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Which roles count as attached teachers#
The attached teacher roles are:
- resource teachers of hearing impaired (RHI)
- resource teachers of vision impaired (RVI).
If your school hosts one or more of these teachers, you will have funding and staffing entitlements for the role or roles.
Changes for RTLit and RTM roles occurred from the start of 2026.
Changes to funding for Resource Teachers: Literacy and Resource Teachers: Māori
Other types of additional staffing and services#
Your school may host other teachers, such as the RTLB service, itinerant teachers, or regional health school teachers. These teachers are funded differently and are not 'attached teachers' for staffing and funding purposes.
Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour
Staffing and funding entitlements for attached teachers#
For each attached teacher, the employing school board receives:
- additional staffing support time of 0.05 full-time teacher equivalent (FTTE) per 1 FTTE
- payment of a salary unit
- administration grant funding.
Attached teachers must be paid from teachers’ salaries (TS). You can only pay the salary unit to the resource teacher. They're not part of the board’s general staffing entitlement.
Find attached teacher staffing allocation in Pourato#
On the staffing entitlement screen, expand the 'attached teacher' line to see your FTTE and salary units.
To see position appointment information for an individual staff member, look under 'additional entitlement' on the Teachers tab.
Administration and travel costs#
Schools that have attached teachers receive an administration grant in their operational funding to help meet hosting costs. It is a fixed annual rate, per attached teacher.
