Our union continues to ensure our members are advocated for and their professional voices are heard at the highest possible levels.
IEU Federal Secretary Christine Cooper recently met with the Minister for Early Childhood Education Dr Anne Aly and other stakeholders for the first of a series of roundtable discussions to address the workforce crisis in the early childhood education (ECE) sector.
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IEU-QNT has called for urgent action on teacher workloads following the damning findings of the Productivity Commission’s Review of the National School Reform Agreement.
Recently, lesson banks have been trending in the media as a solution to teachers’ excessive workloads, stress and burnout and while helpful for many, IEU members know they aren’t the solution the ongoing workload crisis plaguing our profession.
Our union remains concerned about the increased use of Permission To Teach in schools as a stop gap for teacher shortages, particularly in regional and rural areas.