28 places available
The SSTUWA is delighted to offer the annual Women’s Conference in 2021. This is an opportunity for women educators within our union to come together. The blended focus for this conference is to build hope, connectivity, and resilience. Come together at this conference to identify and celebrate the achievements of amazing women, as well as developing your own skills and desire to choose to challenge.
Many of us will seek out a career change at some time in our lives. Neryl went from single mum working the checkout at Woolworths, to putting her life on the line as a highly trained bodyguard in the Middle East.
Wanting to live a life of meaningful purpose, Neryl joined the Australian army as a Military Police Officer and then completed the highly sought after Close Personal Protection Course. In late 2004, Neryl Joyce took up close protection work in Iraq with a private military company and soon learnt that money didn’t necessarily attract the best operators. The toxic culture eventually led to poor decision making, excessive risk taking and ultimately; the death of her colleagues.
Soon after the initial Iraq incident, Neryl took up a position with the now-infamous American company; Blackwater Security Consulting, providing close personal protection to staff involved with the upcoming Iraqi Presidential election. Neryl then became Operations Manager at an Immigration Detention Centre on Christmas Island. What Neryl doesn’t know about planning, risk mitigation and crisis response, isn’t worth knowing. Neryl will take you on a journey where every decision has a risk and every action can have a devastating consequence.
View the Women of Steel movie as a stimulus to a session that will focus on choosing to challenge as a collective. Learn how the SSTUWA chooses to challenge as part of the Public Sector Alliance campaign calling for an end to the cap on wages. Consider how you might choose to challenge as an individual and as a collective.
Dr Ann O’Neill is an inspiration. Her story of triumph over severe hardship and her commitment to improving the lives of others is one that should be shared. Ann has survived what many would call the un-survivable: an attempt on her life, the double homicide of her children and the simultaneous suicide of her then estranged husband. Hear how Ann chose to challenge.
$ 130 : Members
$ 265 : Non-Members
Non-Members (subject to availability)
Morning tea and lunch provided.
We are able to supply a vegetarian or gluten free option. Please advise prior to the event. training@sstuwa.org.au
Women Educators K-TAFE
Members and Non-Members
Members in schools and TAFE colleges are eligible for five days of paid leave per year to attend trade union training (TUT).
To comply with TUT leave requirements applicants must:
The school will not be charged for the salary of the person attending trade union training - this is covered by the DoE. However, if a relief teacher is required, this is funded through the school's one line budget.
When processing TUT leave applications:
Members in TAFE colleges are eligible for five days of paid leave per year to attend trade union training (TUT).
To comply with TUT leave requirements applicants must:
This training relates to the following standards :
Standard 4 – Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
Standard 6 – Engage in professional learning
Standard 7 – Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community
Thu 2 May @ 3.00pm - 4.30pm
7 SPACES
Thu 2 May @ 3.30pm - 4.15pm
10 SPACES
Fri 17 May @ 12.00pm - 3.15pm
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We wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work. We wish to pay respect to their Elders - past, present and future - and acknowledge the important role all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play within Australia. We stand in solidarity.
Authorised by Mary Franklyn, General Secretary, The State School Teachers' Union of W.A.
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