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School staff COVID-19 news

• Renewals of WWCC during lockdown

  The union has received some enquiries from members concerned about the renewal of their Working With Children Check (WWCC) during lockdown.

  14 Jul 2021

• AIS Bargaining update: Pay offer totally unacceptable

  IEU representatives met with representatives of the Association of Independent Schools (AIS) on 8 June 2021.

  15 Jun 2021

• Staff vacancy: Make your voice heard

  The IEU is conducting a brief survey concerning staffing shortages in Catholic systemic schools in NSW and ACT. The union has previously conducted a survey for regional dioceses, and now we are calling for contributions from metropolitan areas.

  7 Jun 2021

• Survey on Teacher Health and Wellbeing

  Be part of a new research study into the health and well-being of NSW teachers – help to shape future programs for teachers!

  14 May 2021

• Parental rights bill unworkable and unsafe

  The NSW Parliament is currently considering two pieces of legislation that have been proposed by One Nation’s Mark Latham.

  21 Apr 2021

• Plenty of funds but Aspect staff getting short changed

  The National Director of Aspect school has responded to staff claims for a pay increase in 2021, doubling down on arguments against the reasonable request.

  26 Mar 2021

• A tale of three schools: Coptic Board plays favourites

  In a family of three, only two members get to enjoy the fruits of their labour.

  25 Mar 2021

• Drastic casual teacher drought causing chaos

  Catholic systemic schools in non-metro dioceses are facing grim casual teacher shortages.

  25 Mar 2021

• Changes to NSW school COVID-19 restrictions

  NSW Government schools have been given permission to adopt any of the below changes to their COVID-19 restrictions, from Monday 8 March. These changes will likely inform the decisions made by non-government schools as to their own COVID-19 safety plans.

  9 Mar 2021

• NSW teachers gifted 5 hour PD credit towards accreditation

  The Education Minister announced this week that all teachers maintaining NESA accreditation will receive a one-off credit of five hours towards the 100 hours of professional development they are required to complete every five years.

  19 Feb 2021