Victorian public school teachers have struck a landmark agreement to reduce face-to-face teaching hours and receive a boost to their salary. The revised Dimensions of Work in the proposed VGSA explicitly limits group size supervision for ES in the new Range 1 and Range 2 to a maximum of four students individually or in groups of up to four in controlled circumstances where the responsibility for students clearly remains with a teacher. As an alternative to time-in-lieu, the employer and the ES employee may agree to payment for TIL owed at the employees normal rate of pay where the TIL was for work performed within the normal span of hours, or at 150% of their normal rate of pay where the time-in-lieu was for work performed outside this span of hours. The new VGSA provides beneficial changes to the ES classification structure. The Victorian School of Languages (VSL) is a government school with a strong history of commitment to the provision of language programs for students in Years 1 to 12 who do not have access to the study of those languages in their mainstream schools. endstream endobj startxref With 2022 fast approaching, members should be engaging in consultative conversations with employers, planning for the following: Time for Educational Leaders and Nominated . (((18i% V2)q~rFlJ`YRxz9;[>,rQ U6Ep10)t; 5M endstream endobj 4343 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/Index[55 4252]/Length 95/Size 4307/Type/XRef/W[1 1 1]>>stream This led the department to commit to a review in the VGSA 2017. 0000017195 00000 n Both the Early Education Employees Agreement (EEEA) and Victorian Early Childhood Teachers and Educators Agreement (VECTEA) have been in operation for a few months now. The IEU Victoria Tasmania acknowledges the Indigenous Custodiansof the lands on which we live, learn and work. Members work/life balance is being affected, with some experiencing high levels of stress and too many going on extended sick leave or Workcover. The schedule contains specific descriptions of the roles of Nurse Manager (for individual schools) at Range 5 and Registered Nurse 4 at Range 4, as well as limited descriptions for Registered Nurse 3 at Range 3 and improved Enrolled Nurse commencing salary at Range 25 (current range 22). We welcome the money allocated to reducing this administrative burden, so that PCA members can focus more on their core role of educational leadership, especially as they continue to manage one of the most challenging periods our schools have ever faced. The IEU is the collective voice and leading advocate for staff in Victorian Catholic education. The Departments offer was put to ANMF, AEU and CPSU members for consideration in early February. Revised Dimensions of Work allowing thousands of ES to access higher classification through range reviews. This clarifies the role of ES, providing a clearer sense of the boundaries and expectations. :w?XL-={3KK+"fm^{c3'wS Ou9/pU8DD9[u=V,^HQdiKPi%J z&J5)/ntE=>U]g.eNA]s9=J8v;tXIy L j++r^INQ@1I?N^yU2:J}OO|4yg'?*^P+.AEY(M8s)* N&O;fT08rF5*E|Bv,yg('@_/Z)XY|E-!H1w N),@L0[1:l@S(!1F @*` [4A$v040(E@ Y\3.c4d:d``` 6CV9Yd=P ,]f Updated February 3 2022 - 8:51pm, first published 8:45pm. 0000001760 00000 n After more than a year of negotiations, bargaining concluded at the start of February on the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022 (VGSA), which covers members working within the Victorian School Nursing Programs as well as members employed directly by government schools. Australian Principals Federation . for a secondary teacher - 10 hours in 2022 . AAP has also contacted the AEU for comment. Casual Pay Rates - Casual Relief Teachers (CRTs), Education Support Class (ESC) and Language Instructors (PDF) External Link. Teacher demands include a pay rise of 21 per cent over three years and 16.5 per cent superannuation. For teachers, there are four key components related to workload. 0000019184 00000 n Inflation is skyrocketing in the US and Britain, approaching 10 percent in both countries, as well as in former colonial countries like Sri Lanka and Peru. "Teachers are working, on average, 15 hours of unpaid overtime a week," Ms Peace said. Throw out the sell out deal between the AEU and the Labor government, and form rank-and file-committees independent of the union. Sub-branches and consultative committees will play an important role in reviewing the work expected of teachers, both within the 30 and within the 8, to ensure their time is best used to focus on the core work of teaching and learning. Staff employed in Victorian Catholic education may be entitled to an allowance in addition to a salary in accordance with the VCEMEA. The features of the Agreement include: annual pay increases averaging 2 per cent per year over the life of the agreement. We advocated to DET on the need for major changes to the dimensions; and our passionate and proactive ES members have worked together across the state to identify the key problems. Public school teachers and workers in Victoria begin voting Monday on a sell out industrial agreement negotiated by the Australian Education Union (AEU) and the state Labor government of Premier Daniel Andrews. This is in addition to Professional Practice Days (PPDs). The proposed agreement makes it clear that business managers, and ES staff who manage a school science laboratory, library or information technology function, including as the sole technician, must commence at Range 3. Now, within the 30-hour component, any time beyond face-to-face hours must be used only for planning, preparation, assessment and collaboration with colleagues, with the duties undertaken in that time determined by the teacher. The official inflation rate is running at nearly double that, 5.1 percent. 2. They do not count towards base salary and therefore do not accumulate over time. For teachers, there are four key components related to workload. The changes to the Dimensions of Work for education support have come about thanks to member campaigning over many years. The changes to consultation are also important, so that principals have a proper forum for discussing the workload implications of departmental initiatives before they happen. Primary school program nurses who transferred at Education Support (ES) range 41 will progress to ES 43, and those who transferred at ES 4-2 will progress to ES 4 This adjustment will take effect from the first pay period on or after 1 January 2021, and will be backdated. Information on VIT registered teacher salaries is available below: Again, salaries will be in line with those qualifications. They also want reduced face-to-face teaching hours and classroom size. Transitional arrangements. Sue Phillips, national convenor of the Committee For Public Education, told the WSWS: Every educator should fight for the highest possible no vote in the general ballot. These changes to face-to-face teaching hours are contained in a deed, referred to in the VGSA 2022 and vice versa. The AEU-Labor government deal will, if ratified, significantly worsen teachers and school workers living standards, while also exacerbating the crisis within the public education system and doing nothing to resolve the abysmal working conditions confronted by educators. Implementation guidance for Principals on the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022 can be found under the Resources tab.. Should you require any further information or assistance please contact the Policy and Workplace Relations . School holiday pay. This will commence when the VGSA is approved by the Fair Work Commission. A fringe group of Victorian teachers say there is growing discontent within the education union about the government's latest pay deal. Note: For information regarding salary rates for school council employees other than education support class employees refer to School Council Employment under Related policies below. 0000001600 00000 n Reduced administration and better workload consultation for principals. Mumbai (English: / m m b a / (), Marathi: ; also known as Bombay / b m b e / the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the de facto financial centre of India.According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi, and the eighth-most populous city in the world, with a . Where this is not possible, it may be granted at any other time prior to the end of the school year. Spanning the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of 8,525,989 square kilometres . In addition to this, a new allowance will be paid to all teachers and other eligible employees. 1994 2022 So the most recent figures that have come out are for March 2021 to March 2022, so they are for the past, not now or the future. **. Louise Swinn is an AEU staff journalist, freelance writer, editor and critic, with a background in book publishing. (Some of these articles are member-only, so log in with your AEU credentials to read. Through negotiations for a new Victorian Government Schools Agreement (VGSA), members wanted reduced workloads, lower stress levels, and greater professional autonomy and control over their working lives. AEU state deputy president Justin Mullaly has previously claimed that over the next four years, teachers would see a total 9.31 percent salary increase and another 4 percent in allowances. From 2023, teachers will have one hour less of face-to-face teaching per week, expanding to one-and-a-half hours in 2024. 0 On 18 July 2022, the Fair Work Commission approved the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022 to take effect from 25 July 2022.. Right now, it is common for teachers to have much of their non-teaching time subsumed by a range of other activities such as meetings and professional learning. Reject the censorship, scare mongering, and misinformation by the union! Public Service. All of this is recognition of the increasingly professional roles our ES play and the value of the work they do in our schools every day. The operative date is 19 October 2018. 0000039170 00000 n The AEU boasts that other measures including a 1 percent annual bonus allowance and salary structure reclassification measures provide additional wage rises. It remains essential that the consultative committee discuss the allocation of teacher work in the 30-hour and the 8-hour components prior to long-term planning decisions. Our system has been built on the goodwill of teachers and support staff for too long and we need to shift that culture. The new VGSA makes decisive improvements to the working lives of members in schools. Reg.No. Find all our articles about the Victorian Government Schools Agreement on our news site. It borders Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. Emily Woods / Education / Updated 24.02.2022. Greater Victoria Teachers' Association/Greater Victoria School Board Collective Agreement July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022 (DRAFT - Sept 8, 2020) 1 2019 -2022 - DISTRICT WORKING DOCUMENT PROVINCIAL and LOCAL AGREEMENT A WORKING DOCUMENT - Between - British Columbia Teachers' Federation Increasedpartner leave from one week to four weeks. ABN: 43 308 387 581, Teaching and assessment guideline tool tutorials, Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff Agreement 2018 TAFE Teachers guide, Level 18, 1 Nicholson St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff Agreement 2018, Doing Applied Research in TAFEs An Introductory Guide, Existing Qualifications 2019 Version 6 05.01.2022, VTA Teacher Guideline for Classification Self Assessment, RTO request for qualification approval to meet MEA guidelines, Request For Classification Assessment Form, Doing Applied Research in TAFEs - An Introductory Guide, Qualified Teacher Guidelines for supervising teaching practice, Approved Qualifications Matrix for further studies Version 10.1-05.02.2021, VTA Calculating teacher delivery and assessment time user guide, VTA Calculating Teacher Delivery and Assessment Time Tool. International Committee of the Fourth International. . A reduction in face-to-face teaching of of one hour in 2023 and a further 30-minute reduction in 2024 and ongoing. The presentation involved explaining and answering questions on the ballot process, including hosing down the enormous anger and opposition from ordinary teachers and Education Support (ES) staff. Prepare for a political struggle against state Labor government! The Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement 2020 came into operation on 9 October 2020 with a nominal expiry date of 20 March 2024. Crucially, it means that the ES salary scale more appropriately values the important work of education support staff. 0000039483 00000 n However, dozens of rank and file AEU members have formed a fringe group to push for a better deal and encourage union members to join them in voting against the agreement in its current form. <br><br>My solutions . 0000015215 00000 n Read more in our Term 4, 2022 edition of AEU News. The proposed agreement delivers on key campaign issues of workload relief, and fair and reasonable salaries above the government's original offer. There is also an additional increment at the top of Range 3 and of Range 5. Ballots will be collected next week, concluding on Friday. 0000013857 00000 n It introduces a new Range 1, with two sub-divisions to be used for recognised traineeship programs. 8286 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<3C8B9F6A34098049AFEADA3FC74EAF3A><958AC3F6F9C9AC4DB70379F2214696E3>]/Index[8263 41]/Info 8262 0 R/Length 108/Prev 876956/Root 8264 0 R/Size 8304/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream The proposed agreement introduces the recognition of qualifications for the first time. The union surveyed more than 10,000 Victorian teachers and support staff last month. For any structured school activity where staff are required such as parentteacher meetings, excursions, concerts, parent information sessions or after-hours sport they must be provided with time-in-lieu for time worked in excess of their normal hours of attendance. "This is a significant agreement that teachers, principals, education support staff and parents and carers can all support," says AEU Victorian Branch president Meredith Peace. Extensively revised Dimensions of Work for education support, enabling range reviews for many ES members. The proposedagreement delivers on key campaign issues ofworkload relief, and fair and reasonable salaries above the governments original offer. victorian early childhood teachers and educators agreement 2020 schedule 2 - salary rates table a: salary rates - early childhood teachers 52/52 model of employment levels 1/10/2020 1/4/2021 1/10/2021 1/4/2022 1/10/2022 1/4/2023 1/10/2023 1/4/2024 3.6 annual $105,915 $107,485 $109,055 $110,625 $112,195 $113,766 $115,336 $116,906 If the agreement is ratified, base salaries will increase by just 1 percent every 6 months over the course of the four-year agreement (this is less than 2 percent as the first 1 percent rise applies only to 6 months, so in effect is a 0.5 percent increase). From 2023, teachers will join ES in receiving time-in-lieu for any time worked beyond their normal hours when attending school camps. Victoria's changing population is placing additional demands on our services and workforces, with specific planning and support required for staff across different education settings and locations. The agreement provides three days in 2022, two in 2023 and one in 2024, as reduced teaching hours comes into play. Today, the AEU announced an in-principle deal with the Victorian Government for the next Agreement covering staff in Victorian government education. To access the relevant agreement, select one of the employment categories on this page. hb```%@(1I/`Fq`0reB7_,}E )zB3xd s\Fu/BX6682qwj6l N! The 30+8 arrangement will reverse the experience of many teachers by giving them control over how they direct a significant amount of their time. . This included an absurd attempt to challenge the official inflation index: You cannot measure CPI [consumer price index] till time has lapsed because it is a cost-of-living measure, about what it costs you to live. Along with changes to the classification structure which will see thousands of our ES members access ranges and levels they were previously unable to access the changes to the dimensions will lead to range reviews for many ES, resulting in a move to higher levels and classification ranges. Victorian public school teachers have won a . Methodist Ladies' College Limited (Teachers and Technicians) Agreement 2022. 4307 0 obj <> endobj xref The new VGSA recognises the value of this work and delivers a raft of changes in both salary and conditions, which our ES members so justly deserve. It commits to working together to create and maintain an environment that enables employees to perform their duties at reasonable times of the working day. M"K Y3j}``0C^ Where accrued TIL has not been granted to a teacher or education support member by 1 March of the following school year, the principal must grant TIL equivalent to the time owed, commencing immediately, or pay the employee for the time owed at 150% of the employees normal rate of pay. teachers. This is important recognition for the out-of-hours work being undertaken by public school staff. The special schools allowance of $727 per annum, which is currently payable only to teachers, will be extended to education support class employees. The CPI measure that has just come out is for the 12 months that has just gone.