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AATE was formed, on the initiative of Peter B. McDonald, past President of the South Australian English Teachers Association, at a meeting in September 1964. Representatives from New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria attended this first meeting.
The Queensland Teachers' Union is an Australian trade union with a membership of more than 46,000 teachers and principals in the Queensland Government's primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, senior colleges, TAFE colleges and other educational facilities. More than 96 per cent of eligible teachers are members.
American Federation of Teachers; Arizona Education Association [1] Arkansas Education Association; Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland; Association of Teachers and Lecturers; Association of University Teachers; Australian Education Union; All ceylon union of Government English teachers; All ceylon union of teachers; All Primary Teachers ...
The name again changed in 1999 to Queensland Council of Unions to rebuild its local identity as a peak organisation for Queensland trade unions. [ 1 ] Other important industrial disputes in Queensland include the 1912 Brisbane General Strike , the 1948 Queensland Railway strike , the SEQEB dispute [ 7 ] and the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute .
The Institute of Continuing & TESOL Education (ICTE) is a university located in Brisbane, Australia specialising in English language courses, teacher training, professional development, and English language testing. The Institute (ICTE) is a division of The University of Queensland (UQ), ranked among the world’s top 50 universities [1].
In the 19th century the Colonial governments, which would later form the Commonwealth of Australia as states, established a variety of state schools. These schools were both demanded by the Australian trade union and labour movement, for the free education of the working class, and also used as a way to control the education and free time of the children of the Australian working class.
The Queensland Teachers' Training College was established in 1914 with 25 enrolments. In 1918 Jeanette Anne Gilbert joined the staff and unusually she was allowed a year's leave to obtain a Diploma of Education at the University of Melbourne .
Included in its membership are principals, teachers, and various categories of clerical, administrative, educational support staff and school services officers employed in primary and secondary schools; and teachers working in some private pre-school settings, Life Education Centres, business colleges and private English Language colleges.