TAFE is the principal provider of VET in this country. In order to maintain the high standards for which TAFE is renowned, employees need to work together with a joint sense of purpose.
As a team, lecturers, lecturers assistants, hourly paid instructors and educational managers share common interests in job security, working conditions, career development and salary justice. These common interests are protected and developed by the AEU which works exclusively in the education industry, and is the only body which consistently lobbies on behalf of TAFE employees. As a large and effective union, we are able to protect and improve your conditions and pay.
TAFE Division
Members are assigned to a sub-branch, usually the work group or campus. Sub-branches nominate delegates who represent those members at TAFE Divisional Council.
TAFE Divisional Council's role is to determine AEU policy and direction in relation to TAFE issues and to provide advice and make recommendations to AEU Branch Executive.
TAFE Divisional Council meets four times a year and comprises delegates elected from the AEU's TAFE sub-branches.
Articles
- TAFE Divisional Council nominations open
The AEU invites members to nominate for the 2013 TAFE Divisional Council. > Read more
- Workload pressure concerns
The AEU has attended a number of workplaces where members have voiced concern about increased workload pressures. > Read more
- More budget cuts for TAFE
The State Government's mid-year budget will include budget cuts in TAFE of $9.6 million in 2014-15 with further cuts forecast in subsequent years. > Read more
- New minister for TAFE
Former Minister for Education and Child Development Grace Portolesi has been reassigned to to the TAFE and Skills portfolio. > Read more
- Conflict Resolution Through Mediation - Part A
A high demand three day course facilitated by Professor Dale Bagshaw and practising mediators covering the theory and practice of mediation. > Read more
- Conflict Resolution Through Mediation - Part B
A high demand two day course on considering issues of culture, gender and power when managing conflict situations. > Read more
- TAFE soon to be Statutory Authority
On 1 November 2012 TAFESA will be established as a Statutory Authority reporting through a TAFE SA Board recently announced by Minister Tom Kenyon. > Read more
- Training chief defends TAFE sell-out
SA Training and Skills Commission Chair Adrian Smith has told attendees that TAFE needs to lift its game and become more innovative in order to survive. > Read more
- TAFE under attack: the latest news from Victoria
The Victorian government has unleashed an unprecedented attack on TAFE, cutting millions from the state budget. As a result of the cuts, TAFEs will lose initially an estimated $160m annually. > Read more
- AEU receives response on staffing questions
The AEU has received a response to a recent letter sent to DFEEST Chief Executive Ray Garrand seeking information on how many Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages (TVSPs) had been offered in TAFE and the criteria used to decide who would be offered TVSPs. > Read more
- AEU Federal statement on Victorian TAFE funding cuts
Huge funding cuts announced by the Victorian government to its TAFE institutes will damage the TAFE sector, the Victorian economy and community. > Read more
- Massive State Budget cuts leave Victorian TAFE reeling
TAFE in Victoria is just a breath away from being fully privatised and bearing no resemblance to the institution it once was. > Read more
- Proposal for a new agreement in TAFE
The development of the AEU claims for new enterprise agreements in preschools and schools, and TAFE is well underway. > Read more
- Consultation opens on proposed TAFE Bill
Consultation on the proposed Bill to establish TAFE SA as a statutory authority is currently open. > Read more
- TAFE members lobby in Canberra
AEU members Tony Sutherland and Helaine Costello joined TAFE organiser Alan Wilson > Read more
- Member Seminar - Young adults and student behaviour management issues in TAFE/VET
This seminar creates an opportunity for AEU TAFE members to network receive up to date information and work through issues arising from working with "difficult to manage" young adults. > Read more
- Are you under pressure to increase teaching time?
With classes back under way, despite further hiccups with SIS, the pressure will be on to improve your productivity. > Read more
- Victorian TAFEs suffer hundreds of job losses
Hundreds of Victorian TAFE teachers are to lose their jobs as a result of government cuts caused by the Skills Reform fiasco. > Read more
- VIDEO: VET reforms will spell disaster for TAFE
Federal AEU TAFE Secretary Pat Forward explains why the State Government's Skills for All reforms will have serious negative effects on TAFE in South Australia. > Read more
- TAFE members to rally in city today
A giant Christmas card signed by TAFE AEU members is being hand delivered to the TAFE Minister Tom Kenyon today, asking that he be Santa instead of Scrooge regarding skills training. > Read more
- VIDEO: Skills for All a copy of failed Victorian reforms
TAFE members filled the AEU Conference Room last week for an important seminar on VET reform. > Read more
- Crisis in Victorian TAFE: 16 of 18 institutes under extreme financial pressure
The Victorian Government has opened all government VET funding up to private providers. TAFE providers in Victoria now have to compete, on cost, with private for profit RTOs to deliver training. > Read more
- Skills for All will lead to demise of TAFE
AEU Federal TAFE Secretary Pat Forward is interviewed on 891 ABC regarding the State Government's proposed reforms to the VET sector. > Read more
- TAFE folly: privatisation fears for SA
Educators are mounting a fierce campaign against the privatisation of TAFE in South Australia, fearing it will bankrupt the sector just as demand for skills is set to soar. > Read more
- Letter campaign sparks reaction
Last term, 350 TAFE members sent letters of protest about the implementation of Skills for All to state MPs > Read more
- A Guide for Educational Managers: Instruction and Assessment: what is the AEU view?
A guide to assist managers in dealing with workload scheduling has been circulated by DFEEST. > Read more
- The great SIS debacle
The premature and unduly hasty introduction of the new Student Information System (SIS) in TAFE has led to massive disruption to student enrolments, attendance recording, assessment and reporting of results. > Read more
- Invest in Quality, Invest in TAFE
Invest in Quality, Invest in TAFE has been the theme of the AEU campaign over the past 18 months to confront Federal and State Government policies of contestable VET funding and oppose second rate training outcomes. > Read more
- 29 reasons to become a member of the AEU
In the last arbitrated decision a number of significant gains were achieved on management of workload and modes of employment. > Read more
- Federal Government considering subsidy increase for private VET providers
The future of TAFE is set to be determined in the next 12 months with fears that the Federal Government will try and use a new funding deal to deliver far greater subsidies to private providers. > Read more
- AEU response to Skills Australia "roadmap"
Skills Australia released “Skills for prosperity: a roadmap for vocational education and training,” on May 3, 2011. > Read more
- TAFE Governance Proposal
As a consequence of the recent round of “consultations” over the proposals to corporatise TAFE as set out in the TAFE SA Governance position paper, a special meeting of the AEU TAFE Divisional Council was held last week. > Read more
- Know your rights regarding workload scheduling
Under the current TAFE SA Education Staff Arbitrated Enterprise Bargaining Award 2011, the rights of employees are clearly spelled out in the various clauses in Part 5 “Regulation of Workload." > Read more
- VET workforce of the future
In the past two years, there has been a very welcome re-focussing in TAFE and VET on the importance of those who work in the sector, and particularly on those who are integral to its central mission – teachers. > Read more
- TAFE discussion paper released
The AEU has released a discussion paper: A future framework for TAFE teacher qualifications, professional development and registration. > Read more
- TAFE Award implementation - an update
There are a number of matters arising from the new TAFE SA Education Staff Arbitrated Enterprise Bargaining Award 2010 that impact directly on members. > Read more
- Managing workload in TAFE
During arbitration of the TAFE Award, the AEU successfully argued, based on some excellent witness statements from members, that lecturers were experiencing significantly increased workloads. > Read more
- State Budget and TAFE
In the recent state budget, there were a number of announcements which will or may impact on TAFE members. > Read more
- TAFE salary rates
TAFE schedule as of October 1, 2010 > Read more
- TAFE Award implementation update
Last Thursday, the Industrial Relations Commission handed down the stage three determination and informed the Government and the AEU that the new Arbitrated Awards for DECS and TAFE employees would be operative from Friday 3 September. > Read more
- Lecturer role desciptors
Recently, it came to the attention of the AEU that lecturers, particularly in TAFE SA North, were being pressured to sign new Role Descriptors that had been developed. > Read more
- TAFE Lecturer 6 progression
The AEU is hearing mixed messages from campuses about the process of lecturers progressing from level 5 to level 6 > Read more
- Skills for All - is it good for VET?
Members should familiarise themselves with the Skills for All consultation paper although it is pretty clear that this paper outlines the direction the State Government is heading in and any feedback that is at odds with the ten point reform plan is unlikely to be welcomed > Read more
- TAFE Arbitration - Stage 2
The Industrial Relations Commission of South Australia today handed down Stage 2 of its TAFE arbitration decision. > Read more
- Lecturer Classification Structure now operative
As part of the South Australian Industrial Relations Commission's Decision No. 1 handed down on 10 February 2010, the new Lecturer Classification Structure becomes operative from the first pay period on or after 1 May 2010. > Read more
- Invest in Quality, Invest in TAFE
Keep public VET by supporting the campaign for increased government investment in TAFE. > Read more