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Primary teachers and principals to vote on new offer
Primary teachers and principals to vote on new Ministry
offer
11 September 2018
The Ministry of Education has tabled new collective agreement offers for primary teachers and principals, who will hold secret online ballots next week to vote on whether to accept the offers.
NZEI Te Riu Roa members will consider whether the offers address their concerns about the growing teacher shortage and the inadequate support for children with additional learning needs.
The revised offer for primary teachers includes:
3 year term from date of settlement
Increase
base salary scale by 3% each year from date of
settlement.
No funding for supporting children with
additional learning needs, such as funding the Special
Education Needs Coodinator role (SENCO) in each
school.
No provisions for reducing workloads or class
sizes
The revised offer for primary principals
includes:
3 year term from date of settlement
Increase
base salary scale by 3% each year from date of settlement
for principals of schools with more than 100
students.
Increase base salary scale by 4.5%+4.5%+4.4% a
year from date of settlement for principals of schools with
fewer than 100 students.
No provisions to address
workload
NZEI's teacher lead negotiator Liam Rutherford
said members would consider whether the offers addressed the
needs of children and their learning. It also remained to be
seen whether parents and the wider public thought the offer
would make a difference for children.
"As teachers and principals we can see that the issues in our schools simply can't wait any longer and our students' learning is already being negatively affected because of the difficulty in recruiting and retaining teachers," he said.
"Member leaders are not making any recommendation to the wider membership about whether to reject or accept the offer."
If the offers are rejected there will be further consultation with members, and at the NZEI Annual Conference in early October, where members will make recommendations about next steps.
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NZEI Te Riu Roa
New Zealand Educational Institute
NZEI Te Riu Roa members work in every community in New Zealand, leading and advocating for quality public education.
We are the 50,000 principals, teachers and support staff who work in primary, area and secondary schools as well as early childhood centres, special education and school advisory services. We come together as NZEI Te Riu Roa - New Zealand's largest education union, a Treaty based organisation and a powerful advocate for quality public education.
We have the most important job in New Zealand - educating for the future.
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