Dear Member,
Your actions on 23 April were critically important and resulted in a far better offer presented from the employer than had previously been on the table in negotiations for the 2023 General Agreement.
Now you have an equally important role to play by casting your vote for or against the agreement in principle that is being presented to you.
Perhaps most significantly of all, workload reduction measures have been addressed in this third offer. The importance of these workload related conditions cannot be overstated. Survey after survey our members have told us that overwhelming red tape was reducing their time for actual teaching.
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Information sessions
While the voter information session series has concluded, our organisers are avaiable to answer any queries regarding the Agreement in Principle 2023 (Schools).
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Agreement in Principle materials
Additional support materials
Listen to the podcast
Hear from SSTUWA President Matt Jarman about the Agreement in Principle (Schools). You can listen to this three-part series in full or as individual episodes.
Listen to the three-part series in full here.
Voting process and consequences of a yes or no vote.
Salaries, allowances, levels and selected scenarios.
Improvements to conditions, workload reduction initiatives and funding related commitments.
Attachments
Attachment A - Salaries
Proposed salary rates, to be included as a schedule to the Agreement.
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Attachment D - New and amended clause wording
Proposed wording for two new clauses: Workload intensification and student documented plans. Proposed changes to existing clauses, as negotiated between the parties: Class sizes, senior teachers, professional learning.
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Attachment E - Locality allowance grandfathering arrangements
Locality allowance grandfathering arrangements, proposed to be included as a schedule to the Agreement.
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Attachment F - Union rep time
Industrial Relations Advice 12 of 2022, detailing paid time off from normal duties for union representatives, proposed to be included as a schedule to the Award.
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Attachment G - Metro to regional teacher secondments trial
Details of the proposed trial of metro to regional secondments, providing teachers in metropolitan schools with the opportunity to be temporarily deployed to an identified regional school for three years, with guaranteed right of return to their substantive position.
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Attachment H - Metro to regional school leader secondments trial
Details of the proposed trial of school leader metro to regional secondments, providing schools leaders in metropolitan schools with the opportunity to be temporarily deployed to a regional principal position for three years, with guaranteed right of return to their substantive position.
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Attachment I - Level 3.3 classroom teacher trial
Details of the proposed trial of the new level 3.3 classroom teacher position, which aims to attract highly accomplished teachers to schools in most need.
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