Part 5: Remuneration
5.1 Unified Pay System
5.1.1 The purpose of this clause is to maintain a Unified Pay System applicable to all principals in the state and state integrated compulsory education sector.
5.1.2 The intention of this clause is to enable changes to the rates in the base salary scale and payments made across-the-board, together with the attached conditions, in any principal collective agreement to apply to other principals in the state and state integrated primary school sector by way of offer to the union.
Mechanism
5.1.3 The Secretary for Education shall, within one month of ratification of another applicable principal collective, (or variation thereof) notify the NZEI Te Riu Roa National Secretary of any changes to the base salary scale and/or any payments across the board (but excluding payments made to individual principals who meet specific criteria, such as allowances) to principals covered by the PPCA.
The notification by the Secretary for Education will include the applicable terms and conditions attached to these increases as determined by the Secretary after consultation with the National Secretary of NZEI Te Riu Roa.
5.1.4 The National Secretary of NZEI Te Riu Roa shall, within one month of receipt of the offer described in clause 5.1.3, advise the Secretary for Education whether NZEI Te Riu Roa wishes to accept such offer. The parties agree that upon receipt of NZEI’s acceptance of the offer the PPCA shall be deemed to be varied pursuant to clause 1.6 in the terms outlined in the offer as advised by the Secretary for Education.
5.1.5 The employees and Boards of Trustees will be notified of any changes in the PPCA made pursuant to clause 5.13.
5.1.6 This clause shall apply from settlement to 29 June 2010. Thereafter this clause will cease to apply and shall have no effect.
For clarity, reference to principal in this clause shall bear its ordinary meaning and not as defined in Part 1 of this agreement.
5.2 Remuneration
5.2.1 A principal’s salary shall comprise the school roll-based salary (U-grade) specified in clause 5.2.2 and the staffing based salary (supplementary) specified in clause 5.2.3, the decile payment (where applicable), the payment for Leading Literacy and Numeracy, and the Individual Payment for Experience in Role (where applicable).
5.2.2 The Principal’s salary shall be determined in accordance with the grade of the school (i.e. U1-U16):
School roll based salary component
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U-GRADE
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Roll size
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Rates effective July 2006
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Rates effective
30 November 2007
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Rates effective 2 July 2008
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Rates effective 1 July 2009
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1
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1-50
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$65,897
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$70,533
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$73,354
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$76,288
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2
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51-100
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$73,129
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$76,054
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$79,096
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$82,260
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3
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101-150
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$79,201
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$82,369
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$85,664
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$89,090
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4
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151-300
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$85,407
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$88,823
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$92,376
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$96,071
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5
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301-500
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$91,613
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$95,278
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$99,089
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$103,052
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6
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501-675
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$95,160
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$98,966
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$102,925
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$107,042
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7
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676-850
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$98,853
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$102,807
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$106,919
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$111,196
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8
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851-1025
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$102,548
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$106,650
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$110,916
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$115,353
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9
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1026-1200
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$105,060
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$109,262
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$113,633
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$118,178
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10
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1201-1400
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$107,571
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$111,874
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$116,349
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$121,003
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11
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1401-1600
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$111,236
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$115,685
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$120,313
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$125,125
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12
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1601-1800
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$114,901
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$119,497
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$124,277
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$129,248
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13
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1801-2000
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$118,328
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$123,061
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$127,984
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$133,103
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14
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2001-2,200
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$121,756
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$126,626
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$131,691
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$136,959
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15
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2,201-2,400
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$129,746
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$134,936
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$140,334
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16
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2,401+
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$132,866
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$138,181
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$143,708
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5.2.3 Staffing based salary component
In addition to the school roll-based salary specified in 5.2.2, the base salary of principals shall include the staffing-based salary calculated according to the following formula:
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Total Teacher Staff
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Effective Date 19/7/06
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Effective Date 30/11/2007
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Effective Date 2/07/2008
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Effective Date 1/07/2009
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≤13
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($613 x TTS) + $2,388
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($638 x TTS) + $2484
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($663 x TTS) + $2583
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($690x TTS) + $2686
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>13
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($121 x TTS) + $9,124
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($126 x TTS) + $9489
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($131 x TTS) + $9869
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($136 x TTS) + $10263
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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.
Total Teacher Staff shall be based on the provisional staffing roll determined annually.
5.2.4 Principals in decile 1-4 schools shall be paid an amount in addition to base salary as specified in 5.2.2 and 5.2.3 above, according to the following table:
5.2.5 Experience Payment
Allowance for experience and performance in the role
(a) A principal shall be entitled to an allowance of $2000 per annum (increasing to $3000 from 28 January 2009) subject to meeting the following criteria;
(i) Completion of three years current continuous service as a principal in a primary state or primary state integrated school; and
(ii) attested to and recently met the principals’ professional standards.
(b) A principal who is undergoing a competency procedure shall not receive the allowance from the commencement of the procedure until such time as the competency procedure has ended at which time the allowance recommences.
(c) Leave without pay, including secondments, does not break service and nor does it count as service for this payment.
(d) Time spent in a relieving principal role counts as service for the purpose of the allowance.
(e) Acting as a principal does not count as service
(f) A principal who has been made surplus and accepts a supernumerary role as a teacher does not have this time counted as service
(g) Where the principal has accepted secondment to a position which is not as principal in a school, that period of time shall not count as service for the purpose of the allowance, nor shall it break service.
(h) The reference to service in this clause is not intended to redefine service within the collective agreement.
Note: the professional standards contained within this collective agreement shall be reviewed by the parties and this review shall be completed by 30 June 2008. The revised standards shall be used for the attestation to access the increased payment in 2009.
5.2.6 Leadership in Literacy and Numeracy
(a) From 28 January 2008, a principal covered by the Primary Principals’ Collective Agreement shall be entitled to a per annum payment of $2000 and a further per annum payment (based on entitlement teachers only, as determined in the annual provisional staffing notice) as follows:
U2 – U5 school - $100 per entitlement teacher
U6 school - $80 per entitlement teacher
U 7- U9 school - $60 per entitlement teacher
These payments are in recognition of the work that principals do to lead, develop and implement programmes to increase literacy and numeracy and to implement the NZ Curriculum and/or Te Reo Maori i roto i Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. A principal who receives this payment shall not be entitled to receive a Leadership in Realising Youth Potential payment as provided for in the Secondary Principals’ Collective Agreement. This payment is payable fortnightly.
(b) For clarity, ‘entitlement teachers only” shall mean the school’s total staffing entitlement minus one. It shall not include attached or additional staffing.
5.3 Definition of Roll
5.3.1 For the purposes of determining a principal’s U grade as per 5.2.2 and 5.2.4 “roll” shall mean the estimated September school roll for 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:
- Students classified as “very high” under the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme shall be counted as six instead of one;
- Students classified as “high” under the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme shall be counted as three instead of one.
Except that:
- Students at Waimokoia, McKenzie and Glenburn residential schools will count as six instead of one;
- Students at Salisbury and Halswell (formerly known as Hogben) residential schools who are not included in the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme will count as three instead of one;
- Students at Van Asch and Kelston residential schools who are not included in the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme will count as one.
5.4 Salary Protection
Grading Changes
5.4.1 Where the appropriate base salary of a principal (as specified in clause 5.2.2) changes as a result of a drop in grade of the position and the principal’s existing base salary exceeds the rate for the new grade; and the change in grade is contained in the September Staffing Notice, and is not countered by an increase generated in the 1 March roll, the principal’s salary above the rate for the new grade will be protected for a period of 24 months from the beginning of the school year that follows the September Staffing Notice. After the 24 month period of salary protection, the principal shall be paid no more than the rate for the new grade. Salary protection under this clause shall lapse if the principal accepts an alternative position.
5.4.2 Where a grading reduction determined by the September provisional roll, is countered by a grading increase generated by the 1 March roll, the U grade of the principal reverts to the previous higher U grade and the associated salary protection ceases.
5.4.3 Where the grade of a position increases, and this increase is contained in the September Staffing Notice, the principal will move to the new rate at the beginning of the new school year.
5.4.4 For the avoidance of doubt, the base rate for the purposes of salary protection in 5.4.1 includes the base salary according to U grade weighting (roll size), but does not include the salary generated by the supplementary formula in 5.2.3 (FTTE size).
5.4.5 (i) In the event of a change in the school’s decile rating the change in salary will be effective from the beginning of the school year following the announcement of the decile change;
(ii) 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 5.2.4 will be protected for a period of 24 months from the beginning of the school year following the announcement of the decile change.
Implementation Note: The provisions of clause 5.4 shall apply to periods of salary protection commencing on or after 21 December, 2007. A period of salary protection which commenced prior to this date will, in accordance with the terms of the Primary Principals’ Collective Agreement 2004-2007, expire on the date as determined when that period commenced.
5.5 Payment of Salaries
5.5.1 Basis of Calculation
The salaries of principals shall be paid fortnightly and the gross salary for a full pay period is calculated as 14/365ths of the annual salary rate. For broken periods the calculation is the number of days due multiplied by the annual rate and divided by 365. Gross salary comprises all salary and allowances (temporary and those paid on a regular basis).
5.5.2 Method of Payment
Salaries shall be paid fortnightly by direct credit to the principal’s nominated bank account however individual principals may on religious or ethical grounds apply in writing to the Secretary for Education to be paid by cheque.
5.5.3 Holiday Pay
Holiday pay at the rate of 30 per cent of salary shall be based on the school year and shall not be payable beyond 27 January. For holiday pay purposes, teaching service shall comprise all paid service including weekends and statutory holidays, but not school vacations.
5.6 Retirement Savings
5.6.1 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 until such time as access to the scheme closes. Access to the TRSS is limited to principals bound by the collective agreement.
5.6.2 The scheme provides for a matching government contribution of up to 3% of a principal’s eligible gross salary (as defined in the scheme)
5.6.3 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.
Note: For information on this and other retirement savings schemes go to www.minedu.govt.nz.