Area School Teachers' Collective Agreement

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3.1 Base Salary Scales

… not Limited Authority to Teach) by the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand as they are considered, for the purposes of this clause, to be trained and qualified as teachers to teach in NZ.

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
H3E
$51,358
1
H3M
$56,757
$59,027
$61,329

2
-
$53,544

3
H3+E
$55,948
2
H3+E
$59,948
$61,678
$64,083…

Appendix 1 - Travelling Allowances

… Incidentals Allowance - $7.14 per day.

1.2 Meal Allowance - $15.00.

1.3 School Camp Allowance - $25.00 per day.

1.4 Tea Allowance - $50.43 per annum.

1.5 Motor Vehicle Allowance for Use of Vehicles on Official Business - 62 cents per km to 14 August 2023, 83 cents per km from 14 August 2023.

1.6 Motor Cycle, Motor Scooters, Mopeds and Power Cycles - 20 cents per km.

1.7 Transport Allowance for Relieving Teachers

Motorcars - 36.36 cents a kilometre
Motorcycles, Motor Scooters, Mopeds and…

Signatories

This Agreement has been signed by the parties at Wellington on 21 August 2023.

 

New Zealand Educational Institute - NZEI Te Riu Roa
on behalf of the employees by its duly authorised representative:
Joschka Hoffmann
NZEI Te Riu Roa

 

Post Primary Teachers' Association Te Wehengarua - PPTA
on behalf of the employees by its duly authorised representative:
Fran Renton
PPTA Te Wehengarua

 

Secretary for Education
by duly authorised representative
Callum Brooker
Ministry of Education

 

W…

Appendix 10: Terms of Settlement

This section sets out the components of the settlement of the Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement (ASTCA) 2023 – 2025.This section sets out the components of the settlement of the Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement (ASTCA) 2023 – 2025.

This agreement has been settled between the Secretary for Education, PPTA Te Wehengarua, and NZEI Te Riu Roa. The new collective agreement shall be subject to ratification by union members pursuant to section 51 of the Employment Relations Act 2000…

Appendix 8: Sick Leave Translation

… days
20 days
110 days
110 days

Teacher F
12 years
154 days
152 days
2 days
160 days
152 days
8 days
10 days

Translation Table

Table that sets out the current sick leave entitlements and the corresponding entitlement that would apply from 24 January 2023

Current Table

 

Proposed allocation

Accrued Years of Service

Entitlement

Accumulated Entitlement

 

Years of Service

Entitlement

Accumulated entitlement

On appointment

7

7

 

On appointment

20

20

0.5

24

31

 

0.5

10

30…

Annexe 1: Automatic translation to pay scale

Annexe 1: Automatic translation to pay scale from 3 July 2023 (‘new scale’) from pay scale in force on 2 July 2023 (‘old scale’) and incremental progression from one salary step to the next  

Translation  

The parties have agreed on the following automatic translation arrangements for the new scale.  

Examples:  

An employee who is on Step 1 ($51,358) of the old scale on 2 July 2023 will on 3 July 2023 automatically translate to Step 1 ($56,757) of the new scale - an increase in salary of $5…

1.5 Term of Agreement

1.5.1 This agreement shall come into force on 3 July 2023 and shall expire on 2 July 2025 except as provided for by section 53 of the Employment Relations Act 2000.

1.10 Additional Payments

… benefits arising out of the parties’ relationship, including PPTA Te Wehengarua and NZEI Te Riu Roa’s role in negotiating terms and conditions for area school teachers, each area school teacher who is a member of the Association or the Institute on 31 July 2023 and is bound by this Agreement as at 18 August 2023 will be paid:

a one-off gross payment as follows:

Full time teachers: $1,500
Part time teachers: A pro-rated payment based on their full-time teacher equivalent (FTTE) as at 18 August…

3.14 Māori Immersion Teaching Allowance

… that level as provided for in the table below:

 
                                                       Teaching time curriculum taught in Te Reo Maori

 
Level 1
(81% to 100%)
Level 2
(51% to 80%)
Level 3
(31% to 50%)

Years of Service
To
16 July 2023
From
17 July 2023
To
16 July 2023
From
17 July 2023
To
16 July 2023
From
17 July 2023

Up to 3 years' service
$4,000
$6,000
$4,000
$5,000
$4,000
$4,000

After 3 years' service
$6,000
$10,000
$4,000
$7,000
$4,000
$4,000

After 6 y…