South Australian Education Staff (Government Preschools, Schools and Tafe) Enterprise Agreement 2006
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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION STAFF (GOVERNMENT PRESCHOOLS, SCHOOLS AND TAFE) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2006 File No. 1787 of 2006 This Agreement shall come into force on and from 23 March 2006 and have a life extending until 31 March 2008. THE COMMISSION HEREBY APPROVES THIS ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 79 OF THE FAIR WORK ACT 1994. DATED 23 MARCH 2006. ________________________ COMMISSION MEMBER SOUTH AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION STAFF (GOVERNMENT PRESCHOOLS, SCHOOLS AND TAFE) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2006 1. Title 1.1 The name of this Enterprise Agreement is the South Australian Education Staff (Government Preschools, Schools and TAFE) Enterprise Agreement 2006. 2. Parties Bound 2.1 This Enterprise Agreement shall apply to and be binding on: 2.1.1 Chief Executive, Department for Administrative and Information Services on behalf of the Department of Education and Children’s Services, and the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (“the employer”) in respect of employees bound by this Agreement; 2.1.2 The Australian Education Union – South Australian Branch (“the AEU”); 2.1.3 The Public Service Association of South Australia Incorporated (“the PSA”); and 2.1.4 Employees employed in the classifications in this Agreement. 3. Duration 3.1 This Enterprise Agreement commences on the date approved by the Industrial Relations Commission of South Australia and will continue in force until 31 March 2008. 3.2 This Enterprise Agreement replaces the South Australian Education Staff (Government Preschools, Schools and TAFE) Certified Agreement 2005, certified on 7 November 2005 and which will nominally expire on 31 March 2008. 4. Arrangement 4.1 This Enterprise Agreement is arranged as follows. Clause and Subject matter Page Number 1. Title................................................................................................................................ 2 2. Parties Bound................................................................................................................2 3. Duration ........................................................................................................................ 2 4. Arrangement................................................................................................................. 2 5. Definitions ..................................................................................................................... 4 6. Awards........................................................................................................................... 5 7. General - Cross Sector Flexibility............................................................................... 5 8. General - Family Carer’s Leave ................................................................................. 6 9. General - Integrated Sites............................................................................................ 6 10. General - Notification of Change ................................................................................ 6 11. General - Paid Maternity Leave and Paid Adoption Leave..................................... 7 12. General – Cultural Leave ............................................................................................ 8 13. General - Procedures for Preventing and Settling Industrial Disputes .................. 8 14. General – Family and Flexible Work Options......................................................... 10 15. General – Australian Workplace Agreements......................................................... 10 16. General – Continuous Improvement........................................................................ 11 17. General – Salary Packaging ...................................................................................... 11 18. General – Wages and Salary ..................................................................................... 11 South Australian Education Staff (Government Preschools, Schools and TAFE) Enterprise Agreement 2006 - 2 - 19. General – Unions........................................................................................................ 12 20. Preschool - Early Childhood Workers (ECWs) ...................................................... 13 21. Preschool – Staffing on Enrolment........................................................................... 14 22. Preschool – Director Classifications ......................................................................... 14 23. Preschool – Fair and Reasonable Treatment – Workload ..................................... 14 24. Preschool – Advanced Skills Teacher 2 (AST 2) ..................................................... 14 25. School and Preschool – Additional Leadership Administration Time.................. 14 26. School and Preschool – Advanced Skills Teacher 1 (AST 1).................................. 15 27. School and Preschool – Consultative Arrangements for Officers in Non-School Based Sites.............................................................................................. 15 28. School and Preschool – Consultation at District Level........................................... 15 29. School and Preschool - Officers under section 9(4) of the Education Act or section 12(1) of the Children’s Services Act........................................................ 15 30. School and Preschool – Non-Teaching Staff – Minimum Hours of Engagement. 15 31. School and Preschool – Recruitment and Selection of Staff................................... 15 32. School - Advanced Skills Teacher 2 (AST 2) ........................................................... 15 33. School – Fair and Reasonable Treatment – Workload........................................... 16 34. School – Behaviour Management ............................................................................. 16 35. School and Preschool - Country Incentives ............................................................. 17 36. School – Early Years.................................................................................................. 17 37. School – Administration Time .................................................................................. 17 38. School - Officers On Secondment ............................................................................. 18 39. School - Personnel Advisory Committee (PAC)...................................................... 18 40. School - School Services Officers (SSOs) ................................................................. 20 41. School – Special Schools ............................................................................................ 30 42. School – Allocation of Basic Teacher Instruction Time (BTIT) ............................ 30 43. School - Recruitment and Selection of Teaching Staff............................................ 31 44. School – Swimming and Aquatic Instructors .......................................................... 31 45. TAFE – Review Principles......................................................................................... 31 46. TAFE – Fair and Reasonable Treatment – Workload ........................................... 32 47. TAFE – Managing Lecturer Workload ................................................................... 33 48. TAFE - Employment Conditions .............................................................................. 34 49. TAFE - Hourly Paid Instructors - Minimum Payment .......................................... 35 50. TAFE - Hourly Paid Instructors - Visiting Specialist............................................. 35 51. TAFE – Hourly Paid Instructors .............................................................................. 35 52. TAFE – Lecturer and Lecturer Assistant................................................................ 36 53. TAFE – Educational Manager.................................................................................. 36 54. TAFE – New Directors............................................................................................... 36 55. TAFE - Institute Directors - Essential Qualifications............................................. 36 56. TAFE – Institute Directors........................................................................................ 37 57. TAFE - Lecturers’ Loss of Non-Attendance Days .................................................. 37 58. TAFE – Consultative Processes ................................................................................ 37 59. TAFE – Workforce Development ............................................................................. 38 60. No Extra Claims Commitment.................................................................................. 39 61. Negotiation of a Subsequent Agreement .................................................................. 39 62. Signatories................................................................................................................... 40 Schedule 1. Wages and Salary Rates ................................................................................ 41 Schedule 1.1 Teacher Classifications .............................................................................. 41 Schedule 1.2 Aboriginal Education Worker Classifications - Full Time..................... 44 Schedule 1.3 School Services Officers Classifications - Full Time............................... 45 Schedule 1.4 Pre-school Teaching Staff Classifications ................................................ 46 South Australian