NZEI Starting Out Workshops

All the important info for relievers

Definitions
(from the Primary Teachers Collective Agreement) Short term relievers are fixed term employees who are temporarily employed on a casual basis to relieve in a permanent teacher position for a period not exceeding three weeks.
Includes day to day relieving Paid an hourly wage

Long term relievers are fixed term employees employed for a continuous period beyond three weeks.
Paid by salary Eligible for allowances (see Forms powerpoint) Often referred to as fixed term

Salary
(from the Primary Teachers Collective Agreement)
Q3: 3yr teaching degree Q3+: Bachelors +teaching qualification, honours Q4: Double degree +teaching qualification, Masters Q5: PhD Relievers will progress from one salary step to the next after teaching for 190 days. This will be subject to satisfactory performance as attested by the principal at the school where the teacher was most recently employed.
Step Salary Entry

6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

45,568
46,908 48,919 51,599 55,621 59,640 65,135 67,414 70,877

Q3 entry
Q3+ entry Q4 entry Q5 entry

Q3 max Q3+, Q4, Q5 max

Holiday Pay
www.novopay.govt.nz
Relievers- 6 weeks or more, but less than one year Part time teachers Same school all year? No Yes/No Yes Changes in hours? n/a Yes No Continuing in 2011? n/a Yes/ No Yes YOU GET: Lump sum holiday pay Lump sum Normal fortnightly pay Normal fortnightly pay Holiday pay is included in hourly rate

Relievers- 1 year or more

n/a

n/a

n/a

Relievers- day relief

n/a

n/a

n/a

Sick Leave
(from the Primary Teachers Collective Agreement)

Part-time teaching sick leave is assessed on the basis that: 80 hours of teaching = one months service 1000 hours of teaching = one years service

Period of Service 0- 3 months 3- 6 months 6- 9 months

Sick Leave 7 days 7 days 7 days

9 months- 5 years 5 days 5- 10 years 10- 20 years 20- 30 years 30+ years 19 days 14 days 25 days 22 days

Beginning Teacher Time Allowance

http://www.nzei.org.nz/Teacher+Registration/FAQs.html
Hours employed Release time

Beginning Teacher 1st Year (must be appointed to a position for a minimum of 10 weeks to claim this- see next slide for minimum hours)
Beginning Teacher 2nd year (minimum appointment of 10 weeks)

Full Time (1.0 FTTE)

Part Time (0.50.9 FTTE) Less than 0.5 FTTE Full time

0.2 FTTE (1 day per week)

0.1 FTTE ( day)

Ineligible 0.1 FTTE (1 day per week)

Anything less than Ineligible full time

Registration
http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/prt/whosaprt.stm

The minimum amount of work you must do for a school to provide an advice and guidance programme is: 12.5 child contact hours per week. This is equal to 0.5 FTTE Blocks of six weeks minimum

FAQ from Teachers Council website: Q: I have two part time teaching positions at different learning centres. Can I combine my hours to meet the minimum time of 0.5 FTTE? A: Yes. You can only have one tutor teacher, and they must be able to observe you teaching at both schools. Again, you have to be at each of these schools for a minimum of six weeks.

Salary Assessment
www.novopay.govt.nz
New Appointment Form for Teaching Staff
This has to be filled in by the principal at your first teaching job A salary assessment must be done as well, preferably beforehand If both of these arent done before the start of your job, you will be paid on the untrained rate until these are both passed

Salary Assessment Form

You can fill this in before you have a teaching job. It must include: Certified copies of NZ teaching and academic qualifications Bachelor of Education transcript Work experience documentation Statements of previous work as a primary teacher

Fill in the NOVO1t form for this

Fill in the NOVO7t form for this

Transport Allowance
(from the Primary Teachers Collective Agreement)

If you are appointed for a position of up to 1 term (excludes day to day relieving), you are eligible for:
37c per km for a car for any distance further than 10kms

For any allowances, talk to the school payroll administrator- they make sure you are paid the extra money. They fill in the form, which can be found at:
http://www.novopay.govt.nz/Site/Forms/default.aspx