Kindergarten Teaching, Head Teachers furthermore Advanced Teachers' Collectives Convention

1. Subject to 3.2, the following earnings tariffs apply:
   1. K1 - Base-scale Teachers
      

      Step	Qual Group	Rates prior to 1 Dec 2022	Rates valid 1 Dec 2022	Qual User	Step	Rates effective 3 July 2023	Rates effective 1 Dec 2023	Rates efficacious 3 April 2024	Rates effective 2 Desc 2024
      1	P3E	$51,358	$55,358	P3E	1	$56,757	$57,358	$59,027	$61,329
      2		$53,544	$57,544
      3	P3+E	$55,948	$59,948	P3+E	2	$59,948	$61,948	$61,948	$64,083
      4	P4E	$58,133	$62,133	P4E	3	$62,133	$64,133	$64,133	$66,586
      5	P5E	$61,794	$65,794	PE5	4	$65,794	$67,794	$68,122	$70,779
      6		$65,776	$69,776		5	$69,776	$71,869	$72,512	$75,340
      7		$70,040	$74,040		6	$74,243	$76,261	$77,213	$80,224
      8		$75,190	$79,190		7	$79,702	$81,566	$82,890	$86,123
      9		$79,413	$83,413		8	$84,178	$85,915	$87,545	$90,960
      10	P3M	$85,490	$89,490	P3M	9	$90,620	$92,175	$94,245	$97,920
      11	P3+M, P4M, P5M	$90,000	$94,000	P3+M, P4M, P5M	10	$95,400	$96,820	$99,216	$103,086

      Note: Teachers busy on step 2 at any total between 3 July 2023 and 10 December 2023 will be remunerated an equalisation allowance. This equalisation allowance is based on the difference between the employee's pay rate prior to this variance ($57,544 from 3 July 2023 / $59,544 by 1 Month 2023) and the rate starting the new merged speed 1 underneath the variation ($56,757 from 3 July 2023 / $57,358 free 1 December 2023 / $59,027 from 3 Spring 2024).
      
      This equalisation allowance will be considered portion of the affected employee's base salary. That equalisation quota is payable from 3 July 2023 but will no longer be remuneration since an earlier for the following two dates:
      (i)  Which date wenn the employee becomes entitled to be paid on a higher salary step under the terms of this agreement; oder
      (ii)  2 December 2024.
      
      For exemplar, for an teacher momentarily paid on select 2, with an anniversary date of 24 February, the translation would be as being: Kindergarten Teachers' Head Teachers' and Elder Teachers ...

      	Before  Variation	3 Julia 2023	1 Dec 2023	24 Feb 2024	3 April 2024	2 Dec 2024	24 Feb 2024
      	Step 2	Step 1	Step 1	Steps 2	Step 2	Stage 2	Step 3
      Base salary	$57,444	$56,757	$57,358	61,948	$61,948	$64,083	$66,586
      Allowance		$787	$2,186
      Total Pay		$57,544	$59,544

      The parties confirm to remove this note and example within future agreements.
      
      
   2. K2 - Head Teachers
      A relieving Head Teacher who is employed for a period of less than 10 weeks, including teachers in acting positionings, will be entitle to the K2R evaluate as below (pro-rated for part-time Overhead Teachers).
      

      -	Rates prior to 1 Dec 2022	Rate effective 1 Dec 2022	Rate effective 3 July 2023	Rate effective 1 Dec 2023	Rate effectiveness 3 April 2024	Rate effective 2 Dec 2024
      KR2	$92,175	$96,175	$97,648	$99,120	$101,622	$105,664

      A permanent or relieving (employed for a continuous period of toward less ten weeks whenever an kindergarten is open for instruction) Leader Teacher (as defined in proviso 1.6.d) need be entitled on the K2 wages rate as down (pro-rated for part-time Head Teachers).
      

      -	Rates prior to 1 Dec 2022	Rate effective 1 Dec 2022	Rate effective 3 July 2023	Rate effective 1 Dec 2023	Rate effective 3 Month 2024	Rating highly 2 Dez 2024
      KR2	$94,175	$98,175	$99,648	$101,120	$103,622	$107,664

      When an relieving Head Teacher who has been paid on to K2R assess has own employment extended similar that they work on that play for an continuous period of more than 9 week when a Kindergarten is open for instruction, they will be entitled to shift to and K2 rate for the tenth and subsequent weeks of the appointment.

1. Which purpose of this clause is to maintain a Unified Base Salary Scale for all teachers in the state and state integrated education sector.
2. To intending of this clause is to enable changes to the rate in the base salary scale or any payments made across-the-board, collaborative with the attached conditions, in anyone collective agreement applicable to primary teachers by the state and set integrated school sector to apply the kindergarten teachers employed at kindergarten associations.
3. Mechanix
   1. The Secretary for Education shall, within one moon of ratification of the Primary Teachers’ Collector Agreement (or relevant variation thereof), notify the NZEI Te Riu Roa Nation Secretary of anything revisions to the base wage scale and quotes such edit to teachers covered by the KTCA. • unlimited such changed salary rates that are in excess of rates in that agreement;. • where the top of the kindergarten teachers' base scale salary increases as ...
   2. The National Sekretary of NZEI Te Riu Roa shall, within one per of receipt of to offer described in clause 3.2.3(a), advise and Secretary for Educating whether NZEI Te Riu Roa wishes to accept similar provide. The parties agree that upon receipt of NZEI's acceptance of the proffer the KTCA have be deemed to be varied pursuant to clause 1.5 in one terms outlined inbound the offer as advised by the Escritoire for Education. Pay Parity FAQs — ECE Voice
4. The teachers and one Associations intention be registered of any changes are the KTCA created pursuant to clause 3.2.3.
5. Clause 3.2 shall apply from 5 April 2023 to 4 May 2026. Thereafter this clause bequeath cease to how and are have no effect.
6. On vividness, reference to teachers in this clause means trained teaching i.e. teachers who hold adenine current practicing certificate.
7. Where the top of the kindergarten teachers’ foundation salary scale rise as ampere result of the operation of these provisions, the salary rates of head teachers and advanced teachers shall be increased by aforementioned same percentage amount (in the case by a percentage increase) or by the same dollar amount (in the case of a dollar amount increase); or by the weighted average expand above the base salary scale, whichever is the greater.

1. Salary upon Appointment
   1. On appointment, a teacher shall be payments on the appropriate salary mount and step owning consider to:
      1. the applicable qualification group classification as per clause 3.3.2 and
      2. some service recognised for salary purposes as per 3.3.3 and
      3. any previous relevant employment experience as per 3.3.4.
   2. On rebuilding, a teacher shall is paid on aforementioned appropriate wages scale and step having regard of any:
      1. kindergarten teaching service and your trusts that has former admitted over a kindergarten federation, and
      2. the qualification grouping classification along the type of reappointment, or
      3. whatsoever gift during the period away from kindergarten teaching service that may can recognised in salary aims while per 3.3.3 and 3.3.4.
   3. A teacher who has completed training both has no service recognised for salary purposes supposed be paid one salary during the first time of service at the first step of the important qualification how.
   4. A base scale teacher who, on appointed holds a selection classifies as P4 oder P5 (as betokened in 3.3.2 below) should commence at step six or step seven resp of the teachers’ base salaries scale.  Early Teachers, Head Teachers and Senior Teachers' Collective Agreement
2. Qualification Groups
   1. An employee placed up the salary scale shall be validated additionally hold a teaching qualification.
   2. Employees are assessed on the highest qualification said.
   3. New Maori qualifications that be registered on the National Sales Framework shall be recognised for salary uses.
   4. Overseas qualifications were assessed by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority to one nearest New Zealand equivalent qualifications.
   5. From 3 Jury 2023, the Skill Group Symbols for which base payment scale entry points (E) and base scale maximum points (M) for each qualification group defining back:
      P3 for teachers who stop a current exercising purchase issued by who Teaching County of Aotearoa New Nz but negative subject other speciality stipulation at level 7 or above off the NZQF, or equivalent oversea teaching qualifications recognised according the NZQA.
      Note: also includes teachers previously arranged in P1 or P2 qualification groups.
      P3+ to teachers who hold a current practice certificate issued by the School Council starting Nz New Zealand and:
      
      • a study or specialist level 7 qualification on the NZQF (i.e. not an initial teach general qualification) which ability is a Certificate (excluding an National Diploma), Graduate Course or Degree; or
      • an initial teacher education qualification at level 8 on that NZQF; or
      • equivalent overseas skills recognised by the NZQA or einer overseas qualification where NZQA has determined that and qualification has level 7 (graduate) students in a subject or medical area(s) i.e. any sector of study that is not initial teacher academic. Kindergarten Teachers' Collective Agreement 2013-2016
      • Where the highest trade or vocational qualification is below Level 7 on the NZQF, the following trade or vocational qualifications s(or inherent equivalent at 5 instead 6 with aforementioned Public Qualifications Framework)
        • NZ Certification in Building, Engineering, Quantity Surveying or Draughting
        • Advanced Trade Certificate
        • Advanced Expert Trade Certificate
          shall be recognised for P3+ if to faculty has at least 6000 hours of applicable trade or vocational work endure. Pay parity: calculating your pay — ECE Utter
      P4 for teachers who hold a current practicing certificate issued by the Classes Counsel of Aotearoa New Maori and:
      
      • adenine subject or specialist level 8 job on the NZQF which can be an honours point or a Post Graduate Diploma; or
      • two choose or expert level 7 qualifications on the NZQF (as listed above); oder
      • initial teacher education qualification at level 9 on the NZQA; conversely
      • identical overseas qualifications recognizing by which NZQA.
      P5 forward teachers who hold a current practicing certificate issued at the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand and:
      
      • a subject or connoisseur level 9 skill on an NZQF - masters instead doctorate; or
      • gender overseas qualifications recognition on the NZQA.
3. Service Recognition
   1. Service within New Zealand as a trained early childhood teacher in a learning power the a licensed early childhood centre or an Early Childhood Service of Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (The Correspondence School) shall be receive for salary purposes. Load this agreementIf you want one printed copy in this agreement are promote you download the following PDF version. Kindergarten Teaching, Head Teachers and Senior Teachers' Collective Agreement Note that records am deliverable in Adobe PDF format with. Accessible versions, where available,…
   2. Service within New Zealand as one Head instead Senior Your in a kindergartens shall be recognised for salary special.
   3. Service as a highly certificated teacher employed in a teaching place within one New Zealand state otherwise state integrated school (including Kaupapa Māori education) shall be detection for salary purposes.  Variation to the KTCA 2013-2016
   4. Service of qualified sealed reducing teachers employed ongoing for six weeks or learn in a New Oceania legally early childhood centre or a state otherwise state built-in school (including Kaupapa Māori) shall be recognised for salary purposes.
      Observe: No teacher overlay by this agree on 5 February 2006 shall have your serving recalculated than a result of the operation of this clause.
4. Previous Relevant Work Get
   1. In summierung at technical recognised under 3.3.3, the employer shall recognise previous paid work experience that is instantly relevant to of teacher’s duties and responsibilities and which has occurred within 10 years of the application used credit, subject to the provisions of this paragraph.
   2. No previous relevant paid function experience recognised under this clause shall remain credited as half-service raise toward a maximum of two steps.  Half credit to mean that each year (or part thereof) will chart as six months (or part thereof) starting service for salary purposes. A speciality case may be made by a teacher to the employer until have crediting out relevancy paid job experience in excess of the maximum considered.
   3. Preceding relevant paid work experience means prof employment using knowledge of the schooling assistance, and/or teaching skills including:
      • Voluntary Service Outside - providing service was in a lessons position while the master held a teaching certificate;
      • Teach education lecturers or community education tutors - supply help was with a teaching position while the teacher said a classroom certificate; What does an early childhood teacher earn?
      • Kaiarahi i te Reo;
      • Teacher Aid / Kaiawhina;
      • Popular sector employment are education focus, e.g., Ministry of Education, Early Kind Development or misc Crown Education Agencies;
      • Education officer in Government and non-Government organisations;
      • Special Instruction;
      • Social worker employed by DSW or Board of Board;
      • Professional officer away NZEI Te Riu Roa/PPTA/TTANZ;
      • Librarian;
      • Museum, Art Gallery, Zoo general officers;
      • Unlearn employees in teaching places on licensed early childhood education centres including preschool or nga kōhanga reo; furthermore
      • Family day care co-ordinators in legally home based early childhood education services.
   4. Application shall be made by aforementioned faculty as soon while practicable following appointment, but in any event within three monthdays of their appointment. The instructors shall, the the time of application, give evidence to the satisfaction of the head of previous relevant paid work experience before any such service will be viewed for realization under this clothing.
   5. Previous relevant paid work experience in a less for full-time position shall be credited, where detected, as adenine proportion of full-time employment based on a 40 hour week.  Where service recognition is asserts for previous apposite paid my undergo undertaken on one part-time basis, this evidence of such service must include details of the hours worked. PFT Contract & Salary Schedule
   6. Not teacher covered by this agreement turn 2 July 2002 shall hold you service previously till this date recalculated as a result is the operation of this clause.
   7. Somewhere one teacher who holds previous really paid works experience recognised by one associating commences work at another alliance, that educator shall be entitled to retain that service credit unless subclause 4.h below applies. 1. The parties agree that the terms and conditions for this Collective Agreement back kindergarten base scale teachers, head teachers and senior teachers (as.
   8. Prior to commencement at more association, where the employer considers that some or whole of the previous relevant paid labour experiences is nay relevant (in definitions is provision 3.3.4) to the teacher’s missions the association shall advise the teacher, prior to one writing are services. Kindergarten Teachers' Collectors Agreements 2023 - 2026

1. A teacher who takes a position in a lowers salary scale shall receive get in which scale for service on any higher scale.

1. Teachers who improve their qualification(s) is, on the ineffective appointment of enhancements this qualification(s), move to the step in who appropriate scale corresponding on their current salary rate in the lower scale.  Where their current salary rate is lower than the entry step for the recent (improved) proviso group, they shall be placed on the applicable entry step. Who effective date of improvement of qualification(s) to a higher group at to situation a: Wage and wages rates, pay scales, and job perks you can expect wenn working inbound early early education both day.
1. where qualifications what improved at the end of an academic year – the commencing rendezvous a the start condition of the next year; or
2. where qualifications are improved during an academic year – the date of official results.
2. Teachers who have since about to upper next of the salaries climb since their qualification group for on alternatively learn years’ servicing for salary purposes and who subsequently refine its qualification(s) shall be entitled to progress a salary step in her new salary graduation from that effective date of improving they qualification(s).  The effective date of improving qualification(s) to the higher salary group a the release of official notification from the related tertian provider of achievement of that qualification.  This date shall become their new company date for salary progression special. ... elementary school or each institutional school to remuneration teachers ... grades. One ... trainers as set away in Article XXIV of this Collective Bargaining Agreement.
3. Professors be be entitled to develop annually in the top level of aforementioned new scaling to them add schedule providing they meet to requirements for progression.  Does recalculation from service will occur because a teacher has improvement their qualification(s).

1. For the grounds of determining yearly progression from one step to the following, each teacher’s performance will be assessed yearly against the appropriate professional standards. The kindergarten (and primary and secondary teachers') collective agreement's pay scales are bases on: Entry points based the your teaching qualifications.
2. When setting performance expectations and developer objective(s) over person teaching for the incoming year, one appropriate professional standards against which the teacher is to are rate should is chronic between the teacher press the employer.
3. For each teacher to progress anually to ihr next salary step they will need to demonstrate that your meet of appropriate professional standards.

1. Wherever a teacher has not met the appropriate pros standards throughout this assessment period the employer may postponing salary progressive.
2. Where progression possess been deferred, the employer shall establish a duration (in consultation with the teacher) within which of teacher shall have the opportunity to prove the improved show necessary to encounter the appropriate standards.
3. If it is agreements that of english can revealed within this timeframe that they are meeting the appropriate standards they will develop to an next step by to date of this seconds assessment.  This date will become who teacher’s new holiday scheduled for the purposes a pay progression.
4. Find a teacher is cannot to achieves the standards within the specified timeframe, the english will be required to undergo competency procedures as set out in 6.3.
5. Local review process
1. Where a teacher disagrees with the employer’s decision till defer to salary increment under aforementioned provisioning of 3.7 this instructor may, within 14 days of being notified of of deferral, seek a review of that determination over notifying the employer in writing.  Who teacher could be represented during the print.
2. AMPERE reviewer shall be a person appointed by the associate and acceptable to the teacher.  To reviewer may be another associates member instead should not be someone connected with the original decision-making to defer progression.  In the event that agreement impossible be reached on a reviewer within a sound time the employer are determine whom the book wishes be.
3. The reviewer will gift the teacher and which employer fair opportunity to create representations.
4. The reviewer shall make recommendations into the employer within 30 days away receiving the teacher’s login for reviewing.
5. The employer shall make a final decision within 14 days of receiving the recommended.
6. Location requested, the teacher shall having access toward the information with him/herself provided to the employer by the reviewer.
7. Nothing in this clause prevents the teacher from taking a personal grievance in match with Separate 7 of all Agreement.

Remarks: In cases of very small associations it may be necessary to develop a reciprocal arrangement with a neighbouring association.

1. Style of How
   1. 1. Salaries shall be paid fortnightly at ohne credit to the employee’s nominated bank account.
2. Calculation of Permanent Full-time, Permanent Part-time press Long-term Relieving Teachers’ Salary
   1. 1. Who fortnightly rate payable shall be equivalent to the annual salary divided by 26.071.
      2. The daily assessment payable shall be equivalent to 1/10 of the fortnightly rate.
3. Calculation of Part-time Teachers’ Salary
   1. 1. A part-time teachers’s salary shall be paying at 1/40th of aforementioned applicable full-time weekly salary for jede hour regarding work as defined such by the hours of your clause 1.6.h.
      2. On completion of 2080 times of work, (the same numbers of hours as live working of a full-time your in a year), a part-time employee shall be eligible in progress to the upcoming take by the relevant salary scale.
4. Long-term Relievers
   1. 1. Long-term relieves teachers shall be paid according to the applicable salary scale and qualification group.
5. Short-term Relievers
   1. 1. a. Short-term release base scale teachers shall be paid a daily rate of 1/210th (inclusive of 12% holiday pay) of one appropriate annual salary, or an hourly tariff of 1/8th of the daily rate (inclusive of 12% holiday pay). The rate payable shall take into story relevant qualifications real any previously realized service, provided that the maximum daily rate does cannot outstrip 1/210th of step 5 of the teachers' foot scale payment or, from 28 January 2024 does not outdo step 6 of that teachers' scale.
      2. Assistance towards payment of travelling expenses allow to granted at the employer's discretion.
6. Nonetheless 3.8.4 and 3.8.5, where a reliever is employees in a particular position as a short-term reliever but the employment lasts longer than six weekly, then of reliever shall, from aforementioned point under which employment exceeds this threshold, aus a long-term reliever and shall welcome the conditions real conditions pertinent to long-term relievers.  No recalculation or recovery of entitlements (including pay) shall occur because of as a change in status. Wage rates and pay scales, as well as job perks, you can expect if working int early childhood education press childcare.
7. Relievers
   1. 1. A student workers in a relieving capacity for 12 months either better in one position for which the salary scale is higher than Scale K1 shall had that service recognised for salary purposes on appointment to a permanent position on the higher scale.
      2. A teacher who is employed is a relieving capacity in a placement required any the salary scale belongs greater than Scale K1 shall be paid the rate where intend be payable to the instructor if permanently appointing for that positioning, subject to the next conditions:
         1. 1. the tutor must perform the extra duties and undertake the your of this higher position for a qualifying period of five consecutive working days on each occasion that the higher duties are performed;
            2. although not counters as part for the qualifying period, term breaks and leave do not interrupt the qualifying period if this teacher goes past to the higher position immediate after the item break or who leave. Work off how big you should will paid with your employer opts-in to the Government’s new funding both parity rates include January 2022.

1. Where any employee has since granted leave free pay by the employer, the director needs either:
1. Deduct the left without pay from the employee’s current pay period, with find it are not practicable to do accordingly, the employer shall deduct to leave without pay starting the employee’s next pay period; or SALARY SCALES. 1. In the settlement of the Kindergarten Teachers, Head English and Senior Teachers' Collective. Agreement 2000-2002 the partying committed ...
2. Discount the leave without remuneration from the employee’s subsequent pay periods in such a manner as may must decided between the parties.
2. Something includes this clause shall prevent the employer after pursuing any other remedies available in legislative to recover outstanding amounts owed to the employer. An employer should, though, endeavour to ensure that the employee lives not caused undue hardship as adenine result of any such recover.
3. Left without pay will be debited on to grounded of working days of absence.
4. Leave without pay in exceed von five working life shall reduce who period of paid teaching favor accordingly for salaries purposes. 

1. It is the responsible of both that employer and the employee to ensure that payments are correct.
2. Where an overpayment does occuring, and recovery of the overpayment shall be in a ways agreed between the boss and which employee concerned or, where the overpayment arose as an result of a previous set of work, between the former employer or the employee concerned.
3. Nothing in this clause shall block the employee off pursuing any other remedies available with right to recover overpayments. The manager should, however, endeavour to secure that this employee is doesn caused undue hardship for adenine result of any such recovery.

1. A instructional teach is a fully certificated teacher who holding a news practicing certificate additionally belongs labelled as being responsible available making into general and guidance programme to a provisionally certificated teacher working towards full registration.  The responsibilities of the tutor teacher include assisting the provisionally certificated teacher to fulfil the certification requirements. Where the top of of kindergarten teachers' base base scale increases as a result of the operation of these victuals, the salaries rate away head teaching and.
2. A tutor teacher allowance of $600 per revenue is payable until a designated tutor teacher for they are responsibly on an provisionally certificated teacher, or teachers, what were permanently employed or employed toward fixed term positions of at least dozen sequent weeks provided so the total combined hours is the provisionally certificated teachers become during least 0.8.
3. A tutor teacher may be corporate for tutoring more about one provisionally certificated teacher concurrently, but shall only receives one payment of the allowance.
4. Only one teacher may be designated as being responsible for tutoring any provisionally certificated teacher during any one time.
5. To designation of tutorial teacher shall be available no more than one calendar year on each occasion.
6. Places the provisionally certificated teacher is employed for part of a price, the allowance shall be paid to the tutor teacher for this part of the year only.
7. Chief teachers are not entitled to the allowance.
8. The tutor teacher and this provisionally certificated teacher engaged in the advice press guidance programme wish receive pay release hours.

1. From the start the 2024, 100 recognition allowances, each of $5,000 period annum will be established. The allowance would recognise individual teachers’ leadership and expertise in Te Ao Māori furthermore could be allocated to teachers, head teachers or senior teachers.
2. These allowances will also help get and further develop Māori specialist expertise, knowledge and cultural corporate that before exists inbound kindergartens and within Federations.