Individual employment agreements
The following is a list of current individual employment agreement templates for all school staff who aren’t members of a union, or whose work isn’t 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 other 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 - for instance, a school bus driver or school hostel employees must sign the following individual employment agreement:
Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 111 KB]
Promulgated 3 April 2017
Teachers’ individual employment agreements
Primary Teachers' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 219 KB]
Promulgated 6 May 2019
Primary Teacher Fixed-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement
[PDF, 275 KB]Promulgated 6 May 2019
Secondary Teachers' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 217 KB]
Promulgated 6 May 2019
Area School Teachers' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 218 KB]
Promulgated 6 May 2019
Adult and Community Education Teaching Coordinator Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 535 KB] [PDF, 24 KB]
Promulgated 6 May 2019
Adult and Community Education (Excluding Teaching Coordinators) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 224 KB]
Promulgated 6 May 2019
Kindergarten Teachers’ Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 215 KB]
Promulgated 6 May 2019
Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu Early Childhood Teachers' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 219 KB]
Promulgated 6 May 2019
Principals’ individual employment agreements
Primary Principals' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 24 KB]
Promulgated 29 June 2016
Secondary Principals' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 21 KB]
Promulgated 13 May 2016
Area School Principals' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 24 KB]
Promulgated 8 July 2016
Other staff individual employment agreements
Support Staff in Schools' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 626 KB]
Promulgated 6 May 2019
School Caretakers', Cleaners' and Canteen Staff Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 237 KB]
Promulgated 6 May 2019
Secondary and Area School Groundstaff Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 212 KB]
Promulgated 6 May 2019
Kaiarahi i te Reo, Therapists', ATSSD, Special Education Assistants' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 225 KB]
Promulgated 6 May 2019
Special Residential Schools' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 128 KB]
Promulgated 28 February 2019
Te Aho o te Kura Pounamu Specialist and Support Staff Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 214 KB]
Promulgated 9 May 2019
Foreign Language Assistant Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 42 KB]
Promulgated 14 December 2015
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