Crown
Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions
Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION
OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by NSW
Department of Education and Communities.
(No. IRC 932 of 2012)
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Before Commissioner
Bishop
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19 September 2012
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VARIATION
1. Delete clause 2
Dictionary, of the award published 3 August 2012 (373 I.G. 956) and insert in
lieu thereof the following:
2. Dictionary
2.1 "Aboriginal
Student Liaison Officer" means a person or teacher who has been
temporarily appointed to the position of Aboriginal student liaison officer.
2.2 "Alternate
Mode Course" means a course of teacher training other than a course
completed by full time study with a higher education institution.
2.3 "Alternate
Period" means a period taught by a teacher being a period other than a
period which the teacher is normally timetabled to teach and where the need for
the period to be taught arises from the absence from duty on leave of another
teacher.
2.4 "Assistant
Principal" means a teacher who is appointed as such to assist a principal
of a school in the management of the school.
2.5 "Casual
Teacher" means a teacher engaged on an hourly or daily rate of pay in the
Teaching Service.
2.6 "Conditionally
Trained Teacher (C)" means a teacher whose approval to teach is
conditional upon completion of additional educational requirements prescribed
by the Director-General.
2.7 "Core
Hours" means the normal daily hours of operation of a school during which
classes are conducted and in a high or central school includes a daily core
timetable of eight periods, or the time equivalent.
2.8 "Degree"
means a course of study in a higher education institution leading to a degree
as described in the Australian Qualifications Framework as at 1 January 1995.
2.9 "Department"
means the Department of Education and Communities.
2.10 "Deputy
Principal" means a teacher appointed as such who is the deputy to the
principal in a school and who acts as substitute in the absence of the
principal, and is required to assist generally in the management of the school
and, as required, in the special duties of the principal.
2.11 "Diploma"
means a course of study in a higher education institution leading to a diploma
as described in the Australian Qualifications Framework as at 1 January 1995.
2.12 "Director-General"
means the Director-General of Education and Communities.
2.13 "Distance
Education Centre" means a school established to provide full time or part
time programs of secondary or primary courses to students who cannot normally
attend on a daily basis. Provided that
distance education centres can be either stand alone schools or centres
attached and integrated into an existing school.
2.14 "District"
means a group of schools.
2.15 "District
Guidance Officer'' means an officer appointed as such in a school district(s)
or a group of schools who is responsible to the Director-General or nominee for
the guidance service within the district(s) or group of schools.
2.16 "Education
Officer" means an officer appointed as such, provided that for appointment
the officer shall have an appropriate degree from a higher education
institution or other qualifications and experience which the Director-General
determines as satisfying requirements.
2.17 "Employee"
means a person employed in a classification covered by this award by the
Director-General or delegate under the provisions of the Teaching Service Act
on a permanent or temporary basis.
2.18 "Environmental
Education Centre" means a teaching and learning facility operated by the
Department which students attend to participate in educational programs
relevant to all primary and secondary key learning areas and/or to receive
specific instruction in field work, and which provides support to schools in
implementing environmental education.
2.19 "Equivalent"
when referring to qualifications means those qualifications deemed by the
Director-General to be equivalent to specified qualifications.
2.20 "Executive
Principal, Connected Communities" means a person or officer employed
temporarily under the provisions of the Teaching Service Act, 1980 to lead the
schools selected by the Department to participate in the Connected Communities
strategy for the period of the operation of that strategy.
2.21 "Executive
Director Connected Communities" means a person who is responsible for
leadership and implementation of the Connected Communities strategy in the
Department.
2.22 "Federation"
means the New South Wales Teachers Federation.
2.23 "Five Year
Trained Teacher (5YT)" means a teacher who has obtained a degree and
teaching qualifications from a higher education institution which together
require a minimum of five years full time study. Any period of training in excess of that normally required to
complete such a course shall not be deemed to be a training period for the
purposes of any other definition.
2.24 "Four Year
Trained Teacher (4YT)" means a teacher who has:
2.24.1 obtained a degree
from a higher education institution and has, in addition, satisfactorily completed
a teacher education qualification of at least one year's duration at a higher
education institution; or
2.24.2 completed a four
year teacher education degree from a higher education institution; or
2.24.3 completed such
other course(s) which the Director-General determines as satisfying
requirements for classification as a teacher.
2.25 "General
Secretary" means the General Secretary of the Federation.
2.26 "Graduate"
means a person who has obtained a degree from a higher education institution or
possesses qualifications determined by the Director-General to be equivalent to
such a degree.
2.27 "Graduate
Diploma" means a course of study in a higher education institution leading
to a graduate diploma as described in the Australian Qualifications Framework
as at 1 January 1995.
2.28 "Head
Teacher" means a teacher who is appointed as such in a high school,
distance education centre or central school, and is responsible to the
principal for the program of work in a designated subject or learning area and
the coordination of the work of classes in that area. The head teacher also exercises supervision over and gives advice
and direction, when necessary, to other teachers in the subject or learning
area in addition to their teaching duties.
Provided that head teachers may be appointed with specific designated
responsibilities, including:
2.28.1 Head teacher
(female students) advises female school students and promotes their interests
in a high school or a secondary department of a central school where the
enrolment of female school students in the school or department exceeds 500.
2.28.2 Head teacher
(welfare) assists the principal and or deputy principal in the area of student
welfare. Head teacher (welfare)
includes head teacher (welfare) - residential agricultural high schools.
2.28.3 Head teacher
(administration) is responsible for assigned duties associated with the general
administration of the school.
2.29 "Higher
Education Institution" means a university or other tertiary institution
recognised by the Director-General which offers degrees, diplomas or teacher
education courses.
2.30 "Highly
Accomplished Teacher" means a person or officer employed temporarily by
the Department pursuant to the provisions of the Teaching Services Act, 1980
under the period of the National Partnerships on Improving Teacher Quality and
Low Socio Economic Status School Communities.
2.31 "Home School
Liaison Officer" means a person or teacher who has been temporarily appointed
to the position of home school liaison officer.
2.32 "Industrial
Relations Commission" means the Industrial Relations Commission of New
South Wales, established by the Industrial Relations Act 1996.
2.33 "In Lieu of
Duties" means duties undertaken by a teacher for a teacher absent from the
classroom on duty elsewhere or performing other duties when that teacher is
relieved of part of their regular face to face teaching load through variations
in school organisation.
2.34 "Officer"
means and includes all persons permanently employed in the Teaching Service
under the provisions of the Teaching Service Act and who, on the date of
commencement of the award, were occupying one of the positions covered by the
award or who, after that date, are appointed to one of these positions.
2.35 "Parties"
means the Department and the Federation.
2.36 "Period"
means, in a high or central school, a 40 minute teaching period.
2.37 "Principal"
means a teacher appointed as such to be responsible for the management,
organisation, administration, supervision and efficiency of a school and all
departments in a school. A principal
does not include a teacher in charge of a school.
2.38 "Residential
Agricultural High School" means a school classified as such by the Director-General.
2.39 "School"
means a Department school or other centre, where instruction is provided by the
Department, excluding an institute and including any place designated as part
of, or as an annex to, such school.
2.40 "School
Counsellor" means a teacher with an equivalent of four years training and
a major in psychology who has responsibility for providing schools with advice
and support in matters relating to student academic and personal development,
welfare and discipline and provides psychological and other testing as
required.
2.41 "Schools for
Specific Purposes" (SSPs) for the purpose of the award are schools which
are classified as such by the Director-General and are established under the
Education Act 1990 to provide education for students with disabilities as
listed in subclause 2.49.
2.42 "Senior
Assistant" means a two or three year trained teacher who has been
classified as a senior assistant on or before 1 January 1973 and who is
employed in a school providing secondary education.
2.43 "Service"
means continuous service, unless otherwise specified in the award.
2.44 "Supervisor
of Female Students" means a female teacher appointed as such to advise
female students and to promote their interests in a high school or secondary
department of a central school where the school or department does not qualify
for the appointment of a head teacher (female students).
2.45 "Teacher"
means a person or officer employed permanently or temporarily in a full time or
part time teaching position under the provisions of the Teaching Service Act
1980 and appointed to a school. Unless
otherwise specified in the award, a teacher shall include a school teacher in
training.
2.46 "Teacher in
Charge (Schools)" means a teacher in charge of a centre not designated as
a school determined by the Director-General where a principal is not appointed.
2.47 "Teacher in
Charge of Residential Supervision of Agricultural High Schools" means a
teacher selected by the principal to be responsible for the supervision and
administration of additional duties relating to school student residence in
residential agricultural high schools.
2.48 "Teacher in
Training (Schools)" means a graduate recruited to train as a teacher
through an alternate mode course.
2.49 "Teachers of
Students with Disabilities" means school teachers appointed to schools for
specific purposes, or support classes in primary or high schools established to
provide education for students with disabilities and including appointments as
itinerant support teacher, as follows:
2.49.1 students with:
mild intellectual disabilities (IM); moderate intellectual disabilities (IO);
severe intellectual disabilities (IS); behaviour disorders (BD); emotional
disabilities (ED); hearing impairments (H); language disabilities (L); physical
disabilities (P); severe reading (R), vision impairments (V); and
2.49.2 students in: an
early childhood intervention program (EC); hospital schools, Royal Far West
School, Stewart House (W); and community care programs (CT).
2.50 "Teaching
Service Act" means the Teaching Service Act 1980.
2.51 "TAFE"
means the New South Wales Technical and Further Education Commission.
2.52 "Temporary
Teacher" means a person employed in one engagement full time for four weeks
or more or in one engagement for one to four days per week for two terms or
more.
2.53 "Temporary
Employee" means and includes all persons employed on a temporary basis,
other than on a casual or part time casual basis under the Teaching Service
Act 1980.
2.54 "Trained
Teacher" means a teacher who has
satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of training at a higher education
institution, or such other course or courses which the Director-General
determines as satisfying requirements for classification as a teacher.
2.55 "Two Year
Trained Teacher (2YT) or Three Year Trained Teacher (3YT)" means a teacher
who has satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of teacher education of
two or three years duration respectively at a higher education institution, or
such other course or courses which the Director-General determines as
satisfying requirements for classification as a school teacher.
2.56 "Year
Adviser" means a teacher appointed to assist Year 7-12 students in every
high school or every central school which has a secondary department.
2.57 "Year 12
Relieving Period" means a relieving period required to be undertaken by a
teacher when that school teacher has been relieved of their timetabled Year 12
face to face teaching duties after Year 12 students leave school to sit for the
Higher School Certificate Examination in Term 4 of each year.
2. Insert after
subclause 5.8 of clause 5, Allowances the following new subclause.
5.9 To Executive Principals,
Connected Communities as set out in Schedule 2 subject to the:
5.9.1 completion by the
Executive Principal, Connected Communities of five (5) years of service in that
position; and
5.9.2 satisfactory
performance of the Executive Principal, Connected Communities in that position
at the end of the five year period as determined by the Executive Director,
Connected Communities; and
5.9.3 on completion of
each subsequent five years of service in that position subject to the
provisions of 5.9.2 above.
3. Delete
subclause 16.5 of clause 16, Allocation of Duties in High School and insert in
lieu thereof the following:
16.5 Teachers may, at
the discretion of the principal, be required to take "in lieu of"
classes as defined in subclause 2.33.
4. Delete Schedule
2, Allowances, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
SCHEDULE 2
Allowances
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Schools
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Rates from the
first pay period to
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commence on or
after 1.1.2012
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Increase
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2.5%
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Home School Liaison Officer and Aboriginal Student Liaison
Officer
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2,551
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Teacher in Charge
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3,951
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Year Adviser
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3,504
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Teachers with Health Education Certificate
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1,261
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Teachers other than the principal of classes of students
with
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2,240
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disabilities
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Principals, schools for specific purposes
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2,919
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Principal of Stewart House
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14,886
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Assistant Principal of Stewart House
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9,859
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In a central school - DP (Primary), AP
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1,775
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Demonstration Schools:
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Principal
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Class PP1
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2,577
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Class PP2
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2,287
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Other promotion positions
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2,003
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Trained Teacher
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1,626
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Demonstration lessons:
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Teachers in schools required to take demonstration
lessons:
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per lesson
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45.85
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In other schools:
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per half hour lesson
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per 40 min. lesson
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55.45
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73.90
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Maximum per annum
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4,175
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Residential Agricultural High Schools:
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Rostered supervision teachers
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9,859
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Head Teacher (Welfare) residential
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1,643
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supervision allowance
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Teacher in charge of residential
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1,688
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supervision allowance
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Principal on call and special
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14,886
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responsibility allowance
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Deputy Principal on call and special
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responsibility allowance
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13,450
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Supervisor of female students
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Up to 200 students
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1,758
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201-400 students
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2,829
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More than 400 students
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3,504
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Education Officers:
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Non Graduate
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Year 2
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4,526
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Year 1
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4,526
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Graduate
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Year 2
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3,535
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Year 1
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3,535
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Classification
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Amount (*)
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$
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Executive Principal,
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50,000
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Connected Communities
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(*) Allowance payable
subject to the Executive Principal Connected Communities satisfying the
provisions of subclause 5.9.
5. Delete Schedule
4, Salaries - Promotion Classifications in the Teaching Service and insert in
lieu thereof the following:
Schedule 4
Salaries - Promotion Classifications in the Teaching
Service
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Salary from the
first
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Classification
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pay period to
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commence on or
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after 1.1.2012
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Per annum
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$
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Schools
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Increase
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2.5%
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High School Principal
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Grade 1 (PH1)
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149,317
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Grade 2 (PH2)
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143,062
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Central School Principals
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PC1
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141,002
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PC2
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130,024
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PC3
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124,758
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PC4
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120,571
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Primary School Principal
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PP1
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139,636
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PP2
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128,766
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PP3
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123,547
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PP4
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119,405
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PP5
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116,736
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PP6
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99,982
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Executive Principal, Connected Communities
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165,000
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Principal - Environmental Education Centre or Hospital
School
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116,736
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Grade 2
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Principal - Environmental Education Centre or Hospital
School
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Grade 1
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99,982
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High School Deputy Principal
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Deputy Principal (Secondary) Central
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School
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116,736
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Primary School Deputy Principal
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Deputy Principal (Primary) Central
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School
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116,736
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Assistant Principal Primary School
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Assistant Principal Central School
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99,982
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Head Teacher High School
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Head Teacher Central School
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Highly Accomplished Teacher
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99,982
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District Guidance Officer
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Senior Assistant in Schools
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89,137
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Salary from the
first
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Classification
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pay period to
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commence on or
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after 1.1.2012
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Non-school Based Teaching Service Classifications Salary
Scales
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Per annum $
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Increase
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2.5%
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Principal Education Officer
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130,172
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Senior Education Officer
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117,319
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Class 2
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Senior Education Officer
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Class 1
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Year 3
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108,245
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Year 2
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104,115
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Year 1
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99,982
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6. Delete subclause
9 of Schedule 9, Special Conditions Covering Teachers at Residential
Agricultural High Schools, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
9. At each school,
one teacher in charge of residential supervision shall be appointed by the
principal (consistent with subclause 2.47 of clause 2, Dictionary of the award)
to receive the Teacher in Charge of Residential Supervision Allowance as
provided for in paragraph 5.5.3 of clause 5, Allowances, and Schedule 2.
7. This variation
shall take effect on and from 19 September 2012.
E.
A. R. BISHOP, Commissioner
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.