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"Empowering communities, thriving workforces: A journey towards investing in our mental health. For WA Mental Health Week 2024, we're focusing on power." Download the noticeboard poster here.

“Challenging, but Achievable” - this catchphrase, borrowed from Kylie Bice, education consultant and owner of Growing Up Greatness, is one that simply captures the nature of middle leadership.

Achieving gender equality and equity in education and in unions continues to be a top priority for Education International (EI) member organisations.

The recent media coverage of NAPLAN 2024 has supported the long held SSTUWA view that NAPLAN is not fit for purpose.

The 2024 Buenos Aires Education International (EI) World Congress was anticipated to be a special event for any member of the Australian delegation following the retirement announcement of outgoing, long-serving and globally respected president, Susan Hopgood.

Did you know that you have access to five days of paid leave each year to attend union training? This semester, you have an exciting opportunity to make use of this Trade Union Training leave, with applications for the State Council Conference Guest Program now open.

Last month, Australia woke up to a barrage of reports about the latest NAPLAN results. Media coverage described an “epic fail”, “plummeting” performances and a “bleak picture”...But many of these analyses are misguided and unhelpful.

North Metropolitan TAFE student Samin Zare has been named the winner of the 2024 TAFE national photography competition. Samin’s winning entry was titled Enjoyable Time (pictured above) and wins $5,000, as well as having their work published in the Australian TAFE Teacher magazine. 

A new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report has confirmed that real wages are growing again in Australia for the first time in nearly three years.

Nominations for delegates to UnionsWA and positions on the SSTUWA Dispute Resolution Committee are now open.

Cool.org founder Jason Kimberley is all too aware of the issues teachers face in the classroom.

All Australian teachers need to be able to teach their students about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures.

When I was studying to be a teacher several decades ago, there was excitement in the air in education. In my province in Canada, qualifications for a teacher’s certificate had been increased from three years of university to a four-year Bachelor of Education.

Wear it Purple Day will be held on 30 August this year and unites LGBTQIA+ youth and allies to shine a light on the thousands of schools, community organisations, universities and workplaces that are coming together to create a more inclusive future.

There is growing support across our schools and TAFEs to address the climate emergency and embed sustainable practices across all aspects of public education.

This year, organisers of Earth Day have called for widespread climate education as a critical step in the fight against climate change.

If you feel like you’re paying a lot for your child’s private school education, that’s because you probably are.

In Facing the Facts, Dr Carmen Lawrence told us that teachers and school leaders feel undervalued, disrespected and insecure, that the sheer volume of work is exacerbated by growing complexity, that burnout must be addressed - and that more system support is needed.

Instructional strategies are any type of learning technique a teacher uses to help students learn or gain a better understanding of the curriculum being delivered.

The latest Department of Health and Aged Care’s 2022-23 secondary school student alcohol and drug survey has revealed shocking results that reinforces the importance of recently passed laws regulating the sale of vaping products.