Masculine or Feminine Gender Unless otherwise specifically stated, any provision in this Agreement which is expressed in terms of the masculine shall, in its application to a female employee, be read with the necessary changes to express the feminine, and vice versa.
Gender Words used herein regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine or neuter, as the context requires.
Pronouns Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural, and vice versa.
Nouns and Pronouns Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine, or neuter forms, and the singular forms of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural, and vice versa.
Use of Pronouns All pronouns and any variations thereof used herein shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the person or persons referred to may require.
Singular/Plural All references in this Agreement to the singular shall include the plural where applicable, and all references to gender shall include both genders and the neuter.
Genders The masculine, feminine and neuter genders used herein shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.
Plural and Singular Unless otherwise specifically stated, any provision in this Agreement which is expressed in terms of the plural shall, in its application to the singular, be read with the necessary changes to express the singular, and vice versa.
HEADINGS; SINGULAR/PLURAL The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement. Whenever required by the context of this Agreement, the singular shall include the plural and masculine shall include the feminine.
Context The Department of Education is Western Australia’s largest public sector employer with approximately 45,000 staff or one third of the Government workforce in around 800 worksites. We provide a system of public schools in which our aim is to ensure that every school is a good school, every teacher is effective and every student is successful. The Department's other key responsibilities include: • regulation of non-government schools in accordance with Part 4 of the School Education Act 1999 • administration of state funding to non-government schools • higher education policy and planning • legislative reviews • providing Secretariat services to the Teachers Registration Board of Western Australia, the Training Accreditation Council and the School Curriculum and Standards Authority. The principles underpinning the Department’s operations in Western Australia are: • working collaboratively to achieve outcomes • accepting responsibility and accountability for the achievement of outcomes • enabling flexible, innovative and diverse work practices • promoting confidence in the professional judgement of the Department’s staff. All Department actions are guided by four core values: Learning, Excellence, Equity and Care. For further information, please visit: xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xx.xxx.xx/xxx/xxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx Further context about the particular school or college in which the vacancy is being advertised is available on the Department’s website. Please visit xxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx.xx/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx.xx and enter the school or college name in the Find a School field.