Members vote in favour for Schools GA

2019 General Agreement

Members vote in favour for Schools GA

The member vote on the 2019 Schools General Agreement has concluded, with about 85 per cent of members who voted in favour of accepting the agreement. “It gives a really good structure to guide your planning. That should actually reduce people’s workload in terms of them having to re-invent things.”

A total of 3,107 people voted. Of those 84.76 per cent voted in Mr Bridge said the addition of an extra 30 minutes of primary favour, 14.4 per cent against and 1.1 per cent abstained. DOTT time was also big win for members to allow them more school time for preparation, while the new conditions around The voting process of this GA was remarkable in the aspect parental leave superannuation and short leave afforded more that it was predominately conducted online in the midst of flexibility for members. the COVID-19 pandemic. We thank all our members for their patience and efforts in participating in online voting. He said a standardised performance management template would streamline and clarify the performance management The Agreement has now been registered with the Western process. Australian Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC). There will now be a process to introduce these gains into This will form members conditions of work and salary for two years, with salary increases backdated to 6 December 2019. schools, with the union having input with the Department of Education on those materials and those processes. Highlights of the 2019 Schools Agreement include more primary DOTT time, greater short leave flexibility and support for curriculum planning. Meanwhile the SSTUWA is working on publishing a new Red Book outlining your rights and entitlements contained in the 2019 Schools General Agreement. School leaders are also winners in the new General Agreement with the creation of Collegiate Principal positions and induction program for new school leaders. The union would like to acknowledge its Executive and the negotiating team, who worked to draw the bargaining process to a successful conclusion as everyone’s attention and efforts were being drawn to dealing with the COVID-19 crisis. SSTUWA Senior Vice President Paul Bridge said the win on curriculum planning would ensure all teachers had clear outlines of the teaching and learning required over a set year level or period. He said it would entail a half day of professional learning, with relief cover if needed, in which teachers would be taken through the curriculum planning tools and shown how to incorporate it into their own teaching and learning lessons. “For a teacher, that’s a huge support,” Mr Bridge said. GA 2019 SCHOOLS GA 2019