The AEU Represents:Education Workers in Preschools, Schools and TAFE sectors

• Teachers including Seconded Teachers• Leaders• School Services Officers (SSOs)

• Early Childhood Workers (ECWs)• Aboriginal Community Education Officers (AEWs)• Swimming and Aquatics Instructors• Lecturers and Lecturer Assistants• Educational Managers• Hourly Paid Instructors (HPIs)

The AEU will continue to:

• promote and advocate for public education

• campaign for improved funding for your school

• fight for better learning conditions for your children

The AEU wants to be a voice with parents for the future investment in public education.

The Issues

• Class size• Teacher non instruction time• Leadership time• Recognition for SSOs, ECWs, AEWs

• Professional development

• Attraction and Retention

• Professional pay

Class Sizes

The AEU is seeking to reduce class size:

• To enable greater support for individual students and catering for their different needs

• To further develop learning outcomes for all students

• To support and enhance classroom management

Non-instructional Time

The AEU is seeking to increase noninstructional time to:

• Enable teachers to develop more effective learning programs

• Enable teachers to provide greater support for students outside the classroom

• To improve feedback and monitoring of student progress

Leadership Time

The AEU is seeking to increase leadership time in schools to:• Provide more effective administration in schools

• Provide for better planning in schools

• Provide curriculum leadership

• Provide more time to develop learning cultures within schools

• Provide greater support and advice to students

ECWs, SSOs, AEWs

• Improved funding for support staff in preschools and schools

• Recognition of overtime and out of hours work

• Recognition of Skills through reclassification

• Improved pay for lower classified education workers

• More time for non-teaching staff to assist students

Professional Development

The AEU wants support for teachers, non-teaching staff and leaders to undertake professional development to:

• Embrace new educational developments

• Develop enhanced teaching skills

• Develop skills for effective ancillary support in schools

Attraction and Retention

• Additional non instruction time for beginning teachers in their first 3 years

• Improved Country Incentives to attract teachers to country locations

• Nationally competitive salaries to retain our best and brightest teachers in South Australia

Salary

The AEU is seeking on average 7% per annum salary increase for 3 years to:

• Achieve nationally competitive salaries

• Attract and retain high quality teachers to the profession

• Properly remunerate teachers for their skills knowledge and professionalism

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The Government Proposal:

• Removes the class size formula from the current Enterprise Agreement

• Reduces leadership time in schools

• Removes the allocation of non instruction time from the enterprise agreement

• Provides no additional support for students with special needs

• Provides no funding for Professional development in preschools, schools or TAFE

The Government Proposal:

Offers less-than-CPI salary of 3.25% per annum for 3 years for preschool, school and TAFE staff

The Government fails by:

• Proposing a funding model that with their own figures sees about 1 in 3 schools get less money

• Proposing a funding model that will likely lead to more school closures particularly small and disadvantaged schools

• Removing the document that guarantees teachers, counsellors, librarians, non-teaching staff and leaders in your school according to an agreed formula

Schools – Winners & Losers

Government Proposal Fails by:

• Continuing to ignore responsibility to provide for the professional development of education workers

• Proposing to leave class sizes at high levels

• Proposing to use a model which forces teachers to compete with carpets and maintenance for finite funds that come out of the same funding bucket.

Government Proposal Fails:

Because it offers a salary increase:

• 1% less than the inflation rate. The Adelaide CPI figure for April 2007 to March 2008 is 4.6%

• That leaves SA teachers at the bottom of the national scale for the next 3 years.

• That will see SA teachers go interstate and overseas for decent remuneration

A Message to Parents

Your teachers and non-teaching staff:

Recognise the link between pay and conditionsfor our members and a good public education foryour children

Therefore:

• Do not back away from seeking reasonable pay increases

• Do not back away from seeking to improve working conditions

A Message to Parents

Your children’s teachers and non-teaching staff:

• Need your understanding and support

• Are seeking your help in our campaign

• Want to work with our parents jointly to improve public preschools and schools

Show your support by:

• Talking to other parents

• Filling out postcards

• Handing out pamphlets

• Talking to friends and family

• Attending rallies

• Emailing Ministers

• Writing letters to the editor

• Writing to local MPs

• Ringing radio talkback

Rally Parliament House 17 June