Activist Teaxchers (oops!!) Teachers Network Fund Public Education! No Mass Testing!	REJECT THE IRC's PALTRY PAY OFFER !!
Links GET INVOLVED, JOIN ATN NSW Teachers Federation POPE (Promotion Of Public Education) Labor Council Workers Online Yeah I know we have issues with those below but you have to be in the loop! Department of Education Board Of Studies And yes heaps of ATN members are lefties. And yes Labor still attracts most left leaning organised activists. Socialist Alliance Greens NSW Labor Heres Nelson's Diatribe (Brendon Nelson, the Federal Liberal Government Education Minister)	SKY Meetings Friday 25th June (Week 9) !! Additional 7.5% for all teachers.  Pay now or cut the workload ! MOTION The 12% pay deal falls short of a just settlement. The intervention of Premier Carr into the IRC deliberations leads us to reject this offer. The IRC and State Government have gone one step further to undermine public education with the payment of additional monies for promotion positions to the private school sector.  Action points -  1. We call any reopened IRC case to consider a 7.5 % rise across all public school pay positions, not just promotion positions.  2. We call on NSWTF State Conference to consider a campaign of rolling strike action until the Commission considers a general increase.  3. We also call for indefinite bans on the following items in recognition that the Commission stated we have increased workload but then reduced our payment because of Carr¹s intervention  Annual School Reports Primary Portfolio ELLA, BST, SNAP, PWA, and Computer Skills Tests  4. We oppose any change to the working conditions of Corrective Services teachers.      IRC What's that? So now is the time for state-wide meetings to reject the 12% offer. We need an offer that will attract new teachers, retain current graduates and ensure our disadvantaged schools are fully staffed. That’s right disadvantaged schools. Not priority schools Mr Howard. You change the name but you can't dismiss social circumstances. Why Do We Say No Mass Testing ? Check these links :- Global Testing: from George Bush to John Howard But don’t believe us. It was a sticking point in the latest pay hearings at the IRC. Clause 18.3 of the last award (2001) was forced upon us by the Carr government. It mandates Federation agreement to ELLA, SNAP, BST and Computing Skills Testing. This raises a key question. Why is testing included in an industrial award of the conditions of a workforce sector? Answer. Because in reality, mass centralised, standardised, testing is not about quality in education, it's about control. He who controls the standards of knowledge, controls knowledge ( and sorry about the sexist language but who’s the Director of Education? - yep back to bloke after a short lived equal opportunity experiment! Still, the $330,000pa helps the old super payout, what chaps?))	Events Timeline SKY Stop Work Meetings 9 am Friday 25th June At a club near you. Check Fed fax stream at your workplace. Next ATN Meeting  THURSDAY 4.30pm JULY 1st. Royal Exhibition Hotel.  Devonshire Street, east side of Central Station  Discuss pay, state conference and opposition to the proposed Institute of Teachers.   NSWTF State Conference Sunday, Monday, Tuesday July 4,5,6 2004 Conference is listed as the next official debate about the pay campaign. It will occur just after the budget and will consider any of Carr's education budget cuts. Call your Fed organiser to fill a vacancy or get in for a day or two on a proxy from another teacher.
Contact Details   The Activist Teachers Network seeks to mobilise teachers at the school, association and council level for pay justice. We want to continue the struggle for working conditions with united action across schools, TAFE, AMES and Corrective Services with regular statewide rallies and meetings of all NSWTF. Contact: John Morris 97736054w 95587051h 0409777173  atn-subscribe@yahoogroups.com	Education Debates Testing Institute Of Teachers Integration Union Democracy Class Sizes