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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article may contain names of people who have died.

As the smoke and distorted mirrors were rolled out, well-meaning school leaders put up their hands to join the IPS club.

By Samantha Schofield Vice President

Over the course of the past few years staff meeting time has been altered by workload demands.

By Natalie Blewitt Growth Team coordinator

This World Teachers’ Day the SSTUWA will be promoting public educator well-being amongst its members.

Wear a sticker to show you want to Give the Cap the Boot

Nominations for the 2021 SSTUWA Reconciliation in Action Award are now open.

From the Senior Vice President

A budget that puts our kids last

From the General Secretary: Mary Franklyn

A new report shows investment in public school capital works would help lift student performance and could generate over $5 billion every year in economic stimulus due to increased employment and improved student outcomes.

As COVID-19 continues to reap havoc and draw the public’s attention, governments across Canada are sharing a privatisation playbook as they use the pandemic as cover to transform publicly funded public education.

There is a measurable advantage in being a union member. This point is fundamental to everything that follows.

Wear it Purple Day on 27 August is about showing LGBTIQ+ young people that they have the right to be proud of who they are.

Education workers are invited to participate in a new sporting games event being held in Mandurah during the school holiday period in October.

We, the undersigned experts in education, are teachers, education support professionals, principals, early childhood educators, lecturers, associate professors and professors. We are First Nations people who collectively embody a millennia of minutes, thousands of hours, and hundreds of decades of long, hard work in the Australian education industry.

More than 150 Indigenous education experts and practitioners have issued a statement responding to mistruths in relation to the Australian Curriculum review by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

Sarah Dawkins was the 2020 SSTUWA participant in the Anna Stewart Memorial Project. She shares her experiences

Casual teachers play an important role supporting students when their teachers are on leave, or a school requires additional support.