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Earn as you learn… listen to our new pre-service teacher podcast

In this podcast, we look at the job-ready benefits of working in schools whilst you are studying to become a teacher. Many pre-service members contact us about working AFTER they graduate. In reality, they may have missed potential teaching experience for their CV and important …

Early Career Teachers Conference – SASTA

The South Australian Science Teachers Association 2021 Early Career Teachers Conference will be held Monday 27 September 2021 at Nazareth Catholic College, Flinders Park. Theme: Setting up for Success “The new teacher assumes full pedagogical and legal responsibility as soon as they enter the school. …

BOLD women step up to leadership

Congratulations to the IEU(SA) BOLDies, Ally Cunningham, Jenny Johnson and Kathleen Johnson, who have recently been elected to the IEU(SA) Executive Committee. Image, left-right: Ally Cunningham, Britta Jureckson (President, IEU(SA) Executive), Jenny Johnson and Kathleen Johnson. Ally Cunningham As a unionist of many years, Alley …

IEU(SA) Position on COVID Vaccinations

Vaccinations are Australia’s pathway out of lockdowns and towards a fair and equitable economic recovery. We need high rates of vaccination to avoid ongoing serious health, economic, and social disruption from COVID-19 outbreaks. We stand ready to support and encourage the rollout and to support …

Catholic EA Update – 31 August 2021

Catholic EA negotiations are progressing and we are deep into drafting the wording of agreed issues after 19 face-to-face meetings over 12 months. Many items are provisionally resolved—however, nothing is locked in—and amongst these are (in no particular order): Salary increase of 2.35% pa for …

IEU Speaks… on #EqualPayDay

Equal Pay Day:  31 August 2021 #what’s your pay gap  Equal Pay Day this year will be marking the 61 additional days from the end of the previous financial year that women must work to earn the same pay as men. In 2020, the number …

Working remotely doesn’t mean you can’t be watched…

Given the uncertainties of this COVID era, working remotely has become a necessity when government directives advise schools to lock down to all but the most essential students and staff. Working remotely might take you away from prying eyes over your shoulder, but chances are, …

Should existing casual employees be offered permanency?

By 27 September 2021, employers (other than small business employers) need to assess whether any of their existing casual employees employed before 27 March 2021, are eligible to be offered a conversion to permanent employment. Within 21 days of completing the assessment, the employer needs …

Online learning is leaving disadvantaged students behind.

A coalition of education and charitable organisations (including the IEU), concerned about growing inequality in classrooms, propelled by digital exclusion, has written to the Minister for Education in South Australia. Why has the coalition taken this action? “Inequality in Australian education is increasing. School education, …

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