It is difficult to summarise 135 years of achievement without reflecting on how we build on the legacy of the past.
Council delegates heard an update on the implementation of the State School Teachers’ Certified Agreement and noted the plan to start the development of the log of claims for the next EB in Term 2.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to past Honorary Vice-President Jenny Swadling for her dedication and commitment to the Queensland Teachers’ Union.
Strong Union leadership is essential in advocating and achieving for our complex school environments and our TAFEs.
The QTU/DoE Certified Agreement Implementation Committee (CAIC) continues to meet each term to ensure that the schedule of implementation of clauses in the certified agreement is on track.
We simply cannot accept that being exposed to a harmful workplace is “part of the job” or that the needs of one individual outweighs the obligations of an employer to provide a safe workplace.
Over the Christmas shutdown, the Queensland Department of Education released its new procedure for students’ use of mobile devices in schools.
Each year in the lead up to the Queensland State Budget, the QTU provides the state government with a comprehensive list of recommendations to improve and enhance the public education system.
For many women and girls, access to period products or advice about menstruation is simple enough. But for a number of students across Queensland, it is not that simple.
The For Every Child Campaign reached a crescendo in the second half of last year, with AEU National Public Education Campaign Field Coordinators in each state and territory undertaking a road trip to Canberra.
As part of the QTU Library's recent renovations, space was set aside to create a Yarning Circle.
2023 saw many changes at the QTU’s Lawrence Grulke Library, with a recent renovation resulting in a more open, welcoming, and accessible space for QTU members and employees.
The QTU has long advocated for support, resourcing and professional development (PD) to enable teachers and school leaders to manage this significant change in ways that minimise the workload impacts.
Two new enterprise agreements for educators delivering vocational education and training for Central Queensland University (CQU) and TAFE Queensland have been certified by the Industrial Relations Commission.
The QTU has joined with more than 30 other community organisations to form the Queensland Thrive by Five (TB5) Alliance.
It’s important to include and teach about the Stolen Generations in an accurate, age-appropriate way. While there are plenty of books, films and songs out there, the Healing Foundation has recently released a Stolen Generations resource kit.
Queensland students were challenged to create an artwork influenced by the United Nations’ Day of Peace theme "Let's put peace at the heart of our words and actions".
A pull-out summary of the QTU's workload reduction achievements.
Your pull-out guide to the QTU officer team.
To celebrate 135 years of Union achievement, we are taking a look back on some snapshots of Union history. In this edition, we look at the QTU's buildings.
In term 4, the QTU sent a delegation to the annual AEU New Educators Conference in Canberra, which brings together union activists from all over the country who are in their first five years of teaching.
AI’s leap from science fiction genre to an uncomfortably confronting reality, is still difficult to comprehend. Teachers will continue to be at the forefront of determining how to confront the challenges it poses.
Melissa Cole was the winner of the “Best demonstrated leadership in work health and safety and return to work systems” category at the 2023 Work Well Awards, the first Queensland teacher ever to do so.
A big hello to all the new teachers starting their teaching careers in 2024. As teachers who have also “survived” our first year, we at the QTU know that this year will bring many firsts, many challenges, and a lot of steep learning curves.
Music for Every Child, Every Week is a grass roots campaign aiming to do just what it says – ensure music education is delivered to all children in Queensland state primary schools by a qualified music teacher.
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In many of the documents created in the course of one’s educational working life, one term sticks in the memory more than others. That term is “lifelong learning”.
