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End of year school moves for staff – be wary of your obligations

At this time of year many members contact us about moving schools. With demand for employees being so high many people are taking the opportunity to move onto employers of choice. Two persistent questions come up: How much notice do I have to give? and …

Why teachers say dealing with parents is the worst part of their job

Teachers are under a lot of pressure. Teacher shortages, growing workloads as well as the demands of a complex job mean many teachers are stressed. Unfortunately, recent research shows that parents are not helping. In fact, they are making the problem worse. Teachers are increasingly …

Invitation to participate in QUT research: LGBTQ+

The Queensland University of Technology is conducting research on the experiences of LGBTQ+ teachers, currently working (or have worked) in a rural, regional or remote Australian school at any time since 2016. The IEU has 75,000+ members Australia-wide teaching in the non-government sector, hence QUT are …

Education Support Staff – are you overworked and underpaid?

One of the most important ongoing matters raised by IEU members is classification of Education Support Staff (also known as ESOs, SSOs and LSOs). When the IEU conducts classification professional learning sessions for ESOs in-house, we typically receive questions such as: I am really overworked …

Review of School Vaccination Policies

Since the legal requirement for SA school staff to be “fully” vaccinated was rescinded on 31 March 2022, the medical advice around COVID protective practices has continued to become less and less restrictive in SA and around the country. State of emergency powers are being …

IEU(SA) Equity Committee – Women’s Dinner

The first IEU(SA) Equity Committee Women’s Dinner was held 11 years ago, in the year of the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day, when our speaker was the then member for Florey in State Parliament—Frances Bedford. At that dinner, Frances talked about her work to …

Relief Teacher Skills: Examples and How to Improve Them

Relief teachers provide and maintain an educational atmosphere and ensure learning continues when primary educators take some time off for personal or professional reasons. When you work as a relief teacher, it helps you prepare for a full-time teaching position. Why are relief teacher skills …

Invite pre-service teachers at your school to join the IEU

With many Pre-service Teachers (PSTs) on placement in schools at the moment it is timely to remind members that PSTs are eligible for IEU membership. PSTs can access our career advice, all of our Professional Learning Sessions and support with CV writing. And, they can …

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