Summary: The Victorian Government School Agreement 2022 (VGSA) includes a range of allowances paid on top of an employee’s regular salary, for various reasons. One such allowance which may be paid to an educational support class employee is the First Aid allowance. First Aid allowance criteria:Under VGSA clause 20(6), a First Aid allowance is payable to an education support class employee who is able to satisfy the following three requirements:the education support class employee holds an appropriate first aid qualificationthe education support class employee agrees to perform…
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Schools: How should a school implement the face-to-face allocations (VGSA 2022)?
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Summary: Schools will look at multiple factors when determining what an educational program looks like at the school – including, for example, how much time is allocated to a specialist program, or the number of periods allocated to English in Year 7 compared to Year 12. However, before these questions are answered, some foundational parameters need to be put in place at a school to ensure that the discussions happen within the bounds of the VGSA 2022.The first and most obvious parameter is the maximum face-to-face allocation that can occur. From the beginning of 2024 this will be 21…
Schools: Salaries and superannuation for principal class employees
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Summary: PrincipalsSalaries for school principals are set out in the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022.The minimum salary for a principal position is determined with reference to the size of the school’s student resource package (excluding DE superannuation contributions, WorkCover premiums, locally raised funds, and Commonwealth funds that cannot be anticipated for more than two years).ExampleJudy is the principal of a school. In 2023, the school’s student resource package is $3,625,491, meaning Judy is classified at Range 3.Due to an increase in enrolments, in 2024 the…
Casual relief teacher wages
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Summary: Casual relief teachers (CRTs) differ from other teachers in Victorian government schools in that they are not employed by the Department of Education and Training and are not employed under the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022. CRTs are employed by either the school council of the school in which they are working or by a CRT agency (such as ANZUK, Tradewinds).The rates of pay for CRTs differ depending on whether the CRT is employed by a school council or an agency.School council CRTs A CRT employed by a school council is…