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.
Note: Non-teaching staff with recently promulgated agreements now have until 29 May to sign an individual employment agreement in order to receive the backdating as provided for the relevant IEA. IEAs signed after 29 May will be effective from the date of signing.
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, 165 KB]
Promulgated 24 October 2019
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, 137 KB]
Promulgated 22 April 2020
Teachers’ individual employment agreements
Primary Teachers' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 226 KB]
Promulgated 1 October 2019
Primary Teacher Fixed-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 282 KB]
Promulgated 1 October 2019
Secondary Teachers' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 223 KB]
Promulgated 1 October 2019
Secondary Teachers Fixed-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 281 KB]
Promulgated 1 October 2019
Area School Teachers' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 224 KB]
Promulgated 1 October 2019
Area School Teacher Fixed-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 281 KB]
Promulgated 1 October 2019
Adult and Community Education Teaching Coordinator Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 231 KB] [PDF, 24 KB]
Promulgated 3 April 2020
Adult and Community Education (Excluding Teaching Coordinators) Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 234 KB]
Promulgated 3 April 2020
Kindergarten Teachers’ Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 220 KB]
Promulgated 1 October 2019
Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu Early Childhood Teachers' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 225 KB]
Promulgated 19 September 2019
Principals’ individual employment agreements
Primary Principals' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 154 KB]
Promulgated 2 September 2019
Secondary Principals' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 149 KB]
Promulgated 2 September 2019
Area School Principals' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 126 KB]
Promulgated 6 September 2019
Other staff individual employment agreements
Support Staff in Schools' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 198 KB]
Promulgated 3 April 2020
School Caretakers', Cleaners' and Canteen Staff Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 247 KB] [PDF, 240 KB]
Promulgated 3 April 2020
Kaiarahi i te Reo, Therapists', ATSSD, Special Education Assistants' Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 216 KB]
Promulgated 3 April 2020
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, 212 KB] [PDF, 205 KB] [PDF, 206 KB]
Promulgated 3 April 2020
Secondary and Area School Groundstaff Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 178 KB]
Promulgated 2 June 2020
Foreign Language Assistant Individual Employment Agreement [PDF, 42 KB]
Promulgated 14 December 2015
The collective agreement for Groundstaff employed by secondary and area schools is under current negotiation. If you have a new employee starting this work, please contact employment.relations@education.govt.nz for assistance with their employment agreement.
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