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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The headlines in the Herald Sun stated
that we will be the highest paid teachers in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Vic $ 75,500 compared to NSW $75,300 (
approx) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My understanding however, is that the VIC $75,500
will take 4 years to be implemented. What will happen to the NSW wages over
these 4 years?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I suspect in 4 years time we will be
$10,000 behind NSW. Sound familiar?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Phil Pike<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Director of ICT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Bacchus Marsh Grammar<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>P (03) 5366 4800<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>F (03) 53664850<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Russell, Steven
S [mailto:russell.steven.s@edumail.vic.gov.au] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 7 May 2008 10:23
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Year 12 IT Applications
Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Year 12 IT Apps]
o/t: Gov/AEU Agreement</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The Principal has
discretion in relation to a teachers worth. They can take Tafe background into
consideration as they did with me. Regards Steve<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Clare, Ian J<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 7 May 2008 9:39
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year
12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Year 12 IT Apps]
o/t: Gov/AEU Agreement</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I agree Chris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I had a career in banking
and accounting, taught at TAFE and this was not taken into consideration. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=5 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:
bold'>Ian Clare</span></font></i></b></em><font color=navy><span lang=EN-AU
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>e-mail <a
href="mailto:clare.ian.j@edumail.vic.gov.au">clare.ian.j@edumail.vic.gov.au</a></span></font><font
color=navy><span lang=EN-AU style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> </span></font><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Lenghaus,
Christine C <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 7 May 2008 9:24
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year
12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Year 12 IT Apps]
o/t: Gov/AEU Agreement</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Here’s another
perspective – I trained as a teacher 15 years ago and chose to work for
companies o/s (teaching 5.5 years) and in Oz, local and federal govt, have a
family and have a world of experience that I bring to the classroom. I
know how much work teaching is and am working part-time to make sure I survive
this year (sounded like a good idea..) but one of my students who works
part time at McDonald’s earns more than I do because none of the
experience I gained counts for anything and I earn graduate wages!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>C<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Kent Beveridge<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 7 May 2008 9:02
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year
12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Year 12 IT Apps]
o/t: Gov/AEU Agreement</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Here's another
perspective. </span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Firstly, we have not yet seen the 'mechanics' of the
rises... who gets what, when, how much and over what time based on exactly what
grounds.</span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Personally, I would have liked to do leading teacher
work years ago but when faced with not 'what', but 'who' you know and the
proverbial glass ceiling among other factors out of my control, I am now seeing
my role as being the best classroom teacher I can. I am glad that at last the
govt has agreed to increase our wage, yes I'd like more for the effort I make,
but will take what I can get!</span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>How much flows into the non-govt sector remains to be
seen!</span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><i><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au on behalf of Geoff Moss<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tue 5/6/2008 10:18 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year
12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] o/t:
Gov/AEU Agreement</span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt'>Has anyone considered that there has been a
significant win for the<br>
government too?<br>
<br>
With staff being required to work an extra 50 minutes a week, that is one<br>
teacher allotment for every 20 teachers per week. Does this mean that the<br>
government can reduce the staffing numbers in each school. So teachers
will<br>
work a little more each week, and if total school allotments remain the<br>
same, schools will have "excess staff ".<br>
<br>
Is this the governments way of not having to so rapidly replace retiring,<br>
and more costly, staff as the baby boomers bulge goes through to retirement.<br>
It may also encourage some to stay to improve their super payouts and thus<br>
avoid the predicted shortage of teachers in the next 5-10 years.<br>
<br>
Call me cynical, but there are significant gains for the government if it<br>
can reduce school staffing by 5% overall (1 in 20 teachers) to the overall<br>
bottom line of education funding, especially if the replacement staff are<br>
younger, lower paid graduates.<br>
<br>
I have not seen any promise to maintain staffing levels in the announcements<br>
to date.<br>
<br>
Could this be the reason that the government has not revealed how much the<br>
agreement has cost the government?<br>
And of Bronwyn Pike's confident announcement that "any additional wages
will<br>
be offset by service improvements . . "<br>
<br>
Let's wait and see the fine print and bottom line before rejoicing too much.<br>
It may be that some hard fought gains of the past may have been lost.<br>
<br>
The government does not give in that easily, instance the deals with nurses<br>
and police!<br>
<br>
Let's hope I am all wrong.<br>
<br>
Geoff Moss<br>
RMIT<br>
<br>
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----- Original Message -----<br>
From: "Chris Barry" <barry.chris.b@edumail.vic.gov.au><br>
To: "'<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing
List</st1:PersonName>'"<br>
<itapps@edulists.com.au><br>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:42 PM<br>
Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] o/t: Gov/AEU Agreement<br>
<br>
<br>
> It is probably best to wait for the official AEU statement, as there have<br>
> been many conflicting reports in the media.<br>
><br>
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> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] o/t: Gov/AEU Agreement<br>
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> Victorian teachers to be nation's best-paid<br>
><br>
> Farrah Tomazin May 5, 2008 - 11:33AM<br>
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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>
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> 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 industrial 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 Bluett 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<br>
> teachers.<br>
><br>
> "A graduate teacher in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State></st1:place>
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>
> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State></st1:place>
- 2007: $65,414, 2008: $75,500<br>
><br>
> NSW - 2007: $72,454, 2008: $75,352<br>
><br>
> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Queensland</st1:State></st1:place>
- 2007: $69,225, 2008: $71,994<br>
><br>
> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">South Australia</st1:State></st1:place>
- 2007: $68,422, 2008: $68,422<br>
><br>
> West <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>
- 2007: $67,446, 2008: $71,206<br>
><br>
> ACT - 2007: $71,767, 2008: $74,279<br>
><br>
> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Northern Territory</st1:State></st1:place>:
2007: $70,047, 2008: $72,849<br>
><br>
><br>
> Graduate Entry<br>
><br>
> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State></st1:place>
- 2007: $46,127, 2008: $51,184<br>
><br>
> NSW - 2007: $49,050, 2008: $50,522<br>
><br>
> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Queensland</st1:State></st1:place>
- 2007: $46,950, 2008: $48,829<br>
><br>
> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">South Australia</st1:State></st1:place>
- 2007: $49,605, 2008: $49,605<br>
><br>
> West <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>
- 2007: $44,618, 2008: $45,733<br>
><br>
> ACT: 2007: $50,781, 2008: $50,781<br>
><br>
> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Northern Territory</st1:State></st1:place>:
$49,944, 2008: $49,944<br>
><br>
> Source: Victorian Government<br>
> --<br>
><br>
> Cheers people<br>
> Stephen Loosley<br>
> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Victoria</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place><br>
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