SSOs from Stirling Nth Primary display their anger at SCRFM

As reported in previous postings, the State Government's Student Centred Resource Funding Model(SCRFM) will take jobs and hours away from SSOs. SSOs in small country schools will be most vulnerable. SSOs at Stirling North Primary, just outside of Port Augusta, used last Thursday's day of action to highlight the potential impact of the government's flawed model.

SSO Protest Today!

SSOs will protest on the steps of parliament at 4pm today. Read more here.

SSO Action Day this Thursday: Say No to Rann's Funding Model.

SSO members are reminded that the AEU has declared Thursday 13 November an SSO Day of Action.

All SSOs and other members in the metropolitan area are urged to gather at the steps of Parliament House this Thursday afternoon at 4.00pm.

The purpose of this protest action is to highlight the loss of SSO hours and jobs that will inevitably occur under the Student Centred Resource Funding Model (SCRFM), as well as the thousands of hours of unpaid overtime already worked by SSOs.

SSOs are particularly vulnerable under SCRFM because 63% of all SSOs are employed on a temporary or casual basis. The new Offer received on 10 November made no improvements to workload or job security for SSOs or any other AEU member.

SSOs are requested to wear red on Thursday and to attend the after school Parliament House rally. Bring placards, school banners, whistles and anything else to create noise.

SSOs in country districts will be organising a range of activities in their local communities to increase awareness in the general public of just how destructive SCRFM is for staff, schools and students.

Newsflash! New offer from Government arrives...

It will come as no surprise to AEU members that the latest government offer fails to hit the spot. In fact, it fails on all counts. The Student Centred Resource Funding Model remains intact and the salary offer still sits below the most recent CPI figures.

There are still no provisions in the offer which address workload, class size, Aboriginal education issues, Early Childhood leadership autonomy or a range of other matters laid out in the AEU's Claim for a New Agreement.

More information here

More photos from October 30 rally..

Photos: Matt Walker. Copyright 2008.

Video: AEU members protest funding model at parliament

Government funding model will strip schools of vital resources

Last night, members of the AEU placed boxes on the steps of Parliament House in Adelaide representing the funding cuts to around 200 of the 350 schools to lose out under the State Government's flawed funding model.

Photo: AEU delegates decide on further action

Check out the podcast below for member interviews from Thursday's delegates meeting.

AEU delegates signal ongoing action