Independent Education Union of Australia

MySchool - An Employer Perspective - 5 February 2010
If you are quietly basking in the glory of your results I presume that you will continue to bask humbly because for you to get "fields of green" someone had to get equivalent "fields of red" - that's how it works! writes Sandhurst Diocesan Director Denis Higgins

Online Media Simplistic MySchool Reporting - 28 January 2010
Almost predictably a number in the media have taken simplistic snapshots from the MySchool website to continue their political campaign against some schools, said Independent Education Union of Australia Federal Secretary Chris Watt

MySchool Website Unnecessary and Unhelpful - 28 January 2010
IEUA Federal Secretary Chris Watt believes that the highly publicised MySchool webite is both unecessary and unhelpful.
"The website will compare schools based on NAPLAN tests that are fundamentally designed to assess individual students' achievement and provide for diagnosis and teaching/learning planning" he said.

More Spin from Joel Klein - 27 January 2010
Joel Klein's Opinion piece in The Australian newspaper claims NY success from 'transparency reporting' in improved graduation rates and student results relative to other US jurisdictions. He claims that "The only people who should fear more transparency are those who have something to hide". At least one NY parent has a different perspective.

Modern Awards - 25 January 2010
Modern Awards apply to very few employees in non-government education. The overwhelming majority of IEUA members will not have their conditions of employment affected by the new Modern Awards which came into operation on 1 January 2010 as part of the new federal industrial relations system.

Bonding, Bridging, Linking - 22 January 2010
The IEUA National Symposium on March 17 will feature contributions from preeminent educators and commentators and will be opened by Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard

Our Diverse Schooling System - Building a More Socially Cohesive Australia - 11 December 2009
The IEUA will be holding a National Symposium on 17 March 2010 at Old Parliament House in Canberra. The Symposium will consider the historic contribution of the non-government school sector in building social capital and the current challenges facing both the sector and school education generally in this context.

Australia must move beyond dog-whistle politics - 10 December 2009
The Edmund Rice Centre (ERC)has called for a definitive end to the sort of debate that treats asylum seekers as political footballs - willfully tossed around with the sole aim of gaining a team advantage in the game of politics

Reflecting Diversity: Union Culture and Muslim Schools - 9 December 2009
The IEU has produced a brochure 'Non-Government Education Reflecting Diversity, Union Culture and Muslim Schools', which addresses some commonly held stereotypes about Muslim schools

Report on 2009 Activity - 8 December 2009
It has been a big year for the IEUA Federal Office which officially established its residence in Unit 10, 40 Brisbane Avenue, Canberra in January 2009 having moved from Clarendon St Melbourne where it had been located for almost two decades. This summary of the issues and challenges which the IEUA and its committees have been addressing during the year was provided to the November Executive meeting.

World AIDS Day 2009: Teachers commitment strong as universal access deadline looms - 2 December 2009
EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen called on teachers to reinvigorate their work, stressing, "Education is at the centre of any meaningful response to the AIDS crisis. Without education for prevention and behaviour change, the burden of treatment will be immense. Teachers unions are stepping up and playing their part, I urge governments everywhere not to renege on their commitments."

Education Ministers Exclude Non-Government Teachers - 1 December 2009
MCEECDYA's decision to appoint only the AEU to the Board of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership means that nothing has changed for non-government teachers since the Howard Government established Teaching Australia.