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NZEI it's time campaign, primary teachers and principals. Kua Tae Te Wa

About the campaign | Plan and claims | Resources

November offers to teachers and principals

The Ministry of Education made new offers to members covered by the Primary Principals' and Primary Teachers' collective agreements in November. These offers were rejected by principals and teachers in a secret ballot in early December.

  • Teachers' offer at a glance
  • Principals' offer at a glance

 

Find out what the offer would mean for your salary.

Or, for a more detailed break-down of how the total proposed salary changes would impact pay packets for teachers, go here.

Teachers' offer at a glance

We received this offer from the Ministry in November 2018.

Download the full teachers' offer (400 KB PDF)

Recruitment and retention

Our original claim

Address recruitment and retention issues by valuing the work of teachers and ensuring that being a teachers is an attractive career option through:

  • Increasing pay by 16% increase over term of CA
  • 2 year term
  • Renewing the salary comparability clauses with secondary teachers
  • Removing the qualifications cap on the salary scale
  • Applying increases in the settlement to union members only

The Ministry's previous offer

  • 3 year term from date of settlement
  • Increase base salary scale by 3% each year from date of settlement.
  • Lift the maximum salary step for Q1 and Q2 teachers one additional step from January 2020
  • Merge the first four steps of the salary scale
  • Renew the salary comparability clause
  • Limit the payment of resource teacher units to one additional unit per person

The Ministry's new offer

  • 3 year term from date of settlement
  • Increase base salary scale by 3% each year from date of settlement
  • Add an additional new salary step for Q3 teachers to new max step 9 and add an additional new salary step for Q3+,Q4, Q5 teachers to new max step 10 from November 2020
  • Lift the maximum salary step for Q1 teachers by 4 steps to the new max step 9 and Q2 teachers by 3 steps to the new max step 9 from November 2020
  • Merge the first four steps of the salary scale
  • Renew the salary comparability clause
  • Limit the payment of the additional unit to resource teachers, upon appointment (clause 3.3.4), to one unit per person
  • One-off gross payment of $500 for all NZEI Te Riu Roa members

Key questions to discuss and consider

Do you think the increase offered is sufficient to address the recruitment and retention issues?

Do you think there is enough benefit in the current offer to accept a 3 year term?

Would you be willing to accept an offer that doesn’t contain a member only benefit?

Time to teach, time to lead

Our original claim

Make sure teachers have  time to teach, are well supported to meet the learning needs of all children and  our existing onerous workloads are addressed by:

  • Introducing staffing and resourcing for every school to have a SENCO
  • Doubling the amount of CRT available to teachers and renaming it ‘professional practice time’
  • Increase professional leadership staffing to allow more release for teachers in leadership positions
  • Reduce curriculum staffing ratio to reduce class size and allow for more teachers to share workload
  • Increasing the number of resource teacher positions nationally

The Ministry's previous offer

  • Change the Tutor Teacher Allowance to a Mentor Teacher allowance and make it available in more circumstances
  • Enable teachers to take up CoL leadership roles.
  • "We understand that your members will be interested in how they will be involved in content and nature of learning support roles and as we discussed we are open to clarifying this with you" - quote from the Secretary of Education.

The Ministry's new offer

No change from previous offer

Key questions to discuss and consider

Is there enough in the offer that would address your workload?

Career development opportunities

Our original claim

Ensure that there are attractive career development opportunities available for teachers through the continuation of the Career Framework Development Work Programme

The Ministry's previous offer

‘Update the PPCA/PTCA Career Framework Development Terms of Reference to reflect the interdependency  with the development of the Education Workforce Strategy and milestones for continued work during the term of a renewed agreement’

The Ministry's new offer

No change from previous offer

Other matters

The Ministry's previous offer

Make maternity grant accessible to the primary care giver (regardless of gender)

The Ministry's new offer

No change from previous offer

The Ministry's previous offer

Various language changes intended to improve the flow and readability of the agreement

The Ministry's new offer

No change from previous offer

Principals' offer at a glance

We received this offer from the Ministry on 9 Novermber 2018.

Download the full principals' offer (400 KB PDF)

Recruitment and retention

Our original claim

Address recruitment and retention issues by valuing the work of principals and ensuring that being a principal is an attractive career option through:

  • 16% increase over term of CA effective from the expiry date (16/5/2018)
  • 2 year term.
  • Conflate U1 and U2 grades into U3.
  • Agreement to pass on terms and conditions to non-members 12 months after date of ratification.

The Ministry's previous offer

  • 3 year term from date of settlement
  • Increase base salary scale by 4.5%+4.5%+4.4% a year from date of settlement for principals in U1 and U2 schools
  • Increase base salary scale by 3% each year from date of settlement for principals in U3 and above schools
  • Changes to how salary components are set out in the CA (that don’t affect the value of salary)

The Ministry's new offer

  • 3 year term from date of settlement
  • Increase base salary scale by 4.5%+4.5%+4.4% a year from date of settlement for principals in U1 and U2 schools
  • Increase base salary scale by 3% each year from date of settlement for principals in U3 and above schools
  • Changes to how salary components are set out in the CA (that don’t affect the value of salary)
  • One off gross payment of $500 for all NZEI Te Riu Roa members

Questions to discuss and consider

  • Do you think the increase offered is sufficient to address the recruitment and retention issues?
  • Do you think there is enough benefit in the current offer to accept a 3 year term?

Time to lead

Our original claim

Ensure principals have time to lead and  our existing  onerous workloads are addressed by:

  • Introducing staffing and resourcing for every school to have a SENCO.
  • Ensure every school has a minimum 2 FTTE staffing.
  • Increase professional leadership staffing to allow more release for principals and other leaders.
  • Reduce curriculum staffing ratio for years 4-8 from 1:29 down to 1:25 to reduce class size and allow for more teachers to share workload.

The Ministry's new offer

  • Additional operational funding for schools with less than 2 FTTE to employ a second person during contact time

Question to consider and discuss

"We understand that your members will be interested in how they will be involved in content and nature of learning support roles and as we discussed we are open to clarifying this with you" - quote from the Secretary of Education.

Career development opportunities

Our original claims

Ensure that there are attractive career development opportunities available for principals through the continuation of the Career Framework Development Work Programme. This needs to include a focus on recognition and support for Māori, pasifika and special education roles.

The Ministry's previous offer

‘Update the PPCA/PTCA Career Framework Development Terms of Reference to reflect the interdependency  with the development of the Education Workforce Strategy and milestones for continued work during the term of a renewed agreement’

The Ministry's new offer

No change from the previous offer

Other matters

The Ministry's previous offer

Make maternity grant accessible to the primary care giver (regardless of gender)

The Ministry's previous offer

Various language changes intended to improve the flow and readability of the agreement (related to surplus staffing, the isolation allowance and technical wording)

The Ministry's new offer

No change from the previous offer

The Ministry's new offer

No change from the previous offer

NZEI it's time campaign, primary teachers and principals. Kua Tae Te Wa

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  • A Better Plan/Joint Initiative
    • Joint Initiative: What we’ve learned so far
  • Admin Pay Equity Typeform
  • Better Funding, Better Learning
    • Better Funding Paid Union Meetings, 2016
    • Better Funding Roadshow 2016
    • The Better Funding Heartland tour, 2017
  • Change Membership Information
  • COVID-19 information for members
    • Health and Safety
    • Life at Red | Guidance for Primary Teachers
    • Life at Red | Guidance for ECE Teachers
    • Life at Red | Guidance for Principals
    • Testing Guidelines
    • Vaccination Guidelines
  • Election 2020
  • Every child is worth it
    • Every Child Is Worth it launch
    • Get the government to keep their promise on ECE – Sign the Petition
    • Have a Heart pledge
    • July 2019 proposed settlement to kindergarten teachers
    • Shaping our future: A ten-year plan for ECE
    • Thanks for signing our ECE petition
    • Unions and ECE
  • Get Goodies
  • Get Help
  • Get Involved
  • Global Custom Fields
  • Home
    • Learning Support Workers Strike Dates
  • Inclusive education
    • Inclusive education: Education for All activities, September 2016
    • Inclusive education: Inclusive Communities through Education Summit, May 2017
  • Initial Teacher Education (ITE) 2040
  • It’s time—Kua tae te wā
    • August 2019 settlement to primary principals
    • Budget 2018
      • Thanks!
    • Campaign plan and claims—Kua tae te wā
    • Campaign resources
      • Area School paid union meetings – March 2019
      • Area School Teachers Collective Agreement – Our Claim
      • Contact your local MP
      • Frequently asked questions
      • November rolling strikes – events and rallies
      • Paid union meetings – May 2019
      • Paid union meetings map – May 2019
      • Primary Principal and Teacher Negotiation FAQs
      • Primary school paid union meetings schedule – May 2019
      • Support Staff, Boards and Strikes
      • Understanding strikes
      • Understanding strikes
    • Check your school’s strike day
    • First offer to principals and teachers
    • It’s the end of term! Send your favourite teacher a postcard
      • Thank you for sending your postcard
    • It’s Time: Community action planning
    • June 2019 proposed settlement to primary principals
    • June 2019 settlement to primary teachers
    • March 2019 offers to principals and teachers
    • Meetings and information for MoE Support Workers
    • November offer to principals and teachers
    • Petition: Supporting primary teachers and principals
    • Postcard to Grant Robertson
    • Postcard to the Secretary of Education
    • Primary principal paid union meetings August 2019
    • Primary teachers and principals Accord
    • Principals’ survey: Intentions for 2017
    • Principals’ survey: intentions for 2018
    • Principals’ wellbeing
      • Principal wellbeing report
      • Your report is on the way
    • Second offer to principals and teachers
    • Sign on to support our principals
    • Strike Action Ideas
    • Strike Day Deductions
    • The terms of settlement for Ministry of Education Support Workers
    • Update following talks with the Minister of Education
    • Voting on the new offers – electronic ballot
    • We’ll miss them when they’re gone
    • What’s next for principals
    • Workload Caseload Review
  • Join NZEI Te Riu Roa
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  • Member Induction
  • NEN Hui 2020
  • Next steps for teachers – Contact your local MP
  • Paid Union Meetings for primary and area school teacher worksite representatives
  • Pay equity
    • Fair’s fair – Mana Taurite: Getting involved
    • One year of negotiations for support workers: send a postcard
      • Thank you for sending your postcard
    • Pay Equity Amendment Act
    • Pay equity for Kaiārahi i te Reo
    • Pay equity for school administration staff
    • Pay equity for support workers settlement
    • Pay equity now—join the movement for fair pay for ECE
    • Pay equity pledge for early childhood and schools
    • Pay Equity Work Assessment
    • Suffrage day 2019
    • Support Staff Pay Equity Quiz
    • Teacher aide paid union meetings
    • Teacher aide pay equity – information for principals, EOs and SENCOs
    • Teacher aide pay equity – invite a teacher aide to receive updates
    • Teacher aide pay equity – register for a Zoom hui
    • Teacher aide pay equity settlement
    • The pay equity pledge – Pay equity
    • The road to pay equity for teacher aides
  • Pay Equity – Pledge Map
  • Pay equity DRAFT
  • Principals Hauora Survey
  • Principals Kit
  • Principals’ and teachers’ wellbeing survey
  • Pūaotanga Report
  • Public Sector Pay Initiative
  • School Report Card
  • Special Screening: Wāwāhi Tahā – Time for Tamariki
  • Suffrage Day
  • Support our campaign
  • Support staff
    • Letter to Iona Holsted from annualised support staff
    • Making it Possible: Support Staff Day 2018
    • Support Staff – Contact your local MP
    • Support Staff – Paid union meetings
    • Support Staff – Paid union meetings October 2019
    • Support staff – share your story
    • Support staff – sign on to make a difference
    • Support Staff Day 2019 – Making a Difference
    • Support staff need fair pay! Sign the open letter to the Education Minister
    • Support staff proposed terms of settlement 2019
    • Support Staff Resources
    • Support Staff Week 2020 – Celebrating the wins
    • Support Staff Week 2021 – Building the Future
    • Support staff: 101 reasons why
    • Teacher aide PLD
    • Thank you for sharing your story
    • Thank you for signing on to make a difference
    • Thanks for signing the open letter to Minister Hipkins
    • Walking in the shoes of support staff
  • Support Staff – Paid union meetings October 2019 schedule
  • Support Workers Pay Equity Ratification Meetings
  • Te Ake Rautangi
  • Te Ao Kei Tua – Our Schools, Our Communities, Our Future
  • Teacher Time Diaries
  • Teachers Time Diaries – Thank you!
  • Teachers Time Diaries Results
  • Test – Staffing Calc Page
  • Test page
  • Test Petition Embed Page
  • Tomorrow’s Schools Submission
  • Tomorrow’s Schools Submission – Thank you
  • Vote for Me: —our campaign for Election 2017
  • Wāwāhi Tahā – Time For Tamariki
    • Wāwāhi Tahā Community Launch Sign up form
  • It’s time to update your contact details
  • Thank you for updating your contact details
  • Mana Taurite – ECE employers
  • Pay equity for ECE – Information for employers and governance boards
  • Pay equity for ECE – Work Assessment: Information for interested participants
  • The road to pay equity for ECE
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