0000014272 00000 n Fri 10 Jun 2022 16.00 EDT Last modified on Fri 10 Jun 2022 20.44 EDT. Campaigning for a new workplace agreement for TAFE teachers kicks off in early 2022, drawing on the schools push to build union power . The agreement provides three days in 2022, two in 2023 and one in 2024, as reduced teaching hours comes into play. These changes to the Dimensions of Work may mean that members who have had an incorrect classification will be reclassified. Victorian public school teachers have won a reduction in face-to-face learning hours for the first time in three decades. 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Such committees are the only means of breaking the isolation of the AEU, uniting all education staff and preparing a genuine industrial and political fight against the agreement and the Labor government. LZ`W1 Highlights include: Among the more general updates to leave and other entitlements that will benefit members are: ANMF members also secured commitments from the Department that: It is expected that the offer will be put out for a vote of all employees in April. Agreement Name change to the VICTORIAN EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS AGREEMENT 2020. 4 Feb. 4 February 2022. "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.". 0000027160 00000 n The AEU is holding three weeks of meetings with sub-branches to discuss the agreement from February 28, when voting on the EA will begin. In addition to this, a new allowance will be paid to all teachers and other eligible employees. The Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement 2020 came into operation on 9 October 2020 with a nominal expiry date of 20 March 2024. 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 . 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. Whatever the result, the AEU bureaucracy will seek to push through a sell-out agreement, in line with its role as an industrial police force of the state Labor government. Abbotsford VIC 3067. All work required in excess of an employees normal weekly hours of duty must be documented by the employer. . For anyone working in public education right now, front of mind are workload, salaries and conditions, and critical workforce shortages. 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. 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. 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. %PDF-1.6 % In this era of fringe conspiracy theories and alternative facts, digital media literacy has never been more important, writes ED COPER. 0 0000001352 00000 n On 12 October 2018, the Fair Work Commission approved the Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff Agreement 2018. Australian Principals Federation . 710 0 obj <> endobj Abandonment of Employment. 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). It is intended that the extra 2000 teachers to be hired will spread the workload and . The new VGSA makes decisive improvements to the working lives of members in schools. AEU president Meredith Peace again desperately attempted to deny that the deal involved a real wage cut for teachers. h 00[k(&-xC. This has been the result of many months of intensive negotiations as well as a series of industrial actions and bans late in 2021. 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. 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. school service officers. Melbourne Montessori School Enterprise Agreement 2022. 0000008455 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. 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. 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. Victoria was one of the first places in the world to make education free, compulsory and secular. 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 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.. OTR Mar22; EBA . Time in Lieu. Time in lieu accrues on an hour-for-hour basis. The AEU will provide written advice to ES and principal members with individual members able to seek specific advice at any stage of the process. Rates of pay. The special schools allowance of $727 per annum, which is currently payable only to teachers, will be extended to education support class employees. This will take the form of industrial consultation and workload assessment for any new demands on principals before that change is implemented. 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 - Successful applicants will hold a Victorian Institute of Teaching Registration. 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. %PDF-1.4 % Reject the censorship, scare mongering, and misinformation by the union! Additional resources are available to support schools and enable a common . 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 . It introduces a new Range 1, with two sub-divisions to be used for recognised traineeship programs. The VGSA 2022 contains a number of important changes for ES staff, including to range reviews. U2\[^iQ pF^&'L. For new employees, this means that you wont necessarily start at the base level if you have qualifications that are relevant to your role. This will commence when the VGSA is approved by the Fair Work Commission. AEU Victorian Branch President Meredith. Professional practice days provide teachers with release from their scheduled duties (all duties which would have been otherwise scheduled, including teaching) to focus on the improved delivery of high quality teaching and learning. %%EOF Consolidation of ES range 1 and range 2 classifications, New pay points at ES range 36 and range 56, An increased salary loading allowance (leave loading), An increased and expanded first aid allowance, Intensive care allowance absorbed into new range 2 classification, Remote allowance to be specified in agreement, Maternity leave increased from 14 weeks to 16 weeks, Partner leave increased from one week to four weeks, Superannuation contributions for first 12 months of primary caregiver parental leave, Other paid parental leave (for example, adoption leave) to increase from eight weeks to 16 weeks, Pre-natal leave to be increased from 35 to 38 hours and spouse pre-natal leave to increase to 15.2 hours from 7.6 hours, Inclusion of up to 52 weeks unpaid grandparent leave, Up to three paid cultural leave days for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees, Infectious diseases leave existing clause to be modified to provide for 6 months for all prescribed diseases (COVID is currently a prescribed disease), Improved time in lieu provisions, including where working outside normal hours, Inclusion of Higher Duties in the agreement, Minimum payment of three hours for casual staff, it will undertake a review over the next 12 months to ensure nurses will have access to timely clinical nursing leadership, it will establish an allowance to compensate nurses for carrying and storing of heavy or bulky equipment, with the allowance is to be determined in consultation with ANMF, it will make all reasonable endeavours to backfill positions as soon as practicable and will monitor progress of this matter. Each school also has four pupil-free days, one of which must be provided to staff explicitly for the purposes of assessment and/or reporting. The changes to the Dimensions of Work for education support have come about thanks to member campaigning over many years. Mentone Girls' Grammar School Enterprise Agreement 2022-2025. Victorian teachers last took strike action in 2012-13, but have threatened to do so again early next year unless the Andrews government meets their demands. ** Staff are employed under the Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Limited Schools and Secretariat Agreement 2022. (ii) a teacher, (iii) an education support class employee at level 2 or Level 1 Ranges 3 to 5 or Level 1 Range 2 . Marino DOrtenzio, AEU Victoria Vice President Secondary. Implementation guidance for Principals on the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022 can be found under the Resources tab. Overall, these are some really significant wins. Briley Stokes, Vice President Primary Sector. In this section, staff in Victorian Catholic schools are able to find information relating to salary and conditions including: Workload. The Victorian Government public sector pay policy is to cap pay rises at 2 per cent. deputy principals. From 2023, teachers will have one hour less of face-to-face teaching per week, expanding to one-and-a-half hours in 2024. A reduction in face-to-face teaching of of one hour in 2023 and a further 30-minute reduction in 2024 and ongoing. Watch David Norths remarks commemorating 25 years of the World Socialist Web Site and donate today. ), 126 Trenerry Crescent with some school staff reporting "babysitting" students amid regional Victorian teacher shortages. Victorian public school teachers have struck a landmark agreement to reduce face-to-face teaching hours and receive a boost to their salary. Read more in our Term 4, 2022 edition of AEU News. The Committee for Public Education, which has politically led the fight against the AEUs betrayal, has called on all teachers and Education Support staff to vote no in the ballot. 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 provides teachers with more time for preparation, planning, collaboration and assessment within paid hours. The new VGSA provides beneficial changes to the ES classification structure. 0000006962 00000 n **. Credit: courtneyk/Getty Images/iStockphoto. 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. The Australian Education Union in Victoria has welcomed the announcements made by the Andrews government this morning. The VGSA 2022 goes a long way towards achieving those improvements. for a secondary teacher - 10 hours in 2022 . Summary statistics snapshot Victorian schools 2022 (PDF, 729KB) External Link. Extensively revised Dimensions of Work for education support, enabling range reviews for many ES members. With this agreement, the AEU has sought to bring that work back into paid hours. Enhancedtime-in-lieu provisions for teachers and ES. 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 . 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