Primary Teacher Fixed-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement

BETWEENthe Board of Trustees ("the Board") of .............................
..........................................................[name of school] ("the School")
a statutory body constituted pursuant to section 93 of the Education Act 1989 ..................................................... [school number] (the Employer)

AND........................................................................... (the Employee)


1.Fixed Term Employment

The Employee is employed as a fixed-term reliever teacher upon, and subject to, the terms and conditions contained in this agreement and shall be employed either -

(a)(i)short term - a period not exceeding six weeks (refer to section 1.6.13 of the PTCA); or

(a)(ii)long term - a continuous period beyond six weeks; (refer to section 1.6.14 of the PTCA) (delete (i) or (ii) as necessary) and

(b)full time or part-time. (delete one) If part-time the pro-rata hours of work per week are ............................ [indicate proportion of full-time hours, e.g 0.2 = one day per week].

2.Period of Employment

(Essential Note: refer to Section 66 Employment Relations Act and/orSection 2.2.5 of the PTCAand/or Ministry Circular 2000/23 as these must be complied with in completing this section.)

The Employee is employed for the period from................................. (insert start date) UNTIL [either] (tick the one appropriate option below and strike out the others)


______ (tick) A specified date (insert date) ............................................. because (state reasons).........................................................................

OR

______ (tick) The occurrence of a specified event (such as where the purpose of the position ceases or substantially alters or funding for it is withdrawn) (event details) ..................................................................
........................................................................ because (state reasons)
...........................................................................................................

OR

______ (tick)Conclusion of a specified project (for example entering catalogue of library book collection onto computer database) (project details) ..................................................................... because (state reasons) ......................................................................................

3. Terms and Conditions of Employment

The terms and conditions of employment under this agreement are -

(a)Those terms and conditions of thePrimary Teachers' [including Deputy and Assistant Principals' and other unit holders] Collective Agreement 12 December 2007-30 June 2010 ("the PTCA") that are applicable to fixed-term reliever teachers, modified as necessary to apply within this individual employment agreement; and

(b)Any other terms and conditions set out in this agreement.

The place of work will normally be ..................................................

The Employee's salary shall commence under this agreement at $ .............................. per annum (pro-rated accordingly if part time)
......................... [and if applicable state number and type of salary units].

4. Copy of the Collective Agreement

A copy of thePTCA 2007-2010 is attached (available on website).

5. Independent Advice

The Employee acknowledges that he/she has had reasonable opportunity to seek independent advice on the proposed agreement.

6. Completeness

The terms and conditions set out in this agreement replace any previous arrangements and understandings.

7. Signatories

SIGNED by .................................... (Employee) on .................... [date]

SIGNED for and on behalf of the above named Employer by
[signature] ........................................................................................
[print name and position] ...................................................................
[date] ...............................................................................................
[school number] ................................................................................