Useful Links
Jobs
www.australiateachers.com
Australia's fastest growing online job board, specifically for teachers and other education professionals.
Job Seekers are able to find, free of charge, information about hundreds of employment opportunities via our Website’s easy-to-use interface. Though the majority of our jobs are directed at teachers, we also have employers who post other job opportunities such as including Counsellors, Community Relations Personnel, Teacher Aides, Psychologists, Therapists and much more
Behaviour Management
Jenny Mackay is a behaviour management consultant with a really useful help desk. You can look at case studies or submit your own questions at www.behaviour.com.au
Dr Mac's Amazing Behaviour Management Advice Site
Thousands of practical and down to earth tips on managing student behaviour. Postings include articles such as “Problems with catching ‘em being good (and how to do it right) www.behavioradvisor.com
Teachers Helping Teachers
Detailed lesson plans, teaching ideas and behaviour management strategies submitted by teachers
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel//index.html
Busy Teachers' WebSite K-12
Lesson plans, activities, teacher reference section with really good links
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/homepg.htm
The Times Education Supplement
Loads of resources for teachers, free to regsiter, and a subject-specific contents page: http://www.tes.co.uk/
AEU TAS Publications Page
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Why join the Union?
Why join the Union? The big picture stuff...
Do you want living standards to rise?
Do you want people to have access to free, quality education?
Do you want workers to have better rights and protections at work?
Do you want to see tolerance and respect for human rights in our society, rather than prejudice and discrimination?
These are questions asked by Greg Combet, ACTU (Australian Council of Trade Unions) Secretary, at the launch of Future Strategies in May 2003. Greg sets out union values as:
- the right to decent pay and conditions
- safe and healthy workplaces
- protection against unfair treatment or dismissal
- gender equality
- the right to collectively bargain and to organise
- cooperation instead of conflict
In addition to these values which impact on peoples working lives, the union movement is also concerned with all areas of social justice, such as:
- democratic rights
- fair distribution of wealth
- the right to be employed
- access to health and education regardless of your income or social status
- decent minimum living standards
- a fair tax and social security system
- access to housing
- respect for indigenous rights, and diversity in the community
- a sustainable environment
- equal treatment before the law
- international cooperation and peace
If these are issues that you are concerned about, get involved. Contact your union to find out what you can do to help in the fight.
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On the Up
On the Up is the AEU’s newsletter for New Educator and Pre-Service Teacher members. It will be published twice a term. We strongly encourage you to use this magazine as a vehicle for sharing:
- lesson ideas and teaching strategies,
- behaviour management techniques,
- a profile of yourself or your class,
- book reviews,
- samples of students’ work (make sure you get permission),
- comment on industrial issues for teachers in the public education system
Latest Edition of "On the Up"
November 2011
August 2011
May 2011
November 2010
August 2010
May 2010 On the Up
March 2010
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Beginning Teachers Time Release
Beginning Teacher Time Release Program (BeTTR Program)
This program is designed to give support to beginning teachers by providing them with significant time release. Any Beginning Teacher (permanent OR fixed term) who is in the first year of employment is eligible for the program as long as they are employed on a 0.5 or above load and for at least one school term.
If you are teaching full time, then you are allocated an extra 2 hours a week off class. For example, if you are a Primary teacher, instead of teaching 22 hours a week, you teach for 20. If you are less than full time, then your BeTTR time will be calculated on a pro rata basis :
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Reduction
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1
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120 mins
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0.9
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108 mins
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0.8
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96 mins
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0.7
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84 mins
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0.6
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72 mins
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0.5
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60 mins
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You are able to ‘bank’ your BeTTTR time for a maximum of 6 hours to accommodate a block release to enable you to attend full day Professional Development, or spend a day at another school. The BeTTR program is designed to supplement but NOT replace individual school professional learning programs.
There are many valuable ways that you can use your BeTTR time release. Some of the possibilities listed by the DoE are:
- Induction programs relating to the school, Branch and Department
- Mentoring relationships
- Ongoing ‘feedback’ meetings with senior staff and/or other experienced teachers
- Attendance at specific PD
- Observation of experienced teachers in the classroom
- Additional ‘time out’ for lesson preparation
- Visiting other schools/colleges – discussions with experienced teachers
- Visit to Branch Office
- Meetings with relevant curriculum officers
- Collaboration with,and attendance at meetings with, other beginning teachers within the Branch.
How do I apply for the BeTTR program?
Each school/college employing a beginning teacher must submit to their General Manager Learning Services a separate Beginning Teacher Time Release Program Application Form (available on the staff intranet only) with a proposed plan of activities for the beginning teacher.
BeTTR time is NOT for time release of other teachers to observe you teaching
Contact Details
If you require further information concerning the BeTTR program, please contact the Manager (Strategic Recruitment and Workforce Modelling) on (03) 6233 9515 or via email: HRM@education.tas.gov.au.
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