Victorian Government Schools Agreement (VGSA) 2008 - Australian ...

* Notwithstanding clause 1.1 of schedule1, an existing principal class officermay access the maximum remunerationprogression point indicated in the tableabove during the life of the principalclass officer’s existing contract of employment.1.2 Leading teachers will translate to therevised Leading Teacher classificationas follows:Current classification andsubdivisionLeading Teacher 2-3Leading Teacher 2-2Leading Teacher 2-1Leading Teacher 1-3Leading Teacher 1-2Leading Teacher 1-1New classification andsubdivisionLeading Teacher – LT-3Leading Teacher – LT-2Leading Teacher – LT-1Leading Teacher – LT-1Leading Teacher – LT-1Leading Teacher – LT-11.3 Classroom teachers will translate to therevised classroom teacher classificationas follows:Current subdivisionNew subdivisionExpert teacher – E-3a Expert teacher – E-4Expert teacher – E-3Expert teacher – E-4 or E-3*Expert teacher – E-2 Expert teacher – E-2Expert teacher – E-1 Expert teacher – E-1Accomplished teacher – A-5 Accomplished teacher – A-5Accomplished teacher – A-4 Accomplished teacher – A-4Accomplished teacher – A-3 Accomplished teacher – A-3Accomplished teacher – A-2 Accomplished teacher – A-2Accomplished teacher – A-1 Accomplished teacher – A-1Graduate teacher – G-4 Graduate teacher – G-2Graduate teacher – G-3 Graduate teacher – G-1Graduate teacher – G-2 Graduate teacher – G-1Graduate teacher – G-1 Graduate teacher – G-1* An expert teacher at subdivision E-3will translate to the new subdivisionE-4 provided that teacher has been atsalary subdivision E-3 for a minimumperiod of twelve months and beenassessed as meeting or exceeding theperformance and development requirementsat his/her most recent performanceassessment. Otherwise thatteacher will translate to subdivisionE-3.1.4 Instructors will translate to the newparaprofessional classification asfollows:Current classification andsubdivisionInstructor Level 3New classification andsubdivisionLevel P 4 minInstructor Level 2 Level P 3-1Instructor Level 1-6 Level P 1-6Instructor Level 1-5 Level P 1-5Instructor Level 1-4 Level P 1-4Instructor Level 1-3 Level P 1-3Instructor Level 1-2 Level P 1-2Instructor Level 1-1 Level P 1-1memorandum ofunderstandingA memorandum of understanding is beingdeveloped that reflects commitments andundertakings agreed between the Departmentof Education and Early ChildhoodDevelopment and the Australian EducationUnion arising from the negotiations for aworkplace agreement in Victorian GovernmentSchools. The agreed commitments andundertakings includes:Service Improvements• The parties recognise that only theemployer under the Education andTraining Reform Act 2006 determinesthe timing of the existing four pupilfree days provided not more thanthree days will occur prior to the daystudents commence school each year.The employer may move one of thesethree days into the school year tomeet the needs of schools within thecontext of the Blueprint. The partiesagree that any realignment of pupilfree days will not alter the number ofstudent attendance days and will beconsistent with the Blueprint objectives.• The parties are committed to allschools providing not less than 25hours student instruction per week.Salary Increases• The salary and translation increasesunder the Agreement will be paid onand from the first pay period on orafter 1 May 2008.Negotiations for nextagreement• It is agreed that negotiations for thenext agreement will commence nolater than March 2011.Exit strategy for teachers• It is proposed that an exit strategybe developed for those teachers whohave lost the motivation to continuetheir teaching careers. This strategywill have regard to similar schemesused in other states such as Queensland.• A feature of this strategy will be theongoing employment of existing fixedterm teachers to replace those teacherswho depart as a result of the exitstrategy.• The Department will consult with theAEU on the strategy to be developed.88 89