AT801922 - Victorian Catholic Schools and Catholic Education Offices Award 1998 [Transitional]
5.1 “Catholic Education “ means any activity directly connected with the education of persons conducted by a Catholic institution in Victoria listed in Schedule 1 of this Award.
5.2 “Catholic Education Commission of Victoria (CECV)” means the body established by the Bishops of Victoria to develop policy in relation to Catholic education in Victoria.
5.3 “Catholic primary school” means a Catholic school registered by the Registered Schools Board as a primary school and includes those schools so registered where classes are held for years up to but not beyond Year Eight.
5.4 “Catholic secondary school” means a Catholic school with classes to Year Ten or beyond, registered by the Registered Schools Board as a Secondary school, Junior secondary school and includes those schools so registered where primary classes are held.
5.5 “Catholic Special school” means a Catholic school registered by the Registered Schools Board as a Special school.
5.6 “Commission” means the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
5.7 “Curriculum Adviser” means a registered teacher who is employed in or in connection with Catholic Education Office to provide advice and assistance to Principals and School staffs in nominated curriculum areas.
5.8 “Employee” shall mean any person employed by an employer who is eligible to be a member of the Union, whether members of the union or not. For the purposes of this Award, members of religious institutions and clergy, whether or not they are members of the Union, are not employees.
5.9 “Employer" shall mean any person, persons, or body listed in Schedule 1 of this Award.
5.10 “Enrolment” in respect of a particular year, means enrolment as at the Commonwealth Government’s mid-year census in the preceding year.
5.11 “Experience in relation to a registered teacher” means teaching experience after achieving the qualifications necessary for registration as a teacher with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
5.12 “Deputy Principal” means a person appointed by an employer whether as a vice principal, deputy principal, assistant principal or campus head in a Catholic school.
5.13 “Placed Teacher” means an employee, employed in or in connection with a Catholic Education Office who is employed as a registered teacher and placed in an educational setting outside a Catholic Education Office.
5.14 “Primary class” means any class from Year Preparatory through to Year 6, inclusive.
5.15 “Psychologist (Education)” means a registered teacher possessing formal Psychology Qualifications employed in or in connection with a Catholic Education Office to provide diagnostic assessment and direct guidance services to individuals, schools and groups and to assist and advise School authorities in relation to students with social, behavioural, emotional and cognitive disorders.
5.16 “Registered Schools Board” means the Registered Schools Board established by the Education Act 1958 (Victoria).
5.17 “Registered Teacher” means a teacher who is registered by the Victorian Institute of Teaching pursuant to the Victorian Institute of Teaching Act 2001(Vic)
5.18 “School Term” means such periods as determined by the Victorian Government from year to year.
5.19 “School Year” means the period from the commencement of the first day of the Victorian government school year in one year to the commencement of the first day of the Victorian government school year in the next year as determined by the Victorian government from year to year.
5.20 “Secondary class” means any class from Year 7 through to Year 12, inclusive.
5.21 “Union” means the Independent Education Union of Australia
5.22 “Visiting Teacher” means a registered teacher who is employed in or in connection with a Catholic Education Office to provide consultancy support to Catholic Schools and students who are hearing impaired, visually impaired, or physically disabled. Their duties may involve direct teaching of students in addition to the above.
