Part 3 - Remuneration
3.1 Principals’ Remuneration
A principal’s remuneration shall comprise the school roll-based salary component (U grade) specified in clause 3.1.1 and the staffing based salary component (supplementary) specified in clause 3.1.2, the decile payment (where applicable), the Area School Principal’s Payment, and the Individual Payment for Experience in Role (where applicable).
3.1.1 The Principal’s salary shall be determined in accordance with the grade of the school (i.e. U1-U16):
School roll based salary component (U-grades)
|
U GRADE |
Roll size |
Rates effective July 2006 |
Rates effective 30 November 2007 |
Rates effective 2 July 2008 |
Rates effective 1 July 2009 |
|
1 |
1-50 |
$65,897 |
$70,533 |
$73,354 |
$76,288 |
|
2 |
51-100 |
$73,129 |
$76,054 |
$79,096 |
$82,260 |
|
3 |
101-150 |
$79,201 |
$82,369 |
$85,664 |
$89,090 |
|
4 |
151-300 |
$85,407 |
$88,823 |
$92,376 |
$96,071 |
|
5 |
301-500 |
$91,613 |
$95,278 |
$99,089 |
$103,052 |
|
6 |
501-675 |
$95,160 |
$98,966 |
$102,925 |
$107,042 |
|
7 |
676-850 |
$98,853 |
$102,807 |
$106,919 |
$111,196 |
|
8 |
851-1025 |
$102,548 |
$106,650 |
$110,916 |
$115,353 |
|
9 |
1026-1200 |
$105,060 |
$109,262 |
$113,633 |
$118,178 |
|
10 |
1201-1400 |
$107,571 |
$111,874 |
$116,349 |
$121,003 |
|
11 |
1401-1600 |
$111,236 |
$115,685 |
$120,313 |
$125,125 |
|
12 |
1601-1800 |
$114,901 |
$119,497 |
$124,277 |
$129,248 |
|
13 |
1801-2000 |
$118,328 |
$123,061 |
$127,984 |
$133,103 |
|
14 |
2001-2,200 |
$121,756 |
$126,626 |
$131,691 |
$136,959 |
|
15 |
2,201-2,400 |
|
$129,746 |
$134,936 |
$140,334 |
|
16 |
2,401+ |
|
$132,866 |
$138,181 |
$143,708 |
3.1.2 Staffing based salary component
In addition to the school roll-based salary specified in 3.1.1, the base salary of the principals shall include the staffing-based salary calculated according to the following formula:
|
Total Teacher Staff |
19-Jul-06 |
Effective Date 30/11/2007 |
Effective Date 2/07/2008 |
Effective Date 1/07/2009 |
|
≤13 |
($613 x TTS) + $2,388 |
($638 x TTS) +$2484 |
($663 x TTS) + $2583 |
($690x TTS) +$2686 |
|
>13 |
($121 x TTS) + $9,124 |
($126 x TTS) +$9489 |
($131 x TTS) +$9869 |
($136 x TTS) +$10263 |
The staffing funding component is based on total teacher staffing that includes entitlement, attached and additional staffing, in addition to entitlement staffing transfer, teacher specific time allowances and staffing for attached units under Boards of Trustees as determined in the Ministry staffing notice. It does not include teachers who may be employed above entitlement from a Board’s operations funding.
Note 1: Total Teaching Staff (TTS) shall be based upon the higher of the GMFS staffing notice of the confirmed staffing allocation as on 1 March in the following year, as per the Ministry staffing notice.
Note 2: Any principal who continues to be eligible for the grandparenting of the previous supplementary grant formula as per the conditions of the promulgated Area Principals IEC1998, shall have this formula used to calculate the salary entitlement under 3.1.2, according to any conditions relating to that grandparenting applying at that time.
3.1.3 Decile Funding
Principals in decile 1-4 schools shall be paid an amount in addition to base salary as specified in 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 above, according to the following tables:
|
Grade |
19-Jul-06 |
Effective Date start of school year 2008 |
Effective Date start of school year 2009 |
Effective Date start of school year 2010 |
|
1 |
$3,230 |
$3,359 |
$3,493 |
$3,633 |
|
2 |
$3,665 |
$3,812 |
$3,964 |
$4,123 |
|
3 |
$3,976 |
$4,135 |
$4,300 |
$4,472 |
|
4 |
$4,286 |
$4,457 |
$4,636 |
$4,821 |
|
5 |
$4,597 |
$4,781 |
$4,972 |
$5,171 |
|
6 |
$4,783 |
$4,974 |
$5,173 |
$5,380 |
|
7 |
$4,783 |
$4,974 |
$5,173 |
$5,380 |
|
8 |
$5,156 |
$5,362 |
$5,577 |
$5,800 |
|
9 |
$5,156 |
$5,362 |
$5,577 |
$5,800 |
|
10 |
$5,404 |
$5,620 |
$5,845 |
$6,079 |
|
11 |
$5,404 |
$5,620 |
$5,845 |
$6,079 |
|
12 |
$5,591 |
$5,815 |
$6,047 |
$6,289 |
|
13 |
$5,591 |
$5,815 |
$6,047 |
$6,289 |
|
14 |
$5,591 |
$5,815 |
$6,047 |
$6,289 |
3.1.4 Individual Payment for Experience in Role
(a) Subject to subclause (b) and (c), below, and effective from 28 January 2008, principals who have met the specified criteria of three (3) years of current continuous service as a principal in a state or state integrated school and who have been recently successfully appraised by the Board pursuant to Part 4 of this agreement, shall be entitled to receive additional remuneration of $2000 per annum, paid fortnightly, increasing to $3,000 from 8 October 2008. This is paid in recognition of strong professional leadership demonstrated through experience in the role and sound performance as appraised by the Board in the performance review.
(b) A principal who is undergoing action pursuant to clause 6.5.1 (i)-(v) of this agreement shall not receive the payment from the commencement of the procedure until such time as the corrective action has ended at which time the payment recommences.
(c) For the purposes of this clause, the three years of current continuous service does not include any period spent as an acting principal or periods spent as supernumerary in a teaching role. Leave without pay, including secondments, does not break service and nor does it count as service for this payment. A period of relief principalship will not count as service except where it is continuous with other relevant service as a principal.
3.2 Definition of Roll
3.2.1 For the purposes of determining a principal’s U grade as per 3.1.1 and 3.1.3 “roll” shall mean the greater of the GMFS roll or the 1 March roll of the following year, as determined by the relevant Staffing Order in Council, except that students who are included in the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (at 1 July for the September school roll purposes) shall be counted on the following basis:
(a) Students classified as “very high” under the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme shall be counted as six instead of one;
(b) Students classified as “high” under the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme shall be counted as three instead of one.
3.3 Expenses
3.3.1 The Principal shall be entitled to reimbursement of the actual and reasonable expenses incurred by the Principal in the proper performance of the Principal's duties under this agreement in accordance with the reimbursement provisions applying to teachers in the school, or as may be approved by the Board. Reimbursement shall be made out of the school's operational funds.
3.3.2 The remuneration received by the Principal pursuant to this agreement shall be deemed to compensate fully the Principal for all time worked and duties performed under this agreement.
3.3.3 Nothing in this agreement shall affect the Principal's entitlement to continue making contributions to the Government Superannuation Fund and to receive all benefits that the Principal may be entitled to under the Government Superannuation Fund Act.
3.4 Changes to U grade and Decile Salary Components
3.4.1 Where the salary rate of a principal (as specified in clause 3.1.1) changes as a result of a drop in the U grade of the position (determined by the greater of the GFMS roll or the confirmed 1 March roll of the following year) and the principal’s existing school roll based salary component exceeds the rate for the new grade the following shall apply:
(a) the amount of the principal’s U grade payment above the rate for the new grade will be protected for a period of 24 months from the beginning of the school year inclusive of the school year that the new U grade is confirmed in the 1 March roll;
(b) after the 24 month period of salary protection of the U grade payment, the principal shall be paid no more than the rate for the new grade;
(c) salary protection under this clause shall lapse if the principal accepts an alternative position.
Note: For clarity, salary protection in 3.4.1 includes the salary component according to the U grade but does not include the salary component generated by staffing in 3.1.2
3.4.2 Where the U grade of the Principal’s position increases, (as determined by the greater of the provisional staffing roll or the confirmed 1 March roll of the following year), the Principal will move to the new U grade rate from the beginning of the new school year in which the 1 March roll is determined.
3.4.3 (a) In the event of a change in the school’s decile rating the change in salary ( as specified in clause 3.1.3) will be effective from the beginning of the school year following the announcement of the decile change.
(b) Where the change to the decile would reduce the salary of the principal, the existing decile funding component of the salary, as covered in clause 3.1.3 will be protected for a period of 24 months from the beginning of the school year following the announcement of the decile change.
3.5 Maori Immersion Teaching Allowance
3.5.1 All full-time principals teaching in Maori immersion classes at levels one or two as defined in 3.5.3 or 3.5.4 who are fully registered, provisionally registered or registered subject to confirmation, shall receive additional salary at the rate applicable to that of a unit in the Area Schools Teachers Collective Agreement.
3.5.2 All full-time principals who are teaching in Maori immersion classes at levels one or two as defined in 3.5.3 or 3.5.4 who are unregistered shall receive additional salary at the rate of $1500 per annum.
3.5.3 The employer shall attest to the eligibility of the principals for this allowance according to the Ministry of Education’s Maori language resourcing criteria.
3.5.4 “Level one”: 81% to 100% immersion:
(a) te reo Maori is the principal language of communication and instruction;
(b) the principal curriculum is taught entirely in Maori;
(c) it is expected that all students in the programme will interact freely in Maori.
3.5.5 “Level two”: 51% to 80% immersion:
(a) te reo Maori is for most of the time, the language of communication and instruction;
(b) English is accepted as a temporary language of instruction and communication;
(c) There is an agreement between the school and parents that the programme will achieve a particular level of immersion over a specified period of time;
(d) the level of fluency of the teacher will vary considerably, from not very fluent to native-like fluency;
(e) there is a reliance on kaiarahi reo to increase the amount of spoken Maori in the programme;
(f) it is expected that not all students in the programme will interact freely in Maori.
Note: The parties have agreed to the inclusion of the above provision in this Collective Agreement on the basis that the current absence of reference to level three Maori Immersion in this Collective Agreement does not set any precedent in relation to the future application of the Maori Immersion Teaching Allowance in any other collective agreement including any future version of this one.
3.6 Area Schools High Priority Principals Allowance
3.6.1 The Area Schools High Priority Principals Allowance (ASHPPA) provisions below shall apply to principals employed in those area schools identified by the Ministry of Education as requiring additional support for recruitment and retention. The schools identified by the Ministry are those set out in separate advice and may be changed by the Ministry as needs change, no more than annually, after consultation with the unions.
3.6.2 Full-time fully registered teachers employed as principal on a permanent or long-term relieving basis of two consecutive terms or more shall be entitled to receive the allowance of $3,000 per annum.
3.6.3 Full-time teachers employed as principal on a permanent or long-term relieving basis of two consecutive terms or more who are provisionally registered or registered subject to confirmation shall be entitled to receive the allowance of $2,000 per annum.
3.6.4 Principals moving to a school which has been designated as ASHPPA status are entitled to either transfer and removal provisions as provided for in Schedule A, or the National Relocation Grant. On completion of a minimum of three years’ continuous service in one or more ASHPPA schools a principal shall have access to the transfer and removal provisions of this Agreement when moving from this category of school to another principal position in a state or integrated school.
3.6.5 In the event that a school is removed from the ASHPPA coverage, a principal who was in receipt of the ASHPPA immediately prior to that change, shall continue to receive the allowance until the end of the school year. Principals who are so affected shall retain their entitlement to the transfer and removal provisions of this Agreement for a further three years.
3.7 Retirement Savings
3.7.1 Principals bound by this Collective Agreement shall be entitled to access the Teachers’ Retirement Savings Scheme (TRSS) in accordance with the terms of that scheme. Access to the TRSS is limited to principals bound by the collective agreement.
3.7.2 The scheme provides for a matching government contribution of up to 3% of a principal’s eligible gross salary (as defined in the scheme).
3.7.3 Those principals already in receipt of an employer or government contribution to their retirement savings or superannuation scheme, including those principals belonging to the GSF or NPF schemes, are not entitled to receive the government contribution described above.
3.8 Area School Principals’ Payment
3.8.1 From 28 January 2008, each area school principal, except those in U1 schools, shall receive an additional annual Area School Principals’ Payment, paid fortnightly, comprising two components: a base rate of $2000 and a per Full Time Teacher Equivalent (FTTE) payment.
(a) From 28 January 2008 the FTTE payment is $40 per FTTE.
(b) From 28 January 2009 the FTTE payment is $45 per FTTE.
3.8.2 This payment is acknowledgement of the complex role of the area school principal as educational and professional leader across all years of the curriculum.
Note: The FTTE payment is based on the provisional entitlement staffing (GMFS) minus one