Deal doesn't add up
MARY Bluett (Letters, 17/5) is the head of one of Australia's largest unions. I am surprised that she would be so jubilant in claiming leading teachers will gain an increase of 23.68% over the three years of their agreement. This "increase" (which includes the salary increments teachers receive each year when they have demonstrated an improvement in skill and performance) comes with a huge catch. Teachers undertaking whole-school leadership jobs, such as curriculum co-ordinators or daily organisers (with 7am starts), will be relegated to the same pay as those who run a single department.
Without a corresponding increase in schools' leading teacher budgets, it doesn't take an A-grade student to work out that we will soon be seeing cuts in a) the number of leading teachers; b) the time allowances of leading teachers; or c) all of the above. I wonder how many people would not consider this a loss?
Paul Beekman, Brunswick
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Deal doesn't add up
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