Teaching teachers about local job opportunties
How do you convince kids that there are rewarding career options in local rural industries? One strategy is to recruit a group of school teachers, bust a few myths and show them that there are genuine...
View ArticleGovernment to give principals power to expel students
Queensland Cabinet will consider a proposal to give principals the power to expel students.
View ArticleTeacher's aide accused of showing student porn
A teacher aide in Bundaberg, in south-east Queensland, will stand trial for allegedly showing a primary school student a pornographic video.
View ArticleOne-teacher schools get extra staff
The Queensland Government has announced one-teacher schools across Queensland are to receive extra staff.
View ArticleUnion rejects 'flawed' teacher training plan
Queensland Teachers Union won't support a 'flawed' government initiative to fast-track teacher training.
View ArticleBligh promises negotiations over quick qualifications for teachers
The Queensland Government says it will negotiate with unions if it adopts a new system of teacher training for graduates with other qualifications.
View ArticleBullying report calls for schools to publish information
A new Queensland alliance of parents, teachers and child advocates will try to prevent 'modern' schoolyard violence.
View ArticleCatholic school teachers taking industrial action
Teachers at some Catholic Schools around Queensland are taking industrial action from today in a bid to win a better wages deal.
View ArticleHundreds of teachers investigated for bad behaviour
More than 300 Queensland teachers are being investigated for inappropriate conduct or incompetence.
View ArticleEducation Minister takes teachers to IRC
Education Minister Geoff Wilson says he is taking the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) to the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) over the national testing ban. Teachers are refusing to supervise the...
View ArticleTeachers boycott 'unfair on students'
Education Minister Geoff Wilson says teachers' boycott of national testing is unfair on students.
View ArticleIRC to consider teacher boycott on NAPLAN tests
The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) will today be asked to decide whether a planned teacher boycott of literacy and numeracy testing can go ahead.
View ArticleTeachers ordered to lift ban on NAPLAN tests
The Industrial Relations Commission has ordered the Queensland Teachers Union to lift a planned ban on the upcoming National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests. The Queensland...
View ArticleUnion says teacher NAPLAN boycott stands despite ruling
The Australian Education Union insists a teacher ban on national literacy and numeracy testing will continue.
View ArticleCatholic teachers meet with employers over pay deal
The Independent Education Union (IEU) is meeting employer representatives today over a new pay deal for Queensland's Catholic school teachers.
View ArticleCatholic teachers confirm breakthrough in salary talks
The union representing Catholic school teachers has confirmed a breakthrough in negotiations on wages for experienced teachers.
View ArticleQTU executive to consider NAPLAN boycott order
The executive of the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) will meet tonight to discuss whether it will follow a direction from the state's Industrial Relations Commission (IRC).
View ArticleTeachers union to go ahead with NAPLAN boycott
The Queensland Teachers Union has voted to proceed with a boycott of the NAPLAN tests.
View ArticleBligh urges teachers to supervise NAPLAN tests
Premier Anna Bligh is hopeful Queensland teachers will put students first and agree to supervise NAPLAN tests.
View ArticleEducation Minister vows NAPLAN tests to go ahead
Education Minister Geoff Wilson says NAPLAN tests will go ahead across the state next week.
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