the aeu represents: education workers in preschools, schools and tafe sectors teachers including...
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The AEU Represents:Education Workers in Preschools, Schools and TAFE sectors
• Teachers including Seconded Teachers• Leaders• School Services Officers (SSOs)
• Early Childhood Workers (ECWs)• Aboriginal Community Education Officers (AEWs)• Swimming and Aquatics Instructors• Lecturers and Lecturer Assistants• Educational Managers• Hourly Paid Instructors (HPIs)
The AEU will continue to:
• promote and advocate for public education
• campaign for improved funding for your school
• fight for better learning conditions for your children
The AEU wants to be a voice with parents for the future investment in public education.
The Issues
• Class size• Teacher non instruction time• Leadership time• Recognition for SSOs, ECWs, AEWs
• Professional development
• Attraction and Retention
• Professional pay
Class Sizes
The AEU is seeking to reduce class size:
• To enable greater support for individual students and catering for their different needs
• To further develop learning outcomes for all students
• To support and enhance classroom management
Non-instructional Time
The AEU is seeking to increase noninstructional time to:
• Enable teachers to develop more effective learning programs
• Enable teachers to provide greater support for students outside the classroom
• To improve feedback and monitoring of student progress
Leadership Time
The AEU is seeking to increase leadership time in schools to:• Provide more effective administration in schools
• Provide for better planning in schools
• Provide curriculum leadership
• Provide more time to develop learning cultures within schools
• Provide greater support and advice to students
ECWs, SSOs, AEWs
• Improved funding for support staff in preschools and schools
• Recognition of overtime and out of hours work
• Recognition of Skills through reclassification
• Improved pay for lower classified education workers
• More time for non-teaching staff to assist students
Professional Development
The AEU wants support for teachers, non-teaching staff and leaders to undertake professional development to:
• Embrace new educational developments
• Develop enhanced teaching skills
• Develop skills for effective ancillary support in schools
Attraction and Retention
• Additional non instruction time for beginning teachers in their first 3 years
• Improved Country Incentives to attract teachers to country locations
• Nationally competitive salaries to retain our best and brightest teachers in South Australia
Salary
The AEU is seeking on average 7% per annum salary increase for 3 years to:
• Achieve nationally competitive salaries
• Attract and retain high quality teachers to the profession
• Properly remunerate teachers for their skills knowledge and professionalism
SA at Lowest National Salary
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The Government Proposal:
• Removes the class size formula from the current Enterprise Agreement
• Reduces leadership time in schools
• Removes the allocation of non instruction time from the enterprise agreement
• Provides no additional support for students with special needs
• Provides no funding for Professional development in preschools, schools or TAFE
The Government Proposal:
Offers less-than-CPI salary of 3.25% per annum for 3 years for preschool, school and TAFE staff
The Government fails by:
• Proposing a funding model that with their own figures sees about 1 in 3 schools get less money
• Proposing a funding model that will likely lead to more school closures particularly small and disadvantaged schools
• Removing the document that guarantees teachers, counsellors, librarians, non-teaching staff and leaders in your school according to an agreed formula
Schools – Winners & Losers
Government Proposal Fails by:
• Continuing to ignore responsibility to provide for the professional development of education workers
• Proposing to leave class sizes at high levels
• Proposing to use a model which forces teachers to compete with carpets and maintenance for finite funds that come out of the same funding bucket.
Government Proposal Fails:
Because it offers a salary increase:
• 1% less than the inflation rate. The Adelaide CPI figure for April 2007 to March 2008 is 4.6%
• That leaves SA teachers at the bottom of the national scale for the next 3 years.
• That will see SA teachers go interstate and overseas for decent remuneration
A Message to Parents
Your teachers and non-teaching staff:
Recognise the link between pay and conditionsfor our members and a good public education foryour children
Therefore:
• Do not back away from seeking reasonable pay increases
• Do not back away from seeking to improve working conditions
A Message to Parents
Your children’s teachers and non-teaching staff:
• Need your understanding and support
• Are seeking your help in our campaign
• Want to work with our parents jointly to improve public preschools and schools
Show your support by:
• Talking to other parents
• Filling out postcards
• Handing out pamphlets
• Talking to friends and family
• Attending rallies
• Emailing Ministers
• Writing letters to the editor
• Writing to local MPs
• Ringing radio talkback
Rally Parliament House 17 June
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