The letter of commitment from DET to the AEU also provides $11.988 million to reduce administrative burdens in the areas of health and safety, emergency management and investigation processes. Prepare for a political struggle against state Labor government! <br><br>My solutions . 0000019184 00000 n 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). 0 From 2023, teachers will join ES in receiving time-in-lieu for any time worked beyond their normal hours when attending school camps. These, however, do not apply to all school workers. 1994 2022 Victorian TAFE Association Inc. The Australian Education Union has completed ratification meetings to make a recommendation about the draft 2022 Victorian Government Schools Agreement, which will determine pay and conditions for school staff for the next four years. The following sub-clause states that the Employer will provide information, in writing, about the nature of the change and the expected effects of the change on the employees and their workload.. Staff employed in Victorian Catholic education may be entitled to an allowance in addition to a salary in accordance with the VCEMEA. 2. This led the department to commit to a review in the VGSA 2017. **. This Agreement will replace the Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff MEA 2015. But when he gives himself an 11.8 per cent pay rise in 2021 and expects us to accept a two per cent pay rise, we are being insulted and not respected," Ms Honan said. The changes aim to bring unpaid work back within the paid working week and, with it, the professional autonomy to determine those duties. As a result, teachers will have the professional trust that they deserve to do their job. We've fought for and won a lot for our members. 0000039483 00000 n Policy and Guidelines for Industrial Agreements, Refer to Contact information heading below for all HR contact details. Overview Teaching service. Salary assessments. 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. "After two years of the remote learning rollercoaster and years of eroded conditions, teachers and education support staff rightly expect much better, for our own sake and that of our students.". AAP has also contacted the AEU for comment. The VGSA 2022 goes a long way towards achieving those improvements. 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. The department is currently considering adding new functionality to eduPay to enable this. It was reportedyesterday that thousands of teachers, who are not triple vaccinated, will not legally be permitted to work in Victoria from Thursday, April 28 putting immense pressure on an . The offer is not the same as 2 per cent per year as staff get 1 per cent for only half the year, so it actually is just 1.5 per cent per year. teachers. CEO School and Student Services employees. Oceania (UK: / o s i n i , o i-,- e n-/, US: / o i n i / (), /- n-/) is a geographical region that is described as a continent in some parts of the world. On 12 October 2018, the Fair Work Commission approved the Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff Agreement 2018. Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff Agreement 2018. Additional resources are available to support schools and enable a common . . The Australian Education Union has warned the state . %PDF-1.6 % (Some of these articles are member-only, so log in with your AEU credentials to read. :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 Parties to enterprise agreements that will nominally expire before 1 January 2022 have the opportunity to finalise new agreements under the current wages policy, before the new Wages Policy comes into effect on that date. Victorian public school teachers have struck a landmark agreement to reduce face-to-face teaching hours and receive a boost to their salary. 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). The 2022/23 Victorian State Budget includes $779 million to recruit 1,900 extra teachers, as well as $58.9 million over four years to attract and develop quality teachers in all Victorian schools . 0000012838 00000 n An increase to the commencement salaries from ES range 2 to range 6, beginning on the first pay period after 24 December 2021. a long-sought adjustment to the salaries of primary school program nurses whose employment was transferred from the public service to the VGSA teaching service. deputy principals. This has been the result of many months of intensive negotiations as well as a series of industrial actions and bans late in 2021. Working with the AEU, education support members have achieved: A salary increase of more than 26% over the life of the VGSA 2022 at the top of Range 1, covering most ES employed by DET. They also want reduced face-to-face teaching hours and classroom size. The Australian Education Union in Victoria has welcomed the announcements made by the Andrews government this morning. U2\[^iQ pF^&'L. A motion passed by . "There's just a huge amount of discontent with the agreement, the wave of anger online is pretty big," she told AAP. After more than 52 meetings over 10 months, we have reached an in-principle deal with Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Ltd for a new Agreement with a . - last updated 17 November 2022. International Committee of the Fourth International. It is an explicit acknowledgement of the importance of public school teachers professional autonomy. All current Range 1 and Range 2 ES employees will be moved to the new Range 2, removing the hard barrier between these classifications. This is in addition to Professional Practice Days (PPDs). On 12 October 2018, the Fair Work Commission approved the Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff Agreement 2018. Our schools and students rely on the essential work that ES members undertake every day. The AEU will be providing implementation advice to help support this process. In this section, staff in Victorian Catholic schools are able to find information relating to salary and conditions including: Workload. Above all, the unending attacks on education and healthcare, raises the need for a socialist perspective, which rejects the subordination of every aspect of society to the profit interests of the major banks and corporations. CEO Clerical employees. Nothing whatever is proposed to reduce the enormous administrative and standardised testing related workload that has caused escalating unpaid overtime and widespread workplace stress and burnout. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this Agreement are: 2.1 delivery of quality early childhood education that is accessible across a diversity of settings, including integrated settings, and which improves the developmental and The Departments offer was put to ANMF, AEU and CPSU members for consideration in early February. 0000007458 00000 n With this agreement, the AEU has sought to bring that work back into paid hours. For teachers, there are four key components related to workload. Updated or New Policies for the Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement 2020. This follows the wage freeze imposed by the union and state government for 2021. All current Range 1 ES will be able to access additional sub-divisions in the new Range 2 classification. 0000027160 00000 n Secondly, every worker should be compensated for the work that they do teachers and ES are no different especially for any work done outside of normal hours. Salary tables now reflect the annual income of principals and assistant pricipals in an accumulation fund before super - with the 10% super guarantee paid separately. ES and principal members should work together to assess the required duties against the Dimensions of Work. In Victoria . . These changes to face-to-face teaching hours are contained in a deed, referred to in the VGSA 2022 and vice versa. Tutor salaries are based on salary rates and conditions as specified in the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022, taking into account years of service and arrangements for pre-service teachers. "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. 13 May 2022 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 . The AEU bureaucracy is clearly concerned about the threat that its deal with the state government will be voted down. Campaigning for a new workplace agreement for TAFE teachers kicks off in early 2022, drawing on the schools push to build union power . The IEU is the collective voice and leading advocate for staff in Victorian Catholic education. 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. Where a teacher has not been granted TIL by 1 December, that teacher may vary their attendance time on any school day prior to the end of that school year equivalent to the time owed, with not less than three working days notice. Victorian teachers strike landmark agreement on better pay and workloads. LZ`W1 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. Watch David Norths remarks commemorating 25 years of the World Socialist Web Site and donate today. 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. school service officers. endstream endobj startxref Principals and the AEU now have a clear right to be consulted about proposed departmental changes that may affect the workload of principals. A 2 per cent pay rise per year, paid in two instalments (1 per cent in January and 1 per cent in July in each year) with eight salary increases as set out below effective from the commencement of the first pay period on or after the dates below: An allowance of 1 per cent of annual salary to be paid as a lump sum in December each year (commencing December 2022) for ES ranges 28 [current ES 25] up to ES range 6. The proposed agreement introduces the recognition of qualifications for the first time. ES members can also review their role in light of the new dimensions, and write to their principal seeking a range review if those duties are classified at a higher level when compared to the current agreement. The state government will employ almost 2,000 extra teachers to support this reduction, at a cost of $779 million, announced in the 202223 state budget. This is the necessary next step in the fight to develop a unified movement of educators throughout Australia, linking up with other sections of the working class confronting similar attacks, in defence of decent wages and working conditions, and for a fully funded, universally accessible public education system., Contact the CFPE:Email: cfpe.aus@gmail.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/commforpubliceducationTwitter: @CFPE_Australia, Contact the SEP:Phone:(02) 8218 3222Email:sep@sep.org.auFacebook:SocialistEqualityPartyAustraliaTwitter:@SEP_AustraliaInstagram:socialistequalityparty_auTikTok:@SEP_Australia. In this era of fringe conspiracy theories and alternative facts, digital media literacy has never been more important, writes ED COPER. ANMF (Vic Branch) joined the Australian Education Union (AEU) and the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) in negotiations with the Department of Education and Training. 0000001352 00000 n education support staff. First is a reduction in face-to-face teaching. Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022 Page | 7 (2) The parties agree that the structural adjustments set out in the column of each table in schedule 1 titled '24/12/21' will be payable to employees with effect from the first pay period commencing on or after 24 Have you recently transitioned to @education email and would you like to change email address for membership? ), 126 Trenerry Crescent From achieving pay parity with Government schools, to enforceable consultation provisions, paid parental leave, improved employment security and better salaries and career structures for education . The agreement also includes salary increases in line with the Government's public sector wages policy - with staff receiving a one per cent pay rise every six months up to and including 1 July 2025, with the first raise backdated to 1 January 2022. The final vote to ratify the draft agreement, required under Australian industrial relations law, involves everyone covered by it, union and non-union members within the schools. Even if this is taken as good coin, if divided over the five years of the 2021 wage freeze and subsequent period of the agreement, it amounts to 2.7 percent annually. As an alternative to time-in-lieu, the principal and the teacher may agree to payment for TIL owed at the employees normal rate of pay. The Agreement covers: primary principals. 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. Victorian public school teachers have won a reduction in face-to-face learning hours for the first time in three decades. The department has also made a commitment to review and modernise principal class contracts (schedule B) within six months of the commencement of the new VGSA. Briley Stokes, Vice President Primary Sector. 4307 0 obj <> endobj xref People Division Refer to Contact information heading below for all HR contact details, Overview for the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022 (VGSA). 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. DET must consult principals and the AEU on any proposed changes that may affect principal workloads. Authorised by Debra James, General Secretary Independent Education Union, Victoria Tasmania, 120 Clarendon Street, Southbank, VIC, 3006. 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. 25 April 2022. These changes to the Dimensions of Work may mean that members who have had an incorrect classification will be reclassified. For ES, timing of any time-in-lieu is at the discretion of the employer, having regard to the operational needs of the school and the wishes of the employee. 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. The Victorian Government public sector pay policy is to cap pay rises at 2 per cent. 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. Again, salaries will be in line with those qualifications. Read more in our Term 4, 2022 edition of AEU News. Salary increases through instalments, classification adjustments, and allowances. 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. 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. We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Victoria and pay respect to the ongoing living cultures of First Peoples. The proposedagreement delivers on key campaign issues ofworkload relief, and fair and reasonable salaries above the governments original offer. 0000007786 00000 n Nominal Expiry Date is 30 September 2024. It is intended that the extra 2000 teachers to be hired will spread the workload and . 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 After more than 52 meetings over 10 months, we have reached a deal with Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Ltd for a new Agreement with a focus on addressing workloads for staff in Catholic schools. 710 0 obj <> endobj He said the deal includes a one per cent pay rise every six months, a new allowance for teachers and other eligible staff, and a reduction in face to face teaching hours. 0000021073 00000 n Who is responsible for curriculum content and what happens when it inadvertently triggers a vulnerable student? 0000012473 00000 n 9 Feb 2022; Key Takeaways. Implementation guidance and time in lieu guidelines are also available on the Resources tab of this topic. The Victorian Government Schools Agreement (VGSA) 2022 came into effect on 25 July, with the first salary increase payable backdated to the commencement of the first pay period on or after 1 January 2022. The inclusion of a Nurse Roles and Responsibilities Schedule, which provides a description of the range of duties that a school nurse can perform, either in the primary school program, secondary school program or working directly for a school at ES Range 4. Employment. Two years into a pandemic which has greatly increased the workload and stress of school staff, the Australian Education Union and the Victorian Government have reached an agreement that will most likely mean a pay cut for teachers in real terms. We dont know what CPI is and I hope it is not as high as it currently is.. These changes also mean that for those at the top of Range 1, covering most ES employed by DET, there is a salary increase of more than 26% over the life of the agreement. **. (ii) a teacher, (iii) an education support class employee at level 2 or Level 1 Ranges 3 to 5 or Level 1 Range 2 . 0000013772 00000 n This gives teachers the trust and professional autonomy to utilise planning time to do the work needed to deliver the best program to their students. Print whole topic. This policy is designed to assist principals when planning and managing the accrual and acquittal of time in lieu, consistent with the time in lieu obligations set out in the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022. For teachers, there are four key components related to workload. 0 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. "Teachers are working, on average, 15 hours of unpaid overtime a week," Ms Peace said. Public Service. 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