AN140296 – Teachers' Award - Non-Governmental Schools 2003

SCHEDULE 5 - POSITIONS OF ADDED RESPONSIBILITY - BRISBANE AND TOWNSVILLE GRAMMAR AND IPSWICH AND ROCKHAMPTON GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOLS

Arrangement of Schedule

Subject Matter	Clause No.
Part S5.1 - Preliminary
Title	S5.1.1
Coverage	S5.1.2
Date of operation	S5.1.3
Part S5.2 - Terms and Conditions of Employment
Terms and conditions of employment	S5.2.1
Part S5.3 - Definitions, Remuneration
General definitions	S5.3.1
Classification definitions	S5.3.2
Remuneration	S5.3.3
Assignment of positions	S5.3.4
Salary packaging	S5.3.5
Part S5.4 - Miscellaneous
Savings	S5.4.1

PART S5.1 - PRELIMINARY

S5.1.1 Title

Schedule 5 is known as Positions of added responsibility Brisbane Grammar School, Ipswich Girls' Grammar School, Girls' Grammar School Rockhampton, and Townsville Grammar School Schedule.

S5.1.2 Coverage

Schedule 5 shall apply to those employees appointed to positions of added responsibility whose rates of remuneration are fixed by Schedule 5 and to the:

*Brisbane Grammar School;
*Townsville Grammar School;
*Ipswich Girls Grammar School; and
*Rockhampton Girls Grammar School

as employers in relation to such employees.

S5.1.3 Date of operation

Schedule 5 takes effect from 30 June 2005 and replaces the Teachers' Award - Non-Governmental Schools Positions Of Added Responsibility - Brisbane and Townsville Grammar and Ipswich And Rockhampton Girls Grammar Schools Industrial Agreement.

PART S5.2 - TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

S5.2.1 Terms and conditions of employment

Employees under Schedule 5 shall be subject to applicable terms and conditions of employment contained in the Award but excluding:

*Clause 6.1 (Hours of work)
*Clause 6.2 (Overtime)
*Clause 5.6.1 (Subject Co-ordinators allowance)
*Clause 5.6.2 (Moderation allowance)

Provided however that clause 6.1(Hours of work) and clause 6.2 (Overtime) shall apply to positions of Heads of Department and Teacher-in-Charge:

Provided further that an employee in receipt of an allowance or remuneration in accordance with this schedule shall not be entitled to receive the allowance for AST prescribed in clause 5.4 (Advanced Skills Teacher) of the Award.

PART S5.3 - DEFINITIONS, REMUNERATION

S5.3.1 General definitions

Positions of added responsibility shall mean the positions of Senior Administrator, Head of Department and Teacher-in-Charge as deemed necessary by the Employing Authority for the good governance of the School.

S5.3.2 Classification definitions

(a) Senior administrator- A Senior Administrator shall be a teacher appointed as such who may be known as Deputy Principal or other appropriate designation as determined by the employing authority.

(b) Positions of added responsibilities - academic

(i) Head of Department - Level 4 - A Head of Department - Level 4 - shall be a teacher appointed as such in a school where the number of students enrolled in secondary classes exceeds 1000 and where:

(A) the subject or subjects concerned occupies 140 hours or more in the weekly teaching program of the school; and

(B) the teacher has sole responsibility for management of the subject or subject area.

Release time for a teacher appointed to this classification shall be 50% of the hours of duty prescribed in clause 6.1 of the Award:

Provided that such release time shall be inclusive of time normally provided a teacher for performance of duties other than rostered face to face teaching:

Provided further that the total amount of required time does not exceed the maximum set out in clause 6.1 of the Award.

(ii) Head of Department - Level 3 - A Head of Department - Level 3 - shall be a teacher appointed as such in a school where the number of students enrolled in secondary classes exceeds 300 and where:

(A) the subject or subject area concerned occupies 65 and up to 140 hours in the weekly teaching program of the school; and

the teacher has sole responsibility for the subject or subject area; or

(B) the subject or subject area concerned occupies 140 hours or more; and

the teacher accepts a shared responsibility for the subject or subject area (i.e. There are Sub-department Heads).

Release time for a teacher appointed to this classification shall be between 45% and 50% of the hours of duty prescribed in clause 6.1 of the Award:

Provided that such release time shall be inclusive of time normally provided a teacher for performance of duties other than rostered face to face teaching:

Provided further that the total amount of required time does not exceed the maximum set out in clause 6.1 of the Award.

(iii) Head of Department - Level 2 - A Head of Department - Level 2 - shall be a teacher appointed as such where:

(A) the subject or subject area concerned occupies 45 and up to 65 hours in the weekly teaching program; and

the teacher accepts sole responsibility for the subject or subject area concerned; or

(B) the subject or subject area concerned occupies 65 and up to 140 hours; and

the teacher accepts a shared responsibility for the subject or subject area. (i.e. There are Sub-department Heads).

Release Time for a teacher appointed to this classification shall be between 35% and 40% of the hours of duty prescribed in clause 6.1 of the Award:

Provided that such release time shall be inclusive of time normally provided a teacher for performance of duties other than rostered face to face teaching:

Provided further that the total amount of required time does not exceed the maximum set out in clause 6.1 of the Award.

(iv) Head of Department - Level 1 - A Head of Department - Level 1 - shall be a teacher appointed as such where the subject or subject area concerned occupies 30 and up to 45 hours in the weekly teaching program.

Release time for a teacher appointed to this classification shall be between 30% and 35% of the hours of duty prescribed in clause 6.1 of the Award:

Provided that such release time shall be inclusive of time normally provided a teacher for performance of duties other than rostered face to face teaching:

Provided further that the total amount of required time does not exceed the maximum set out in clause 6.1 of the Award.

(v) Teacher-in-Charge - A Teacher-in-Charge- shall be a teacher appointed as such where the subject area or areas concerned occupy fewer than 30 hours of the weekly teaching program and the teacher accepts sole responsibility for the administration of such subject or subject areas.

Release time for a Teacher-in-Charge shall, where the subject or subject areas occupies between 16- 29 hours, shall be up to 30% of the hours of duty prescribed in clause 6.1 of the Award:

Provided that such release time shall be inclusive of time normally provided a teacher for performance of duties other than rostered face to face teaching:

Provided further that the total amount of required time does not exceed the maximum set out in clause 6.1 of the Award.

S5.3.3 Remuneration

Remuneration payable to positions of added responsibility shall be on the basis of salaries set herein:

Provided that an appointee to a position of Head of Department or Teacher-in-Charge, not eligible for salary at the maximum rate prescribed in clause 5.2 of the Award, may be paid an allowance at the rate shown until such time as that rate of salary is achieved: such allowance being payable for all purposes of the Award and Schedule 5.

Classification Level	Per Fortnight Minimum	Per Fortnight Maximum	Per Annum Minimum	Per Annum Maximum
	$	$	$	$
Senior Administrator	2,085.70	2,247.00	54,414	58,623

Note: This is a range classification within which an Employing Authority may establish a single salary or package point or points based on an evaluation of the duties and responsibilities allotted to the particular position.

Classification Level	Salary Per Fortnight	Salary Per Annum	Allowance Per Fortnight	Allowance Per Annum
	$	$	$	$
Head of Department
Level 4	2,111.50	55,088	308.60	8,050
Level 3	2,072.30	54,065	269.30	7,027
Level 2	1,998.30	52,134	195.30	5,096
Level 1	1,951.10	50,903	148.20	3,866
Teacher-in-Charge	1,897.20	49,497	94.30	2,460

N.B. The rates of pay in this Award are intended to include the arbitrated wage adjustment payable under the 1 September 2005 Declaration of General Ruling and earlier Safety Net Adjustments and arbitrated wage adjustments. [Disputed cases are to be referred to the Vice President.] This arbitrated wage adjustment may be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay received by employees whose wages and conditions of employment are regulated by this Award which are above the wage rates prescribed in the Award. Such payments include wages payable pursuant to certified agreements, currently operating enterprise flexibility agreements, Queensland workplace agreements, award amendments to give effect to enterprise agreements and overaward arrangements. Absorption which is contrary to the terms of an agreement is not required.

Increases made under previous State Wage Cases or under the current Statement of Policy, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated wage adjustments.

The allowances provided by Schedule 5 reflect the difference between the salary of a band 3 Step 4 Teacher as prescribed by clause 5.1.2 of this Award and the salary for the classification set out above. Adjustments to these allowances following State Wage determinations will maintain this relativity.

S5.3.4 Assignment of positions

The Employing Authority shall have final responsibility for the assignment of positions.

The level of positions and types of subjects occupying various levels shall be determined by the Employing Authority who shall consult with the School Advisory Committee. This Committee shall consist of appointees of the Employing Authority and representatives of the whole of the teaching staff including at least one member of the local chapter of the Union.

S5.3.5 Salary Packaging

Notwithstanding any other provision of Schedule 5 a teacher may accept a non-cash benefit in lieu of the salary or allowance contained herein to the extent of 20% of the total remuneration package. Acceptance of such a benefit shall be entirely at the employee's discretion and any agreement in relation thereto shall be committed to writing; and

* have a specified life after which it shall expire unless it is mutually agreed to extend the life of the agreement; and

* any extension of an agreement shall also be committed to writing and signed by both parties.

PART S5.4 -MISCELLANEOUS

S5.4.1 Savings

The existing conditions and accrued entitlements of the employees, employed as at the coming into effect of this Schedule shall not be reduced as a result thereof.