AP802001CRV - Victorian Independent Schools - Teachers

AP802001CRV - Victorian Independent Schools - Teachers - Award 1998

6. DEFINITIONS

[6 substituted by PR953789 ppc 29Nov04]

[6 see also Common Rule Declaration PR953700 appended to this award]

For the purpose of this award:

“Commission”

means the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

“Emergency Teacher”

means a registered teacher who comes into a school to cover a sudden emergency in the absence of a regular teacher.

“Employer”

Means any person, persons or body with authority to act on behalf of the schools listed in Schedule 1 of this Award.

“Experience”

means experience of teaching after achieving the qualifications necessary for registration and will be deemed to have commenced at the date on which a “qualified” person first receives a teaching appointment.

“Full-time Teacher”

means a teacher who is employed for a full week each week of the school year, in any one school.

“Non-registered Teacher”

means a teacher who is granted Permission to Teach by the Victorian Institute of Teaching pursuant to Division 2 of Part 3 of the Victorian Institute of Teaching Act 2001 (Victoria) provided that the permission is confined to one of the following categories for the reasons stated as at 1 January 2003:

Permission to Teach - Division 1 - Where the non-registered teacher holds an academic degree which does not include an approved course of teacher education and the teacher is enrolled in an approved course of teacher education that will enable the teacher to become a registered teacher;

Permission to Teach - Division 2 - Where a non-registered teacher has Single Subject Registration (from either the Registered Schools Board or the Victorian Institute of Teaching) that is confined to those subjects that the Registered Schools Board would have approved and excludes the subjects of instrumental music, choral music, voice production, sports coaches and religion, or the teacher was formerly granted Special Permission to Continue to Teach from the Registered Schools Board; and

Permission to Teach - Division 3 - Where the non-registered teacher has received Permission to Teach in one of the following programs:

School/Tertiary Institution Exchange;

Inter-Governmental Agreement;

Interschool Exchange;

VET in Schools; and

Professional Experience.

Permission to Teach - Division 4 - Where the non-registered teacher has at least a three-year qualification including teacher education and the non-registered teacher works as an Emergency Teacher.

“Part-time Teacher”

is one who is employed with the school to work less than a full week each week, in any one school

“Registered Schools Board”

means the Registered Schools Board established by the Education Act 1958 (Victoria)

“Registered Teacher”

means a teacher who is registered by the Victorian Institute pursuant to Division 1 of Part 3 of the Victorian Institute of Teaching Act 2001 (Victoria).

“Replacement Teacher”

means a registered teacher employed on a fixed term basis for a pre-arranged period to replace another teacher.

“School”

means a non-government sub-primary, primary and/or secondary school which has been granted ‘Approval for Opening’ by the Registered Schools Board or is registered by the Registered Schools Board.

“School Year”

means the twelve months from the commencement of the first day of February in a year to the commencement of the first day of February of the following year.

“Teacher Librarian”

means a registered teacher who holds appropriate librarianship qualifications and, when employed as a teacher librarian will be entitled to the same conditions as apply to a registered teacher.

“Union”

means the Independent Education Union of Australia

“Victorian Institute of Teaching”

means the Victorian Institute of Teaching established by Part 2 of the Victorian Institute of Teaching Act 2001 (Victoria).

“Commission”	means the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
“Emergency Teacher”	means a registered teacher who comes into a school to cover a sudden emergency in the absence of a regular teacher.
“Employer”	Means any person, persons or body with authority to act on behalf of the schools listed in Schedule 1 of this Award.
“Experience”	means experience of teaching after achieving the qualifications necessary for registration and will be deemed to have commenced at the date on which a “qualified” person first receives a teaching appointment.
“Full-time Teacher”	means a teacher who is employed for a full week each week of the school year, in any one school.
“Non-registered Teacher”	means a teacher who is granted Permission to Teach by the Victorian Institute of Teaching pursuant to Division 2 of Part 3 of the Victorian Institute of Teaching Act 2001 (Victoria) provided that the permission is confined to one of the following categories for the reasons stated as at 1 January 2003: Permission to Teach - Division 1 - Where the non-registered teacher holds an academic degree which does not include an approved course of teacher education and the teacher is enrolled in an approved course of teacher education that will enable the teacher to become a registered teacher; Permission to Teach - Division 2 - Where a non-registered teacher has Single Subject Registration (from either the Registered Schools Board or the Victorian Institute of Teaching) that is confined to those subjects that the Registered Schools Board would have approved and excludes the subjects of instrumental music, choral music, voice production, sports coaches and religion, or the teacher was formerly granted Special Permission to Continue to Teach from the Registered Schools Board; and Permission to Teach - Division 3 - Where the non-registered teacher has received Permission to Teach in one of the following programs:
	School/Tertiary Institution Exchange; Inter-Governmental Agreement; Interschool Exchange; VET in Schools; and Professional Experience. Permission to Teach - Division 4 - Where the non-registered teacher has at least a three-year qualification including teacher education and the non-registered teacher works as an Emergency Teacher.
“Part-time Teacher”	is one who is employed with the school to work less than a full week each week, in any one school
“Registered Schools Board”	means the Registered Schools Board established by the Education Act 1958 (Victoria)
“Registered Teacher”	means a teacher who is registered by the Victorian Institute pursuant to Division 1 of Part 3 of the Victorian Institute of Teaching Act 2001 (Victoria).
“Replacement Teacher”	means a registered teacher employed on a fixed term basis for a pre-arranged period to replace another teacher.
“School”	means a non-government sub-primary, primary and/or secondary school which has been granted ‘Approval for Opening’ by the Registered Schools Board or is registered by the Registered Schools Board.
“School Year”	means the twelve months from the commencement of the first day of February in a year to the commencement of the first day of February of the following year.
“Teacher Librarian”	means a registered teacher who holds appropriate librarianship qualifications and, when employed as a teacher librarian will be entitled to the same conditions as apply to a registered teacher.
“Union”	means the Independent Education Union of Australia
“Victorian Institute of Teaching”	means the Victorian Institute of Teaching established by Part 2 of the Victorian Institute of Teaching Act 2001 (Victoria).