Individual employment agreements

Access the current individual employment agreements and their relevant key dates.

Level of compliance Main audience Other

Inform

  • All Staff
  • Boards
  • Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu
  • Kindergarten Services

The following is a list of current individual employment agreement templates for all school staff who are not members of a union, or whose work is not covered by a collective agreement.

Who an individual employment agreement is for

Teachers, principals and all other school staff who aren’t union members must sign an individual employment agreement. Promulgated individual employment agreements are available for most types of employment in schools. You can download the appropriate IEA from the list below.

All employees who are employed full-time or part-time, who are permanent or fixed term (but not casual) and whose work doesn’t fall within the coverage clause of a collective agreement must sign the following individual employment agreement:

Individual Employment Agreement for permanent or fixed-term employees [PDF, 151 KB]
Promulgated 18 March 2022

All casual "as required" employees (such as school transport drivers and hostel workers) who are employed by a Board of Trustees and whose work does not fall within the coverage clause of a collective agreement must sign the following individual employment agreement:

Individual Employment Agreement for casual employees [PDF, 114 KB]
Promulgated 18 March 2022

Teachers’ individual employment agreements

Primary Teachers' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 96 KB]
Promulgated 14 August 2023

Primary Teachers' Long-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 111 KB]
Promulgated 14 August 2023

Primary Teachers' Short-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 107 KB]

Secondary Teachers' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 96 KB]
Promulgated 14 August 2023

Secondary Teachers' Long-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 110 KB]
Promulgated 14 August 2023

Secondary Teachers' Short-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 109 KB]

Area School Teachers' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 96 KB]
Promulgated 25 September 2023

Area School Teachers' Long-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 107 KB]
Promulgated 25 September 2023

Area School Teachers' Short-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 118 KB]

Kindergarten Teachers’ Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 105 KB]
Promulgated 18 December 2023

Kindergarten Teachers' Short-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 102 KB]

Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu Early Childhood Teachers' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 89 KB]
Promulgated 6 December 2023

Principals’ individual employment agreements

Primary Principals' (NZEI) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 106 KB]
Promulgated 25 September 2023
To confirm if this IEA is applicable, see Guidance about union membership for primary principals(external link) 

Primary Principals' (PPCBU) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 97 KB]
Promulgated 22 November 2023
To confirm if this IEA is applicable, see Guidance about union membership for primary principals(external link) 

Secondary Principals' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 76 KB]
Promulgated 22 November 2023

Area School Principals' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 92 KB]
Promulgated 28 July 2023

Other staff individual employment agreements 

Support Staff in Schools' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 239 KB]
Promulgated 6 March 2023 

School Caretakers', Cleaners', Canteen and Ground Staff Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 99 KB]
Promulgated 6 June 2023

Kaiarahi i te Reo and Therapists' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 173 KB]
Promulgated 18 March 2024

Specialist Residential Schools' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 209 KB]
Promulgated 15 May 2023

Te Aho o te Kura Pounamu Specialist and Support Staff Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 211 KB]
Promulgated 31 July 2023

Community Education Teaching Coordinator Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 94 KB]
Promulgated 5 May 2023

Community Education (excluding Teaching Coordinators) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 104 KB]
Promulgated 5 May 2023

Foreign Language Assistant Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 264 KB]
Promulgated 28 September 2022

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