Secondary Teachers' Collective Agreement

… accrued service. Where a teacher has taken all 92 days they will be allocated 10 days sick leave (as this is the minimum balance teachers are allocated on translation), and they will receive a further 10 days on completion of a further 6 months service.

Appendix to CA

 

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

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… (graduate) study in a subject or specialist area(s) i.e. any area of study that is not initial teacher education.
Where the highest trade or vocational qualification is below Level 7 on the NQF, a trade or vocations qualification listed in clause 10 of Appendix A (or its equivalent at 5 or 6 on the National Qualifications Framework) shall be recognised for G3+ if the teacher has at least 6000 hours of applicable trade or vocational work experience.
G4 for teachers who hold a current practicing…

… gain registration through either the Teaching Council’s comparable qualifications or core components pathways will be deemed to have met the requirements for registration from the date they completed that/those qualification(s).  For the purposes of Appendix A clause 6.1, overseas teaching service will count from the date the NZQA deems those qualification(s) to have been completed. Relevant work experience (including overseas teaching service completed prior to that date) will be determined un…

… use of the teacher’s own vehicle) shall, on application, be paid a travelling allowance as follows:

Accommodation — reimbursement of accommodation costs on an actual and reasonable basis;
Meals — standard travelling allowance meal rate as specified in Appendix D;
Incidentals — incidentals allowance, as specified in Appendix D for each 24 hour period and additional part thereof spent travelling.

7.1.2 When the teacher leaves and returns to the teacher’s school on the same day, travelling allow…

… 1,340 allowances available nationally from 28 January 2025. These allowances will be apportioned by roll and weighted to the Equity Index.

6. Increase to motor vehicle allowance rate

The parties agree to increase the reimbursement rates provided in Appendix D, clause 1.5 for motor vehicles and motorcycles from the date the new collective agreement is settled as follows:

the motor vehicle allowance rate increases from 62 cents per kilometre to 83 cents per kilometre.
the motorcycle rate incre…

8.1.1 A teacher who holds a permanent or long-term relieving position is eligible for removal expenses in the following circumstances as set out in Appendix C in the following circumstances:

Relocating to another housing district

Circumstance
Criteria / Definition
Entitlement

Moving from employment in a State or State Integrated school to employment in a different State or State Integrated school

Appointment to a position on promotion
Promotion is defined as an appointment to a position carr…

8.2.1 Teachers eligible for removal expenses under 8.1 of this Part are entitled to the following expenses, grants and allowances as appropriate as specified in Appendix C:

Travelling expenses;
Accommodation expenses;
Rent subsidy;
Furniture removal;
Legal fees and land agent’s commission;
Penalty mortgage repayment charges;
Transfer grant;
Leave and expenses for a teacher separated from their dependants to visit them, including to assist with their transfer to the new location;
Expenses for a…

7.2.1 Any teacher is entitled to the meal allowance at the rate specified in Appendix D when:

Absence from the teacher’s school over the lunch-break is not a common occurrence, and warning was not given on the previous working day that the teacher would be required to be absent from the school over the lunch-break;
The teacher finds it necessary (while absent from school) to lunch with a school business associate;
By reason of attention to official duties, a teacher’s return to the school at th…

… The Secretary for Education, having regard to a teacher’s previous service and professional, technical, practical or other suitable experience, may approve a higher commencing step than set out in 4.2.2 (a) to (c) above, subject to the provisions of Appendix A. The Secretary for Education may, in exceptional circumstances, exercise discretion in the placement or progression of a teacher within the salary scale.
Applications that are received under clause 4.2.2(b)(ii) from 1 June 2008, and where…

7.3.1 Teachers are entitled to the field allowance specified in Appendix D, clause 1.4, when supervising students attending a school camp or school trip for more than one complete day. Where a teacher receives the field allowance the incidentals allowance shall not be payable.

11.3.1 The provisions below replace Clauses 3.9.1-3.9.9 and Appendix H of this agreement. These provisions apply only to an employee appointed as a permanent secondary teacher at Te Kura.

Note: Trained beginning teachers in their first year have absolute protection and their positions cannot be considered for disestablishment.

11.3.2 Analysis of Staffing Requirements

Analysis of staffing requirements must be initiated when one or more of the following events indicates to the employer that it…

7.4.1 Where any teacher is:

Required by the employer to use their own vehicle for official business the teacher is entitled to the motor vehicle allowance at the rate specified in Appendix D or equivalent public transport fares where applicable.
Attending a school camp and providing the official emergency vehicle or an authorised substitute, the teacher is entitled to the motor vehicle allowance at the rate specified in Appendix D.

7.4.2 A motor vehicle allowance shall be paid to itinerant tea…

11.4.1 The provisions below replace Clause 7.3 of this agreement.

11.4.2 All employees on official Te Kura business where meals are provided by the employer and who are not receiving the travelling allowance set out in Clause 7.1 and Appendix D shall be paid a $15.00 per night off-site allowance for each night spent away from home.

11.4.3 When as a result of such business an employee is unable to return to home or the school (whichever is appropriate) until after 1pm on the final day, but ther…

… Relieving teachers in short-term positions may be granted assistance towards their daily travelling expenses to and from school as follows:

If public transport is not available, the teacher shall be paid a transport allowance at a rate specified in Appendix D for the distance involved less the first twenty kilometres each day; or
If public transport is available, the cost of fares for the full distance involved shall be refunded to the teacher except when the principal or head teacher of the s…

7.9.1 A tea allowance is payable at a rate, which must not exceed the rate specified in Appendix D, proportionately to take account, at least nominally, of school vacations and other paid leave of absence, to teachers who do not already receive free morning and afternoon tea.

… teachers who complete their supernumerary employment of 40 school weeks at the merged school and have yet to secure a permanent position in another state or state-integrated school, will retain an entitlement to removal expenses as per clause 8.2 and Appendix C of this Agreement for a period of 12 months from the cessation of their supernumerary employment. This entitlement will cease on permanent appointment to another teaching position in a state school.

Options for permanent part-time teach…