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26-582: The Freshwater Senior Campus (known locally as Freshie ) of Northern Beaches Secondary College is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive senior secondary day school , located in Curl Curl , a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. Established in 1983 as Manly Girls High School, and then became Freshwater High School, the school caters to approximately 650 students from Year 11 to Year 12 . The school

52-517: A single-sex sister school for girls only to Manly Boys High School, a single-sex school for boys only, now re-constituted as the co-educational selective Manly Selective Campus . In 1983 Freshwater High School was formed as a co-educational school catering for students from Year 7 to Year 12. During 2002 and 2003 Freshwater High School was re-constituted as the Freshwater Senior Campus of Northern Beaches Secondary College. The campus

78-428: A maximum enrolment of one thousand, the high percentage of unclassified and insufficiently trained teachers, inadequacy of supervision by heads of departments owing to class duties and absence of schools for the mentally disabled". Throughout this century, Federation has continued to campaign on these issues. In the years immediately following its establishment, Federation was concerned to increase its membership. In 1920

104-845: Is affiliated to the Australian Education Union (AEU), the national union covering public school teachers in Australia and through that organisation to Education International and the Australian Council of Trade Unions . The New South Wales Teachers Federation is also affiliated to Unions New South Wales. The NSW Teachers Federation is not affiliated to any political party. The Federation is based at Surry Hills , Sydney . The union also has regional offices in Bathurst , Dubbo , Lismore , Newcastle , Port Macquarie , Queanbeyan , Tamworth , Wagga Wagga and Wollongong . The membership of

130-577: Is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education ; the principal is Chantell Phair. Freshwater Senior Campus is a part of the Northern Beaches Secondary College, a five- campus college across Sydney's Northern Beaches, formed in 2003. Although the campus is located within the suburb of Curl Curl, the school takes the name from the nearby suburb of Freshwater . The site began life as Manly Girls High School, as

156-582: The Federation ) is the registered trade union that covers New South Wales (NSW) public school teachers. The New South Wales Teachers Federation represents all teachers in NSW public pre-schools, infants, primary and secondary schools and TAFE institutes. Teachers working in public non school based teaching service positions and corrective services are also covered by the Federation. The New South Wales Teachers Federation

182-659: The College Administration Centre. The document also outlined the relationship of these two to the University of Technology, Sydney , the third party to the New Horizons concept. The inaugural College Principal, John Hayes, was appointed in March 2001 and a period of intense development followed. A College Administration Centre was set up at Northern Beaches District Office and a College Development Co-ordinator appointed at

208-660: The Department of Education and Training. The Department, in consultation with the District, developed a model for the restructuring of secondary education in the lower peninsula area of the Northern Beaches. This model was launched in June 2000, by the then Minister for Education and Training, the Hon. John Aquilina , under the name of New Horizons. The model proposed by the Department saw six of

234-590: The District P&;C Association and Technical and Further Education (TAFE), were invited to be part of this committee. The Committee conducted a district wide review of secondary education which resulted in over 50 submissions from individuals, groups and stakeholder. These were submitted to the Committee in December, 1999. From these submissions the Committee then developed a series of recommendations which forwarded to

260-426: The Federation includes about 47,000 full-time teachers, 15,000 temporary, casual and unemployed members, and 4,000 TAFE teachers. The total membership stands at about 66,000. The Federation state council of the union consists of approximately 300 locally elected delegates. The union's annual conference consists of approximately 600 delegates. The Federation executive is elected by the state council. The secretariat of

286-496: The Federation is composed of about 50 officers who are elected by the council for a three-year term. They perform such jobs as organiser , industrial advocate, welfare officer and research officer, supporting the Federation's membership. There are also about 100 administrative support staff, located in Sydney and the regional offices. The three Presidential officers – President, Deputy President, and Senior Vice-President – are elected by

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312-681: The Northern Beaches Secondary College resulted from a review of secondary education, conducted by the Northern Beaches Secondary Principals Council, in 1999. The Secondary Education Review Committee was set up to investigate and report on the provision of secondary education in the Northern Beaches District. Representatives from all stakeholders, secondary and primary schools, parents, the NSW Teachers Federation , Department of Education and Training ,

338-515: The beginning of April 2001. During 2001 a College Deputy Principal and three Head Teachers joined the College Administration Centre. The role of the College Administration team was to ensure the successful implementation of the College model. Of importance in the Northern Beaches Secondary College model is the presence of five senior Campuses which have a coordinated curriculum giving students

364-588: The existing 7–12 high schools restructured as a multi-campus College. The six existing high schools were: A concept document for the Freshwater Senior Campus was launched in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in early March 2001 by the then Minister, The Hon. John Aquilina. This document was to inform the development of the 'Freshwater Education Centre' which comprises the Northern Beaches Secondary College – Freshwater Senior Campus, TAFE NSW Northern Sydney Institute – Freshwater facility and

390-580: The heart of teaching as a profession in New South Wales. The first Annual Conference of Federation in 1919 had listed as part of the agenda "inadequacy of teachers' salaries, understaffing of schools, unwieldiness of classes, insufficiency of accommodation, conducting of classes in sheds, corridors and unsuitable rooms to the detriment of the health of teachers and pupils". Other matters included "unhealthy congestion of school population in overgrown suburban schools, as against decentralisation into schools with

416-460: The membership and the community. Political, industrial and professional issues concerning public education were given focus and emphasis. There were significant advances – in 1946, for example, there was a major salaries breakthrough for teachers which gave the first realistic salary increases since 1920 and set the standard for other professional workers. The average gain was over 100 pounds per year for men and 80 pounds for women. The Federation made

442-466: The membership of the Federation was 5,600 or 78% of the total membership of the Department of Education. In 1996 membership was about 64,000. This number included permanent full-time school, TAFE teachers, AMES teachers, part-time school, TAFE, AMES and casual teachers as well as those teachers in other associated groups. It was not until 1937 that the first organiser was appointed, following an Annual Conference decision of 1936 that stated "we are firmly of

468-479: The opinion that, for a really effective increase in membership, it is necessary that some person be employed for the whole of their time organising the schools". More officers were progressively appointed. There were 43 full-time administrative officers in 1996, who serviced the needs of the membership, campaigned and recruited. In 1955 Doris Margaret Osborne pointed out that she had taken a higher position of deputy-headmistress at Fairfield Girls' High School but this

494-498: The opportunity to study on more than one Campus of the College during their senior years. The College operates a bus between Campuses. The College, in its final configuration, came into existence with the movement of students onto the new Freshwater Senior Campus at the beginning of Term 2, 2003. Freshwater Senior Campus students are given first priority when enrolments are considered. NSW Teachers Federation The New South Wales Teachers Federation (also known simply as

520-416: The pastoral care of its students. All enrolled students meet regularly in small groups with an assigned teacher as a mentor. These small groups are approach and discuss issues of late adolescent development, study skills, transition from school to work or tertiary study and other issues of importance to students. Intellectually disabled and international students are supported by more individualised support from

546-468: The staff. This article related to a New South Wales school is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Northern Beaches Secondary College The Northern Beaches Secondary College (abbreviated as NBSC ) is a multi- campus government-funded co-educational dual-modality partially selective and comprehensive secondary day school , located on the Northern Beaches of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. The College

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572-696: The whole membership every two years. The Federation supports and advocates for a multiplicity of issues on behalf of teachers. It is responsible for negotiating the salaries and working conditions of its members with the New South Wales government and agencies. The union is committed to the values and interests of public education. Stewart House and APHEDA are the official charities of the NEW South Wales Teachers Federation. Throughout its history, Federation has campaigned long and hard on issues affecting public education, teachers' salaries and teachers' working conditions, those issues which are at

598-460: Was effectively a one way journey. She had a more senior position but women were not allowed to be in authority in a boys or mixed school. So if she wanted to return to her former school then she would need to take a demotion. In 1961, 241,000 signatories for a National Education Petition were presented to the Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, calling for Commonwealth funding to state schools. This

624-430: Was established 2003 through the merger and restructure of six existing campuses located in the northern beaches region. The College caters for approximately 4,800 students from Year 7 to Year 12 . The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education ; the principal is Dane Ropa, who leads the College. The five campuses that comprise the Northern Beaches Secondary College, are: The establishment of

650-484: Was first used in its current role in Term 2 of 2003, while still under construction. At that time students of the newly formed campus moved from the previous Beacon Hill High School site. Freshwater has an enrolment of approximately 650 students and has approximately 65 teaching staff. Students enroll at Freshwater Campus for the final two years of high school. The school has implemented a number of programs designed to aid in

676-549: Was the culmination of a long campaign begun in the 1940s, to encourage the Commonwealth Government to fund certain programs in State schools. This number of signatories was a record which was only broken in 1993 by a petition calling for private health insurance to be tax deductible. Over the years to 1968, the Federation campaigned on the theme of "United Action", emphasising a community of interest between different sectors of

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