Rod Brooks Memorial Forum 2010

Saturday, 11 December 2010, 3.00 pm

Family Hotel, 15 Parke Street, Katoomba

Public Schools – Our Future
Future Funding and the National Curriculum

[ Download: A4 Poster – A5 Flyer ]

A survey of over 11,000 public school principals and teachers shows:

• Teachers overwhelmingly believe the best way to lift student outcomes is to cut class sizes and increase the individual attention every child receives.
• The under-funding of public schools has led to higher teacher and principal workloads and a reliance on fundraising by parents to ensure students receive a high quality education.
• Principals say fundraising is being used to provide much-needed classroom equipment (71 per cent), library resources/textbooks (58 per cent) and computers (57 per cent).

Speakers

Gary Zadkovich: Deputy President NSW Teachers' Federation
Dennis Fitzgerald: Vice President NSW Teachers' Federation