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independent education issue 1 | Vol 51 | 2021 SPECIAL FEATURE Meeting of the minds: Julia Gillard and Sally McManus P6 the professional voice of the Independent Education Union of Australia Uluru Statement from the Heart Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tribes were the first sovereign Nations of the Australian continent and its adjacent islands, and possessed it under our own laws and customs. This our ancestors did, according to the reckoning of our culture, from the Creation, according to the common law from ‘time immemorial’, and according to science more than 60,000 years ago. This sovereignty is a spiritual notion: the ancestral tie between the land, or ‘mother nature’, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were born therefrom, remain attached thereto, and must one day return thither to be united with our ancestors. This link is the basis of the ownership of the soil, or better, of sovereignty. It has never been ceded or extinguished, and co-exists with the sovereignty of the Crown. How could it be otherwise? That peoples possessed a land for sixty millennia and this sacred link disappears from world history in merely the last two hundred years? With substantive constitutional change and structural reform, we believe this ancient sovereignty can shine through as a fuller expression of Australia’s nationhood. Proportionally, we are the most incarcerated people on the planet. We are not an innately criminal people. Our children are aliened from their families at unprecedented rates. This cannot be because we have no love for them. And our youth languish in detention in obscene numbers. They should be our hope for the future. These dimensions of our crisis tell plainly the structural nature of our problem. This is the torment of our powerlessness. We seek constitutional reforms to empower our people and take a rightful place in our own country. When we have power over our destiny our children will flourish. They will walk in two worlds and their culture will be a gift to their country. We call for the establishment of a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution. Makarrata is the culmination of our agenda: the coming together after a struggle. It captures our aspirations for a fair and truthful relationship with the people of Australia and a better future for our children based on justice and self-determination. We seek a Makarrata Commission to supervise a process of agreement-making between governments and First Nations and truth-telling about our history. In 1967 we were counted, in 2017 we seek to be heard. We leave base camp and start our trek across this vast country. We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future. Endorsed by: independent education issue 1 | Vol 51 | 2021 Executive Editors Deb James Mark Northam Terry Burke Managing Editors Bronwyn Ridgway Sue Osborne Editorial Committee Emily Campbell Monica Crouch Cathy Hickey Sue Osborne Bronwyn Ridgway Pam Smith Thinking long-term Jessica Willis Journalists Why we need to reduce excessive Emily Campbell Monica Crouch demands on early career teachers 10 Angus Hoy Sue Osborne Bronwyn Ridgway AUSWIDE Educating young people Jessica Willis News and views from around 4 about conflict and violence 22 Design Australia Coward punch victim Pat Cronin’s legacy Chris Ruddle is literature aiming to de-escalate conflict About us IE is the professional journal Special feature: Julia Gillard of the Independent Education talks with Sally McManus 6 Keeping work outside Union of Australia. It is A meeting of minds on our challenges the classroom safe 24 published for members and and opportunities ahead Health and safety hazards are everywhere subscribers and has a circulation of approximately 70,000. The – two members share their expertise content of this journal does not The year the singing stopped necessarily reflect the views of Performing arts teaching was hit hard 9 From the ground up the IEUA or the editors nor imply by COVID-19 in 2020. How an enrivonmental project is 26 endorsement by them. enhanced by local Indigenous culture IE online www.ieu.asn.au/publications/ Reducing excessive demands Contributions on early career teachers 10 Change behaviours, act Contributions from members Overloading new teachers can have for the environment 28 are welcome. Printing does adverse impacts on the profession overall Environmental education involves more not reflect endorsement and than learning about the environment contributions may be edited at the editor’s discretion. Using student data effectively Email [email protected] Practical ways to use data to improve 12 Letter to the editor A member responds about #metoo 29 Advertising teaching and support students Chris Ruddle – (02) 8202 8900 and cultural challenges in boys schools [email protected] Setting the stage for Advertising is carried in IE 14 What are the capabilities? in order to minimise costs. lifelong learners Self-regulated learning is a valuable How teachers can work effectively 30 Advertising does not in any with disengaged students way reflect endorsement of the tool that can help all students flourish products or services. Subscriptions Give teachers a stronger Understanding the unique 32 IE is available free to members voice in assessment 16 needs of flexi-schools of IEU, or by subscription, Two academics unpack complex A look at this growing sector and the contact Tania Yardley challenges for teachers and support staff [email protected] assessment terminology (02) 8202 8900 Print Post Number 100007506 Responding to extreme 19 Workplace discrimination NSW and ACT Teachers behaviours 34 Reading this publication may A step-by-step guide to managing Are you facing discriminatory count as PD. Professional reading seriously problematic conduct practices? We explore a couple of can be included as part of real-life cases your PD or PL for maintenance purposes. Remember to log your professional reading with NESA or TQI. For more information refer to NESA or TQI websites. independent education | issue 1 | Vol 51 | 2021 | 3 Editorial IE continues to bring you professional news from across Australia. Throughout the global turbulence of 2020, teachers, support staff, researchers and academics examined, assessed and explored a range of innovative educational pathways. In Queensland this first edition of our magazine for New salary benchmark for PMSA school officers 2021 you can read about their findings A new benchmark salary has been set for school officers thanks to the on a variety of topics. collective efforts of Queensland Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association (PMSA) members. Julia Gillard, Chair of the Global The level 7 school officer classification will pay a benchmark salary of Partnership for Education and Sally $99,157 which reflects the increasingly complex role of school officers. The McManus, ACTU Secretary, discuss win is one of several in the new collective agreement. the extraordinary challenges and Other key member wins include a 2.5% wage increase per year over opportunities we face in education the life of the agreement for teachers and school officers, a $500 one-off around the world, together with the payment to most employees as well as a new top classification level for future role of unions (p6). school officers. Excessive workloads and demands In addition to an enhanced middle leader structure, PMSA schools will on early career teachers are laid bare begin a phased transition to the nationally accredited Highly Accomplished in a new Australian study, read how and Lead Teacher (HALT) classifications with significant salary enhancements. these issues, school resources, student Considerable workload provisions won in the agreement include: an extra behaviours and support through their 30 minutes to the minimum preparation and correction time for primary union, overwhelmingly affect early teachers, extra consultations and resourcing for changes to curriculum, career teachers and their professional assessment and/or reporting, updated PD provisions to include an extra development (p10). two days of employee-directed PD and provisions for consultation and School data coach and consultant, Dr compensation regarding employer-directed mentoring. Selena Fisk writes about the way we can The employers have also committed to providing a minimum 10 days control the narrative of the data story paid domestic violence leave to be accessed automatically rather than at a in Australian schools, so it enhances principal’s discretion. practice and supports schools and students to thrive and flourish (p12). Northern Territory See David Vinegrad’s 10-point plan Enhanced professional provisions focus of member bargaining which he offers teachers and support staff Enhanced provisions to address key professional issues are at the heart to help respond to extreme behaviours, of collective bargaining negotiations for members in the Catholic and calmness he says, is contagious (p19). Lutheran sectors. The Pat Cronin Foundation has taken In the Catholic sector, provisions related to scheduled supervisions, staff a message national about the ‘Be meetings including subject/faculty meetings, planned meetings, year group and Wise’ educational program – enter the committee meetings have been put forward in the employee log of claims. giveaway to receive the foundation’s IEU members are also seeking professional provisions for teachers to be educational books (p22). included in the collective agreement instead of the current Memorandum of Work health and safety issues are on Understanding (MOU). everyone’s mind in 2021, read in this A matter of particular concern raised by Catholic sector members edition about key issues (p24). relates to the Laptop Program for Teachers in Non-Remote Schools, where Branches of the IEU offer environment employees are currently being charged $10 per fortnight by their employer and sustainability grants to schools and to hire a laptop which is essential for performing their role. learning centres throughout Australia. In the Lutheran sector, a key issue for teacher members relates to how In this edition there are reports from professional duties are defined.