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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The flat percentage increases will probably only just keep
up with inflation. However the union has won significant wage increases by a
career restructure. Hence the pay rises are uneven. There will be significant
gains for leading teacher 1, experienced teachers 3, and graduate teachers and
any teachers moving into these levels in the lifetime of the aggreement.
Teachers at other levels will be compensated to some extent by one off cash
payments. The other effect is to have a larger percentage rise first up - 4.9%
immediately - so that the following 2.71% pay rises will have a compounding
effect resulting in a greater dollar value.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Robyn Kuchel</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=mary.mason@geelongcollege.vic.edu.au
href="mailto:mary.mason@geelongcollege.vic.edu.au">Mary Mason</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=english@edulists.com.au
href="mailto:english@edulists.com.au">english@edulists.com.au</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:00
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [English] o/t: Gov/AEU
Agreement</DIV>
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<DIV>I am sure there is confusion out there for all teachers. There appear to
be contradictions. If the Government is right, then teachers at the end of
this four years will have just kept up with inflation and they will again be
worse off than the NSW teachers. Has anyone got better clarification than The
Age or ABC which seem to be thoroughly confused?</DIV>
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<DIV>Mary</DIV>
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<DIV>Mary Mason<BR>Director of Teaching and Learning<BR><BR>ph: (03)
52263157<BR>mob: 0402022012<BR><BR>>>> stephen@melbpc.org.au
6/05/2008 7:26 pm >>><BR>Victorian teachers to be nation's
best-paid<BR><BR>Farrah Tomazin May 5, 2008 - 11:33AM<BR><<A
href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/05/05/1209839508834.html">http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/05/05/1209839508834.html</A>><BR><BR>The
education union has hailed a deal that will make Victorian teachers <BR>the
highest-paid in the country as the best deal for its members in more <BR>than
25 years.<BR><BR>The agreement between the State Government and the Australian
Education <BR>Union (AEU) resolves a 14-month industrial row, which included
three <BR>statewide teachers' strikes and weeks of rolling half-day
stoppages.<BR><BR>The unions had threatened to walk off the job from May 13 to
15, <BR>disrupting during the first national literacy and numeracy tests. The
<BR>resolution of the industr! ial dispute means those tests are now likely to
<BR>go ahead without disruption.<BR><BR>AEU Victorian branch president Mary
Bluett said it was the best enterprise <BR>bargaining deal for teachers that
she had seen in 25 years with the union.<BR><BR>11% rise for
some<BR><BR>However, there appears to be some contention over the increases
announced <BR>by Premier John Brumby and Education Minister Bronwyn Pike this
morning.<BR><BR>The Government says the deal will equate to a 4.9% pay rise in
the first <BR>year and 2.7% in the second and third years of the
agreement.<BR><BR>But the union believes some of biggest beneficiaries of the
deal will get <BR>between 8% and 11%.<BR><BR>"It's a complex arrangement, but
the least any teacher is going to get out <BR>of this is somewhere between
five and six per cent per annum,'' Ms Bluett <BR>said.<BR><BR>"This is the
best outcome in terms of salary and career structure in my <BR>history as a
union official of 25 years standing,'' Ms Blue! tt said.<BR><BR>Pupil-free
days to stay<BR><BR>A key sticking point in negotiations was the issue of
pupil-free days, <BR>which the Government had originally wanted to
abolish.<BR><BR>Under the new deal, three pupil free training days will be
brought to the <BR>start of the term and become professional training days and
only one will <BR>be held mid-term, in a bid to minimise disruption to
parents.<BR><BR>It also includes an exits strategy to remove disengage
teachers from <BR>classroom and find them new jobs.<BR><BR>Secondary students
will get an extra six days of tuition each year under <BR>the deal, Mr Brumby
said, describing it as a win for students and teachers.<BR><BR>"A graduate
teacher in Victoria currently earns $46,127 and under this <BR>agreement will
become the highest-paid graduate teacher in the country <BR>earning $51,184,
while an experienced classroom teacher will receive a <BR>$10,000 pay rise to
$75,500."<BR><BR>Mr Brumby said the pay deal was consistent with the
Government's wages <BR>policy of a 3.25% rise every year, plus! increases
off-set by service <BR>improvement.<BR><BR>State-by-state teacher
salaries:<BR><BR>Maximum for a classroom teacher <BR><BR>Victoria - 2007:
$65,414, 2008: $75,500<BR><BR>NSW - 2007: $72,454, 2008:
$75,352<BR><BR>Queensland - 2007: $69,225, 2008: $71,994<BR><BR>South
Australia - 2007: $68,422, 2008: $68,422<BR><BR>West Australia - 2007:
$67,446, 2008: $71,206<BR><BR>ACT - 2007: $71,767, 2008:
$74,279<BR><BR>Northern Territory: 2007: $70,047, 2008:
$72,849<BR><BR><BR>Graduate Entry <BR><BR>Victoria - 2007: $46,127, 2008:
$51,184<BR><BR>NSW - 2007: $49,050, 2008: $50,522<BR><BR>Queensland - 2007:
$46,950, 2008: $48,829<BR><BR>South Australia - 2007: $49,605, 2008:
$49,605<BR><BR>West Australia - 2007: $44,618, 2008: $45,733<BR><BR>ACT: 2007:
$50,781, 2008: $50,781<BR><BR>Northern Territory: $49,944, 2008:
$49,944<BR><BR>Source: Victorian Government <BR>--<BR><BR>Cheers
people<BR>Stephen Loosley<BR>Victoria,
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