Secondary Teachers' Collective Agreement

… and qualified as teachers to teach in NZ.

Unified Base Salary Scale for Trained Teachers:

Step
Qualification
Group
Notations
Rates prior to
3 July 2023
Step
Qualification
Group
Notations
Rates effective
from
3 July 2023
Rates effective
from
3 April 2024
Rates effective
from
2 December 2024

1
G3E
$51,358
1
G3E
$56,757
$59,027
$61,329

2
-
$53,544

3
G3+E
$55,948
2
G3+E
$59,305
$61,678
$64,083

4
G4E
$58,133
3
G4E
$61,621
$64,086
$66,586

5
G5E
$61,794
4
G5E
$65,502
$68,122
$70,779

6
-
$65,77…

… 5pm on 11 August 2023.

2. Remuneration

The parties agree that the Unified Base Salary Scale for Trained Teachers will be renewed for the term of the agreement and will provide three increases: 6% effective from 3 July 2023, followed by 4% on 3 April 2024, 3.9% from 2 December 2024 to each step of the UBSS.

Additionally, from 3 July 2023, steps 1 and 2 of the UBSS are merged with a new minimum rate of $56,757 as shown below:  

Unified Base Salary Scale for Trained Teachers: 

Step

Qualific…

Translation

Translation from a teacher’s current table-based entitlement to the proposed allocation shall occur on 28 January 2024. Translation will be based on the years of service accrued under the teacher’s current table-based entitlement and the corresponding allocation for the accrued years of service, less sick leave taken, but no teacher shall be allocated a sick leave balance of less than 10 days.

Examples of translation:

A teacher with 2 years of accrued service will have an accumula…

6.2.1 Sick Leave Entitlement

Until 27 January 2024 a teacher is entitled to sick leave on pay on account of sickness or injury as follows:

Length of service
Aggregated sick leave entitlement

Up to 3 months
7 days

Over 3 months and up to 6 months
14 days

Over 6 months and up to 9 months
31 days

Over 9 months and up to 5 years
46 days

Over 5 years and up to 10 years
92 days

Over 10 years and up to 20 years
154 days

Over 20 years and up to 30 years
229 days

Over 30 years
306 days

From 28…

… will increment one step only, once every 12 months, on the anniversary of their appointment.
Salary scenarios – translation and progression  

G3 Entry - Step 1: employee translates across  

Jan 2023

3 July 2023
CA increase and merged new scale

Jan 2024
Annual increment

3 April 2024
CA increase

2 Dec 2024
CA increase

Jan 2025
Annual increment

(old) Step 1

(new) Step 1

(new) Step 2

(new) Step 2

(new) Step 2

(new) Step 3

$51,358

$56,767

$59,305

$61,678

$64,083

$66,586

G3 Step 2…

… are considered.
any additional non-contact time for senior management positions that an employer may provide in accordance with its school policies.

Transitional Arrangements for part-time teachers

5.3.6 Part-time teachers employed at the end of the 2024 school year and who continue to be employed on 28 January 2025 will have their FTTE as at 27 January 2025 increased by 11 per cent and their minimum timetabled non-contact hours will be based on that increased FTTE. From 28 January 2025 part-…

… on the teacher’s FTTE.
Examples:
A 0.6 FTTE teacher works an average of 24 hours per week (see clause 5.3.4B), 15 of which are timetabled (made up of 12 hours class-contact and 3 hours non-contact time).  If they are on new step 1 ($103,086 from 2 Dec 2024) they will be paid about $2,372 gross per fortnight.
A 0.2 FTTE teacher works an average of 8 hours per week (see clause 5.3.4B), 5 of which are timetabled (made up of 4 hours class-contact and 1 hour non-contact time). If they are on new ste…

… August 2023 and on that day were on approved unpaid leave under Part 6 of this collective agreement are entitled, upon application, to receive the above payments on their return to their position providing that they return on or before the end of Term 1, 2024 or on or before 3 July 2025 for those on parental leave. The $1,500 payment will be based on the teacher’s FTTE as at their last working day before going on leave.

1.9.3 Additional payments for all teachers

A one-off gross payment of $5,…

… by formula in the relevant Staffing Order.

No less than 50% of these roles, whose allowances are provided n sub clauses 4.24.3 and 4.24.10, must be allocated to teachers appointed to the role of Kāhui Ako Teacher (within school); and
From 28 January 2024, up to 50% of these roles may be released to provide Kāhui Ako Responsibility allowances for the purposes of:

promoting effective teaching practice within the school, and
strengthening the use of effective approaches to teaching and learning…

… teaching time requirements in that clause and have the language proficiency necessary to teach the curriculum in a Pacific language for the period required by the Pacific bilingual or language immersion level in which they are engaged.
From 28 January 2024, all eligible teachers teaching in a Pacific language in a Pacific bilingual or immersion unit/programme/class, as defined by the Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga in School Roll Return Guidelines, shall receive the allowance…

4.26.1 From 28 January 2024 to 27 January 2026, 335 Community Liaison roles will be available in accordance with the terms of the Community Liaison trial agreement to be agreed between the parties.

4.26.2 Each holder of a Community Liaison role will be entitled to a time allowance of 0.04 FTTE and a salary payment of $1,000 per annum.

4.26.3 Allocation of the trial roles will be on a school-by-school basis within the agreed region(s), determined by a base component plus a number weighted by th…