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Name *Joy Coates*
Workplace	Beaconsfield Primary
Years Teaching	17
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	Adequate provision for students with special needs/behaviours
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	Only by actively supporting/participating in the EB campaign can members ensure we get the best agreement possible.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	Free, secular public education has played a huge role in shaping our eglitarian culture. Looking after teachers helps kids too, as public schools educate the majority of Australian children.

Name *Nic Wilson*
Workplace	Wesley ValePrimary
Years Teaching	32
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	wage parity with other states better deal for K to 6 members with resource funding, contact time and class sizes
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	Collectively we can improve our working conditions.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	Public education must be a core focus of Government. Teachers must be held in high regard in society. Funding teachers conditions displays this commitment from the department and the government is genuine.

Name Bella Murfett
Workplace	Mayfield Primary
Years Teaching	2.25 years
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	Continuation of wage relativity Mentoring of beginning teachers Maximum class sizes Funding of high needs students should be based on an IQ of 70 not 55 Improved teaching quota for those in 'B' and 'D' schools Paid parental leave
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	Members should get involved to show the Education Department that they care about what the union is fighting for. Also for members to have a say on what they really want and believe would improve public education for teachers and students.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	That they shoud acknowledge the challenges and intricacies that teachers face daily. They should also promote and publish the great and positive things about what teachers do and promote public education.

Name Loucas Papastavrou
Workplace	Port Dalrymple
Years Teaching	30
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	To get the best pay and conditions for our fellow teachers
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	It gives us strength, credibility and force to achieve what we want.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/Government?	We work hard to give our student communities the best chance to advance. We can only do this if our working conditions are fair, equitable and promote good will and optomism.

Name *Sally Fielding*
Workplace	Rose Bay High School
Years Teaching	2
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	New Educators and recruitment Alternative learning for special needs/ disengaged
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	Because we have our ear the the ground and have personal up front knowledge or what's hapening in schools.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	There needs to be far more focus on a cannection between the university and schools, making the degree and real life teaching match up and then supporting new teachers fresh out of uni in schools.

Name *Sally O'Wheel*
Workplace	Devonport Primary School
Years Teaching	17
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	special needs work load salary
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	Because we may need to support our claim with industrial action. Because the more active the members are the more likely we will get what we want.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	Our special needs children need the same educational opportunities as special needs children in other states. Our teachers also need pay and conditions as good as teachers interstate. Please support Public Education.

Name *Dale Goldsworthy*
Workplace	Prospect High
Years Teaching	27
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	Maintain conditions for workers - to keep pace with the increased living costs. Improve profile of teachers in the public eye.
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	It's your union; members need to contribute if they want their union to be successful.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	Be realistic about how the increased costs of living effects your workers. Your workers are working harder than ever before - stop asking for more.

Name *Warren McDonough*
Workplace	Exeter High School
Years Teaching	31
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	Workload Issues Salary Relativity Oualifications of teachers Respect for teachers and Public schools by society
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	The Log of Claims came from 'you'. It truly represents your thoughts, with a united push we can get what we need.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	You rely on our good will to do so much. Co-operate with us so we can team up with you.

Name *Claire Musgrove*
Workplace	Mt Nelson Primary
Years Teaching	28
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	Connecting and educating members to stand up for enhancing the teaching profession.
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	Being informed, thinking creatively and constructively and working as a team is enormously powerful.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	Help make teaching a career to want to be in.

Name *Ed Walker*
Workplace	Sorell High School
Years Teaching	10
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	Equity if resources and funding pay and conditions
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	To improve the quality of education for all.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	Public education is the key to equality and can only be achieved if there is more equity in the funding.

Name *Kylee McCausland*
Workplace	Brighton Primary
Years Teaching	16
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	Pay relativity: we need to maintain teaching as a desirable profession to continue to attract top quality practitioners. Support for students with challenging behaviours - we must provide our students with innovative options to keep them engaged in education and society. Acknowledge the responsibilities and commitment that teachers have outside the 'classroom' which enable them to provide a quality education and build meaningful relationships with their students' families by addressing the instructional load inequities.
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	The decisions made will directly affect us as educators - as well as the children we teach. We must use our voices to improve conditions of all people involved in the State Education System.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	Our EB Agreement is not just about teacher pay.... It is about addressing the changing requirements or our profession and planning for the future health of the State Education System.

Name *Peter Harrison*
Workplace	Goulburn St Primary
Years Teaching	30
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	respect vision
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	I have always believed that the way a society supports education and health is the clearest barometer of its social conscience. We, as educators and members of the AEU, should not just rely on the whims of our current government for appropriate resourcing and support. All educators must expect and, if required, demand that our profession remain 'attractively resourced etc' now and into the future. Our community has the responsibility to provide the 'best' teachers and the 'best' schools for our children-they are Australia's future.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	"We often take for granted the very things that deserve our gratitude" Cynthia Ozick

Name *Dean Folks*
Workplace	East Devonport Primary School
Years Teaching	32
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	Maintain Relativity of salaries with mainland teachers Reduction of primary teachers' workload to 20 hours per week. This to be done through increased numbers of specialist teachers who would be quarantined from any changes to schools staffing. No option available to schools to 'cash in' music, phys ed, arts teachers to create smaller classes. Increase in IQ cut off for students with high needs from 55 to 70 to bring us in line with mainland states. This is as much a workload issue for teachers as it is an equity issue for children.
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	DoE, Government and the public need to see that this campaign is supported at the grass roots by teachers and that is not just a list of demands developed by union officers in Hobart.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	Forming a basis of the Log of Claims is a list of key issues that has come directly from a survey of the AEU membership. If adequately addressed, all of those issues as they relate to working conditions will improve the ability of teachers to teach in an atmosphere of increased support and reduced stress and pressure. This can only be good for Tasmanian children.

Name *Leana Mitchell*
Workplace	Railton Primary School
Years Teaching	5
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	class sizes additional needs and funding small schools and help PRT system Primary teachers contact time National Curriculum Implementation
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	Because it's worth fighting for! We need to have our thoughts heard Instead of just complaining - they could try to help the cause.
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	Yes! If you want to keep good, young Tasmanian teachers in Tasmanian public schools, then the system has to be changed. The PRT system is totally unfair. Children should be at the heart of all funding issues..

Name *Julie Argent*
Workplace	Spreyton Primary School
Years Teaching	25
What do you see as the key issues in this EB campaign?	Salary parity funding for special & additional needs Alternative programs - alternative venues for challenging students
Why should members get involved in the EB 2011 campaign?	Strength Informed membership Get results Good for teachers, great for kids
Do you have a message for the Education Minister/ Government?	Professional salary for teachers will encourage high standard graduates to choose this profession.

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