatos
The NSW Teachers Federation stands in solidarity with all nurses on strike today. Your struggle for safe staffing levels and decent pay is our struggle.
@nswnma
you too deserve
#MoreThanThanks
.
For the first time ever, public and private school teachers will stop work together on June 30. The future of our profession is at stake. We need urgent action on the unsustainable workloads and uncompetitive salaries that are causing widespread teacher shortages.
@IEUNSWACT
The Morrison Government today reduced funding for public schools by $796.5 million over the next four years denying students the resources they need. This Government has got to go.
@AGavrielatos
#EverySchoolEveryChild
The Perrottet Government today announced a real wage cut for teachers while maintaining workloads at unsustainable levels.
The decision ensures the cost of living will be rising faster than your salary.
Vale Fred Moore, aged 99, retired miner, socialist, community activist and Life Member of both the Miners’ Federation and the South Coast Labour Council. One of Fred’s last acts was to record a video message of support for striking NSW teachers in December 2021.
#MoreThanThanks
“Rather than take action to address the teacher shortage, the government and department decided to take legal action. We will not be deterred.” President
@AGavrielatos
In March the government said teachers were "flocking" to NSW from around the world. Today we learn they have recruited just two teachers in a year as part of the $14m plan. You can’t fix the shortages problem without fixing the workload and wages problem.
#MoreThanThanks
The first ever official study of the teacher workforce finds more than half are working 60+ hrs a week.
The government can no longer deny that workload & pay are making teaching less attractive. Teachers are leaving, kids are missing out.
#MoreThanThanks
While students and teachers continue to suffer the consequences of the teacher shortage; while the Minns Government in opposition stated addressing the teacher shortage would be a government priority noting the need “to reduce workload and make salaries more competitive”, what we
When governments ignore the facts, the only option is to act. That is why we have taken the decision to hold a 24 hour strike on Tuesday 7 December. Read more from President
@AGavrielatos
here
#MoreThanThanks
“It is unacceptable that the Government has put it on schools to introduce social distancing measures, which are impossible, without issuing advice with respect to what action should be taken when these measures cannot be introduced,”
@AGavrielatos
#COVID2019AU
#coronavirus
The Coalition said the world’s best teachers were flocking to NSW.
Now we know they delivered just 13.
We can’t fix the shortages problem without fixing the wages and workload problem.
Today Federation presidential officers met with minister Prue Car to discuss what must be done to address the unsustainable workloads & declining salaries that have led to the teacher shortage crisis.
BREAKING: NSW Labor has pledged to provide 100 percent of the funding NSW public schools require to meet the needs of all students. This is an incredible achievement! It means NSW would become the first state to fully fund public schools.
“Every day we are hearing stories from teachers who feel like they are being forced to choose between their health and their career. You should be able to be a teacher without it taking over your life.”
@AGavrielatos
#MoreThanThanks
#HearOurVoice
When
@Dom_Perrottet
walked in members at Darcy Road PS walked out in protest to the Premier’s lack of meaningful action to address the workloads and wages of teachers.
#MoreThanThanks
Throughout this pandemic public school teachers turned themselves inside out and continually went over and above the call of duty to provide some level of educational continuity to all students. Thank you to all our members for the work you do.
#TheProjectTV
Federation has condemned the Department of Education’s decision to hire a consultant from KPMG without any experience in school operations or public health to design a back-to-school plan for NSW in the place of consulting with teachers.
#COVID19
Members at Terrigal High School walked out today when the Education Minister,
@smitchellmlc
, walked in. Members remained outside for the duration of her visit, sending a strong message that they deserve
#MoreThanThanks
President
@AGavrielatos
has welcomed the hundreds of teachers from across western Sydney who have gathered at the IRC to protest the
@Dom_Perrottet
gov’s real wage cut and failure to act on crippling workloads.
#MoreThanThanks
"It never ceases to amaze us, whilst public schools remain critically underfunded, private schools continue to be showered with more and more and more funding from governments."
@AGavrielatos
Crippling workloads and falling salaries are driving early career teacher away at the highest rate in 13 years. And that means kids miss out. Are you listening,
@Dom_Perrottet
?
#MoreThanThanks
This is what happens when you fail teachers
✔️ Highest number of vacant positions in a decade
✔️ 3,311 positions vacant in November
✔️ 60% looking to leave in the next 5 years
✔️ Rate of young teachers leaving - 13 year high
Teachers won’t stay under Perrottet.
NSW Opposition Leader
@ChrisMinnsMP
has recognised the importance of teachers as experts. “…if we are to fix any of the problems in the NSW education system we need to start listening to the teaching profession.”
More than 300 teacher representatives from hundreds of schools across Western Sydney rallied in Penrith on Tuesday to bring attention to worsening teacher shortages. Teachers need
#MoreThanThanks
The NSW Gov has driven up workloads for many years and failed to collect data on how many hours teachers work. Now you officially know it’s more than 60 a week. What are you going to do about it
@Dom_Perrottet
?
#MoreThanThanks
Teachers & principals have shown remarkable dedication and commitment to the education, health and psychological wellbeing of their students under the most challenging circumstances since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
#TheProjectTV
Once inflation is taken into account, NSW teachers are earning the same as they did a decade ago, new research shows. Thanks for nothing
@Dom_Perrottet
.
A new report authored by senior economist Adam Rorris has revealed the NSW Government is overfunding NSW private schools by almost $850 million, while choosing to underfund public schools by $2 billion every single year.
#TFAC2022
National survey of teachers by
@blackdoginst
reveals:
• Half of all teachers looking to leave within 12 months
• 70% say workloads are unmanageable
• 76% feel burnt out
It’s a classroom crisis that
@Dom_Perrottet
has no plan to fix.
Today members from across the state sent some strong and powerful messages to the government. Thank you for making May 4 too loud to ignore.
#MoreThanThanks
More revelations on why urgent action is needed on the way schools are funded in NSW. The Perrottet Government is over-funding private schools while public school students continue to miss out.
#MoreThanThanks
Today we launched our federal election mobile billboard, one of many travelling around Australia. Teachers from the electorates of Banks, Gilmore, Lindsay, Page, Reid & Robertson joined shadow Education Minister
@tanya_plibersek
to send it on its way
#FairFundingNow
#StopTAFECuts
Teachers are being told their pay should be dramatically increased and their classroom time cut as part of a union inquiry into education. The push for better work conditions as the state weathers a major teacher drought.
#7NEWS
Premier Dominic Perrottet’s announcement that all school students will return onsite by 25 October, made without consultation with the union, shows once again this Government’s complete disrespect for the teaching profession and the work that they do.
BREAKING. Beginning and top-of-scale teachers in NSW will become the nation’s best paid from October 9, helping tackle the statewide teacher shortage after the NSW Teachers Federation council this morning endorsed a new agreement with the NSW Government.
Early this morning,
@smitchellmlc
and
@Dom_Perrottet
visited Cheltenham Girls High School. Members walked out, sending a clear message that teachers need
#MoreThanThanks
.
The Minister and the Premier chose to leave via a back gate.
Public school teachers and principals will strike on Tuesday December 7 over the Government’s failure to address unsustainable workloads and uncompetitive salaries which are contributing to growing shortages of teachers.
#MoreThanThanks
This is the Coalition’s legacy – resignations doubled in two years and almost 1 in 5 teachers are now quitting within 5 years.
We need real action on workloads and wages.
“Teachers stood by us during the pandemic. They were widely praised for their skill and commitment by parents afforded a ring-side seat in the classroom during lockdowns. A just wage and improved working conditions are deserved – and overdue.”
The NSW Teachers Federation’s Executive has reached an in-principle Heads of Agreement with the NSW Government to tackle the teacher shortage.
#DealHonoured
Teachers are furious they weren’t consulted about the return to class for Year 12 students.
They claim the decision is premature and at odds with health advice.
Read more:
@eddy_meyer
#9News
Members at at Uralla Central School donned blankets on one of the coldest days of the year, in protest at the failure of the Education Department to install safe gas heatersith flues at the school.
@AFlohm
The government says it’s concerned about children missing out on one day – May 4. We are concerned about the children missing out every day because of the teacher shortages which the government denies even exist.
#MoreThanThanks
“I didn’t come into the profession for glory, but I sure didn’t sign up to be overburdened with unrealistic expectations of compliance when I should be building relationships with students and community.”
@DyonneAnderson
#MoreThanThanks
#HearOurVoice
Members at Wauchope Public School walked out today when
@smitchellmlc
was due to visit. Walk out tomorrow to make the Premier and his government wake up on workload.
#MoreThanThanks
Not a single public school in NSW is fully funded. It's not good enough. Today we stepped up our campaign calling on
@AlboMP
to increase his share of funding. NSW Education Minister
@prucar
is right, what the Commonwealth are offering will shortchange our kids
#ForEveryChild
“This is the most corrupt schools funding deal that any Australian Government has ever announced. It totally ignores student need and does not deliver one cent to public schools.” -
@maurie_mulheron