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Reconciliation WA is Western Australia’s peak body for reconciliation and partners with Reconciliation Australia.

The SSTUWA continues to be the union that supports the needs of school leaders, at whichever level they are at. This year we welcome three staff members to the union who will be invaluable in providing school leader members with the assistance that they require.

Five private schools spent more on lavish new facilities in 2021 than governments spent on over half the public schools in the nation, according to a new report which reveals the full extent of the $30 billion capital divide in Australian schools.

In November 2022, the issue of increasing disruption in Australian school classrooms was referred to the Senate Education and Employment References Committee to inquire and report on a range of matters.

When the SSTUWA commissioned a review and the panel released its report into the state of public education in WA, Facing the Facts, we knew that things had to change in the sector to ensure its success in the long-term.

There is a myriad of issues in public education that are demanding more attention and resources, from workload, to teacher shortages and funding.

UnionsWA has commented on the release by the Cook Government of a new public sector pay policy which has abolished the cap on public sector wages in WA.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results reveal Australia has one of the most unequal school systems in the OECD and that inequality is increasing.

The Australian Education Union has called on all governments to commit to ending the underfunding of public schools as a matter of urgency saying the future of the teaching profession is at stake along with the quality of education delivered across the nation.

The State School Teachers’ Union of WA has described last month’s funding announcement for public schools as a very positive first step.

More than a year has passed since the public launch of ChatGPT, representing Artificial Intelligence’s significant arrival in education.

Here at the SSTUWA, the Growth Team provides specialised support to new educator members. Here are the top five things we think every first year graduate needs to know.

The start of every year brings about a flurry of wanting change, new resolutions, new goals and new ideas.

On 23 January advice was sent out to all school members via eNews regarding Directives to SSTUWA members from the Executive Committee in relation to the 2023 EBA negotiations.

As the latest generation of Western Australian children start their education journey it is time to stop talking and start acting to address the problems facing public education. The announcement of a new funding agreement bringing $1.6 billion into WA public schools is a good start but there is more to do.

The Getting Organised 2024 pack will assist and support you to organise the SSTUWA school/college branch at your worksite and nominate for State Council Conference and union committees.

A new report calls for an end to the school funding crisis that has left public schools in every state and the NT underfunded while private schools are overfunded by hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

The 2023 Women’s Conference was held recently at the SSTUWA. This conference provided an opportunity for women educators to share, connect, learn and be inspired by each other.

According to the federal government’s 2023 Closing the Gap report, 34.3 per cent of Indigenous preschoolers were starting school developmentally on track, compared to almost 55 per cent of non-Indigenous Australian students as of 2021.

In June this year, SSTUWA coordinator of the schools organiser team, Natalie Swinbourn, joined 275 young leaders from Commonwealth countries in Banff, Canada for a life-changing experience.