School working conditions are students' learning conditions. Educators -
both teachers and education support staff - are at a breaking point. The
system is hurtling towards leaving a generation of working class
children in a significantly worse position than their parents. Educators
must take control of fixing this problem from the bottom up. ----
Putting aside the grotesque industry of private education, even our
public education system reflects the worst aspects of class society.
Wealthy, inner-city schools have the resources, facilities, and
professional support to attract and maintain experienced education
staff. At the same time, working class suburbs are left under-funded,
under-supported and are forced to spend more of their meagre budget
trying to incentivise teachers to take ever-increasingly demanding roles.
The last state-wide agreement prioritised 'workload' reductions over
pay. However, the Government failed to hire the necessary staff -
leaving hard-to-staff schools operating with a staff capacity as low as
60% in some cases. The perverse outcome of prioritising workload
reductions over pay has resulted in fully staffed (because traditionally
easier-to-staff) government schools being able to implement a key
improvement in conditions with relative ease. However, this has come at
the expense of hard-to-staff schools and their educators, who have been
left drowning in excessive and unsafe workloads.
The path forward is clear. A radical change to education working
conditions is required. This cannot be achieved by another government
inquiry - it must come from those of us at the coal face. Educators are
experienced professionals. We know how to educate the next generation
but we need additional support and a major reduction in unnecessary
meetings and Department driven paper-pushing activities.
To achieve the power required to truly transform our working conditions
and thus the learning conditions of students at our schools, we need a
strong union.
While the Australian Education Union (AEU) Victoria Branch has been
bleeding members, the foundations of a fighting union with 40,000+
members is still there. We must rebuild rank-and-file militancy within
the AEU. This must be driven from below - starting at the sub-branches
at each-and-every school. Increased density, increased militancy, and
increased organisation will form the basis of a fighting working class
movement of educations.
For a revolutionary working class movement to succeed we need a broad
base of the working class engaged in their unions. If you're an educator
and want to build a fighting union contact us.
DARE TO STRUGGLE
DARE TO WIN
https://melbacg.au/our-schools-are-in-crisis/
_________________________________________
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both teachers and education support staff - are at a breaking point. The
system is hurtling towards leaving a generation of working class
children in a significantly worse position than their parents. Educators
must take control of fixing this problem from the bottom up. ----
Putting aside the grotesque industry of private education, even our
public education system reflects the worst aspects of class society.
Wealthy, inner-city schools have the resources, facilities, and
professional support to attract and maintain experienced education
staff. At the same time, working class suburbs are left under-funded,
under-supported and are forced to spend more of their meagre budget
trying to incentivise teachers to take ever-increasingly demanding roles.
The last state-wide agreement prioritised 'workload' reductions over
pay. However, the Government failed to hire the necessary staff -
leaving hard-to-staff schools operating with a staff capacity as low as
60% in some cases. The perverse outcome of prioritising workload
reductions over pay has resulted in fully staffed (because traditionally
easier-to-staff) government schools being able to implement a key
improvement in conditions with relative ease. However, this has come at
the expense of hard-to-staff schools and their educators, who have been
left drowning in excessive and unsafe workloads.
The path forward is clear. A radical change to education working
conditions is required. This cannot be achieved by another government
inquiry - it must come from those of us at the coal face. Educators are
experienced professionals. We know how to educate the next generation
but we need additional support and a major reduction in unnecessary
meetings and Department driven paper-pushing activities.
To achieve the power required to truly transform our working conditions
and thus the learning conditions of students at our schools, we need a
strong union.
While the Australian Education Union (AEU) Victoria Branch has been
bleeding members, the foundations of a fighting union with 40,000+
members is still there. We must rebuild rank-and-file militancy within
the AEU. This must be driven from below - starting at the sub-branches
at each-and-every school. Increased density, increased militancy, and
increased organisation will form the basis of a fighting working class
movement of educations.
For a revolutionary working class movement to succeed we need a broad
base of the working class engaged in their unions. If you're an educator
and want to build a fighting union contact us.
DARE TO STRUGGLE
DARE TO WIN
https://melbacg.au/our-schools-are-in-crisis/
_________________________________________
A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E
By, For, and About Anarchists
Send news reports to A-infos-en mailing list
A-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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