• An agreement go to December, 2003 which on the Government’s record, is likely to become December 2004 before a subsequent award is put in place

Extra salaries increases (TAFE teachers by way of superannuable allowance) for top of the scale Schools and TAFE Teachers now provided in the explicit time frame 31 December 2003

• TAFE Teachers get less than School Teachers, 14.35% salaries increase instead of 16.98% over four or five calendar years when the last TAFE salary increase was 1 July 1998.

TAFE Teachers will get the full 16.98% Salaries increases by the addition of an superannuable allowance in 2003

• All casual teachers miss out on back pay

Casual/PT TAFE teachers who worked in a block in excess of 12 hours a week will get back pay.

• There would be no GST clause.

There is a GST clause.

• A reduction in some casual school teacher rates of pay and conditions particularly for casual school teachers who work over blocks of time or in fractional positions by the application of an inferior single daily rate of pay.

* There are 29,000 casual school teachers

Casual school teachers in regular fractional engagements (1 to 4 days) will be regarded as temporary teachers and can access over time the equivalent salaries and conditions as permanent teachers.

• A single daily rate of pay apply for casual school teachers which is less than the current maximum rate received by casual school teachers and with all conditions abolished.

No loss of pay and an additional 5% increase to offset the loss of sick leave, short leave, special leave and annual leave loading conditions

• For fixed term contract teachers there would be no automatic salary progression. Most casual teachers’ service clocks would be wound back to progress on reteaching 205 days per increment.

For temporary school teachers an agreed timetable for progression to Step 13 common incremental salary scale.

• There would be no guaranteed improvements for 12,000 TAFE Casuals/Part Time Teachers.

There is the opportunity to apply in 2003.

• There would be no award industry standard provisions to stop abuse of fixed term contracts.

To be negotiated.

• For 4 and possibly 5 calendar years to December 2004, teachers would implement all known and all new (Unknown) requirements that come forward for the School Certificate, the Higher School Certificate, Basic Skills Tests, the ELLA Test, Annual School Reports, school self evaluation and improvement, School Development Policy, the Secondary Numeracy program and procedures for teachers experiencing difficulties. Teachers take no industrial action around the same or make any claims to improve their working conditions arising out of the development of any of the above over 5 calendar years.

The outstanding protocols are now added, the time line of no industrial action in express terms is to 31 December 2003

• All teachers including highly experienced teachers be under constant surveillance in their classrooms, and their lesson plans scrutinised to determine if their salary will be frozen or progress each year.

Teacher experience and the circumstances at the school are taken into specific regard.

• All teachers of Years 11 and 12 to be programmed to teach in schools and TAFE without their agreement or even consultation with them. This teaching to be between 7.30am and 5.30pm with no account of split shifts.

There will be consultation with affected teachers. Award entitlements are preserved. Teachers shall not unreasonably refuse. Reasonableness of refusal is the test. There are no split shifts.

• Teachers, other than those who teach Years 11 and 12, would, with their agreement, but with no guarantee of entitlements to after hours award provisions, teach in TAFE colleges and in schools after hours.

All award entitlements are preserved.

• TAFE Teachers would work three hours extra a week.

TAFE teachers will average their annual teaching hours. 19 teaching hours a week, award incidental time, award overtime and vacations are preserved.

• Federation award applications before the Industrial Relations Commission to improve the work of casual and part-time teachers be discontinued.

There is the opportunity to apply to the Industrial Relations Commission in relation to TAFE PT/ Casuals in 2003.

• No improvements in working conditions at all to be sought over five years.

Improvements can be sought after December, 2003.