Common use of Allowances for Community of Learning Clause in Contracts

Allowances for Community of Learning. Teacher (within school) role 3.34.1 Boards within each Community of Learning will be entitled to a number of within school teacher roles, generated by formula in the relevant Staffing Order to promote best teaching practice within a school and strengthen the use of an inquiry approach to teaching and learning. 3.34.2 The responsibilities and/or activities of each role will be defined in substance and time by the Community of Learning’s shared achievement plan. 3.34.3 A Community of Learning Teacher (within school) role will be appointed to promote best teaching practice, in line with the challenges in the Community of Learning’s shared achievement plan. Promotion of best teaching practice may include a focus on: • collaborative inquiry, • expertise capacity building, • pedagogy/teaching practice, • community engagement, • transition support and • cultural competency. 3.34.4 A teacher appointed to the role will be entitled to receive an allowance of $8,000 per annum. Such a teacher must, through an agreed selection process, have met the relevant criteria and demonstrated how they will help meet the agreed purpose/focus for the role within the Community of Learning. 3.34.5 The period of appointment to the role will be determined by the employing board based on the needs identified through the Community of Learning’s shared achievement plan. The role can be appointed permanently. 3.34.6 Where the role is appointed on a fixed term basis, the period of appointment may be for up to one year, taking account of the needs of the Community of Learning and the progress of planning and inquiry. 3.34.7 Where a role is transferred from another board, it may only be allocated for a fixed period of up to one school year. 3.34.8 As the role is intended to expand on career opportunities for classroom teachers to use and develop their professional leadership skills while remaining in the classroom, a teacher appointed to this role must maintain at minimum a 0.8 FTTE classroom teaching load. 3.34.9 The employing board will receive additional 0.08 FTTE staffing for the period of the appointment to enable the functions of the role to be fulfilled. 3.34.10 The allowance may be suspended by the employing board where the teacher is undergoing competency processes as outlined in clause 10.7.2. 3.34.11 The allowance will cease to be payable in the following circumstances: (a) where the teacher has been the subject of an adverse outcome following competency or disciplinary processes (or both); or (b) where the teacher ceases to be employed as a teacher at that school; or (c) where, with the agreement of the employing board, the teacher voluntarily relinquishes the role; or (d) where the teacher ceases to hold the role; or (e) where the appointment is for a fixed period, when that fixed period ends, regardless of whether the teacher remains at that school; or (f) where the teacher loses the roles because the number of allowances available to the employing board is reduced, the salary protection provisions of clause 9A.5 will apply. If the teacher returns to, or is subsequently appointed to a position of equal or higher remuneration than they received while in the Community of Learning teacher within school role, the salary protection will no longer apply.

Allowances for Community of Learning. Teacher (within school) role 3.34.1 Boards within each Community of Learning will be entitled to a number of within school teacher roles, generated by formula in the relevant Staffing Order to promote best teaching practice within a school and strengthen the use of an inquiry approach to teaching and learning. 3.34.2 The responsibilities and/or activities of each role will be defined in substance and time by the Community of Learning’s shared achievement plan. 3.34.3 A Community of Learning Teacher (within school) role will be appointed to promote best teaching practice, in line with the challenges in the Community of Learning’s shared achievement plan. Promotion of best teaching practice may include a focus on: •  collaborative inquiry, •  expertise capacity building, •  pedagogy/teaching practice, •  community engagement, •  transition support and •  cultural competency. 3.34.4 A teacher appointed to the role will be entitled to receive an allowance of $8,000 per annum. Such a teacher must, through an agreed selection process, have met the relevant criteria and demonstrated how they will help meet the agreed purpose/focus for the role within the Community of Learning. 3.34.5 The period of appointment to the role will be determined by the employing board based on the needs identified through the Community of Learning’s shared achievement plan. The role can be appointed permanently. 3.34.6 Where the role is appointed on a fixed term basis, the period of appointment may be for up to one year, taking account of the needs of the Community of Learning and the progress of planning and inquiry. 3.34.7 Where a role is transferred from another board, it may only be allocated for a fixed period of up to one school year. 3.34.8 As the role is intended to expand on career opportunities for classroom teachers to use and develop their professional leadership skills while remaining in the classroom, a teacher appointed to this role must maintain at minimum a 0.8 FTTE classroom teaching load. 3.34.9 The employing board will receive additional 0.08 FTTE staffing for the period of the appointment to enable the functions of the role to be fulfilled. 3.34.10 The allowance may be suspended by the employing board where the teacher is undergoing competency processes as outlined in clause 10.7.2. 3.34.11 The allowance will cease to be payable in the following circumstances: (a) where the teacher has been the subject of an adverse outcome following competency or disciplinary processes (or both); or (b) where the teacher ceases to be employed as a teacher at that school; or (c) where, with the agreement of the employing board, the teacher voluntarily relinquishes the role; or (d) where the teacher ceases to hold the role; or (e) where the appointment is for a fixed period, when that fixed period ends, regardless of whether the teacher remains at that school; or (f) where the teacher loses the roles because the number of allowances available to the employing board is reduced, the salary protection provisions of clause 9A.5 will apply. If the teacher returns to, or is subsequently appointed to a position of equal or higher remuneration than they received while in the Community of Learning teacher within school role, the salary protection will no longer apply.