Welcome to the third edition of IE for 2024.
Hear from human rights advocate and former Socceroo Craig Foster AM on the power of education, the importance of unions, and his hopes for the Matildas.
When school teachers can’t access childcare for their own children, they can’t return to the classroom as planned. We hear from members in rural and regional areas who are struggling with the workforce crisis in early childhood education.
Elsewhere, we explore how online pornography is undermining consent education, what schools can do about it, and what resources are available. We also look at what happens when students cyber-bully staff and how to tackle it.
Read about the need for better career pathways for First Nations teachers in the NT, with new research findings from academic and Warumungu Luritja woman Dr Tracy Woodroffe.
We also meet union women telling their stories for an online oral history project. Finally, don’t miss our special four-page liftout on workloads.
We encourage you to share this email with your colleagues and invite them to join the IEU. We are always stronger together.
Carol Matthews, Secretary
IEUA NSW/ACT Branch
You can read the full edition or browse a selection of highlights below.
- Hear her voice: An oral history of women in unions.
- In Focus: Meet human rights advocate and former Socceroo Craig Foster
- Teaching in a childcare desert
- Sex Education: Countering pornography’s insidious influence
- Online safety: When students cyberbully staff
- First Nations teachers: Why we need better career pathways