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2020 teacher transfer appeal process
Each year, some QTU members either receive an unwanted required transfer or request a transfer to a specific geographic area and/or region and don’t get it. In both cases there are appeal processes.
All Trades signals the need for change (again!)
The placement of All Trades Queensland (ATQ) into voluntary administration is yet another example of why the current training system needs an overhaul.
Building union influence and safe online spaces for women
This year’s AEU Rosemary Richards Scholarship recipient is looking at targeted digital media strategies that build union influence and create safe online spaces for women to engage in union activism.
Campus pulled back from the brink
The commitment and solidarity of QTU members at the TAFE Queensland SkillsTech (TQST) Alexandra Hills Training Centre has helped rescue their campus from the brink of extinction.
EB9: it’s time to implement
A number of the new strategies from EB9 come into play this year. What's in store?
Editorial - Time for NAPLAN to go
The QTU State Council voted unanimously to conduct a ballot of members in schools to boycott NAPLAN in its entirety in 2020.
Education leaders and the QTU
As well as supporting school leaders individually, the Queensland Teachers’ Union backs them collectively, as a critical stakeholder around department initiatives.
Legal: "Justice" on tap
An innocent “tap” to the arm of a student from a teacher demonstrating proper behaviour to a class has eventually led to the member defending criminal charges of assault.
Legal: Blue cards - “no card, no start” starts now
Blue cards are to be more important than ever, as new laws tighten the child protection regime in ways that will have wide-reaching impacts on parents, teachers and school leaders.
Legal: Disciplinary action against principal set aside
A principal is back at school after the Department of Education’s attempt to discipline her for allegedly “talking abruptly” to a member of staff was set aside by the QIRC.
NAPLAN tri-state review - interim report released
The interim report of the tri-state review into NAPLAN provides much food for thought.
QTU committees: Women Teachers and Girls Education
The QTU maintains several committees to provide advice and guidance to the Union on specialised areas. Here we turn the spotlight on the Women Teachers and Girls Education Committee (WTGEC).
So you have the keys to the house – what now?
Here are some things to consider during the first weeks in your new home.
TAFE: the effect of public holidays on overtime thresholds
With the movement of the 2020 Brisbane Exhibition holiday from a Wednesday to a Friday, it is timely to remind members of the impact on overtime thresholds of the colloquially known “four-fifths rule”.
Time to implement the TAFE agreement
On Friday 31 January, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission certified the TAFE 2019 enterprise agreement. Much of it will require a concerted effort by members, Workplace Reps and Union Officers to not only roll out but also enforce.
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