VIEU - The Victorian Independent Education Union

Membership of  the Victorian Independent Education Union unites thousands of colleagues in independent education workplaces in Melbourne and across Victoria. Your VIEU membership helps to protect your job, improve your wages and conditions, and ensures a better teaching and learning environment for our students.

News 

Diverse Cultures PD
This free professional development session explores the challenges and rewards of the modern multicultural classroom, and will focus on the role of the educator working with students from Islamic or Indigenous backgrounds. » more  

VIEU Audit
The audit for the year ending 31 January 2010 is now available. » more

Mowbray back at Fair Work Australia
Mowbray College has once again fallen foul of Fair Work Australia, where they were found to have breached their legal obligations to employees by failing to consult about major changes and proposed redundancies. » more 

The Global Children's Challenge
The Global Children's Challenge™ is a health initiative designed to get children from all over the world active and instil in them the habit and importance of daily exercise for the rest of their lives. .» more   

ARMs
New guidelines and proformas have been agreed between VIEU and the Catholic employers for use in Annual Review Meetings. » more 

Paid Parental Leave
The Federal Government's new Paid Parental Leave comes into effect on 1 January 2011. » more

Significant Improvement needed on proposed National Curriculum
The resounding response of teachers and schools to the first drafts of the Australian P to 10 Curriculum in Maths, Science, English and History is that they need substantial reworking if they are to replace the current VELS curriculum in Victoria. Read our submission here

Submission to the National Professional Standards for Teachers
The IEUA has made a formal submission to draft National Professional Standards for Teachers. » more 

National Professional Teaching Standards - draft for Consultation
MCEECDYA have released Draft National Teaching Standards for consultation. »more

APHEDA letter
The IEU has endorsed a letter from APHEDA to the PM expressing concern at recent policy towards asylum seekers. »more

A long overdue response
VIEU has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement that they will be establishing a working party of education stakeholders, including unions, to provide advice on the My School website. »more

National Curriculum Update
Read the latest update on the consultation and implementation of the National Currilculum. »more

VIEU launches public campaign against My School
VIEU is stepping up its campaign to speak directly to parents, educators and the wider community about the Federal Government's My School website. »more

Victorian Equal Opportunity Reforms a Significant Step Forward
The State Government has introduced a long awaited Bill into the Victorian Parliament that will reform Equal Opportunity legislation with major impact on educators in non-government schools. »more

MySchool website and League Tables
See all the VIEU press releases, letters and policy statements. »more

Independent Schools - New Awards
VIEU has written to all members in independent schools to reinforce a vitally important message about the potential risk to employment conditions. »more

IEUA
Read more about the work of our Federal union - the Independent Education Union of Australia. »more