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.
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
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
Frances Fleeton
Past President & Awards Committee Chair
B.Sc. (Syd), Dip. Ed. (Syd Teach College), M.L.M.Ed. (Newcastle), MACE, MACEL, FTGN
Noelene Callaghan
Councillor
M.Ed.L.S.E (MQ), G.Dip.Ed (MQ), M.Com Mktg (CSU), B.Com Mktg (UWS), HFTGN, Google Certified Educator, Microsoft Innovative Expert Educator, DoE Online Collaboration Mentor, Global Minecraft Mentor
Lauren Knussen
Councillor
BA (Hons), MA E-Learning (UTS), M Research (School of Education, Macquarie University), PhD Candidate (UTS)
Alex Warton
Councillor
B Ed (Hons), BA (SYD), M.Ed.Lead (MQ) HFTGN, MACE
Lauren Barlow
Councillor
Lauren Knussen
Councillor
Natalie Weston
Councillor
Lauren Barlow
Councillor
BA Communication Design, Monash University
BA Art Education (Primary & Secondary), COFA, UNSW
Kathryn Fraser
Councillor
MEd (Gifted) (UNSW), BSc and BEd (Secondary) (Deakin)
Sharrda Shah
Councillor
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Alexi Kayes
Councillor
BBA/BA - Psych (MQ)
Graduate Certificate in Career Education and Development (RMIT) MTGN
HISTORY OF THE GUILD FOUNDED IN 1891
The Teachers' Guild is the oldest teachers' organisation in New South Wales and in more than a century has had an abiding theme: a concern with the professional development of teachers.
At the time of its foundation in 1891, a widely disparate group of practitioners laid claim to the title of teacher. There were many small private schools whose standards were low, and no registration of schools existed. The Teachers' Guild was founded by a group of leading educators to redress this situation. For many years the key activity of the Guild was the operation of the Teachers' Central Registry, which sought to place suitably qualified teachers in schools of which the Guild approved.
The Guild was concerned with curriculum standards and for many years, prior to the establishment of education unions and Heads' organisations, was represented on syllabus committees of subjects covered in the compulsory years of secondary education.
An ongoing concern was the lack of training for independent school teachers. This became especially critical after World War II when the Guild established a Teacher Training Committee which established a diploma course providing a basic in-service qualification for those who would otherwise have been completely unqualified. During the 1970s the Guild Teachers' College extended its operations in teacher training but the rationalisation of teacher training in the early 1980s led to its amalgamation with the Sydney College of Advanced Education.
In recent years the Guild has been chiefly concerned with professional development activities not otherwise provided by the many subject associations or other bodies such as universities or employer organizations; and with a suite of Awards which recognize outstanding teachers at varying stages of their professional lives. By contrast, the Teachers' Guild is a body of teachers who seek to provide opportunities for professional development within their own profession. Now in its second century, the Teachers' Guild remains true to its original purpose: teachers seeking to promote better standards of teaching.
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More information about the History of The Teacher's Guild of New South Wales can be viewed here.
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The Care of Education can be viewed here.
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125th Anniversary Article can be viewed here.