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Climate change education is increasingly seen as an essential part of schooling.

Have you noticed a difference to the packaging of your Western Teacher magazine? Introducing biobased, biodegradable and home-compostable bio-film – a greener alternative to petroleum-based mail wrap, supplied by local Perth company, Vanguard Media Group.

Australian unions have had a long history of supporting environmental issues.

The creation of Education International (EI) in 1993 was a critical advance for global education trade unionism.

You’re nearly there! Whether this has been your first year of teaching or your fifth, reaching this point in the school year is a massive achievement.

The Australian Education Union has welcomed the recruitment campaign launched by the Prime Minister in late October, but said a far greater investment in the teaching profession and public schools was needed to end chronic shortages and ensure teachers have the time and support to meet the needs of every child.

Last year, the SSTUWA wrote to the Teacher Registration Board of WA (TRBWA) outlining several member concerns regarding workload implications around providing new copies of documents already previously provided to the TRBWA with regards to renewal of registration.

Principals and school leaders are overwhelmingly reporting they are burnt out from workload, and more than half said in the SSTUWA State of our Schools Survey that they had concerns about their personal health and wellbeing.

Delegates at November 2023 State Council Conference voted unanimously to bestow SSTUWA life membership upon former president and long-time member, Pat Byrne. The following is Matt Jarman’s report to delegates.

Bestowal of life membership on former SSTUWA President Pat Byrne, a pledge from the Premier to fully consult with unions before announcing salary rises for the public sector and a promise from the education minister that both state and federal Labor governments are committed to working to deliver full funding for public schools were among the highlights of State Council.

Read the full version of SSTUWA President Matt Jarman’s address to November State Council Conference, held on 10-11 November.

We asked members to share their stories about the impact of class sizes and what smaller class sizes would mean for them and their students.

As a new educator member, you know that your union has got your back with support, advice and protection.

The latest Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Education at a Glance report shows that Australia significantly underperforms against most OECD countries when it comes to investing in public schools.

On World Teachers’ Day 2023 - 27 October – AEU branches across the country launched a national road trip to help secure full funding for public schools.

The Voice to Parliament referendum result was not the outcome we were wanting, but as a union we will continue to walk alongside our First Nations members and communities.

This issue of Western Teacher contains a summary document of the SSTUWA’s Review into Public Education.

When the SSTUWA first discussed the option of commissioning a full review of public education in Western Australia it was with the intent of starting a conversation.

A new report published by The Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work reveals the economic payoff of fully funding public schools would be two to four times the annual cost.