Period of teaching service. (a) Teaching service means the total period a person has been employed as a teacher by any employer in the school education industry or the children’s services and early childhood education industry.
(b) Teaching service does not include employment as a teacher in a TAFE program (unless the teacher is employed to teach a Vocational and Educational Training (VET) program) or in an English Language School.
(c) Service as a part-time teacher will normally accrue on a pro rata basis according to the percentage of a full-time teaching load undertaken in any year. where the hours are more than 90% of a full-time load, service will count as a full-time year.
(d) In the case of an early childhood/preschool teacher, the following will count as service:
(i) teaching experience in preschools, kindergartens, multi-purpose centres, early intervention services, long day care centre and other similar services;
(ii) teaching experience of children from 4 to 8 years (or in the infant’s department) of a school registered and/or accredited under the relevant authority in each state or territory;
(iii) service as a lecturer in early childhood education or child development, as a child development officer or equivalent; and
(iv) service as a diploma qualified childcare worker, at the rate of one year for every 3 years’ service up to a maximum of 4 years.
Period of teaching service. For the purposes of clauses 9 and 10 of this Appendix, “Teaching Service” means the total period a person has been employed as a teacher by any employer in the school education industry or the children’s services and early childhood education industry but does not include employment as a teacher in a TAFE program (unless the teacher is employed to teach a Vocational and Educational Training (VET) program) or in an English Language School.
Period of teaching service. Subject to the provisions of this clause, teaching service means the total period a person has been employed as a teacher by any employer in the school education sector or the children’s services and early childhood education sector (as defined in clause 3).
