THE GUILD'S PURPOSE
The Guild seeks to promote its core values and to assist the teaching profession by a range of activities:
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Encourage maintenance of professional standards in Education.
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The conduct of an annual Award to identify and reward early career teachers.
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The annual presentation of an Award recognizing a Research-based contribution to improved classroom practice.
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The annual award of a Scholarship to a teacher in training.
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The annual presentation of World Teachers’ Recognition Certificates acknowledging the contributions made by educators across all our systems of education.
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Recognize outstanding educators for Honorary Fellowship (HFTGN) who have made major contributions both within their mainstream sphere of work and more broadly across the profession.
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Recognize outstanding educators for Life Membership (FTGN) who have had extensive, long-term involvement in the Teachers’ Guild of New South Wales.
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Offering opportunities for professional learning or socialising.
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Presentation of professional seminars events.
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The Australian Teacher Newsletter of the Teachers’ Guild of New South Wales.
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click here to view Teachers' Guild of New South Wales Constitution
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THE GUILD'S COUNCIL MEMBERS
Dr Frederick Osman
President
Ph.D. (UWS), B.Sc (Hons), Grad. Dip. Ed. (Wesley), Cert. Career Development Practice, Cert. IV, Training & Assessment (HBA), Cert. School Marketing (CMS), FTGN, FRSN, FACE, FAIP, HFTGN, JP
Frances Fleeton
B.Sc. (Syd), Dip. Ed. (Syd Teach College), M.L.M.Ed. (Newcastle), MACE, MACEL, FTGN
Diane Gourlas
Vice President
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Advance Diploma of Travel and Tourism, Advance Diploma of Hospitality Management, Advance Diploma of Leadership and Management, Advance Diploma of Business, Cert. IV, Training & Assessment, MTGN
B.Sc (Syd), T. Cert., MACE, FTGN
Andrew Gregg
Councillor
B.Teach (Prim) (UoW), B.Ed (Prim) (Uow), MTGN
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Mersini Perivolarellis
Councillor
B. Ed Primary Education (USYD), MTGN
April Bryson
Councillor
BEd(Primary)/BA (Newcastle), Cert. III Design Fundamentals (Billy Blue), MTGN
Alex Warton
Councillor
B Ed (Hons), BA (SYD), M.Ed.Lead (MQ) HFTGN, MACE
Lauren Knussen
Councillor
BA (Hons), MA E-Learning (UTS), M Research (School of Education, Macquarie University), PhD Candidate (UTS), MTGN
Sharrda Shah
Councillor
B.Ed (Hons) USYD, B.Sc (URI), Prince2 Practitioner (PMI), Agile Practitioner (PMI), MTGN