Pay rise on the way for WA public school teachers

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More than 30,000 Western Australian public school teachers are set to receive a pay rise.

The agreed increase of three per cent, including back pay from December 6, 2021, will start from September 1 under the new School Education Act
(Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2021.

Teachers will also receive their one-off $2500 cost-of-living payment in early Term 4, which was announced last month as part of changes to the WA public sector wages policy.

Part-time and casual employees will receive a pro-rata cost-of-living payment.

On top of the wage increase and cost-of-living payment, the new agreement includes additional measures to address wellbeing and workload matters.

The new initiatives include:

  • implementation of a modern, flexible personal leave entitlement for school year 2023;

  • additional flexibility and consideration for the provision of time off based on additional hours worked;

  • one existing school development day dedicated to curriculum support;

  • improvements to support graduate and regional teachers, principals and deputy principals, including compensatory leave for principals;

  • reducing administrative red tape, including performance management and improvements to staff transfer arrangements.

“Teachers have an important role in educating and helping to shape the futures of young Western Australians, so we must continue to attract inspiring teachers to the profession and keep them in our classrooms," Education and Training Minister Sue Ellery said.

“The recently registered agreement is a positive outcome for teachers and the public education system more broadly.

“It includes a range of measures to address compliance load, wellbeing and workload issues, and eligible staff can look forward to receiving the agreed wage increase and back pay from tomorrow."

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